A group of high school students have been selected to work in the field on the assisted migration of a threatened coral. Which of the following BEST describes what they will be doing?
A. working in a lab to acclimate coral to warmer water
B. moving coral to areas less affected by climate change
C. making coral more resistant to water temperature fluctuations
D. selecting genes that make coral more resilient
B. moving coral to areas less affected by climate change
Assisted migration involves relocating plants or animals to areas where they are better suited to thrive due to changing environmental conditions. In this case, the high school students will be moving threatened coral to areas that are less affected by climate change in order to help preserve the species.