Remember that, as a rule, temperatures decrease with an increase in altitude. if you were studying the effects of climate change on the geographic ranges of species living in the mountains and your climate records showed that mean temperatures were increasing, you would predict that species ranges would show a shift toward: a)higher elevations. b)lower elevations. c)intermediate elevations. d)unpredictable elevations—the precise response would depend on individual species, with no clear trends or averages. e)none of the answer options is correct.