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Organisms can adapt to cold temperatures by increasing the amount of unsaturated fatty acids in their membranes, which help maintain fluidity as temperatures decrease.

A. True
B. False

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Answer is A. True.

Step-by-step explanation:

Organisms have developed an adaptive property which will enable them to adapt to cold temperature, through increase in their membranes fatty acid. This process allows them to keep the liquid-crystalline sate of their cell membranes at a cold temperature. This process is known as the homeoviscous adaptation.

This process is done by organisms especially the mammals to maintain functional membrane phenotypes.

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