SAT Question Of The Day

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. 
Many forests in the southern region of the continent are ------- plant and animal diversity, partly because they never suffered the onslaught of glaciers that wiped out flora and fauna in northern forests long ago.

• (A) rich in
• (B) devoid of
• (C) dependent on
• (D) protected from
• (E) conflicted about