An individual animal may have many biological clocks scattered throughout its body.
A) Peripheral clocks, having the most direct contact with the surrounding environment, control the synchronization process with the master clock.
B) The clocks are placed so that information about the environment reaches each clock directly.
C) The many clocks must be synchronized so that all the rhythmic processes occur at the appropriate time relative to one another and the environment's cycles.
D) There is one master clock that must be entrained by the light-dark cycle, but the others are entrained by other cycles and typically run independently of one another.

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The many clocks within an animal's body must be synchronized to ensure that all biological rhythms align properly with each other and with environmental cycles. This synchronization is crucial for the organism's overall functioning and adaptation to its surroundings.

An Individual Animal May Have Many Biological Clocks Scattered Throughout