The overpumping of the Ogallala Aquifer is a problem for O drinking water availability in Las Vegas the future of agriculture in the Great Plains O agriculture in California's Central Valley O flow in the Colorado River delta O the Aral Sea ecosystem

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A: When water enters an aquifer, it moves slowly toward lower-lying places and eventually is discharged…

Q: What is a major primary producer in many aquatic biomes?a. Underwater plantsb. The sunc.…

A: An ecosystem is a community of living things interacting with the nonliving parts of the…

Q: The deep scattering layer is created by which of these: a) seasonal changes in the thermocline b)…

A: Phytoplanktons are marine algae that are able to synthesize their own food due to presence of…

Q: The producer in an ocean grazing food web is usually a________.a. plantb. animalc. fungid. plankton

A: Ecology is the study of interaction of organisms with one another and with the environment. Ecology…

Q: The key source of food for organisms living on the abyssal plain is.. O a) Descending photosynthetic…

A: Any community of organisms in the deep sea that share a common environment is referred to as a deep…

Q: The comprises all living organisms on Earth, plus the environments in which they live. O a. biome O…

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Q: Biotic Factors Abiotic Factors Living things Nonliving things Wom Mushvoon inseds Bateria Pond,…

A: Introduction: Biootic and abiotic are the two essential factors responsible for shaping the…

Q: (D) cold winter months4. The oceans affect the biosphere in all of the following waysexcept(A)…

A: Oceans are large marine aquatic bodies which plays major roles. The earth biosphere composed of all…

Q: The source of the necessary elements of life isa. an inorganic environmental reservoirb. the sunc.…

A: Organisms are open systems that maintain homeostasis, are composed of cells, have a life cycle,…

Q: Desertification typically happens becausea. deserts naturally expand in size.b. humans allow…

A: A desert is defined as a barren or empty area of landscape where very little precipitation and…

Q: Im curious middle west region the biomes i read are great plains and scrublandsand desert? their…

A: Earth is so far the only planet that has the capability to sustain life on it. There are many…

Q: As air temperatures increase, evaporation increases. Warmer temperatures also increase the capacity…

A: The greenhouse effect is a natural process that warms the Earth's surface. When the Sun's energy…

Q: There are three major problems associated with the use of the Colorado River's water, including_…

A: The Colorado river runs 1379.3 miles from Grand County, Colorado, Gulf of California and Colorado…

Q: Explain thoroughly how the Inca Empire and the different techniques they used to control and clean…

A: The Inca Empire emerged in the…

Q: This form of a food web begins with waste materials and theremains of dead organisms.a. aquatic…

A: Answer is b.) detrital.

Q: Low temperature water seeps into the oceans as well. Which is not a real seep environment? O…

A: Cold seeps or low temperature is an area in the seafloor where cold hydrocarbon-rich water escapes.…

Q: Eutrophication isa. caused by an overabundance of nitrogen, which leads to an increasein bacteria…

A: Water pollution is defined as an undesirable substances in water that can affect the growth of other…

Q: Why is the tundra treeless?a. lack of sufficient waterb. permanently frozen groundc. winters too…

A: Tundra is the coldest of all the biomes. It has low biotic diversity, simple vegetation structure,…

Q: Q1: Which organisms are the producers in this ecosystem? Q2: How do nutrients flow from the abiotic…

A: Ecosystem is a self sustained unit of Biosphere where biotic and abiotic component interact among…

Q: Involves the participation of decomposers a. water cycleb. carbon cyclec. nitrogen cycled.…

A: The decomposition process is done by scavengers and decomposers, which eat dead animals or dead…

Q: Name one in earth sphere with an abiotic component. A) Give one abiotic component in #1 B) What…

A: The two fundamental components that shape the environment are biotic and abiotic. All live creatures…

Q: The supply of water taken from the Colorado River would be most affected by ---- O reduced water…

A: The "Colorado River basin" is important to the United States. This supplies water and power for…

Q: Scientists estimate that about percent of the earth's water is available for human use. 0.014 1.0…

A: The earth is about 70% covered with water. About 97% of this water is found in oceans which is…

Q: Allof the following statements concerning oligotrophic lakes are true, except:a.warm…

A: BASIC INFORMATION  TROPHIC STATE INDEX (TSI) This is a system which is formed to find out the…

Q: What serves as the base of the food chain in hydrothermal vent communities? tube worms O shrimp O…

A: The base of any food chain contains the primary producers or the organisms that can prepare their…

Q: /hich of these activities or processes might affect the supply of groundwater in an aquifer? Select…

A: 2nd option (drought) and 3rd option(excessive rainfall.)

Q: Pollutant released due to human activities (like effluents from industries and homes) can radically…

A: The contamination of natural water bodies due to excessive human activity results in depleting water…

Q: The zone where the ocean's salinity increases rapidly w/increasing depth is called the: O a…

A: Halocline is a kind of chemokline created by a greater vertical salinity gradient in a reservoir.…

Q: Pork production is a 9 billion dollar industry for the state of North Carolina. However, the toxic…

A: The factory farms are responsible for the production of a large amount of solid wastes. The runoff…

Q: The Peruvian anchovy fishery occurs a highly productive region with coastal upwelling. Why is this…

A: In a food web, this is an indicator of the effectiveness of energy exchange among trophic levels. It…

Q: What's the difference between oligotrophic lakes and eutrophic lakes? Describe how and what happens…

A: A lake is an area filled with water surrounded by land. A lake is apart from any river or other…

Q: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY In many countries,irrigation is depleting aquifers to such an…

A: Groundwater resources have played a critical role in meeting the demands of water in traditionally…

Q: The total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level is called the: O A. Biomass O B.…

A: The usage of different forms of energy is called energy mass. The natural organic matter consists of…

Q: To prevent overpumping, it is important to drill deeper wells when aquifers run dry use larger pumps…

A: Introduction: The condition involving excessive and sustained extraction of groundwater before the…

Q: Which of the following is NOT a natural reservoir for water? Re que O Atmosphere O Trees O Lakes O…

A: Atmosphere, Creek, Rivers and Trees are natural reservoirs  All Lakes are not natural reservoirs.

Q: An ecosystem has an average of 50 cm of rain per year. Look at the rainfall g of lower than average…

A: Biotic factors - Biotic factors are living components or variables that influence an ecosystem or…

Q: The glaciers act as water reservoirs that supply many of the Earth’s large rivers. When glaciers…

A: Glaciers are an important source of fresh water and many rivers such as  Ganges  Indus  They are…

Q: Why are decomposers usually absent from food webs? A. Decomposers do not have a feeding…

A: Ans: Food web: It is referred to as interconnection of food chains in which what is eating what has…

Q: What is brackish water? ocean water water with little or no salt in it (fresh water) water that…

A: Brackish water is the water found in natural environments that is more saline than freshwater but…

Q: . WRITE ABOUT A THEME: INTERACTIONS Global warming isoccurring rapidly in arctic marine and…

A: Global warming is a process that is ongoing and is observed as increasing average temperature on the…

Q: a. Nutrient cycles are also referred to as biogeochemical cycles. EXPLAIN the term biogeochemical…

A: The nutrient cycle is the Pathway of exchanging organic and inorganic matters between biotic and…

Q: What type of biomes are in nroth aermcia the four regions

A: The biomes in North America can be well divided into 6 main regions. North America has one of the…

Q: Thelargest reservoir of phosphorus in most ecosystems is phosphorus:a. inthe atmosphere.b.dissolved…

A: Phosphorous is one of the biogenetic nutrients. It is a major constituent of nucleic acids, energy…

Q: Unequal evaporation of seawater results in _________________________. a. droughts b. neither c.…

A: According to the question, we have to explain that Unequal evaporation of sea water results in which…

Q: It was once believed that all life on planet Earth was dependent on the energy of the Sun. The…

A: Every life form requires energy in any form to sustain and for the normal metabolic cellular…