What is the effect of the permafrost in the northern parts of Europe? Group of answer choices It prevents any vegetation with the exception of small shrubs and mosses. It results in vast deciduous forests. It results in extremely hot summers. It prevents the construction of buildings due to the shifting soil.

Q: Where would be the best place to look first if you needed to find a storehouse of water? Chaparral…

A: Biome is a specific area which contains a specific type of climate conditions and specific type of…

Q: Which of the following is typically true concerning the difference between Deciduous Forests and…

A: Introduction A forest is a complex biological system where trees predominate as the main form of…

Q: Why is there greater biodiversity in subtropical/tropical regions than in temperate regions?

A: The primary unit of life is formed by a cell. An organism may be unicellular or prokaryotic and…

Q: Ecosystems and Biomes. Answer the following below: A.      Describe the climate of  each Biome…

A: Introduction Ecology:- It is a branch of science concerned with the study of the environment and…

Q: Which activity would not be considered as part of Ecology (as a science)?   Testing if parasites…

A: Introduction Ecology is the study of the interaction between live organisms, non-living things, and…

Q: The two plant communities on the previous slide are from very different parts of the world but look…

A: The most significant environmental element impacting plant development is temperature. Plants have…

Q: The figure above shows succession in an ecosystem. What organisms are found in the climax community…

A: The steady and orderly transformation of an ecosystem caused by the gradual replacement of one…

Q: The greatest biodiversity is found in what areas of the world?   Question 28 options:   Nearest to…

A: Biodiversity is the which describes the different varieties of organisms or living forms on the…

Q: What are the characteristics of tropical biomes basing yourself on the temperature

A: Biome is the distinct communities where lives a collection of plants and animals which have the…

Q: How does tundra compare to desert? How does temperate grassland compare to savanna?

A: The geographical areas of Earth can be divided into different biomes i.e.an area with a particular…

Q: Where would you most likely encounter a desert? In places where air masses are tropical. In places…

A: The air mass is a massive amount of air that occupies broad areas and maintains a steady temperature…

Q: The desert and tundra biomes receive about the same amount of rainfall per year. Compare the other…

A: Both the tundra and the deserts face water shortage. The vegetation present in both biomes is…

Q: If you have a day where the high temperature is 80°F and low is 50°F and the threshold for the…

A: Temperature plays a  very important role in the environmental situation. Day to day temperatures…

Q: What is desertification?

A: The life on Earth is sustained by air, water, temperature, nutrients, and energy. The landscape of…

Q: Why are there so many species in the tropical rainforest?

A: Biome is a spot that exhibit a particular weather and hold community of various plants as well as…

Q: Based on what you know about tropical forests versus temperateforests, why do you think temperate…

A: The temperate forest is located in the temperate zone, which is the second-largest biome on earth…

Q: In ecological succession plants change the physical environment allowing new species to colonize.…

A: *Ecological succession is the process in which mix of species and habitat changes over time so hence…

Q: In the northern hemisphere during the summer months, the sun angle (its position in the sky) is at…

A: Throughout the course of year ,earth goes through four seasons: summer,autumn,winter and spring.Each…

Q: What is marine snow? Why is it important in the transfer of carbon from the photic zone to the…

A: The marine ecosystem exerts a transfer of energy in different forms. The marine carbon cycle is…

Q: Which of the following statements is TRUE about the factors that shape regional climates? can…

A: Factors that modify regional climate The climate of any particular place is influenced by a host of…

Q: What could be the effect of Isthmus of Panama to marine and terrestrial organisms in North and South…

A: Introduction The Isthmus of Panama also historically known as the Isthmus of Darien, separates the…

Q: What causes red tide? How does red tide impact you? Red tides occur every year, but some years are…

A: Introduction  An algal bloom, also known as an algae bloom, is a sudden rise in the number of algae…

Q: What is an important limit of the terrestrial biosphere for taking up the excess carbon released to…

A: The greenhouse is a natural phenomenon where the gases like carbon dioxide, water vapors, etc trap…

Q: As global average temperature increases, which of the following regions is expected to experience…

A: Global warming is a phenomenon in which the earth's global temperature is increased due to the…

Q: In a diagram, illustrate the dynamics of the benthic ecosystem particularly showing life habits of…

A: The benthic zone is the low ecological zone in a water body, and generally includes the sediments at…

Q: Which terrestrial biome is characterized by having very cold winters, short summers, and only small…

A: Biogeography is the science that documents and attempts to explain the patterns of distribution of…

Q: Why do hilly areas of Kerela, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu transform into bluestretches that attracts…

A: Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are the states found at the south of India. All of these three…

Q: Draw a concept map that shows biodiversity being affected by changes in climate as a result of…

A: Plate tectonic theory is formulated in 1960s and 1970s, This explains that there are plates in…

Q: What will be the quantitative effects of feedbacks such as the release of methane and carbon dioxide…

A: Permafrost is also known by the name of frozen grounds. Permafrost is described as soil that is…

Q: Generally speaking, where deserts and rainforest are located globally? How is this distribution tied…

A: Deserts constitute one-fifth of the Earth’s land and are found on every continent.

Q: What is Seabird Fallout and why does it happen? Which species are most affected by this phenomenon?…

A: To determine: Seabird fallout and how it happens. Which species is affected. What you do if find…

Q: Describe a minimum of two ways the plants changed the lien environment to support the emergencies of…

A: Plants can detect the changes and reponds to them .They can sense the gravity of earth , roots move…

Q: Which of the following are affected by climate change?  Answers: habitat availability pollination…

A: Many factors affects the climate change including the food availability, sex determination etc.,…

Q: Which of the following is the threat could result in changes to seasonal temperature and rainfall…

A: As the population is increasing it is causing the energy demand to rise. To meet the increasing…

Q: Describe the vegetation of 3 of the Biomes. How does climate impact what type of vegetation is found…

A: A biome is a large community of vegetation and wildlife adapted to a specific climate. There are…

Q: climate

A: introduction  Past logical exploration proposes that further expansion in CO2 focuses will make…

Q: During glacial peaks, much of western Europe would have been ... Group of answer choices covered…

A: Answer is option 5.

Q: What type of niche partitioning is responsible for the coexistence of so many Sonoran Desert winter…

A: Niche partitioning is also known as niche differentiation, niche segregation, and niche separation.…

Q: Areas with very low precipitation and very high temperatures that are found in Northern Africa and…

A: Geographically different areas are affected by different modes of climatic conditions in an…

Q: In Alaska what biomes do they have? Is it snow only? In New York what biomes do they have? Brazil…

A: Introduction :  A biome is a community of plants and animals that have common characteristics for…

Q: Which of the following BIOTIC influence or potentially determine the vegetation biome of a…

A: A terrestrial ecosystem is a community of terrestrial-based organisms and the interaction of biotic…

Q: The illustration below shows an ecosystem that has undergone secondary succession . What pioneer…

A: Ecological succession is a process by which a particular land which is barren and having nonliving…

Q: England and Ireland have warmer weather than you would predict based on their latitude.  What causes…

A: It is observed that the low latitude are the hottest across the year. Since the point of radiation…

Q: During glacial periods of the Pleistocene, the climate in Africa became…

A: Glacial period is the period where glacial advancements occur. Answer is Option d( More arid) and…

Q: Which of the following are the two major abiotic factors that determine a biome?   Question 6…

A: Terrestrial ecosystems are distinguished by their diversity and are divided into biomes, or major…

Q: Climate is due to temperature and rainfall that in turn are determined by     variations in the…

A: Climate is due to temperature and rainfall that in turn are determined by     variations in the…

Sleep Physiology

Sleep is a condition of reduced muscle movement in the body. Awareness about the surroundings is reduced at the time of sleep. The body stays mildly responsive or non-responsive to external stimuli. The sleep-wake cycle is controlled by the circadian rhythm that produces a resting phase for the body.