Answer:
Humans are modifying the world in many ways, and not all of them for the better. The changes we cause are often severe challenges to animals, plants and microbes in nature, from the introduction of pathogens or exotic invasive species to adding toxic substance or excessive nutrients, or causing climatic change. Often several changes occur at once. Nelson Hairston's lab focuses on freshwater environments, especially lakes and ponds, where some of the species present respond to environmental change with decreases in their numbers, even to the point of extinction, while others may benefit to excess, becoming so dominant that they present problems, as in the case of harmful algal blooms stimulated by nutrient enrichment or climate warming. Hairston's lab studies how individual species, food webs, and whole ecosystems are altered when the environment changes.
One way that some freshwater organisms respond to environmental change is to evolve rapidly. A marked change in the environment favors some characteristics of plants, animals and microbes over others. These character differences are often genetically based so that favored characteristics may increase in the next generation. The shorter the generation time, the faster this evolutionary change can occur. For example, tiny but abundant plankton, eaten by fish and other larger animals, can become adapted to the changed environment within a few years because their generation time is only a few days. Hairston's lab has shown that planktonic "water fleas" (Daphnia), major consumers of suspended algae in lakes, evolved to be tolerant of harmful algae within a decade of the appearance of blooms. This rapid evolution (termed "evolutionary rescue" in conservation biology) raises many intriguing questions, for all environments, not just freshwater: To what extent can we rely on species adapting rather than going extinct when their environment changes? How does the evolution of a species that plays a critical ecological role alter the interactions it has with other species, and the functioning of the entire ecosystem?
1. Explain where they bury remains at the Forensic Osteological Research Center and why
Answer:
In the middle of the forest.
Explanation:
They have to bury the remains in the middle of the forest at the Forensic Osteological Research Center in order to study the decomposition of the dead person. By studying the decomposition of dead person we can get a lot of information which can be used in the study of criminal cases and solving of crimes. The middle place in the forest is a perfect place to bury the remains due to presence of huge amount of microbes as well as insect that helps in the decomposition.
The number of protons is equal to
a the number of neutrons.
b the atomic mass.
c the number of electrons.
d the atomic number.
Answer:
c the number of electrons
If magnesium and nickel were used as electrodes to construct an electrochemical cell like the one shown at right, which metal would form the anode and which the cathode?
anode:
cathode:
Answer:
anode: magnesium
cathode: nickel
Explanation:
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Characteristics of a Group of Elements
Do not conduct electricity
• Mostly gas, but brittle when solid
Has 7 valence electrons
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Which of these elements is in this groun?
Answer:
Gas
Explanation:
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Newtons law of motion
Consider the following reaction occurring in a 1.0 L container:
H2 (g) + I2 (g) → 2 HI (g)
State 2 requirements for a successful collision between H2 and I2.
Answer:
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