Abiologist studying a desert ecosystem observes that the population of a lizard species increases following particularly hot, dry period that causes a snake population to decline. what could the biologist hypthesize about the roles of these two species?

a) the lizard preys on the snake

b) the lizard is a parasite of the snake

c) the snake and lizard use the same limiting resource

d) the snake is a keystone species in the ecosystem.

How does deforestation affect the water cycle? a. it increases the amount of runoff b.it increases the amount of percolation c. it increases the amount of transpiration d. it increases the amount of precipitationa it increases the amount of runoff

1. seamount a raised footwall block between normal fault creates this 2. syncline break between rocks where a hanging wall rises relative to a footwall 3. hot spring on rolling hills, this a dip between hills 4. volcanic neck created when a block with hanging walls slips down between normal faults 5. caldera underwater volcano that never reaches above sea level 6. horst natural hot water on earth's surface containing many minerals 7. graben underwater volcano whose top is eroded flat by waves 8. crater less than a mile in diameter; looks like a bowl at the top of a volcano 9. guyot magma that filled the central vent that remains after the volcano has eroded 10. reverse fault over 1 mile in diameter; looks like a bowl over a volcano

During an experiment, readings for blood pressure in a persons body were found to be constant . however , when he measured by a different blood pressure cuff , the readings differed by 15 points for each reading. this difference indicates that the results are