In a lake ecosystem, sunlight that reaches the water helps green algae grow in and on the water, as in the picture shown below.

Algae produce oxygen. Tiny animals that live in the water eat the algae. Small fish eat the tiny animals, absorb oxygen with their gills, and give off carbon dioxide as waste. Plants use the carbon dioxide to grow.

Which of the following would happen if the algae disappeared?
The tiny animals would not have enough food.
Fish would not have enough oxygen.
Plants would lose some of the carbon dioxide they need to grow.

theirs more than one right answer

Over the past 60 years, many amphibian species have experienced significant population declines and some species have become extinct. scientists suspected that local human activities such as the destruction of wetlands, regional pollution, and deforestation were the main reasons for these losses. however, research over the past 20 years reveals significant amphibian population declines in protected areas of the world, such as nature preserves and parks. these global declines suggest widespread problems including increased ultraviolet radiation, acid rain, and disease. in switzerland, for example, 14 of the 20 native amphibian species are threatened with extinction. chytridiomycosis is a fungal disease first identified in 1998 as a cause of massive amphibian deaths. in some severely impacted populations, a few individuals have survived, perhaps because of some natural resistance. if these resistant individuals continue to survive and prosper, new resistant populations might emerge. this would be an example of the founder effect artificial selection genetic drift natural selection sexual selection

Living cells cannot use heat to provide the activation energy for biochemical reactions because which choice(s) complete the sentence correctly? a) answer choice ii. eliminate b) answer choices ii and iv. c) answer choice iii and iv. d) all answers can complete the sentence.

Which set of characteristics best describes sedimentary rock? a) largest type of rock, made of organic matter, hardest type of rock b) often contains layers, forms near sources of water, contains fossils c) least abundant type of rock, made of other rocks, made mostly of minerals d) most abundant type in earth's crust, made of magma/lava, contains no fossils