“This slide depicts a wetland biome, among which are swamps, marshes, and bogs. Although many consider such areas nuisances, they are actually quite important to the environment.” Based on these sentences, what does the word biome mean?

Read the excerpt from "a pair of silk stockings." but she went on feeling the soft, sheeny luxurious things—with both hands now, holding them up to see them glisten, and to feel them glide serpent-like through her fingers. which best describes the underlying tone of the excerpt created by the connotations of the words “soft,” ”luxurious,” “glisten,” and “serpent-like”? 1. gloom 2. temptation 3. forgiveness 4. suspicion