A farmer notices a decrease in the local soil's ability to promote plant growth.
Which statement explains how a change in biodiversity could have
caused this change in soil quality?
Select one:
There are fewer species of organisms living in the soil, so there is less nutrient cycling
in the soil.
There are more species of organisms living in the soil, so there is less nutrient cycling
in the soil.
There are more species of organisms living in the soil, so there is more nutrient
cycling in the soil.
There are fewer species of organisms living in the soil, so there is more nutrient
cycling in the soil

He shoots a basketball with either hand. identify the adverb phrase and the word it modifies

"and these i address to all females that would be married, or are already so; not that i suppose their sex more faulty than the other, and most to want advice, for i assure [women], upon my honour, i believe the quite contrary; but the reason is, because i esteem them better disposed to receive and practice it, and therefore am willing to begin, where i may promise myself the best success." this statement from franklin's "rules and maxims for promoting matrimonial happiness" best demonstrates his use of criticism to argue his point his use of common sense to appeal to women his use of flattery to gain women's attention his use of facts to prove his point

Life is a barren field frozen with snow. what literary device is he using? a.metaphor b. simile c. personification d. none of the above