. How do ecosystems function? (Select all that apply.)
1.Abiotic factors depend on biotic factors for food, shelter, protection, and reproduction.
2.Biotic factors are dependent on abiotic factors for food and protection.
3.Abiotic factors affect the type and number of organisms that live in a particular ecosystem.
4.Biotic factors depend on each other for food, shelter, protection, and reproduction.

Ineed a chemical reaction takes place in which erlergy is released. arrange the reaction's characteristics in order from start to finis lower energy of reactants higher energy of products higher energy of reactants transition state sd lower energy of products

Bisphenol a (often called bpa) is a chemical found in products that people use every day, from water bottles to food containers to children's toys. unfortunately, bpa leaches out of its many products and makes its way into our bodies. what are the health effects of bpa exposure? ongoing research is finding that elevated exposure to bpa can affect a wide variety of developmental and physiological processes, but one of the first studies of bpa's health effects came about because of a simple mistake in the lab. at a laboratory at case western reserve university in 1998, geneticist patricia hunt was making a routine check of her female lab mice. as she extracted and examined developing eggs from the ovaries, she began to wonder what had gone wrong. she noticed that many of the eggs showed problems with their chromosomes, and some had irregular amounts of genetic material, which can lead to miscarriages and birth defects in mammals. she learned that a lab assistant had mistakenly washed the plastic mouse cages and water bottles with a harsh soap, releasing bpa from the plastic. knowing that bpa is an endocrine disruptor, a chemical that can enter organisms and mimic hormones, hunt set out to discover whether it had adversely affected her mice.

Match the pollutants. 1. a chlorofluorocarbon smoke 2. a biodegradable organophosphate insecticide freon 3. particle pollution paint 4. hazardous waste monoxide 5. carbon is completely burned malathion 6. carbon is incompletely burned dioxide