Give an example of a model used in earth science. explain why models are particularly important to this field.

Invasive species are one of the major threats to biodiversity. these species multiply quickly and compete with native species for food, sunlight, spac and other resources. on the map, determine the area where native species will have limited resources available to them due to invasion threat from invasive species threat very low low medium high very high

The dna in a cell’s nucleus encodes proteins that are eventually targeted to every membrane and compartment in the cell, as well as proteins that are targeted for secretion from the cell. for example, consider these two proteins: phosphofructokinase (pfk) is an enzyme that functions in the cytoplasm during glycolysis. insulin, a protein that regulates blood sugar levels, is secreted from specialized pancreatic cells. assume that you can track the cellular locations of these two proteins from the time that translation is complete until the proteins reach their final destinations. for each protein, identify its targeting pathway: the sequence of cellular locations in which the protein is found from when translation is complete until it reaches its final (functional) destination. (note that if an organelle is listed in a pathway, the location implied is inside the organelle, not in the membrane that surrounds the organelle.)

When analyzing tree rings, what do scientists assume a thin ring indicates?