Answer:
Answer is option A.
Orchid bees are to Brazil nut trees as breezes are to pine trees.
Explanation:
In Brazil nut trees, the female orchid bees act as pollinators that help in pollination. In pine trees, wind or breeze helps in pollination.
Pine trees are gymnosperms and so they do not have flowers to attract pollinators like bees or butterflies or birds. They are wind-pollinated. Pine trees are monoecious i.e., both male and female reproductive structures (pine cones) are present on the same tree.
The male cones (catkins) produce pollen grains that are lightweight, less sticky and have air bladders or small wing-like structures. As a result of these features, the pollen grains can be easily carried and dispersed by the breeze. In order to prevent self pollination (pollen falling on the female cones of the same tree), the male cones are normally located on the lower branches of the pine tree.
The female cones are located on the upper branches of the tree and the center of the cone contains eggs or ovules. The pollen grains that are carried by the wind, fall on the female cone of another pine tree. Each pollen grain grows a pollen tube into the center of the cone and the nucleus cell of the pollen travels through the tube and reaches the egg, where it combines with the egg to form an embryo. The embryo eventually grows into a seed. The seeds of pine trees are then dispersed by wind or animals such as squirrels.
Answer:
Earth radiates infrared radiation.
Incident infrared radiation is blocked.
Infrared radiation is blocked and heats Earth.
Visible and ultraviolet radiation heat Earth.
Explanation:
When the sunlight enters earth's atmosphere, it has short wavelength but after hitting the earth surface, it has long wavelength which allow very less solar radiation by the clouds and greenhouse gases to go into the atmosphere and as a result the earth heat up. if the greenhouse gases are increased in the atmosphere so more heat is blocked by these greenhouse gases and as a result global warming occur.
Plants and fungi are usually filamentous to increase the surface area in which they uptake their food, and this is advantageous as they raise their surface area for sunlight in photosynthesis.
Conversely, animals are usually round to reduce surface area for loss of water and heat. Unlike plant and fungi, most of their food intake is through the mouth hence not affected by surface area.
Polystyrene is a good insulator as it has small air bubbles trapped inside of it. This means heat energy cannot flow through them therefore it is an effective material for keeping honeybees warm in the winter. Hope this helps :)
