Carbon is released into the atmosphere
The answer would be D. Tropical Rainforest, this would be due to the abundance of rain which creates plenty of vegetation and then, more herbivores will live in the rainforest, and the more herbivores there are, the more carnivores will come to the rainforest. The canopy of the tall trees also provide shelter for countless of thousands of species of birds.
Compositional layers are determined by their components, while mechanical layers are determined by their physical properties.
Active faults are structure along which we expect displacement to occur. By definition, since a shallow earthquake is a process that produces displacement across a fault, all shallow earthquakes occur on active faults. Inactive faults are structures that we can identify, but which do no have earthquakes.
The integumentary system is the skin. Skin protects the inner organs from Bactria. Essentially the skin is a wall protecting against the outside world. It doesn't really release anything but is just there for protection.
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