When looking at this question, we can easily start by eliminating certain answers. In the selections you've provided, you've shown atmosphere. We can easily eliminate letter A, as that makes absolutely no sense. Moving on, you also eliminate letter B, as that deals with ecosystems and whatnot. And finally, you can eliminate hydrosphere, letter C - as that's not the same. That deals with water, like oceans or rivers.
That leaves you with D) Lithosphere for your answer. The Lithosphere is the rigid part of the earth, the outermost layer, I would say. The crust / mantle. That's why it would be letter D - plate tectonics seem to have relations with the Lithosphere. The lithosphere is affected.
4. Grass - Caterpillar - Hedgehog - Fox
5. Caterpillar, Rabbit, Mouse.
6. Cougar and Fox.
7. Bacteria
8. The bird, hedgehog, Fox and cougar would be effected since the Hedgehogs and birds would soon die out due to the loss of their food. Once they die out, the cougar and Fox would have no predators left to eat.
Solution
Let a cell of emf E be connected across the entire length L of a potentiometer wire . Now , if the balance point is obtained at a length l during measurement of an unknown voltage
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The balance point is not on the potentiometer wire - this statement means that
. In that case ,
l > L
V > E
It is stored in the bonds between atoms