True because the surface of the water table may vary due to seasonal change
The medium would be functionally classified as a growth medium. It is because a growth medium is a media that is being use to observe the growth of bacteria such as having to observe whether it would be inhibited or whether it will grow in the media.
The most plausible hypothesis to explain why species richness is higher in tropical than in temperate regions is that B) tropical regions have more available water and higher levels of solar radiation.
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