Gneiss. It is a high grade metamorphic rock, having been subjected to higher temperatures and pressures than schist. It is formed by the metamorphosis of granite, or sedimentary rock.
One of the most important roles of the rainforest is <span>moderate destructive drought and rain cycles in local areas.
There are many more important roles that a rainforest may play, some of them were mentioned by the person above.</span>
Answer: (A), (B), (C) and (E)
Explanation:
- Coral reefs are found in the oceans formed by the accumulation of the skeletal remains of the invertebrates. They are found under water.
- Cold seeps refers to those area where the gases such as methane, hydrogen sulfide comes out through the vent, under water.
- Hydrothermal vents are the places where the hot intruding magma reacts with the sea water producing a vent.
- Rocky intertidal zone refers to the zone between a high and a low tidal mark.
Thus under the ocean, the structures such as coral reefs, cold seeps and hydrothermal vents forms where the tide is not so high and not so low.
Kelp forest is the odd one, that refers to those brown colored seaweeds, having high nutrients in salt water.
I think the best answer is B. Chinese culture influenced Japan in the areas of religion, writing, and technology. China, being in close contact with Japan even before, had many influences in Japan. They imported a very big rang of ideas, techniques of production and institutional models from China. Through these, new rice growing techniques and handicraft production were developed by Japanese as early as the Yamato period.
