A soil sample from a temperate deciduous forest would be more nutrient rich that a sample from the tropical rain forest.
In the rain forest the tree tops form a canopy and the tops of trees absorb 90% of the sunlight and only 10% can get down to the understory which is the area under the canopy. The soil is very nutrient poor.
In a temperate deciduous forest there is no canopy so more sunlight can get to the soil. Which makes it more nutrient.
Answer:
The correct answer is a. the photosynthetic part of a lichen.
Explanation:
Lichen is a symbiotic association in which the algae and fungi are associated with each other. Fungus can not make there own food so they are not photosynthetic like algae or plants and in lichens algae are the photosynthetic part while fungus plays the role of absorbing nutrients for the algal partner.
Lichens are found all over the world and they absorb industrial pollution very quickly so are also referred to as pollution indicators of the environment as they do not grow in a polluted area.
Therefore the photosynthetic part of lichen is algae, not fungus so the correct answer is a.
