Answer is: New York and Ohio lose seats most likely <span>due to below average population growth.
Also </span><span>Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, West Virginia. Minnesota, Rhode Island and Alabama will likely lose seats </span>due to below average population growth. They <span>are growing in population, but at a rate slower than the national average.</span>
<span> Chesapeake Bay and around that region</span>
It would be "A. the Sahara, which is hot and dry," that would be considered a physical characteristic of the world, since this is part of the earth itself, while the other options are the list were made by humans.