The correct is Wildfire. Succession in an ecosystem is the process that results to changes in an ecosystem over a period of time. It may occur when the conditions of an environment suddenly and drastically change. For example, in case of wildfire, the ecosystem will be affected in that the fire will destroy the habitat of various organisms in such an ecosystem.
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- Pesticide 1: Induces transition mutations. Rat liver enzymes convert it into a nonmutagenic product. Does not induce frameshift mutations.
- Pesticide 2: Does not induce transition mutations. Rat liver enzymes convert it into frameshift mutagen.
- Pesticide 3: Induces transition mutations. Rat liver enzymes don't have ability to convert compounds into mutagens. Does not induce frameshift mutations.
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The Ames test is a technique widely used to evaluate the mutagenic potential of a particular chemical compound. The Ames test uses <em>Salmonella typhimurium</em> strains with a defective mutation that makes them unable to synthesize histidine. When the mutation is reversed, then the revertant strains can grow on a medium lacking histidine. A positive test shows that the chemical is mutagenic because its activity is associated with the reversed mutation and thereby the mutant gene regains its function. In humans, as well as in other mammals, many chemicals don't have mutagenic effects themselves but they may become converted into mutagens when are metabolized by the body. For that reason, rat liver enzymes are added to replicate the metabolic effects of the chemical compound being tested. Nowadays, current tests can express recombinant human proteins instead of rat liver enzymes, thereby enabling a better correlation between mutagenic activity and human metabolic processes.
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C. Age of Mammals
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Cenozoic is derived from Greek word meaning NEW LIFE. The Cenozoic Era witnessed the disappearance of Dinosaurs which made Mammals to thrive and giving a new life to mammals. During this early stage as new life is beginning, majority of the animal species are relatively small comprising of the small mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians.
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Acid deposition-usually referred to simply as acid rain-actually includes two forms of pollution, wet and dry. ... In the wet type of acid deposition, these compounds combine with water vapor in the atmosphere to form highly corrosive sulfuric and nitric acids.
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The accumulation of acids or acidic compounds on the surface of the Earth, in lakes or streams, or on objects or vegetation near the Earth's surface, as a result of their separation from the atmosphere. Acid deposition can harm the environment in a variety of ways, as by causing the acidification of lakes and streams, the leaching of minerals and other nutrients from soil, and the inhibition of nitrogen fixation and photosynthesis in plants.♦ The accumulation of acids that fall to the Earth dissolved in water is known as wet deposition. Wet deposition includes all forms of acid precipitation such as acid rain, snow, and fog.♦ The accumulation of acidic particles that settle out of the atmosphere or of acidic gases that are absorbed by plant tissues or other surfaces is known as dry deposition.