"an increase in predators" would likely lead to an increase in genetic variation in a population of squirrels, since the squirrels would have to adapt to the new threats.
The Ring of Fire is an area on our world map where the a bunch of earthquakes and volcano eruptions happen.
The places where that happen make a Big, Red Ring
The control variable in any experiment is designed in order to apply the same steps of the experiment but with no change happens in the observations.
In this experiment, the student tries to know the effect of solubility of different water-soluble salts (NaCl, CaCl2 and KCO3) on the melting point of the solution. All these salts dissolve in water and give some effect on the melting point except for the sand as the sand doesn't dissolve in water.