Explanation: Because desserts are very hot, we know that there aren't much plants due to the lack of rain/water, they're dry. Rainforests have lots of plants, so it's not B, and since the dessert is high temperature, A is obviously off the list.
Taiga is cold so it won't be good for soil and the plants won't grow as good as the wet rainforest so we can pick A. Then B for #2
In mitosis you start with the full amount of chromosomes 46 (also known as 2n or diploid). Then the resulting daughter cells also have the full amount of chromosomes present, 46.