A) all mechanical waves need a medium to travel through.
This is true because mechanical waves move in a wave like manner at the atomic level. This is why an table vibrates when you put a speaker on top of it .
I would agree with the second one, not the first. You can't always see the chemical reaction, and it isn't always sudden. But the second claim is true.
B. The inhibitor wouldn’t stop sunlight or water, but it stops glucose production (from photosynthesis) and u could call glucose the plant’s food.
Some parts of the planet undergo very little seasonal change due to their proximity to the equator and the poles. This means that their position relative to the sun and the earth's rotation varies hardly at all.