FOR Ayears Smokey the Bear's message has been "only YOU can prevent forest fires". A history of powerful images and messages reg
arding fire as a destruc caused many people to question the wisdom of intentionally using fire as a management tool.
Fires can have negative consequences when they occur in the wrong places at the wrong times, but these consequences are generally related to humans and are
forest products or the destruction of personal property.
Although uncontrolled wildfires can have extreme effects on wildlife habitats, these effects of fire are temporary. Controlled or prescribed fire is a useful and importan
other areas of the United States.
Which is a positive environmental result of prescribed fires used as a land managment tool?
ARemoving scrub and vegetation would make it easier
hunters to view their prey.
B. Fire destroys animal and plant populations that might be invasive so that native species can thrive.
C.Birds nests are damanged and destroyed, causing the variety of bird populations and diversity of bird species to decline.
D
Florida forests evolve with fire, so periodic fires maintain proper plant communities, providing food and shelter for wildlife.
<span>The lack of melanin tends to correlate with a lighter skin color. However, it also correlates with a higher susceptibility to receiving a sunburn. The more often a person burns, the more likely it is that a person will be susceptible to skin cancers later on in life.</span>
The loss of energy from one trophic level to the next in a food chain occurs because energy is lost in the form of heat when the organisms from one trophic level are consumed by organisms from the next level. Only 10% of energy is transferred from one trophic level to another while the remaining 90% energy is lost in the form of heat energy in the ecosystem.
<span>Two ATP </span><span> </span><span>During glycolysis, the overall gain of ATP per glucose molecule is 2. Although glycolysis produces 4 ATPs, it only uses 2 ATPs in the process!</span>
