The amount of plants in the region would grow, but the amount of carnivores who eat the herbivores would diminish.
Answer:
Answer is explained below;
Explanation:
Mercury is a liquid metal that is released into the environment by both natural processes such as volcanic activity, weathering of rocks, etc and human activities such as waste materials from factories. The mercury that reaches the ocean and other water sources is converted into methylmercury by bacteria. Methylmercury is a neurotoxin that interferes with the nervous system and is easily absorbed by the human body.
The methylmercury is taken up by planktons. Small fishes consume large quantities of plankton. Tilapia is a small, short-lived freshwater fish. The methylmercury level in tilapia is lower than that of other fish. When large, long-living predatory fishes such as tuna, shark, king mackerel, swordfish, etc consume many smaller fish with low mercury levels, this causes accumulation of methylmercury at extremely high levels in their tissues over time i.e., the amount of mercury in such bigger fish biomagnifies.
So large, long-lived predators like swordfish and shark often have the highest methyl mercury levels than a small, short-lived tilapia.
The value of the unknown number is 10.5.
Let the unknown number = x
When 20 is subtracted from the number and the result is squared which is equal to the square of the unknown number minus 20:
(x - 20)² = x² - 20
<em>expand the equation;</em>
x² - 40x + 400 = x² - 20
<em>collect similar terms together;</em>
x² - x² - 40x = -20 - 400
-40x = -420
Thus, the value of the unknown number is 10.5.
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It is related to natural cycles which affect activities of ecosystems natural energy conversion can help maintain and restore balance.
