Answer: When you mix sand and water there are no reactions. The sand sits at the bottom of the water because the sand is heavier than the water is.
The owl is a generalists creature/species because it is able to thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions and can make use of a variety of different resources (for example, a heterotroph with a varied diet). A specialist species can only thrive in a narrow range of environmental conditions or has a limited diet. Most organisms do not all fit neatly into either group, however. Some species are highly specialized (the most extreme case being monophagy), others less so, while some can tolerate many different environments. In other words, there is a continuum from highly specialized to broadly generalist species.
You're right. The Upper Mantle is directly under the Crust. Hope this helped! =^-^=