Open-pit mining creates a large hole in the ground after minerals are removed from the surface. Which statement best describes an environmental consequence of this process? Heavy metals are released into surrounding soil, poisoning local vegetation.

High salinity of wastewater reduces soil fertility and growth of vegetation.

Billions of gallons of water are pulled from surrounding ecosystems.

Wastewater is contaminated with oil and becomes sludge in landfills.

Researchers determine that the biodiversity in a woodland region is declining. they identify two major threats to the region's biodiversity, a method to address each threat, and the expected outcome of each method. this information is shown in the table. threat method number of species that benefit number of years to see benefit habitat fragmentation reforestation 450 8 introduced prey species biological augmentation 150 2 which statement is an accurate explanation of the information in the table? a. biological augmentation would benefit only a few species because it is typically not very effective. b. biological augmentation would take less time to be effective because it targets the majority of prey species. c. reforestation would take the longest time to be effective because trees take several years to grow. d. reforestation would not benefit many species because most forest species live on the ground.

Coat color in cats is determined by genes at several different loci. at one locus on the x chromosome, one allele (x ) encodes black fur and another allele (xo) encodes orange fur. females can be black (x x ), orange (xoxo), or a mixture of orange and black called tortoiseshell (x xo). males are either black (x y) or orange (xoy). bill has a female tortoiseshell cat named patches. one night, patches escapes from bill\'s house, spends the night out, and mates with a stray male. patches later gives birth to the following kittens: one orange male, one black male, two tortoiseshell females, and one orange female. what are the genotypes of patches, the stray male, and the kittens?

Anurse is in the dining room and overhears a new nurse tell a client with body dysmorphic disorder that she's much too thin and must eat more before she can go home. the client bursts into tears and runs out of the dining room. what is the best way for the nurse to address this situation?