answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
spin [16.1K]
2 years ago
14

What impact has "tavy" farming had on Madagascar's environment? Describe at least three effects of this practice. (Site 1)

Biology
2 answers:
wolverine [178]2 years ago
4 0
Tavy works well and does not permanently destroy the forest as long as field sizes are small and farmers leave adequate time for re-growth. However, if farmers return to the fallow fields too quickly, as they do when human population densities increase, the soils become exhausted. And if little forest is left in between fields, then there are no parent trees to provide seeds and seedlings to restore the forest. Eventually large areas of forest are transformed into wastelands, upon which nothing can grow—neither rice nor forest. On these areas, farmers pasture a few cattle and continue to burn the grasslands each year, to provide "greener grass" for the cattle.
Monica [59]2 years ago
3 0

Answer:

Tavy works well and does not permanently destroy the forest as long as field sizes are small and farmers leave adequate time for re-growth. However, if farmers return to the fallow fields too quickly, as they do when human population densities increase, the soils become exhausted. And if little forest is left in between fields, then there are no parent trees to provide seeds and seedlings to restore the forest.

Explanation:

You might be interested in
The engineers noted that the area was prone to rockfalls and landslides. They proposed a plan to secure the Rocky hillside slope
zvonat [6]

Answer: The first part is wire mesh and bolts, the second one is NOT air pressure

Explanation:

6 0
2 years ago
Read 2 more answers
you are given samples of the substances shown in the table the samples are labeled a b c at room temperature sample a is a solid
Eddi Din [679]

Answer:

The sample a which is solid at 20°C is "Iodine"

The sample b which is liquid at 20°C is "Bromine"

The sample c which is gas at 20°C is "Chlorine"

Explanation:

Iodine : It starts melting at 113.7°C, so the solid sample found is the iodine. Iodine is present in both solid as well as in vapor state.  Basically it is kept in closed jars. Only when it reaches the temperature above the melting point is starts melting.

Bromine: It is a non metallic element that is present in the liquid state, being a member of halogen group. It is heavy, mobile and dangerous reddish brown liquid. It is corrosive in nature, when comes in contact with human tissue and causes irritation in eye when comes in contact with its vapor.

Chlorine: In room temperature it is gas, as it has weak intermolecular interaction which fails to keep the molecules closely attached.

3 0
2 years ago
Explain why a message moving along nerve pathways takes time.
TiliK225 [7]
The conduction of nerve impulses relies upon the movement of positively-charged ions across the nerve cell membrane. The entry of sodium into the cell produces a wave of positive charge that travels down the length of an axon. Then chemicals called neurotransmitters are secreted out of the end of the axon onto the next nerve in the series (the postsynpatic nerve). This narrow space in between neurons is called the synapse. These neurotransmiiters released by the presynaptic nerve bind to receptors on the postsynaptic nerve. The binding of these receptors opens up channels in this second nerve's membrane that allow sodium ions to enter the nerve cell and initiate another wave of positive charge, and so on... The nerve signal can only move as fast as these ions and neurotransmitters can diffuse to generate this process. 

<span>As a professional athlete repeats a given activity many times over, the nerve cells "upregulate" their receptors, meaning that they produce additional receptors to put in the membrane. This is just a natural reaction to the nerve being repeatedly stimulated in the same way over and over. When neurotransmitter is secreted from the presynaptic neuron, there are more receptors on the postsynaptic neuron for it to bind, more channels open up, more ions enter in a shorter time and build up positive charge to create the impulse faster, and so the overall effect is faster. </span>

<span>Additionally, there are sheaths of fatty tissue (called myelin) that insulate the charge in the neuron and allow it to be conducted faster. As people age, these sheaths can start to degrade, making the nerve cell more "leaky" and causing the impulse to be conducted more slowly. </span>
8 0
2 years ago
Read 2 more answers
The ability of one or more organisms in a population to tolerate a chemical such as a pesticide or antibiotic designed to kill i
Aleksandr [31]

Answer:

The correct answer is- Resistance

Explanation:

The ability of any organism in a population to tolerate a chemical like insecticide, pesticide or antibiotic which is designed to kill it or slow its reproduction is called resistance.

For example, the antibiotic resistance is seen in some bacteria like MRSA(Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus). They gain this resistance because they have some variant traits in their genome which provide them resistance against these chemicals.  

These individual are selected through natural selection when the environmental condition changes and become adverse. So the correct answer is resistance.

5 0
2 years ago
I started out as magma down in the earths
erastovalidia [21]
Lava is the next step after magma if it reaches the surface 


8 0
2 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Other questions:
  • What commonly ingested substances are absorbed through the stomach wall?
    11·1 answer
  • An adult wild mouse has 40 chromosomes. It will have how many chromosomes in its sperm cells. A mouse zygote will have how many
    10·2 answers
  • What evidence shows that mitosis is a continuous process, not a series of separate events?
    15·1 answer
  • Recent advances in genome sequencing technology facilitate whole-genome sequencing of nonmodel organisms. select the scientific
    9·2 answers
  • Damage to which structure will most directly disrupt water balance within a single celled organism?
    14·2 answers
  • Skin tanning is an example of which adaptation technique?
    8·1 answer
  • Sometimes, when Mendel crossed two pea plants with each other, he obtained a phenotypic ratio of 3:1 purple-flowered pea plants
    12·1 answer
  • Imagine walking through a tropical rainforest. You notice that there are different types of trees, birds, insects, and other org
    6·2 answers
  • Cold medicines can_______.
    14·1 answer
  • Pretend you’re a researcher in charge of conducting new research on the flu research on the flu virus. Identify four scientific
    6·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!