Why doesnt the Earth fall down?

As global warming continues the ocean absorbs more of the earth's heat what term describes the ocean as a storage location for heat a) heat binb) heat sinkc) heat storaged) heat vent( answer this for me)

8) animals respond in various ways to stimuli detected through their senses. some of these responses are stimulated by the presence of danger. which of these animal responses is the best example of a response to an immediate threat? a) a rooster crows every morning at the first sign of light. b) as something approaches an octopus, it shoots a cloud of ink. c) from late fall until spring, bears hibernate to preserve energy. d) a dog is getting hot in the sunlight, so he moves to a shaded area.

The distant ancestors of tigers may have had bodies without stripes. use the theory of natural selection to explain how tigers may have evolved to have stripes.