What is a main source of pollution for Lake Okeechobee, A. Large amounts of sewage (human waste) are dumped into the lake.
B. Fertilizer from sugar cane fields flow into the lake.
C. Large amounts of oil from boat engines are released into the water.
D. Many factories line the shore of the lake and contaminate the surrounding water.

When analyzing tree rings, what do scientists assume a thin ring indicates?

Bisphenol a (often called bpa) is a chemical found in products that people use every day, from water bottles to food containers to children's toys. unfortunately, bpa leaches out of its many products and makes its way into our bodies. what are the health effects of bpa exposure? ongoing research is finding that elevated exposure to bpa can affect a wide variety of developmental and physiological processes, but one of the first studies of bpa's health effects came about because of a simple mistake in the lab. at a laboratory at case western reserve university in 1998, geneticist patricia hunt was making a routine check of her female lab mice. as she extracted and examined developing eggs from the ovaries, she began to wonder what had gone wrong. she noticed that many of the eggs showed problems with their chromosomes, and some had irregular amounts of genetic material, which can lead to miscarriages and birth defects in mammals. she learned that a lab assistant had mistakenly washed the plastic mouse cages and water bottles with a harsh soap, releasing bpa from the plastic. knowing that bpa is an endocrine disruptor, a chemical that can enter organisms and mimic hormones, hunt set out to discover whether it had adversely affected her mice.

Which of the following is an effect of the uneven heating of the earth by the sun? a sea breeze a land breeze a convection current all of the above