Water quality tests show the presence of a single heavy metal in the drinking water pulled from a local river. Residents are suffering from numerous stomach ailments and are showing signs of long-term kidney damage. The residents of the next town, down river from the first town, seem to be unaffected. Water quality tests in the river by the second town show two types of heavy metals at acceptable legal limits in the water. One of the metals is the same as the one in the first town. What can scientists infer about the possible reason for the illnesses appearing in the first town but not the second? One metal causes an acute effect, compared to the other.
One metal causes a chronic effect, compared to the other.
The heavy metals have a synergistic relationship when combined.
The heavy metals have an antagonistic relationship when combined.

(04.05 hc) analyze the given diagram of the carbon cycle below. an image of carbon cycle is shown. the sun, a cloud, two trees, one on the left and the other on the right, an animal, lake, and a factory are shown in the image. an arrow is shown from the sun towards the left tree marked a. the sun is marked b. there is an arrow from the air above the clouds, marked c, towards the left tree. an arrow from a location close to the ground marked d points towards dead organisms, which is a label under the animal. an arrow marked e points from the right tree straight up to the clouds. an arrow marked f points from the animal straight up to the clouds. an arrow marked g points from the factory towards the air above the clouds, c. there is an arrow pointing from the air to the lake labeled carbonates in water, an arrow pointing down from dead organisms to fossils and fossil fuels, and an arrow from fossils to the factory. part 1: which compound does c represent? part 2: name a process that could release this compound into the air. part 3: explain how the elements that form it are conserved during the carbon cycle. use complete sentences to explain your answer.