A: Rainforests have such a wealth of organisms that most decaying matter is taken up by bacteria, fungi, and termites while most nutrients are quickly taken up by plants. Explain how this plays into the soil type and what the result is when those regions are deforested for farming in terms of quality of soil with regards to nutrients. B: Why do you think there are multiple classifications for biomes or climate zones? What might some of the problems with the different classifications methods be?
C: Explain how Winogradsky columns illustrate the diversity of microorganisms found on Earth today in terms of the diversity of niches they occupy.