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04749800002628900-228600Name _____________________Date ____________ Per. _____Name _____________________Date ____________ Per. _____0-228600Carefully Read “Explorers at Work p66, Then Answer the Following Questions00Carefully Read “Explorers at Work p66, Then Answer the Following QuestionsThis is a political map of Brazil that shows cities. The original range of the Atlantic Forest stretched from the easternmost tip of Brazil southward into eastern Paraguay and northeast Argentina. S?o Paulo and Rio de Janeiro are two of the 30 largest urban areas in the world, and Belo Horizonte follows as one of the 100 largest. ? What inferences can you make about the relative populations of the two areas?? How might growing populations cause small pockets or fragments of forest to develop?? What is a local example of a growing population fragmenting an ecosystem?Thinking CriticallyDraw Conclusions Even though only 8% of the original forests remain, the Atlantic Forest is still considered one of the most diverse regions on Earth. Can you conclude from these facts that the loss of forests has had little effect so far on the number of species found there? Why or why not?0-63500Carefully Read Science Focus 3:1 on Page 70; Then Answer the Following Questions: ? The sun fuels Earth by . . . ? Solar energy is added to Earth’s spheres by . . .Thinking CriticallyInfer How would nutrient cycling be affected if all of Earth’s producers died off? ................
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