Refer to the Figure

question 30

Essay

Refer to the figure.
Figure 1
You are working with a town to develop a conservation strategy for parks (tracts) of protected land in a suburban area (parks A-G). These seven areas are depicted in Figure 1. Each square in the grid indicates an area of 1 km².
-Refer to Figure 1 to familiarize yourself with the key aspects of the protected areas and answer the following questions:
a) Determine the overall size of each park (in km²) and create a table of these data (this will be referred to as Table 1).
b) Based on the total area, what percent of the available land is currently protected?
c) Based solely on the size of each park, which park would you expect to have the highest species richness? Why?
d) Based solely on size and shape of each park, which park would you expect would have the most potential for preserving viable populations of a threatened species? Why?

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Cranial Nerves

Twelve pairs of nerves that originate in the brain and control a variety of functions including sensation, motor skills, and autonomic functions in the head and neck.

Trochlear Nerve

The fourth cranial nerve, responsible for controlling the superior oblique muscle of the eye, which allows for rotational movement.

Eyeball

The spherical part of the eye that contains the structures responsible for vision, including the lens, retina, and cornea.

Cranial Nerve

One of twelve nerves that originate directly from the brain, not the spinal cord, and regulate various functions of the head and neck.