Researchers Have Recently Proposed a New Way Lake Succession Can

question 65

Multiple Choice

Researchers have recently proposed a new way lake succession can occur. What is one feature of this new model?

• A) Lake succession is slow and steady.
• B) Colonization of plants happens from the lakeshore.
• C) Colonization of plants happens from the sediments at the lake bottom.
• D) The production of a peat layer is not necessary in lake succession.

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Definitions:

Hematopoiesis

The process by which the body produces blood cells and platelets, occurring in the bone marrow.

Leukocytes

White blood cells, key components of the immune system involved in protecting the body against both infectious disease and foreign invaders.

Erythrocytes

Red blood cells that carry oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues and return carbon dioxide from the tissues back to the lungs.

Erythropoiesis

The process by which red blood cells (erythrocytes) are produced in the bone marrow.