2A. One key event in the evolution of plants was the evoluti…

2A. One key event in the evolution of plants was the evolution of vascular tissue and secondary growth. Shortly after this happened, a group of fungi called the brown rot fungi appear in the fossil record, with the ability to break down lignin. They remain the only major organisms that can break down lignin efficiently. What ecological role do you expect the ability to digest lignin has? What would happen if there were no lignin-digesting organisms available in an ecosystem? (3-4 sentence limit)

Look at this screenshot of an article from LATimes.com. I’ve…

Look at this screenshot of an article from LATimes.com. I’ve marked up different parts of it with color-coded highlighter and a number. Please give the proper term for each of the different parts. To get you started, #4 (in green) is called the byline. #1 (yellow): [answer1] #2 (red): [answer2] #3 (blue) [answer3] #5 (purple): [answer4]

Read the first paragraph of the news article below, then ide…

Read the first paragraph of the news article below, then identify and explain ONE of the news values in this story (news value = reason it is newsworthy). The White House released a partial budget proposal Friday calling for $163 billion in cuts to federal spending in the next fiscal year, pushing reductions to health care, education and many other government programs while boosting spending on defense and homeland security.