Marie is a 63-year-old African American woman from the Midwest. She is lactose intolerant and prefers staying indoors as opposed to going outside. Lately, she has had terrible bone and joint pain and a recent checkup confirms that Marie is deficient in vitamin D and has a disease called:

Osteoporosis

Explanation:

Osteoporosis occurs when the bones become porous i.e less dense and weak. This can led to fracture of the bones because of the brittle nature of the bones. Deficiency in vitamin D as well as deficiency in calcium can result to osteoporosis in the elderly.

In the case of Marie, she is lactose intolerance, meaning she is most likely not to be consuming milk which contains a high quantity of calcium needed for bone development. So also, it was said she prefers staying indoors than going outside, meaning she has no access to sunlight which contains vitamin D. These factors could jointly influence the appearance of osteoporosis.

answer: grassland biomes are closer to the equator and receive more rain.

grasslands are biomes that are dominated by grasses rather shrubs and trees. savanna are biomes that exhibit grasses, shrubs and small tree as vegetation. grasslands are located near the equator of the earth. these are found in north america. savanna biomes are found in africa, south america, australia and india. grassland exhibit moderate climatic conditions, it receives   amount of rainfall higher than savanna.   therefore, savanna exhibit dry and hot climatic conditions.