Why is homeostasis essential for living things?

If someone could do the first couple, just so i can see how it's done that would be great! 20 points. complete a dichotomous key for the 10 leaves on the common leaves sheet. the chart provided here allows for 11 pairs of statements. depending on how you build your dichotomous key, you may or may not need all of them, or you may need to add some.

The gene that causes sickle-cell disease is present in a higher percentage of residents of sub-saharan africa than among those of african descent living in the united states. even though this gene causes sickle-cell disease, it also provides some protection from malaria, a serious disease that is widespread in sub-saharan africa but absent in the united states. discuss an evolutionary process that could account for the different percentages of the sickle-cell gene among residents of the two regions.

The concept of keystone species is controversial among ecologists because most organisms are highly interdependent. if each of the trophic levels is dependant on all others how can we say one is most important