*URGENT* You and a team of conservationists want to set up a park to preserve a specific area. What would be the most important step to take to make sure that the park had adequate biodiversity? Use the information in this reading to help you.

A. Count the number and types of organisms that live in the area when you set up the preserve.
B. Consult historical records of the area, and introduce organisms that existed in the area before human activity.

Where do the respiratory and circulatory systems meet? a. in the heart b. in the muscles c. in the lungs d. in the brain

Plants consume most of their carbon from a. the soil b. the water c. the roots d. the air

12) several teeth were found in an area of flat land covered with trees and plants. the teeth were examined by a paleontologist, and it was determined that the teeth came from a shark. they found many other shark teeth in this area. however, the people who discovered the teeth were puzzled, because there was no source of water near where the fossils were found. what is the paleontologist's best explanation for why the teeth were found in this area? a) sharks used to live on flat land. b) this area was once covered with salt water. c) this area was once covered with freshwater. d) someone buried the shark teeth deep in the ground.