As the atmosphere and Earth’s surface materials absorb ultraviolet light, visible light, and infrared energy, they gain thermal energy and their temperatures rise. Which of the following best explains why the dry and sandy areas of deserts are hotter than the water in oases, even when the areas are both at the same latitude and altitude?

Which best explains how a heat pump can heat a room? cold air from the house is moved through pipes, where it absorbs thermal energy. warm air from outside is pushed into the house to replace the cold air. combustion warms the air when chemical energy is transferred to thermal energy. fuel is used to move a piston, which pushes warm air into the house.

Fossils of ancestors of the modern horses show a small 4-toed almost dog-like browsing animal named eohippus over time the horses got larger lost toes and changed to a grazing diet what is the best explanation of why this change occurred

Which group of protists would be most likely to have cilia as adults and why? (1 point)the sporozoan protists would since they have to spread their spores around.the heterotrophic protists would since they use them to gather food.the parasitic protists would since they need to find other organisms to attack.the autotrophic protists would since they must move to find light.