The part of the earth system that includes earth’s solid, rocky, outer layer is the
a. hydrosphere.
b. atmosphere.
c. biosphere.
d. lithosphere. user: trying to explain a solar eclipse is an example of
a. a prediction.
b. drawing a conclusion.
c. scientific inquiry.
d. classification.

Poling our way along the inky green waterway, we glided upstream through quiet still-water bends in the river, where mats of fragrant white flowers had gathered, closing behind the stern of our 24-inch-wide dugout and concealing any sign of our passage. —eric hansen, stranger in the forest: on foot across borneo, 1998 which of these items in the passage is an example of borneo’s flora? a. “the inky green waterway” c. “mats of fragrant white flowers” b. “still-water bends in the river” d. “the stern of our 24-inch-wide dugout”