The mountains of the Sierra Nevada play a role in the formation of desert in eastern California and Nevada. What is this an example of?

The correct answer would be - The lithosphere influences the atmosphere and biosphere .

Explanation:

The mountains of the Sierra Nevada play the role of a barrier that blocks the air or wind that brings the clouds filled with water to eastern California and Nevada as it can not pass the mountains and reach the other side of mountains which cause less or no rain to this region.

Rain is a very important aspect for the region to be less diverse in plants and animals as most of them require water but as it is described there is no or very little precipitation so it becomes desert.

This makes it an example of the lithosphere influences the atmosphere and biosphere .

it has to be understood that the sea water contains a huge amount of sodium and chlorine ions and if they enter the cell of the atlantic cod fish, the cell will shrivel and the fish will die. to avoid such a condition, the fish uses active transport for the purpose of removing the ions against the gradient.

explanation:

the atlantic cod is not a maritime osmoconformer. its native application of salts is less than that of the seawater it lives in. it is continually falling water from the gills to the ocean via osmosis.

countering that, the fish is going to be swallowing seawater. but since its internal collection of salts is lower than seawater, the fish will want to go free of excess salt, and since that's going upon a gradient, then active transport, requiring energy, must be used to pump out the salt. much marine fish use the organs to filter out the salt and these fish discharge very straight urine.