How much pounds have you gained?

In the sentence "a mining company will consider the distribution of coal when deciding how to mine the coal," what does the word distribution mean?

What do scientific models predict will happen to earth's temperature if current trends continue unmitigated? a. earth will heat and cool in a natural cycle b. earth will heat up and then return to an ice age c. earth will continue to warm at a rate of 0.25 c per decade d. earth will start to cool at a rate of 0.25 c per decade appex

In 1994, telomerase activity was discovered in human cancer cell lines. although telomerase activity is rarely present in human somatic tissue, this discovery indicated that humans do contain the genes for telomerase proteins and telomerase rna. since inappropriate activation of telomerase may contribute to cancer, why do you think the genes coding for this enzyme have been maintained in the human genome throughout evolution?