Biomes on earth have exhibited changes throughout history that have been caused by a variety of factors. over the past 50 years, the amount of tropical rainforest acreage found throughout the world has decreased from 14.8 billion acres to 8.6 billion acres due to deforestation. what factor is likely most responsible for the changes observed in the world’s rainforests

you need to take a look at the periodic system in order to sort these elements into pairs that would most likely exhibit similar chemical properties. first, you need to find elements that are found in the same group (groups are vertical in the periodic system), and then to see whether they have the same valence number. if they meet these criteria, they will have similar properties.

the first pair: ne (neon) and kr (krypton), are noble gases found in group 8

the second pair: li (lithium) and k (potassium), found in group 1

the third pair: s (sulfur) and te (tellurium), found in group 6

the answer for sodium is 0.186

the answer for rubidium is 0.251

the answer is b. dilution

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