What conditions are required to form the parallel alignment of minerals sometimes found in metamorphic rocks?

All of the following statements about the biosphere are true except: a. light and heat from the sun do not affect the biosphere. b. the biosphere gets resources from earth's crust, hydrosphere and atmosphere. c. like "biology", the name for the biosphere comes from the greek word for life. d. the biosphere includes all living organisms on earth's surface.

The layers of earth are based on what two sets of characteristics?

Why isn't the balkan region good for farming? it has dry summers. it is far from the sea. its soil is not fertile. its terrain is mountainous. its winters are mild.