A company purchased a large forest and cut the trees for lumber. Sunlight, which had not reached the forest floor before, was now very bright on the bare ground. Holly ferns began to grow rapidly because of increased access to light and moisture. Which population of organisms would be in direct competition with the Holly ferns for the same resources?

A.Spotted owls

B.Hawks

C.Wildflowers

D.Squirrels

d

Explanation:

c

Explanation:

they're plants and the others are animals

Carbon-dioxide gas is essential for maintaining life on earth.

Explanation:

Carbon-dioxide present in the atmosphere comes from breathing of animals and volcanic eruption. this carbon-dioxide absorb by the plants (biosphere) in the process of photosynthesis. This carbon-dioxide is incorporated in the soil (geosphere) with the dead bodies of plants and animals and decomposition of these bodies occurs and carbon-dioxide gas again releases in the atmosphere. Carbon-dioxide gas is also dissolved in the water bodies where it is required by the plants for photosynthesis and made food for the marine animals.