Read the passage. Then write a paragraph that explains why the two ecosystems have such different kinds of plants. Use the terms biotic factor, abiotic factor, and limiting factor in your explanation. Passage A group of students is studying the types of plants that grow in a field next to the school. The field is mowed regularly, but it does not get any water other than rainfall. The field has several kinds of plants that are typically found in a grassland ecosystem. But it has none of the plants found in a nearby forest ecosystem.

The westins and the shermans live in the same city and pay the same sales tax rate, and both families made $14,000 in taxable purchases last year. if the westins made $86,000 and the shermans made $33,000 last year, is the sales tax in their city an example of a regressive tax? yes, because the westins and the shermans both paid the same sales tax rate. b. no, because the shermans paid a higher percentage of their income in sales tax than the westins did. c. no, because the westins and the shermans both paid the same sales tax rate. d. yes, because the shermans paid a higher percentage of their income in sales tax than the westins did.