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Chapter 1 Answers: 1.Antigua and Barbuda are twin-island nations that are located between the carribean sea and atlantic ocean. They are located next to Monsterrat, Guadeloupe, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Anguilla. The islands have a lot of limestone, and also some remnants of volcanic craters. The limestone formations are seperated from the southwestern volcanic area by a central plain of clay formations. The shorelines are greatly indented, with beaches, lagoons, and natural harbours. The islands are rimmed by reefs and shoals. There are few streams, as rainfall is slight.Both islands lack adequate amounts of fresh groundwater and there are no significant elevations on either island. 2. English is the official language, but many locals speak Antiguan Creole. The Barbudan accent is slightly different from the Antiguan. Finnish is also popular within the nations.

3.Antigua and Barbuda are developing countries, but are classified as developed by the world bank. Its considered to have an emerging and developing economy however. 4.Their economy isnt growing at the moment, its sort of at a stand still. This is because its economy is dependent on tourism and since early 2000, toursim has been weak so the economy has slowed. 5.The average economical footprint is 5.2 no they dont have a problem with affluence. 6.  Chapter 3 Answers:  1. A food web is a description of feeding patterns among species within a community. In Antigua and Barbuda there are a lot of birds, plants,and reptiles. The plants in the are produce energy by the sun, then the birds, and other herbivores eat the plants for that energy. Spiders, soem birds, frogs and other species then eat those herbivores to get that energy, even though they get less than the herbivores got. There arent many tertiary consumers in these ecosystems. 2. Based on the information i found i would say they have a high gross productivity, due to them having so many plants on the islands. however they do have alot of primery consumers feeding off of those plants so their net productivity could be low. 3. Some producers(plants) in Antigua and Barbuda include the Aloe plant, Red Hibiscus, Sugarcane, Yucca plant, Whitewood tree, the Widdy Widdy, and the Dagger tree. Some herbivores on these islands include, fallow deer, Centipede, and Goats. The Carnivores on the island include Tree frogs, Toads, Black Horse spiders (Tarantulas), Mongoose, the Antiguan ground lizard the West Indian Whistling Duck and the Broad winged Hawk. Some omnivores on the island include Mosquitos, and the hawksbill turtle. Decomposers include, worms and mushrooms. 4. Some human impacts on the nutrient cycling in Antigua and Barbuda include, ground water contamination, whcih is a major source of drinking water and agricultural or industrial pollutants are easily getting into this water source. Deforestation is also a problem, this interefers in the water, phospherous, and carbon cycles on the islands. 5.There are some studies being done or some that have been done on Antigua's and Barbuda's ecosystems. There are some being done on Mongroves all over the caribean, Antigua being one of those places. Also some scientists have studies Antigua and Barbuda's coastal Marine ecosystems.