Freshwater biomes are characterized by their extremely low salt content of water and are maintained by precipitation. Temperature-Depending on the season, the temperature in freshwater biomes may be uniform or uneven between the different layers of ponds and lakes.
Hopefully, this will begin to prompt some dialogue on what it means when we say LGBT.. Other key findings were that an estimated 19 million Americans, or 8.2 percent of the population, said they have engaged in same-sex behavior, and 25.6 million, or 11 percent, acknowledged some same-sex attraction.
Thirty-five percent of Americans are classified having a normal weight so far in 2014, while 35.3% of adults are considered overweight.. Meanwhile, underweight Americans make up a very small 2.1% of the adult population. The obesity rate was 25.5% in 2008 when Gallup and Healthways first began tracking it. The percentage of obese adults has fluctuated since then, but is now 2.2 percentage points higher than it was in 2008. Across major demographic categories, obesity rates are higher or stable thus far in 2014 compared with 2013.