Question: The most-commonly accepted theory is that these events were triggered by the onset of an ice age, in the Hirnantian faunal stage that ended the long, stable greenhouse conditions typical of the Ordovician. The ice age was probably not as long-lasting as once thought; study of oxygen isotopes in fossil brachiopods shows that it was probably no longer than 0.5 to 1.5 million years. The event was preceded by a fall in atmospheric carbon dioxide (from 7000ppm to 4400ppm) which selectively affected the shallow seas where most organisms lived. As the southern supercontinent Gondwana drifted over the South Pole, ice caps formed on it. Evidence of these ice caps have been detected in Upper Ordovician rock strata of North Africa and then-adjacent northeastern South America, which were south-polar locations at the time.
Is there an answer to this question: What type of climate was normal in the Ordovician period?

Answer: stable greenhouse conditions

Question: Different pieces of wood cut from a large tree may differ decidedly, particularly if the tree is big and mature. In some trees, the wood laid on late in the life of a tree is softer, lighter, weaker, and more even-textured than that produced earlier, but in other trees, the reverse applies. This may or may not correspond to heartwood and sapwood. In a large log the sapwood, because of the time in the life of the tree when it was grown, may be inferior in hardness, strength, and toughness to equally sound heartwood from the same log. In a smaller tree, the reverse may be true.
Is there an answer to this question: When a big tree is cut up, will the pieces of wood differ or all be the same?

Answer: differ

Question: In phonetics, aspiration is the strong burst of breath that accompanies either the release or, in the case of preaspiration, the closure of some obstruents. In English, aspirated consonants are allophones in complementary distribution with their unaspirated counterparts, but in some other languages, notably most Indian and East Asian languages, the difference is contrastive.
Is there an answer to this question: What are two language types where the difference is contrastive?

Answer: Indian and East Asian

Question: Brasilia has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) according to the Koppen system, with two distinct seasons: the rainy season, from October to April, and a dry season, from May to September. The average temperature is 20.6 C (69.1 F). September, at the end of the dry season, has the highest average maximum temperature, 28.3 C (82.9 F), has major and minor lower maximum average temperature, of 25.1 C (77.2 F) and 12.9 C (55.2 F), respectively. Average temperatures from September through March are a consistent 22 C (72 F). With 247.4 mm (9.7 in), January is the month with the highest rainfall of the year, while June is the lowest, with only 8.7 mm (0.3 in).
Is there an answer to this question: When is Brasilia's rainy season?

Answer:
October to April