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What idea says that a type of organism that is better able to survive in its environment than another type of organism will produce more offspring and become predominant?
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Natural selection.
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What are some advantages of reproducing asexually?
Reproducing asexually has several advantages, including being able to reproduce without a partner. Another advantage is that the offspring are probably well-adapted to the environment and have a good chance of success. This method of reproduction is also fairly speedy.
What are three examples of commensalism in boreal forest?
There are three types of commensalism which is the situation where one organism benefits, the other party is unaffected (no harm/no benefit). There is phoresy which one organism uses the other for transportation, inquilism when one organism provides permanent shelter, and metabiosis where one organism inadvertently makes life easier for another organism.
What is a simple definition for the geographical term nutrient recycling?
the processes by which nutrients are transferred from one organism to another.
Is limestone good or bad for the environment?
it is helpful in one way but harmful in another
How is earth like a living organism?
it moves The Earth itself considering its mass is not an organism nor it is a live being. A living organism is an entity that can generate another living organism. The Earth, as a celestial body comprises mainly its solid mass. All other living organisms on its surface do not makes part of the Earth as a celestial body once it may the be unique inhabited planet in the whole Universe. Therefore, the Earth is not a living organism, but a basis to all living organisms on it.
Organism that must feed on another organism in the environment?
A Predator.
What are the genetic definitions of fitness and adaptation?
The genetic definition of fitness and adaptation is when a given organism survives long enough to have an offspring. The offspring usually have another offspring and the chain continues.
How can poisons in the environment pass from one organism to another?
ther is a tube that can be put under ground that form to change to another
What are traits that are hidden called?
Recessive traits can be hidden if the organism inherits one dominant and one recessive allele (i.e. is heterozygous) for a gene. If a heterozygous organism mates with another heterozygous organism for the same trait, the recessive trait may be expressed in their offspring, which would mean that the offspring inherited two recessive alleles, one from each parent.
Would you predict that another pair of students in your class would have an offspring genetically identical to yours?
A gene is a molecule unit of heredity of a living organism
What is the living organisms in a habitat?
An organism is actually a living thing, and a habitat is the environment for an organism. But, if one organism lives on another, the organism is its habitat.
What is any organism that eat another organism call?
An organism that eats another organism is called a consumer.
What does it mean when an organism is scientifically described as being 'fit' or having 'high fitness'?
It is an organism's ability to survive and reproduce.
What will happen to a organism if they transferred to another type of environment like a aquarium?
If the environment does not provide needed variables such as food, air/water, lighting, etc, then it would not survive.
How is energy moved from one organism to another?
How is energy moved from one organism to another? A.when one organism chases another organism, energy is movedB.when one organism is close by another organism, energy is movedC.when one organism touches another organism, energy is movedD.when one organism eats another organism, energy is moved
How energy moves from one organism to another?
How is energy moved from one organism to another? A.when one organism chases another organism, energy is movedB.when one organism is close by another organism, energy is movedC.when one organism touches another organism, energy is movedD.when one organism eats another organism, energy is moved
How do metabiosis help the ecosystem?
Metabiosis is defined as "a mode of life in which one organism so depends on another that it cannot flourish unless the latter precedes and influences the environment favorably." In other words, an organism depends on another for its existence.
