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What is upwelling

the movement of deep, cold, nutrient-rich water goes up to the surface. Up-welling can be rising of any liquid.

water moving up from the benthic zone

How does natural selection lead to evolution

a species can gradually change into new species

What is a thermocline

A line where temperature changes.

What is a nonnative species

A species that does not normally live in an area

What is the fitness of an organism

The ability to survive and reproduce

How do peppered moths after the Industrial Revolution show the process of natural selection

The peppered moth had white bodies and wings, peppered with black. This coloration blended well into the original British countryside, hiding them from their predator the birds. Factories of the early industrial revolution covered everything with soot. Now the white stood out against the black surroundings making them easy targets for birds. Over time the white moths were wiped out. But, a few of them were darker in color, these survived and multiplied such that the white peppered moth was replaced buy the dark ones.

Black moths were selected for when the trees turned black.

the moths with the high fitness were selected for

The black moths were more fit for survival, so their phenotype frequency increased.

What question did Charles Darwin attempt to answer

Why do organisms in different places have different traits (apex)

Which part of a lake is most likely to have no photosynthesis

Benthic zone

Why are certain traits adaptations in one ecosystem but not in another

An adaptation must fit the environment -Apex

How do adaptations affect a species

They make the species more genetically diverse

What best summarizes the peppered moths in England after the Industrial Revolution

allele frequency change Apex :)

A plant survives in a tropical rain forest when placed in a temperature forest it dies within a year what is most likely characteristic of the plant

That plant needs stable weather.

Why does competition happen

Competition happens because there are limited resources in an ecosystem.

What is a reproductive strategy

The method an organism uses to produce offspring

the way that a species creates offspring

What way leads to competition between two species

An overlap in their niches

Wolves are predators for hares The wolf population increase what happens next

The death rate of hares increases.

Ice floats on water because ice is less dence than water how helpful to fish that live in a lake

The ice that covers a lake actually insulates the deeper water preventing it from freezing too, this allows fish to continue to swim and feed during the winter.

which is a density-independent factor in controlling a population

C) apex

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