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What is the aphotic zone

The aphotic zone is the permenetly dark layer of the oceans below the photic layer.(:

What does natural selection cause

Evolution.

What is Q to the 4th power

It is Q*Q*Q*Q or Q^4 - whatever Q is.

What is the fitness of an organism

The ability to survive and reproduce

How does high biodiversity affect an ecosystem

It makes the ecosystem able to survive disturbances.

What idea did Malthus introduce

Mathus felt that population is limited by food supply so we need to limit population growth or starve.

When will natural selection occur

Natural selection occurs when four conditions are met:

1. There is variation among individuals.

2. That variation is at least partially heritable.

3. That variation is linked to differential reproductive success.

4. More individuals are born than can survive and reproduce.

What is the name for the process in which the organisms best adapted to their environment survive

Natural selection
survival of the fittest or natural selection.

Which freshwater ecosystem is most productive

marsh or swamp in warm sub tropical climates

Creation of an unnaturally uniform sample to represent a diverse population can be avoided by

selecting individuals at random. Apex 8)

What must be true for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium to occur

No disruptive circumstances must be present in random mating in a population for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium to occur.

Mating must happen randomly.

No allele can give an advantage

What is a disterbance that carries energy from place to place

wave

Which is a primary disturbance Logging Snow melting Tree falling Volcanic eruption

Both logging snow melting and a tree falling and a volcanic eruption are disturbance. The are both a big thing for the earth.

A snake is bought into a new ecosystem that is hotter than its old ecosystem. the snake cannot survive in the high temperature and dies. which is the best way to describe this snake in the new ecosyst

Non-native species

The inclusion of random chance in an experiment is an attempt to imitate aspects of the natural world A.Each individual in a population behaves in a slightly different manner. B.Some organisms a

Each individual in a population behaves in a slightly different manner.

What is A trait has two alleles which are represented by p and q if p 0.89 what is q

0.56

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