What would most likely occur if a plague killed most of the prey organisms within a once-healthy ecosystem? a. the number of consumers would increase. b. the number of scavengers would increase. c. the number of predators would decrease. d. the number of producers would decrease.

the answers are as following:

1. c. double helix, nucleosome, coil, supercoil, chromosome

2. b. g2 phase, preparation for mitosis

3. d. interphase consists of the g1, s, and g2 phases

4. c. metaphase

5. a. chromosomes are duplicated before cell division so that each new daughter cell has a complete set