Explain how the mutation rate affects the evolution of your populations, use the prediction statements above to you make a concise statement about the effect of mutation rate on evolution.

What kind of seafood would you expect to have the highest levels of mercury and why? kelp, because they use the sun to photosynthesize on the bottom trophic level. oysters, because they filter feed on plankton on a lower trophic level. small fish, because they eat plankton on a higher trophic level. sharks, because they feed on organisms on a higher trophic level.

Rue or false siblings look simila rbecause they each have some traits of their parents.

1. variations in a population of moths allow for some of its members to be able to adapt to environmental changes. the better adapted of the moths will be able to survive the change and thus prevail as the “fittest” of the species. (a) describe three mechanisms in which variation can occur within a species population. (b) explain which mechanism or mechanisms would be responsible for the survival of a population of peppered moths better than white moths in an environment affected by industrial soot. justify your answer.