Describe how a single pair of seed eating birds could have arrived on an island and evolved into insect eating birds.

What have we learned from fossil evidence about evolution? a) it is an abrupt change. b)the process is observable. c) it takes place during one lifetime only. d)the most complex traits are always selected.

Astudent drew the following flowchart to show the movement of nutrients. soil → roots → plants →? where does nitrogen go next? a. directly into nearby animals as nutrition b. directly into aquifers through condensation c. directly into the air through evaporation d. directly into nearby plants during fixation

Sampling lake water for microscopic organisms is not as easy as it sounds when you want to both count and identify species. in a given water sample, your bacteria of choice can be rare or difficult to culture, particularly given the mixture of bacteria in a biofilm. which of the following culture media would be best for growing fecal coliforms when they are relatively less abundant than other bacteria in the lake? anaerobic culture medium enrichment culture medium complex culture medium basic culture medium