Although beavers are relatively rare, they have considerable influence over species interactions in communities in which they are present because of the dams that they construct. the beaver is thus an example of a(n)

You have 2 plants of the same type and same size, same amount of leaves. one of them is put inside the house and the other one is put in the balcony. you water them saturday, one plant with 200 ml and the other with 400 ml of water. which one of your plants need less water? explain.

To answer this question, researchers studied populations of the dusky salamander (desmognathus ochrophaeus) living on different mountain ranges in the southern appalachian mountains. the researchers tested the reproductive isolation of pairs of salamander populations by leaving one male and one female together and later checking the females for the presence of sperm. four mating combinations were tested for each pair of populations (a and b)—two within the same population (female a with male a and female b with male b) and two between populations (female a with male b and female b with male a). the proportion of successful matings for each mating combination was measured. for example, when all the matings of a particular combination were successful, the researchers gave it a value of 1; when none of the matings were successful, they gave it a value of 0. then the researchers calculated an index of reproductive isolation that ranged from 0 (no isolation) to 2 (full isolation). the reproductive isolation value for two populations is the sum of the proportion of successful matings of each type within populations (aa + bb) minus the sum of the proportion of successful matings of each type between populations (ab + ba). the table provides data for the geographic distances and reproductive isolation values for 27 pairs of dusky salamander populations.

Ronald wants to see if a new shower cleaner works better in removing soap than his old cleaner. he uses the new cleaner on one half of the shower tiles and his old cleaner on the other half. identify the independent and dependent variables in this experiment. enter your answer in the space provided.