When certain traits increase the likelihood of an animal living a long life, it is referred to as a. evolution b. mutation c. artificial selection d. natural selection

Darius is observing a family of geese, which includes a male goose, female goose, and several goslings. when a dog approaches the geese, the male goose hisses at the dog and flaps its wings threateningly. is the behavior of the male goose an example of an adaptation?

Use the phylogenetic tree to the right to determine which statement below is true. organisms a and f are not related. organism e is more closely related to organism b than organism f. organisms c and d are more closely related than organisms a and b. phylogenetic trees

Astudent sees several ants walking up a wall following the exact same trail that an ant took earlier. she wants to apply the scientific method to determine how the ants detected the trail. which of these steps would come first in her application of the scientific method? perform an experiment by cleaning the scent away from part of the trail. draw a conclusion that the ants follow a scent trail. make a prediction about what the ants will do after she cleans away part of the trail. hypothesize that the ants are following a scent trail that the first ant left.