Imagine a population of small animals. All of the animals in this population have short legs. They all eat the leaves off of the low shrubs in their environment. One animal happens to be born with a mutation that gives it very long legs. It is the only individual in this population with this mutation, and it makes it very hard for it to eat the leaves so low to the ground. But suddenly there is a fire that burns all of the shrubs, so the only food source is now up in the low tree branches. How might this individual animal with the long-leg mutation affect the entire population?

Match the types of competition to their descriptions

Recent research by marine biologists suggests that bottlenose dolphins have names for themselves. scientists played sounds they had identified as the names of particular dolphins, putting them through a synthesizer so that they did not sound like the voices of particular dolphins. the researchers found that dolphins would respond to the names of other dolphins that they were related to or associated with, but they ignored the names of strangers. this discovery suggests a much greater degree of self-awareness in aquatic mammals than was previously suspected. if this research holds up, what does it suggest about dolphins?

What are two ways that harvesting algae from the ocean may benefit human society? how might the harvest of algae negatively impact the ocean communities where that algae grows? how could this be prevented?