Which of the following statements best explains why most ecosystems will not have quaternary consumers? a
There would be too much competition for food for
any animals to survive as quaternary consumers.

b
Tertiary consumers are already very large animals,
their predators would have to be huge.

с
There would not be enough energy to sustain a
quaternary consumer level

d
An environment cannot support that many
organisms.

Ablastocyst is a group of cells that forms after a human egg is fertilized. the blastocyst consists of two types of cells. some of these cells will become the placenta. what do the other cells develop into?

In a classic experiment using pea shape, mendel conducted two separate genetic crosses. in the first cross the parent plants were “true breeding” for pea shape; one had round peas ( r )and the other had wrinkled (r). the first cross produced a filial 1 generation of all round peas. in the second cross, mendel bred plants from the filial 1 generation. this cross produced different results. out of approximately 1000 plants, about 75% were round and 25% were wrinkled.

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.