Why is the Principle of Independent Assortment so important in terms of species survival?

Why do oceanic plates tend to subduction when colliding with a continental plate

Residential construction is expanding in florida, the expansion has caused fragmentation of habitats, one of the results of the increased construction is a decrease in the number of large predators such as the coyote, black bear and pool panther, which will be the most immediate local result of this fragmentation? 1)large predators will become extinct 2)decrease in middle sized predators 3)increase in population of top carnivores 4)increase in population of prey species

What materials must dams have to produce electricity, and what must occur?