Which of the following best describes what carrying capacity is? A
The quantity of marine life a limited water resource can sustain.
B
The maximum number of a population that an ecosystem can sustain.
C
The total amount of greenhouse gases a specific ecosystem can sustain.
D
The minimum number of predators a specific geographic area needs to sustain itself.

Which phrase is the best summary of the model shown? a. the transfer of the sun's energy through trophic levels b. a series of aerobic and anaerobic reactions c. a transformation of light energy into chemical energy d. the breakdown of food molecules

Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. during the day, plants produce by splitting water molecules in the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis. at the same time, plants use cellular respiration to produce some of the needed by the light-independent reactions to make sugars. during the night, plants produce because takes place.

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.