Abiology class is conducting an experiment to determine how soil ph may affect the germination of pine seedlings. three pine seeds are placed in a pot of soil with a ph of 6.5, and three pine seeds are placed in a pot of soil with a ph of 4.0. after one week, the students count the number of seeds which have germinated and determine the mass of each pine sprout. which of these is the best way to improve the accuracy and validity of the data in this experiment? a) repeat the experiment with other types of seeds b) repeat the experiment using soils of different ph c) increase the sample size by using additional pots and seeds d) increase the number of independent variables in the experiment

Which of the following scenarios is an example of the bottleneck effect? answers a in south africa, much of the afrikaner population is descended from a small number of dutch colonists. in this population, this is an unusually high frequency of pseudoxanthoma elasticum (pxe), an elastic tissue disorder. b four white-tailed deer are introduced to a park in finland. thirty years after their introduction scientists compare the genes in the population and find that there is no variation. c during the industrial revolution, london's air became filled with soot. as a result, birds started eating more of the lighter moths because they were easier to spot than their darker counterparts. over time, the moth population changed so that there were more darker moths than lighter ones. d 10% of the population of american alligators in an area have the recessive trait albinism. a massive flood results in the death of 80% of the population. of the remaining population, 60% have the recessive trait of albinism.

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.

What's wrong with this ecological pyramid? (multiple choice)1. secondary consumers should be at the bottom of the pyramid2. the sun has an arrow leading to decomposers 3. primary consumers should come after the sun4. energy retained should increase from the bottom to the top5. the sun should be at the bottom of the pyramid