Apopulation of small fish lives in a lake with a sandy bottom. the major predator of these fish is a wading bird that hunts by sight. most of the fish are light sandy brown, but about 10% are mottled. the color pattern is heritable. a construction company dumps a load of gravel in the bottom of the lake, giving it a mottled appearance. which of these statements presents the most accurate prediction assuming they don't just all die due to severe habitat pollution and food chain disruption?

humans, along with other animals and plants, have linear chromosomes that are arranged in pairs within the nucleus of the cell. the only human cells that do not contain pairs of chromosomes are reproductive cells, or gametes, which carry just one copy of each chromosome.

stratosphere: as the altitude increases, the air temperature increases. the stratosphere has a layer of ozone, called the ozone layer. this layer absorbs most of the ultraviolet radiation from sunlight. this results in the stratosphere being warmer.