Mastication is just a fancy way to say chewing. Since nothing chemical is going on and the food is just being chewed, the answer is physical.
The answer to the question is B
The shuffling of chromosomes that occurs during both fertilization and meiosis can lead to genetic variation. This is because of the independent assortment and crossing over. Hope this answers the question. Have a nice day. Feel free to ask more questions.
A plant grew from a leaf cutting will reproduce asexually.A plant cutting refers to a piece of plant that is used to vegetatively propagate a plant. A plant cutting can be a piece of stem, root or leave. The plant cutting is usually placed inside a suitable medium, where the cutting will grow to produce a new plant under suitable conditions. Plants that are grown from plant cutting are considered to be reproduce asexually, because vegetative propagation is a form of asexual reproduction.
It's A. Volcanic Island Arcs