<span>During nitrification, ammonia is changed back into nitrate.</span>
Nitrification is a three-step process of oxidation of ammonia. It is an aerobic process performed by small groups of autotrophic bacteria (<span>Nitrosomonas,
Nitrobacter</span>).
First step- ammonia to hydroxylamine,
Second step-hydroxylamine to nitrite,
Third step-nitrite to nitrate.
Nitrification together with ammonification is part of a nitrogen cycle.
Answer:
B) Natural selection favored rabbits that were resistant to the virus
Explanation:
Most likely, virus resistance occurred over time, as a consequence of mutation. Individuals that carried the resistance mutation become favourable by natural selection.
Natural selection is evolutionary mechanism which favours traits of an organism that help him survive and reproduce (increase organism's fitness). In the example above, resistant rabbits that survived had the favorable trait (resistance) by natural selection.
"C. Organisms' characteristics are carried
<span> on DNA.</span>" would be the best fit, although this still isn't really the core idea behind natural selection, which is that animals survive based on how "fit" they are for their environment.
Evaporation of ocean water and formation of sea ice both increase the salinity of the ocean water.
