I believe it’s the Vulture but im not completely sure sorry if this is wrong :(
Answer:
D) The porcupine is showing a physical characteristic adaptation and the opossum is showing a behavioral adaptation.
Explanation:
Adaptation, which refers to the ability of an organism to adjust to changes in their external environment in order to survive, is of different types namely: physical/structural, behavioral etc.
- A physical or structural adaptation is a possessed physical characteristics/traits of an organism that enables it adapt.
- A behavioral adaptation is an organisms change in behavioral pattern or responses made to changes in the environment.
According to this question;
- A porcupine is said to have quills on its back which helps protect it from predators. This shows an example of STRUCTURAL or PHYSICAL ADAPTATION, which is the QUILLS it possesses.
- An opossum is said to pretend to be dead and become stiff when threatened. This is an example of BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATION because the opossum responds behaviorally to being threatened.
Answer:
To a certain extent, population numbers are self-regulating because deaths increase when a population exceeds its carrying capacity. Disease, competition, predator-prey interaction, resource use and the number of populations in an ecosystem all affect carrying capacity.
Answer:
<h3>Potential energy </h3>
A box resting on the top of a bookcase is an example of <u>potential</u><u> </u><u>energy</u><u> </u>
Answer:
B. False
Explanation:
Orthologs are genes that find their origin in vertical descent,, paralogous on the other hand, are genes that are related via duplication events. <em>In the case of human hemoglobin, their genes originated by duplication from an common ancestral globin gen, therefore they are paralogous.</em>
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