Answer:
a. Uncontrolled cell growth
Explanation:
Cancer is an irregularity that occurs when cells mutate in a harmful way. This causes abnormal cell growth that is uncontrollable. These cell growths become tumors that, based on the type, may or may not spread to other parts of the body.
Your answer would be Why are Sea Lampreys a problem in the Great Lakes?
In the text, it explains the answer for this question. For the other three questions, it's asking for a factor of the paragraph rather than the whole thing. The whole paragraph explains the answers for all of the questions, so it's best to ask why are they causing problems.
The given example suggests the principle of resource partitioning.
The resource partitioning is a method of division of resources present in a particular niche to avoid the competition. In this case, the organism divide the regions having the abundant resources and they do not interfere in each others region.
In this case, the resource partition takes place by dividing the regions in the flask. one species use he resources present in the middle region and other uses the resource in the bottom.