Answer:
Ongoing effects include rising sea levels due to thermal expansion and melting of glaciers and ice sheets, and warming of the ocean surface, leading to increased temperature stratification.
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Termites
Explanation:
A termite is classified as an insect, and insects are inverterbrate.
Answer:
population - community - ecosystem - biosphere
Explanation:
<em>The correctly sorted level of organization of an ecosystem from the least inclusive to the most inclusive would be from population to community to ecosystem and finally to biosphere.</em>
A population consists of a group of organism of the same species living in a particular area at a particular time and capable of interbreeding to produce fertile progeny.
A community represents different population of organisms that are interacting with one another. Several populations make up a community.
An ecosystem consists of different communities of organisms that are interacting with themselves and the non living component of the environment.
A biosphere consists of all regions of the earth where living organisms can be found. It consists of different ecosystems that make up the earth.
<u>Hence, the population is least inclusive, followed by the community, then the ecosystem and finally the biosphere.</u>
Answer:
In an ancestral elm species, mutations gave rise to the phenotypic trait "winged-seeds". Subsequently, selection favored elm plants with winged-seeds that diverged over time to become a separate species
Explanation:
A mutation is a genetic change in the DNA sequence. In general, mutations have a negative impact on the fitness of the individual (i.e., mutations are generally deleterious) and therefore they disappear from the population. However, there are situations where mutations are beneficial and confer an adaptive advantage, thereby increasing their frequency in the population. In this case, mutations associated with the formation of winged-seeds conferred an adaptive advantage (i.e., higher seed dispersal capacity) to individuals who had this phenotypic trait, thereby these individuals had more chances to reproduce and pass their genes to the next generation. Eventually, Elm plants with winged-seeds accumulated sufficient genetic differences to prevent interbreeding, leading to the formation of a separate species.
<span>Vertebrates and invertebrates</span>
