Answer:
Insulin reduces blood sugar.
Explanation:
Insulin is an hormone produced naturally in the pancreas organ of the body. Insulin is majorly involved in digestion where it helps in the absorption process. Insulin aids the absorption of glucose by cells.
When a meal is eaten, the food digests and breaks down into GLUCOSE, which enters into the blood stream via the small intestine. Insulin ensures that the sugar (glucose) content in the blood REDUCES by moving glucose into cells for respiration (energy production) and storing the excess glucose as glycogen in the liver cells.
Answer:
Darwin observed the Galapagos finches had a graded series of beak sizes and shapes and predicted these species were modified from one original mainland species.
Darwin called differences among species natural selection, which is caused by the inheritance of traits, competition between individuals, and the variation of traits.
Offspring with inherited characteristics that allow them to best compete will survive and have more offspring than those individuals with variations that are less able to compete.
Large-billed finches feed more efficiently on large, hard seeds, whereas smaller billed finches feed more efficiently on small, soft seeds.
When small, soft seeds become rare, large-billed finches will survive better, and there will be more larger-billed birds in the following generation; when large, hard seeds become rare, the opposite will occur.
A vascular plant is a plant that is characterized by the presence of conducting tissue.
Answer:
True. This is the case where an invasive species has reduced the genetic diversity of indigenous species.
Explanation:
- An invasive species is an exotic, foreign species that takes over a specific habitat or ecosystem and destabilizes it.
- Invasive species disrupt the food chains of an ecosystem which may lead to increase in populations of some species while reducing others.
- Invasive species compete with indigenous species for food, shelter and mates. As the indigenous species cannot reproduce properly, a reduction in their genetic diversity is the direct result.
