I believe that the areas are tropical and polar zones.
For the first blank it would be: Lock
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For the second blank it would be: Key
Answer:
<em>This is an example of natural selection (adaptation).</em>
Explanation:
Natural selection tends to favor those organisms which are better adapted to live in an environment.
As tortoises having flat shell and long neck were better adapted to live in barren area, hence through natural selection those organisms were favored in such an ecosystem.
As tortoises that lived on the vegetative lands were more adapted to live in such an ecosystem, hence through natural ecosystem these organisms were favored and increased in numbers.
Usually to study genetics mendel used pea plants because of the easy traits associated
Enclosed within the nucleolus of the cell.