Answer:
B) Natural selection favored rabbits that were resistant to the virus
Explanation:
Most likely, virus resistance occurred over time, as a consequence of mutation. Individuals that carried the resistance mutation become favourable by natural selection.
Natural selection is evolutionary mechanism which favours traits of an organism that help him survive and reproduce (increase organism's fitness). In the example above, resistant rabbits that survived had the favorable trait (resistance) by natural selection.
Answer:
Explanation:
Oil sand is an unconventional source of oil. It requires specialized technology and great expertise to win oil from associated waste materials.
The reason why some companies bother about such oil source is explained below;
- Prevailing cost of oil in the world market makes it profitable to extract these oil from sands. A high cost of oil crude oil is a good cause to produce oil form oil sands.
- Development of new technology can catalyze interest in profitable exploration from unconventional sources.
- Economic policies can also favor the production of this source of oil.
- Demand for oil in the market can jack up production levels that can also be met by oil from oil sand.
