Holmes said to Watson "My dear doctor, this is a time for observation, not talk, because it was part of his method to observe closely and then to consider his observations. The correct answer is A.
B. Depth creates the overall weight and more something is to be measured
Organisms belonging to the same faimly would be the most closley related.
The barnacles are only able to attach them selfs to surfaces in the water. Since the surface is limited, barnacles are attaching themselves to the other barnacles, crowding the rock. The muscles were not able to grow or attach themselves off the surface of the rock. Same thing with the mussels that are growing on the rock. So not only barnacles are crowding the rock, but Mussels as well are crowding the rock.
Answer:
Photosynthesis is the answer