1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
Mariulka [41]
3 years ago
9

Feathers in birds appear to have first evolved for insulation but later conveyed a new advantage in helping create light aerodyn

amic surfaces. This switch in function is an example of ______.
Biology
1 answer:
Karolina [17]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

<h2>Exaptation</h2>

Explanation:

Exaptation is the process by <u><em>which the features acquire those functions for which they were not originally selected</em></u> or adapted. Feather is an example of exaptation, it has appeared in various fossils of the flightless ancestors of modern birds, it later became important for flying, Once they molded for flying it adapted for that function, It is found in both behavior and anatomy.

You might be interested in
Interesting facts about rainforest biome
otez555 [7]

1. Rainforests only cover around 2 percent the total surface area of the Earth, but really about 50 percent of the plants and animals on the earth live in the rainforest.

2. There are two different types of rainforests, and they include both temperate and tropical. The tropical rainforests are the ones that are most commonly found around the world.

3. A fifth of our fresh water is found in tropical rainforests, the Amazon Basin to be exact.

4.  Within four square miles of tropical rainforest, you will find 1500 flowering plant species, 750 types of trees, and many of these plants can be helpful in combating cancer.

5. Rainforests are threatened each and every day, especially by practices such as agriculture, ranching, logging and mining.

Hope this helps!

~Starr

6 0
3 years ago
Define resistance and describe what would happen to a light bulb if the voltage increased but the resistance stayed the same.
PolarNik [594]
It can breakout if the resistance stayed the same
6 0
3 years ago
In which organelle are most molecules of ATP produced by the cell
SVEN [57.7K]

Answer:

Eukaryotic ATP production usually takes place in the mitochondria of the cell.

Explanation:

This ATP production by the mitochondria is done by the process of respiration, which in essence is the use of oxygen in a process which generates energy. Most of the ATP of a eukaryotic organism is made in the mitochondria during the last phase of cellular respiration that is called the electron transport chain (ETC). A mitochondrion is an organelle within a eukaryotic cell.

6 0
4 years ago
Please help! Will mark as brainliest.
Wittaler [7]

Answer:

Explanation:

Human gene therapy has been attempted on somatic (body) cells for diseases such as cystic fibrosis, adenosine deaminase deficiency, familial hypercholesterolemia, cancer, and severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) syndrome

How can “good” and “bad” uses of gene therapy be distinguished?

Who decides which traits are normal and which constitute a disability or disorder?

Will the high costs of gene therapy make it available only to the wealthy?

6 0
3 years ago
How should the population of rabbits, grass and hawks be distributed so all populations are sustainable??​
Nonamiya [84]

Answer: B )

Explanation: Hawks are on the top of the food chain in this question so it makes sense to only have few while having a good amount of bunnies to feed them. This all would need grass to bunnies alive; with process of elimination this was solved.

7 0
2 years ago
Other questions:
  • Plants take up carbon dioxide from the air and nutrients from the soil. this is an example of interactions between the
    7·1 answer
  • Which of the following is in the correct order from simplest to most complex cells tissue organ systems organs organisms
    14·1 answer
  • "of all the elements that occur on earth, how many are found in your body"
    8·1 answer
  • Why are data organized into tables and graphs?
    11·1 answer
  • The inflammatory response is one of the immune system's nonspecific responses to infection. How does
    14·1 answer
  • URGENTT
    12·1 answer
  • What makes it possible for the plant to grow from the bricks
    7·1 answer
  • - a diagram of a food chain in the Everglades
    14·1 answer
  • Why the pulmonary arteries have light violet blood?​
    5·1 answer
  • What type of molecule is doing the "work" in the picture
    5·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!