My guess:
I do not know the options to the blanks, but I'd say that the answer to the first one is "strongly linked". Think of a chromosome as a phylogenic chart → 2 species that are beside each other are strongly linked, if compared to 2 species 3 spots apart form each other. So, 2 genes that are close to each other are strongly linked.
I do not know the options to the blanks, but I'd say the answer to the second one is epistasis → which is the interaction between two different genes (different means they're not linked alleles).
Hope it helped,
BioTeacher101
The answer to this question is damp
The answer should be agriculture.
Agriculture means farming of crops or the rearing of animals, either for their own use or for commercial purposes. Rural area means a place away from the city, opposite of urban areas, with little buildings and most likely have a smaller population.
On the other hand, construction and manufacturing most likely is going to be common in urban area, as urban area is more likely to have more buildings being built and most of the products are made in the factories in urban areas. Therefore, the only activity that is almost practiced exclusively in rural area is agriculture. Urban areas don't have much space and well environment for agriculture activities.
Agriculture activities can be energy consuming as some may require different machines to help with farming processes such as harvesting or irrigation.
