The answer is oil.
The United States' fossil shortage of oil makes the country dependent on outside sources. Mineral oil such as crude oil or commonly known as petroleum came from the ancient fossilized organic materials. This resource is limited. The US is now facing a shortage in oil and becoming dependent to some countries such as middle-east countries.
During the S phase in the cell cycle, the chromosomes are replicated so that there are two copies. These copies are necessary so that each daughter cell created during the M phase will have an identical copy of the DNA.
Therefore, the answer is A: The DNA must be replicated.
The chromosomes joining, cell membrane expanding, and cytoplasm separating all happen during the M phase (mitosis).
Decomposers eat dead remains of organisms that are quaternary consumer (no one eats them while alive). So, they break these down and therefore turn into nutrients in the soil for plants to use.
C, doubling the mass, as the bigger the object, the more energy is stored. Would appreciate brainliest!