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sasho [114]
3 years ago
6

Pesticides are chemicals that are often sprayed on crops to kill plant-eating insects, preventing damage to the crops. WHile pes

ticides are effective initially, many researchers claim that any single pesticide will see reduced effectiveness in as little as ten to fifteen years. Which of the following best supports the claim by scientists that the pesticides will eventually lose their effectiveness?
A. Insects will evolve to avoid any plant sprayed with pesticides to increase their chances of survival.
B. Insects that are naturally resistant to the pesticide will survive and reproduce more than the insects that are sensitive to the pesticide.
C. The insects will build up a tolerance to the pesticides, and eventually the pesticide will not affect them.
D. The pesticides will increase the mutation rate in the insects, resulting in higher genetic diversity and higher survival rate.
Biology
1 answer:
Sloan [31]3 years ago
6 0
The answer is D the mutation rate will allow them to survive longer than the rest of the options.
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