Often, the rock layers bookending the mass extinction are noticeably different in their compositions. These changes in the rocks show the effects of environmental disturbances that triggered the mass extinction and sometimes hint at the catastrophic cause of the extinction
Asexual
Pro:
1. inexpensive to make offspring (usually make a lot at a time and not invest a lot of time in raising them).
2. Do not need a mate to reproduce.
3. Can rapidly expand a population
Con:
1. genetically identical- prone to extinction because once a parasite has evolved to attack a specific genotype, it can kill them all.
2. Lineages usually don't last longer than a couple thousand years
Sexual:
Pros:
1. Genetically unique- so more likely to create a "successful" offspring
2. Lineages more likely to last hundreds of thousands of years
Cons:
1. More effort into creating offspring- require more parental effort
2. STD's- easily to pass
3. need to find a mate or else won't be successful as an organism.
Hope this helps you.
For each of the situations below, state whether it describes erosion, weathering, or possibly both.
Answer:
Erosion
Explanation:
The blowing away of the top layer of the soil at a Michigan farm is best described as scenario that shows wind erosion.
Erosion is the removal of the top layer of the earth on which plant grows. In short is the washing away of soil by stream or blowing away by wind.
When soil is blow away, it is a pure case of erosion. The process of erosion usually follows weathering or sometime occurs together with it.
Weathering is the physical disintegration and chemical decomposition of rocks to form sediments and soils.
Often times, the process of weathering and erosion occurs together. It is loose weathering products that are carried away during erosion.
In the soil layer at Michigan, the process of erosion by wind is current taking place by ablation.
