An environmental group claims that a local chemical plant is polluting a nearby river. they are calling for a shutdown of the chemical plant. what evidence would you the most in evaluating the claim. a. a repeated study that shows chemicals produced by the plant are in water harming fish or other wild life. b. the credentials of the president of the environmental group. c. a report that lists the chemicals they claim are being leaked into the river. d. the url of the environmental group website.

An environmental group claims that a local chemical plant is polluting a nearby river. They are calling for a shutdown of the chemical plant. The evidence that would help you the most in evaluating the claim would be (A) a repeated study that shows chemicals produced by the plant are in water harming fish or other wild life. (The answer is A.)

1) gene flow

- it is described as the transfer of genes from one population to another population so that frequency of gene is increased.

-a zebra migrates to join a different herd of zebras.

2) natural selection

- a mechanism of evolutionary change in which individuals with advantageous traits survive and reproduce whereas the others ( those that can not adapt) eliminate from the population.

-competition for sunlight leads to taller trees.

3) mutation

- permanent change in the nucleotide sequence of dna ( genetic material) that could have harmful or useful consequences.

-the dna of a snake changes to make its venom stronger.

4) genetic drift - it is a random phenomenon ( that occurs by chance such as fire) that results in change in the gene frequency in a small population.    

-a grassfire randomly sweeps through a population of buffalo and kills most of the animals.

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