During a study session about evolution, one of your fellow students remarks, "The giraffe stretched its neck while reaching for higher leaves: its offspring inherited longer necks as a result." Which statement would you use to correct this student's misconception?
a. Overproduction of offspring leads to a struggle for survival.
b. Spontaneous mutations can result in the appearance of new traits.
c. Characteristics acquired during an organism's life are not passed on through genes.
d. Disuse of an organ may lead to its eventual disappearance.
e. Only favorable adaptations have survival vlaue

the principles and empirical processes of discovery and demonstration considered characteristic of or necessary for scientific investigation, generally involving the observation of phenomena, the formulation of a hypothesis concerning the phenomena, experimentation to test the hypothesis, and development of a conclusion that confirms, rejects, or modifies the hypothesis.

in a chemical reaction, the atoms and molecules produced by the reaction are called products. no new atoms are created, and no atoms are destroyed. in a chemical reaction, reactants contact each other, bonds between atoms in the reactants are broken, and atoms rearrange and form new bonds to make the products.

a. population growth is decreasing

-2

+4

-10

-3

-8

-3

so the population decreased by 24 because 3+3+8+10+2=26-2=24.

hoped i !

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