Streams are considered to be , or flowing, systems.

lentic

biotic

lotic

The number of living organisms in a particular area is

The illustration shown is an ovum, a female sex cell. a mutation in this cell may be passed to the woman’s offspring during a) birth. b) mitosis. c) dna replication. d) sexual reproduction

Which of the following factors would not contribute to allopatric speciation? a) a population becomes geographically isolated from the parent population.b) the separated population is small, and genetic drift occurs.c) the isolated population is exposed to different selection pressures than the ancestral population.d) different mutations begin to distinguish the gene pools of the separated populations.e) gene flow between the two populations is extensive.