Choose one of the three environmental change below, and answer the questions: - Wildfire destroys 500 acres of forest land in Washington

- A hurricane floods wetlands in Louisiana

- A drought means not enough rain for six years in California

4 Questions:

What change did you choose?

Is this a biotic or abiotic factor?

Describe how this change could impact a population in the area

Describe how this change could impact the biodiversity in the area

Determine if the following statement is true or false. if true, choose true. if false, choose the rewording that is true. according to the law of independent assortment, alleles for each gene are inherited together so that they always stay together. according to the law of independent assortment, offspring express a combination of their parents' traits. according to the law of independent assortment, alleles for a characteristic split during meiosis and combine during fertilization. true according to the law of independent assortment, alleles for each gene are inherited independently so that no two alleles stay together.

The carbon cycle is best defined as a process in which a. carbon changes from inorganic forms to organic forms and back b. carbon is changed into other elements such as oxygen or nitrogen c. carbon is continually created from the sun’s energy by plants d. carbon is consumed and regenerated from other elements such as oxygen and nitrogen

Aresearcher designed an investigation to test what effect eating different types of food would have on blood insulin levels. she selected 10 male subjects who were all 25 years of age and in good health. the experiment took place over 3 days. at 8: 00 a.m. on each day, the subjects ate a meal consisting of only 1 type of food. they had their blood insulin levels measured after consuming the meal. on day 1 they ate a high fat diet, on day 2 they ate a high protein diet, and on day 3 they ate a high sugar diel what is the independent variable in this experiment? a the age of the subjects b the blood insulin level c the type of food consumed d the time of day the meal was consumed