The small intestine is the pathway for chyme. what else does it do? mixes food with gastric juices using layers of muscle absorbs water, salt, and minerals using villi produces vitamins and feces produces digestible-sized food for the stomach

The correct answer is- absorbs water, salt, and minerals using villi.

The small intestine is an important organ present in the gastrointestinal tract and responsible for the final digestion of food and also the absorption of essential nutrients ( such as minerals, vitamins, fats, sugars, and water) takes place. It is present between stomach and large intestine in the form of a twisted tube.

The absorption of water, salts, and minerals takes place using finger like filaments/ projections ( called villi), which come out from the inner lining of the small intestine in the jejunum and the ileum region.

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the two answers are a, the population of birds with large beaks will increase on the island, and c, the trait for large beaks will be passed on to future generations through natural selection. the reason for that is because if the birds that have beaks developed for eating small seeds lose all of their food, they will go hungry and eventually starve because they physically cannot eat the large seeds, therefore making the population of large beaked birds higher. also, if the trait of large beaks are dominant on the island over small beaks, then over time the large beaked birds will reproduce more and more, while the smaller beaked birds will reproduce less and less because they can't survive with the food provided. that leads to the trait of small beaks disappearing and the trait of large beaks taking over the island.