Long ago, rats were common inhabitants of ocean-going ships. Imagine that rats from one town in Norway hitched rides on three different ships. Ten years later, most rats on the Ninã were brown; on the Pinta, black; and on the Santa Maria, white. This reveals the effects of which specific mechanism of microevolution?

Which statement about relative potential energy of electrons is correct? a. an electron in the 2 p orbital of the second electron shell has more potential energy than an electron in the 2 s orbital of the second electron shell. b. an electron in the 2 p orbital of the second electron shell has more potential energy than an electron in the 3 p orbital of the third electron shell. c. an electron in the 3 p orbital of the third electron shell has more potential energy than an electron in the 2 p orbital of the second electron shell.