8 An ocean food chain is shown below. Which organisms represent the trophic level
containing approximately 1% of the initial amount of solar energy (1000Kcal) acquired by
the phytoplankton?
2
Humans
Copepods!
Herring
Phytoplankton
Sand eels
O
herring
humans
sand eels
copepods

Which of the following statements most accurately describes convergent evolution? the process in which two similar species evolve separately from each other and share similar characteristics the process in which a single species evolves into two or more new species the process in which two entirely different species evolve in response to each other the process in which two different species evolve separately from each other but still share similar characteristics

Awire-hair terrier and a smooth-hair terrier are mated. the offspring produced are 6 wire-hair puppies and 2 smooth-hair puppies. a. what pattern of inheritance best describes this situation? b. what is the genotype(s) of the wire-haired puppies? of the smooth-haired puppies? c. what would be the expected genotype and phenotype ratios of a mating between 2 wire-haired terriers that are heterozygous?

Tropical rain forests support more species per unit area than any other terrestrial ecosystem. what is one way rain forests are important to the health of the biosphere?