Write a short essay on a local natural resource that is mined in your region and the uses that come from this mineral. List ways in which the environment is affected by resource extraction.

Joe is breeding cockroaches in his dorm room. he finds that the average wing length in his population of cockroaches is 4 cm. he chooses the six cockroaches that have the largest wings; the average wing length among these selected cockroaches is 10 cm. joe interbreeds these selected cockroaches. from earlier studies, he knows that the narrow-sense heritability for wing length in his population of cockroaches is 0.6. a. calculate the selection differential and expected response to selection for wing length in these cockroaches. b. what should be the average wing length of the progeny of the selected cockroaches?

The diagram shows a fossil of an ancient whale skull and a skull of a present-day whale. the ancient whale is extinct and is believed to be an ancestor of the present-day whale. what do these skulls most likely show that supports darwin’s theory of evolution? all populations can adapt and survive. only some organisms have a common ancestor. populations change slowly over time. populations rapidly become extinct.

What will happen to a population of predators if there is a sudden, temporary increase in the number of prey? a. the population of predators will be uniform with no change. b. the population of predators will increase first and then decrease slowly. c. the population of predators will increase continuously.