3. Bark beetles are native to U. S. forests and play important ecological roles. In terms of the crosscutting concept of Stability and Change, describe how an increase in the bark beetle
population affects the ecosystem as a whole.

Which statement about inheritance is true? o girls get most of their traits from their moms, boys get most of their traits from their dads. o male offspring will always have an x-linked genetic disease if the mom is a carrier o fathers always determine the gender of the offspring in humans. o males never have y chromosomes.

Where would you expect to see seedless plants, such as ferns and mosses? a. in a botanical museum, because they are all extinct b. low and close to the ground in a moist environment c. climbing high while circling the branches of another plant d. deeply rooted in a forest with a trunk that reaches 20 meters or more

(select all the correct choose each statement that is scientific. - the opinions of randomly selected participants in a survey prove the idea that global temperatures are not increasing on earth. - the universe's average temperature and rate of expansion support the idea that it began as one super-dense and hot mass 13.8 billion years ago. - ocean tides are caused by the uneven gravitational pulls of the moon and sun on different parts of earth. - human life is more valuable than other forms of life on earth because humans are more intelligent than other organisms.