How does the sun's energy power the water cycle? 1) heat from the sun's rays turns liquid water into vapor during the process of evaporation. 2) solar flares melt glaciers. 3) solar winds move clouds. 4) solar energy reflects off the moon at night, causing evaporation. question 2 how does the sun's energy power the carbon cycle? 1) oceans use sunlight to absorb carbon dioxide form the atmosphere 2) animals use sunlight and oxygen in the process of respiration. 3) plants use sunlight and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to power photosynthesis. 4) heat from the sun causes plants to lose carbon dioxide in the process of transpiration.

Which of the following scenarios is an example of the bottleneck effect? answers a in south africa, much of the afrikaner population is descended from a small number of dutch colonists. in this population, this is an unusually high frequency of pseudoxanthoma elasticum (pxe), an elastic tissue disorder. b four white-tailed deer are introduced to a park in finland. thirty years after their introduction scientists compare the genes in the population and find that there is no variation. c during the industrial revolution, london's air became filled with soot. as a result, birds started eating more of the lighter moths because they were easier to spot than their darker counterparts. over time, the moth population changed so that there were more darker moths than lighter ones. d 10% of the population of american alligators in an area have the recessive trait albinism. a massive flood results in the death of 80% of the population. of the remaining population, 60% have the recessive trait of albinism.

Which feature would you expect to find in a population in which sexual selection depends on male competition?

Hairs that clean dirt out of the air in your nasal passages are called: a. sinus b. trachea c. cilia d. mucus