Plants and fish live in this lake in pennsylvania. the same plants and fish do not live in lakes found in florida or arizona. what non-living or abiotic feature is important in determining what plants and fish are found in lakes? a) the water temperature b) the number of predators c) how many producers live here d) the carbon dioxide in the water

The water temperature.

Explanation:

The abiotic factors are the non living factors that helps in the growth and development of the plants and animals.

The physical conditions that favors or inhibits the growth of the organisms are the non living components around them.

Example: soil, air, temperature, atmospheric gases.

Here, the water temperature can be one of the important components that can control the growth of plants in water.

The correct answer is option A

1) gene flow

- it is described as the transfer of genes from one population to another population so that frequency of gene is increased.

-a zebra migrates to join a different herd of zebras.

2) natural selection

- a mechanism of evolutionary change in which individuals with advantageous traits survive and reproduce whereas the others ( those that can not adapt) eliminate from the population.

-competition for sunlight leads to taller trees.

3) mutation

- permanent change in the nucleotide sequence of dna ( genetic material) that could have harmful or useful consequences.

-the dna of a snake changes to make its venom stronger.

4) genetic drift - it is a random phenomenon ( that occurs by chance such as fire) that results in change in the gene frequency in a small population.    

-a grassfire randomly sweeps through a population of buffalo and kills most of the animals.

explanation:

i might be wrong but i think its a. let me know if i’m right and have a good rest of your day!