True (bubble a) or false (bubble b): mutations caused by uv light will favor mutations that cause changes to protect the cell from uv light

The given statement is true.

Explanation:

Genome is not a steady entity, it is exposed to various kinds of heritable modifications, a sudden and heritable modification in the arrangement of the genome in an organism, which produces different forms of any gene is called mutation.  

The mutations provide the raw material for genetic evolution, mutation leads to the generation of alleles, in the absence of mutation all the genes would prevail only in one form, and the organism would lose to the tendency to evolve and amend with the changing environments.  

d

explanation:

cells use diffusion to get substances in and out of themselves. that diffusion will occur across the cell membrane or the outer covering of the cell. because we are talking about the surface of the cell, surface area and volume are  important factors here. as a cell increases in size, its surface area and volume increase as well.  we call that the surface area to volume ratio (sa: vol).  but the catch is that  volume increases at a greater rate than surface  area. in other words, as a cell gets bigger, the sa: vol gets smaller. so a really small cell like bacteria is mostly cell membrane (surface) with very little contents (volume). a really big cell like an egg, is mostly insides with a super thin membrane. so what ends up happening is that the cell cannot efficiently diffuse all of the stuff it needs in/out to survive. therefore cell size is limited to about 100mm. so how do we make organisms bigger than 100mm? cells divide! by dividing and becoming multicellular, organisms are able to grow!   check out the diagrams i attached to see the effect of sa: vol. i hope this ! good luck!