Picture yourself hiking in a narrow canyon in Utah. The canyon is dry and it hasn't rained for weeks. You see some thunderhead clouds in the sky, but not one drop of rain all day
Nevertheless, a small rush of water starts to run through the canyon, turning it into a creek. There must have been a heavy rainfall somewhere nearby
Water runs down the sides of the canyon, forming little waterfalls. You realize that there could be a flash flood coming! You turn quickly up a side trail
to higher ground before you are washed down the canyon.
What are the stimulus and response in this scenario?
A The stimulus is the rain clouds and the response is the water in the canyon.
B. The stimulus is the appearance of water in the canyon and the response is moving to higher ground.
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C. The stimulus is water running down the canyon walls and the response is little waterfalls forming.
D. The stimulus is the rain somewhere else and the response is you realize that there could be a flash flood.

as the gila monster consumes the eggs or young of the desert cottontail and gambel's quail, thus its main food supply is only accessible for a restricted time duration every year. however, for this, the gila monsters exhibit three adaptations, which elevate their survival rate in the desert condition.  

first, is that they possess huge bodies, and can consume greater concentrations of food during a small period. secondly, they require to feed infrequently as they can accumulate fat in their tails. ultimately, their rate of metabolism is very low, so that they can burn their reservoirs of fat gradually.  

the last one: artificial selection/genetic engineering

plant breeding is modifying the genetic composition of the plant - but this isn't cloning (which is specifically introducing a gene into a genome). but you are artificially selecting for the phenotype that you want.

the second one is literally genetic engineering - the gene would have been cloned first and then inserted or genetically engineered into the new plant cell (the cotton).