How has artificial selection made farmers more productive?
A. Artificial selection has given farmers an opportunity to
study science.
B. The crops and livestock are bigger and stronger, so they
provide more food per square foot of land.
C. Artificial selection has ruined farming because crops and
livestock have become sickly.

This aquarium exhibits biotic and abiotic factors in an aquatic environment. one of the abiotic factors is

To answer this question, researchers studied populations of the dusky salamander (desmognathus ochrophaeus) living on different mountain ranges in the southern appalachian mountains. the researchers tested the reproductive isolation of pairs of salamander populations by leaving one male and one female together and later checking the females for the presence of sperm. four mating combinations were tested for each pair of populations (a and b)—two within the same population (female a with male a and female b with male b) and two between populations (female a with male b and female b with male a). the proportion of successful matings for each mating combination was measured. for example, when all the matings of a particular combination were successful, the researchers gave it a value of 1; when none of the matings were successful, they gave it a value of 0. then the researchers calculated an index of reproductive isolation that ranged from 0 (no isolation) to 2 (full isolation). the reproductive isolation value for two populations is the sum of the proportion of successful matings of each type within populations (aa + bb) minus the sum of the proportion of successful matings of each type between populations (ab + ba). the table provides data for the geographic distances and reproductive isolation values for 27 pairs of dusky salamander populations.

Several bird species feed in a certain species of tree. each bird species feeds in a different part of the tree. which statement is true of these bird species? a. they have adapted to different niches due to competition b. they have a carnivorous relationship with the tree species. c. they have adapted to different niches due to predation d. they have a symbiotic relationship with the tree species.