What directly determines the genotype of an organism? A The environment in which it lives
B The order of nucleotides in its DNA
C The total number of chromosomes in its cells
D The variety of amino acids provided by its diet

Landfills are waste disposal sites. they are often man-made depressions in the ground covered with a lining designed to prevent any leakage of waste materials. however, landfills can leak through the base resulting in negative impacts on the surrounding environments. what negative impact to the environment is caused by organic and inorganic constituents that are dissolved by rainfall in the landfills?

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.

Which food could be transported in a galvanized metal container?