The author includes in lines 6–8 (“the first flowers may have been diminutive, odorless, nectarless, petal-less, aqueous, and pollinator-less”)
a description of what the “first flowers” may have been like (“the first . . . pollinator-less”) most likely to
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Abag contains even and odd numbered balls in the ratio of 3: 7, respectively. for each of the following, what is the probability of drawing an even-numbered ball? the total number of balls is 240 and 30 of the odd-numbered balls are renumbered by multiplying the numbers by 4.

Adult wasps sting caterpillars and inject their eggs into the caterpillars. the larvae feed on the caterpillars, leading to the death of the caterpillars. what kind of a relationship exists between the wasps and the caterpillars? a. the adult wasps are parasites to the caterpillars. b. the caterpillars are parasites to the wasps. c. the adult wasps are commensals, and the caterpillars are hosts. d. the caterpillars are commensals, and the adult wasps are hosts.

Which of the following ideas did greek philosopher democritus contribute to the atomic theory? a. each object is made up of one atom, which varies in size from very small to very large. b. matter is composed of only one kind of particle, which can be easily destroyed. c. every element has a specific type of atom, which remains the same size in all forms of matter. d. all matter is composed of small particles, which combine to make larger objects.