Ascientist studies a species of duck. the male and female are about the same size. the females are brown, and the males are a bright mix of blue, white, and green. what can the scientist conclude about these ducks?
a. the females compete for mates.
b. the males choose mates.
c. the males compete to fertilize.
d. the females choose mates.
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Option D, the females choose mates

Explanation:

This is a common way to fertilize in animals where male put in efforts to allow the female to choose their partners. Here, in this case the male ducks are of different bright colors thus they would compete among themselves to attract the female ducks for mating. Therefore, a female duck gets the opportunity to choose the best partner for itself. This is a way of natural selection to fertilize.

Hence, option D is correct.

step 1 ammonium can be absorbed by plants, but some is converted into nitrates which are better for plants to absorb. this is called nitrification. 2. step 2 the deer eats the plants and uses the nitrogen-containing proteins for cell growth. 3. step 3 bacteria in the soil conduct nitrogen fixation to convert nitrogen gas from the atmosphere into ammonium. 4. step 4 some of the nitrates are absorbed back into plants, but denitrification breaks down the nitrates into nitrogen gas released back into the atmosphere. 5. step 5 nitrogen is found in the urine, which gets broken down into ammonium through the process of ammonification. 6. step 6 plants absorb the ammonium and begin assimilation, the process to add the nitrogen to protein.

yes, because even though a theory has a  lot of evidence to support it, it is not always true