Rain forests cover just 6 percent of the earth’s land surface, yet they contain percent of earth’s species.

In a certain ecosystem owls are predators for mice. the owl population increases and they eat more mice this causes the mouse population to decrease what happens next? a. the birth of mice increases. b. the birth rate of owls increases c. the population of owls decreases d. the population of mice increases

In eukaryotes, genetic information is passed to the next generation by processes that include mitosis or meiosis. which of the explanations identifies the correct process and supports the claim that heritable information is passed from one generation to another? a. mitosis, followed by cytokinesis, produces daughter cells that are genetically different from the parent cell, thus insuring variation within the population. b. during mitosis, dna replication occurs twice within the cell cycle to insure a full set of chromosomes within each of the daughter cells produced. c. in asexual reproduction, a single individual is the sole parent and passes copies of its genes to its offspring without the fusion of gametes. d. single-celled organisms can fuse their cells, reproducing asexually through mitosis to form new cells that are not identical to the parent cell.

Select three sports that require participants to be highly fit before the beginning a: snowboarding b: skydiving c: rock climbing d: bungee jumping e: free diving f: hiking