Astudent blows up a balloon and then places it in a very cold freezer. after a few hours, the balloon has shrunk. which of the following best explains why the balloon shrunk.

Coat color in cats is determined by genes at several different loci. at one locus on the x chromosome, one allele (x ) encodes black fur and another allele (xo) encodes orange fur. females can be black (x x ), orange (xoxo), or a mixture of orange and black called tortoiseshell (x xo). males are either black (x y) or orange (xoy). bill has a female tortoiseshell cat named patches. one night, patches escapes from bill\'s house, spends the night out, and mates with a stray male. patches later gives birth to the following kittens: one orange male, one black male, two tortoiseshell females, and one orange female. what are the genotypes of patches, the stray male, and the kittens?

Ronald wants to see if a new shower cleaner works better in removing soap than his old cleaner. he uses the new cleaner on one half of the shower tiles and his old cleaner on the other half. identify the independent and dependent variables in this experiment. enter your answer in the space provided.

The bacteria inside a tube worm would be analogous to what organism in the ocean ecosystem near the waters surface? a. photosynthetic algae b. shrimp c. clown fish d. parasitic lamprey