By planting rose bushes and dwarf fruit trees for clematis vines to climb on and planting low-growing, shade-loving plants and bulbs like begonias in the shadows below larger plants, the gardener is using natural plant (what)blank to provide support and various growing niches for specialized plants in a mixed garden based on companion planting.

Subject Horticulture

Which ideas did your answer contain? check all that apply. no food for organisms no oxygen in the atmosphere no trees or flowering plants no products based on trees or plants (building materials, medicines, fuels, fibers) no fossil fuels

1. variations in a population of moths allow for some of its members to be able to adapt to environmental changes. the better adapted of the moths will be able to survive the change and thus prevail as the “fittest” of the species. (a) describe three mechanisms in which variation can occur within a species population. (b) explain which mechanism or mechanisms would be responsible for the survival of a population of peppered moths better than white moths in an environment affected by industrial soot. justify your answer.

An ecologist studied the same species of deer during the summer and the winter. she noticed that during the summer, when there was plenty of food, the deer were energetic and playful. however, during winter when food was scarce, the deer moved more slowly and did not run unless they needed to escape a predator. which scientific fact is best supported by her observations?