Which statement accurately describes short-term environmental changes? A)Short-term environmental changes cause changes in genetic makeup.
B)Short-term environmental changes do not happen suddenly with little warning.
C)Short-term environmental changes do not affect organisms within an ecosystem.
D)Short-term environmental changes immediately affect organisms in the environment.

D)

Explanation:

Short-term environmental changes is described as the change in the environment that occurs quickly and affect the organism in the environment. The organism then adapts the changes in environment in order to survive and not die off.

Some examples of short-term environmental changes are drought, flooding, smog and pollution et-cetra.

Hence, the correct option is D)

step 1: initiation

initiation is the beginning of transcription. it occurs when the enzyme rna polymerase binds to a region of a gene called the promoter. this signals the dna to unwind so the enzyme can ‘‘read’’ the bases in one of the dna strands. the enzyme is now ready to make a strand of mrna with a complementary sequence of bases.

step 2: elongation

elongation is the addition of nucleotides to the mrna strand. rna polymerase reads the unwound dna strand and builds the mrna molecule, using complementary base pairs. there is a brief time during this process when the newly formed rna is bound to the unwound dna. during this process, an adenine (a) in the dna binds to an uracil (u) in the rna.

step 3: termination

termination is the ending of transcription, and occurs when rna polymerase crosses a stop (termination) sequence in the gene. the mrna strand is complete, and it detaches from dna.