Use this dichotomous key for insect identification to identify the insect shown. 1. a. Insect has one pair of wings. Order Diptera
b. Insect has two pairs of wings. Go to #2

2. a. Front wings thicker in texture than hind wings Go to #3.
b. Front and hind wings are same texture throughout. Go to #4

3. a. Front wings are short Order Dermaptera
b. Front wings cover entire abdomen Order Coleoptera

4. a. Wings with scale on all parts of their area. order Lepidoptera
b. Wings without scales Go to #5.

5. a. Hind wings smaller than front wings. Order Ephemeroptera
b. Front and hind wings nearly equal in size. Order Odonata

An insect with 2 pairs of wings is standing on a branch.

What evidence did mendel find that supported his law of independent assortment? a. dominant traits are expressed when there is a dominant allele. b. traits do not affect the inheritance of other traits. c. some traits have three or four different alleles. d. plants and animals can both reproduce sexually.

Use the drop-down menu to match the following definitions to the corresponding terms. the total variety of organisms that live in the biosphere a group of organisms that breed and produce offspring that can breed all of the biotic and abiotic factors in an area

The collared lizard is a species found in the desert southwest. male collared lizards show considerable color variation, ranging from brightly colored to a very dull pattern. your goal is to determine the function, if any, of male color patterns in collared lizards, using the scientific method. your tentative explanation is that male color plays a role in attracting females for mating purposes. you predict that females will preferentially choose brightly colored males over dull-colored ones. to test this prediction, you observed the interactions of female collared lizards with their male counterparts. you selected males that were the same age and size, and that differed only in their coloration pattern. you placed equal numbers of the two types of male lizards, bright and dull, in aquariums, along with one female lizard per aquarium. out of 350 aquariums observed, the female chose to mate with the brightly colored male 277 times, and the dull-colored male 70 times. in 3 instances, the females did not mate with either type. create a bar graph of your data, plotting the type of male (dull or brightly colored) on the x-axis. on the y-axis, plot the frequency with which each type of male was chosen by females. using this graph, answer the following question(s). is it reasonable to conclude (i. e., is it supported by the data) that female collared lizards prefer more brightly colored male lizards over dull-colored males?