8. Why is an organism that reproduces asexually genetically identical to it's parent? *
All of the offspring's genes came from the parent.
All of the offspring's genes mutated to look like the parent's genes.
The offspring inherited only half of the parent's genes.
The offspring inherited only the parent's dominant genes.

Next pretest: evolution select the correct answer in a laboratory population of flies, the female flies are gray and the males are yellowish gray. biologists observed that all the male flies had an equal chance for reproduction, but the male flies with the brightest colors were more likely to successfully reproduce. what phenomenon could explain such a change? a sexual selection b. disruptive selection c. stabilizing selection d. directional selection

Why is earth's outer core hotter than earth’s oceanic crust? earth’s oceanic crust is denser than earth’s outer core is. earth’s oceanic crust has lava flowing from the mantle. earth’s outer core has a composition of solid iron and nickel. earth’s outer core is deeper within earth than oceanic crust is.

How do temperature and salinity affect deepwater currents? they create changes in wind direction, moving denser water in the same direction as the wind and causing the deepwater circulation patterns found in the ocean. as temperatures and salinity levels of water increase, the water rises to the surface where it creates currents as it moves to colder regions. they create density differences that cause dense deepwater currents to flow toward the equator where they displace less dense, warmer water above them. they equalize the forces on undersea currents caused by the coriolis effect as they replace more dense water with less dense water.