Read the selection from the section "Why Are Nutrient Cycles Important?"
When human population levels were
low and technology simple, the effect
on the biosphere was relatively small.
Increasing human popula. on levels
and harvesting of Earth's natural
resources has transformed this
situation, especially in recent decades.
Which word from the selection helps the reader
understand that humans have removed matter from
the biosphere?

Whenever diploid populations are in hardy-weinberg equilibrium at a particular locus a) the allele's frequency should not change from one generation to the next, but its representation in homozygous and heterozygous genotypes may change. b) natural selection, gene flow, and genetic drift are acting equally to change an allele's frequency. c) this means that, at this locus, two alleles are present in equal proportions. d) the population itself is not evolving, but individuals within the population may be evolving.