What happens when the top predator is removed from an ecosystem? a)the number of consumers increases. b)the number of decomposers increases. c)the number of consumers decreases. d)the number of decomposers decreases.

Which of the following is an example of competition that could be found in a forest? question 14 options: deer eat berries and their droppings seed new areas creating more berry bushes two fox populations utilize the same rabbit population as their main food source two hawk populations utilize the same scorpion population as their main food source lack of sunlight due to changes in the seasons restricts the growth of certain plants

14) 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.

Which of the following would involve looking at different structures of organisms and comparing how similar they are? a. vestigial structuresb. radiometric datingc. homologous structures