Chestnut blight fungus kills U.S. chestnut trees because the trees ________
A) release the fungus in the leaves that fall to the ground and the fungus is absorbed in the soil
B) are hosts to the vectors of the fungus
C) have not matured long enough to survive
D) release the fungus into the soil and it is drawn up in the roots
E) have not coevolved with the fungus
E
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A) the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana, in the lowlands of India's eastern and western coasts B) Nepal, highland valleys of the Himalaya C) Bangladesh, Sri Lanka D) Sri Lanka, the Indian states of Haryana and Punjab E) in the lowlands of southern India, Sri Lanka
The earliest living things most likely had genes made of
A. RNA. B. lipids. C. DNA. D. amino acids.
How would Darwin explain the origin of over a dozen different species of finches on the Galapagos Islands, when it was thought that only one species was the original parent species for all?
What will be an ideal response?
Organisms that can produce energy from inorganic compounds and also consume other organisms are best referred to as ________.
A. chemoautotrophs B. heterotrophs C. mixotrophs D. phototrophs