Why can corn seeds germinate in total darkness?
A. The endosperm provides the embryo with the nutrition needed during the initial germination stages.
B. Seeds are heterotrophic and can capture nutrients from the soil.
C. Soil microbes degrade the seed coating, allowing the seed to germinate.
D. The seed coating absorbs water.
Answer: A
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The figure below shows the relationship between beak depth in the medium ground finch on Daphne Major and relative fitness. Assuming that beak depth is heritable, what do you predict about beak depth in the next generation?
A. Mean beak depth will decrease.
B. Mean beak depth will increase.
C. Mean beak depth will stay about the same.
D. Mean beak depth in the next generation cannot be predicted using this data.
Clarify Question
What is the key concept addressed by the question?
What type of thinking is required?
Gather Content
What do you already know about relative fitness? What other information is related to the question?
Choose Answer
Given what you now know, what information is most likely to produce the correct answer?
Reflect on Process
Did your problem-solving process lead you to the correct answer? If not, where did the process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a more desirable result?
Colonial animals called moss animals (due to their white encrustations or fuzzy growths) are:
a. phoronids. b. bryozoans. c. brachiopods. d. anemones. e. hydroids.
Which genus is used to produce beer and wine?
a. Agaricus b. Aspergillus c. Amanita d. Rhizopus e. Saccharomyces
Briefly describe how a seed develops from the ovule
What will be an ideal response?