How does a species benefit from engaging in mimicry?

a. Discouraging predators
b. Obtaining energy
c. Preventing parasites
d. Increasing habitat size


a. Discouraging predators

A species benefits from engaging in mimicry by discouraging predators.

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When Pasteur tested the hypothesis of spontaneous generation, he compared the ability of a sterilized growth medium (meat broth) to produce a population of bacteria in two different types of flasks. One had a simple neck open to the outside, and the

other had a "goose neck" bend that also was open to the environment. Pasteur expected that bacteria would appear in the flask with the standard neck. In this experiment, the standard neck flask served as a/an: A) statistic. B) variable. C) control. D) observation. E) hypothesis.

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