What is the term for biodiversity that results from few ancestral species

A. speciation

B. adaptive radiation

C. divergence

D. gene flow

Which mineral property describes a minerals resistance to being scratched?

Two days after a child is treated with permethrin (nix) for head lice, a parent calls the clinic to report seeing nits and a few live lice on the child's scalp. the nurse tells the parent to:

What do the guard cells do?

elements like barium located toward thr bottom of a group have a lower Attraction for their valence electrons because they have a

Which derived character is shared by fish and frogs but not lancelets? A. hair B. four-legged locomotion C. amniotic eggs D. vertebral column

What did Galileo think the bulges on either side of Saturn were cause by?

Which of the following is NOT a renewable form of energy? A. Biomass B. Solar C. Coal D. Geothermal

How are changes in populations related to the availability of an ecosystem's resources?

As ocean depth increases, pressure increases, and temperature decreases. True False

What conditions are needed for an accurate radiometric date to be obtained from a mineral sample?