In a food chain, consumers gather energy by
a. consuming organisms at a lower trophic level
b. consuming organisms at a higher trophic level
decomposing dead organic matter
absorbing sunlight directly

In a relatively small iguana population the allelic frequency is tracked for three generations. webbing is a recessive allele; no webbing is the dominant allele. during one very rainy spring and summer, a flood washes all the iguana without webbed feet out to sea. by the fall, and three generations later, you have the gene pool seen here.

Imagine a rocket launching from earth and travelling to the moon. in which order would the rocket pass through the layers of the atmosphere? thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere troposphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere thermosphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, troposphere troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere

1. emigration the movement of people from one place to another 2. immigration a situation in which resources are being used up at a faster rate than they can be replenished 3. migration the leaving of one's homeland to settle in a new place 4. overpopulation the movement of people to a new country 5. sustainable development a situation in which the birth rate is not sufficient to replace the existing population 6. underpopulation the ability to meet current needs without reducing the ability to meet future needs 7. unsustainable development the increase in the population of a city 8. urbanization a situation in which the number of people exceeds the available natural resources in an area