Mantle plumes are areas of hot, upwelling mantle and hot spots develops above these plumes as noted in the map above. magma generated by the hot spot rises through the rigid plates of the lithosphere and produces active volcanoes at the earth's surface. as oceanic volcanoes move away from the hot spot, they cool and subside, producing islands, atolls, and seamounts. as the magma cools in the water it forms rocks

Question 1 of 102 pointswhich best describes adaptive radiation? oa. geographical isolation caused by an adaptationob. biodiversity resulting from few ancestorsoc. a decrease in the rate of speciationd. adaptations that organisms teach each other

1. variations in a population of moths allow for some of its members to be able to adapt to environmental changes. the better adapted of the moths will be able to survive the change and thus prevail as the “fittest” of the species. (a) describe three mechanisms in which variation can occur within a species population. (b) explain which mechanism or mechanisms would be responsible for the survival of a population of peppered moths better than white moths in an environment affected by industrial soot. justify your answer.

Which of the following is true of metabolism in its entirety in all organisms? a) metabolism depends on a constant supply of energy from food. b) metabolism uses all of an organism's resources. c) metabolism consists of all the energy transformation reactions in an organism. d) metabolism manages the increase of entropy in an organism.