7. Finches on the Galapagos Islands express a variety of traits. Variability in the offspring of these finches is a result
of

Meiosis and mutation

Explanation:

Meiosis because that is the result of how you get genes.

Mutation because that is acctually how you would get that specific gene or variability in the offspring.

wheres the answers ?

if the hares very faster than they are now, and thus the lynx's hunting success rate drops because it will be harder to catch them, the rate that will change will be the pray-rate. the pray-rate will change because more hares will be able to survive, thus more individuals for reproduction, so the end result will be increasing population of hares.

the predator-rate will remain pretty much the same because there will be more than enough pray, but the hunting success rate is stagnant.