You  have  a  friend  who  is  wary  of  environmentalists? claims  that  global  warming  could  lead  to  major  biological change on Earth. Which of the following statements can you truthfully make in response to your friend's suspicions?

#Question id: 3400

#Section 2: Evolution

Which of the following influence effective population size?

a. Sex ratio

b. variation between individuals in reproductive success

c. Fluctuations in population size

d. Small breeding group

#Question id: 9213

#Section 2: Evolution

Suppose you attend a town meeting at which some experts tell the audience that they have performed a cost-benefit analysis of a proposed transit system that would probably reduce overall air pollution and fossil fuel consumption. The analysis, however, reveals that ticket prices will not cover the cost of operating the system when fuel, wages, and equipment are taken into account. As a biologist, you know that if ecosystem services had been included in the analysis, the experts might have arrived at a different answer. Why are ecosystem services rarely included in economic analyses?

#Question id: 8854

#Section 2: Evolution

Which cells in a sponge are primarily responsible for trapping and removing food particles from circulating water?

#Question id: 3444

#Section 2: Evolution

Which of the following is least related to the others?

#Question id: 10631

#Section 1: Ecology

To estimate the number of foxes m an area, a researcher conducted a mark-recapture survey. In the fast survey, he caught and marked 90 foxes. In his second survey a week later, he caught 120 foxes of which 40 were marked (recaptures). If you are told that the actual number of foxes in this area is 400, which of the following is a plausible explanation for the anomaly in the researcher's data?