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The final breakdown of dead plant and animals is performed by - verified answers;
saprophytes
what is the function of the root - verified answers; - Holds the plant to ground
- collects nutrients
- collects water
the characteristics that make an angiosperm different from the gymnosperms? - verified
answers; they have fruits (from flowers)
The idea that each species consists of actually or potentially interbreeding individuals called
__. - verified answers; biological theory of speculation
The phylogenetic system of classification of the organism unlike the artificial and natural
system refelects - verified answers; evolutionary relationships
Changes in the frequency of alleles - verified answers; microevolution
A population is defined as - verified answers; individuals of the same species that occur
together at one place at one time
The bone structure of the forelimbs of horse, bats, and whales indicated that structures with -
verified answers; different functions retain evidence of descent from a common form
, Most of the nitrogen in the air enters the biosphere as useable nitrogen as a result of -
verified answers; bacterial action
Biologists who accept the biological species concept and insist that classification must reflect
evolutionary history are called - verified answers; cladists
For members of two different populations to be members of the same species - verified
answers; be able to interbreed
Which group of gymnosperms has the only one species, which has survived human cultivation
- verified answers; ginkgoes
The principle way for genetic variation to spread through a population is by - verified answers;
sexual reproduction
Without genetic variability, a population cannot - verified answers; evolve
Changes in a gene frequency that is not due to selection, mutation, or immigration is called -
verified answers; genetic drift
If a small group of individuals colonizes a newly formed island, the gene frequency of the
population is likely to be different than that which they came from. This is called - verified
answers; founder effect
What effect do mycorrhizae have on the plants with which they are associated? - verified
answers; symbionts, help the plants take in minerals