Biology : Concepts and Investigations (Loose)
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Chapter 19, Problem 11WIO
Scientists have studied plant populations that have moved into areas with low herbivory compared to the plant’s previous habitat. After many generations in the new habitat, the plants produce fewer defensive chemicals and grow larger than plants in the ancestral population. How does natural selection explain these observations? (Hint: Producing defensive chemicals uses energy.)
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Biology : Concepts and Investigations (Loose)
Ch. 19.1 - Prob. 1MCCh. 19.1 - Prob. 2MCCh. 19.1 - How does vascular tissue adapt plants to land?Ch. 19.1 - Describe the reproductive adaptations of plants.Ch. 19.2 - Describe the three main groups of bryophytes.Ch. 19.2 - Prob. 2MCCh. 19.3 - Describe the four groups of seedless vascular...Ch. 19.3 - Prob. 2MCCh. 19.3 - Prob. 3MCCh. 19.4 - What are the characteristics of gymnosperms?
Ch. 19.4 - What are the four groups of gymnosperms?Ch. 19.4 - Prob. 3MCCh. 19.4 - What happens during and after pollination in...Ch. 19.5 - Prob. 1MCCh. 19.5 - Prob. 2MCCh. 19.5 - Prob. 3MCCh. 19.5 - Prob. 4MCCh. 19.6 - Prob. 1MCCh. 19.6 - Prob. 2MCCh. 19 - Which of the following is NOT a similarity between...Ch. 19 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 19 - What conditions did plants face when they moved to...Ch. 19 - Prob. 4MCQCh. 19 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 19 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 19 - Prob. 7MCQCh. 19 - Reproduction in a pine tree is associated with a....Ch. 19 - 9. What is a key adaptation that is unique to the...Ch. 19 - What plant group is correctly matched with an...Ch. 19 - What characteristics do all land plants have in...Ch. 19 - Prob. 2WIOCh. 19 - How are terrestrial habitats different from...Ch. 19 - List the characteristics that distinguish the four...Ch. 19 - Prob. 5WIOCh. 19 - A fern plant can produce as many as 50 million...Ch. 19 - How do the adaptations of gymnosperms and...Ch. 19 - Prob. 9WIOCh. 19 - The immature fruit of the opium poppy produces...Ch. 19 - Scientists have studied plant populations that...Ch. 19 - Prob. 12WIOCh. 19 - Prob. 13WIOCh. 19 - Compare and contrast the life cycles of the four...Ch. 19 - Prob. 16WIOCh. 19 - Prob. 17WIOCh. 19 - Prob. 18WIOCh. 19 - What are the pros and cons of pursuing biofuels as...Ch. 19 -
1. Describe an adaptation that arose in each...Ch. 19 - Prob. 2PITCh. 19 - Prob. 3PITCh. 19 - Prob. 4PIT
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