It Is Estimated by a Wide Body of Scientists That

question 11

Multiple Choice

It is estimated by a wide body of scientists that in recent decades we have begun another mass extinction event on Earth.Amphibians in particular have been in decline,sometimes due to climate change,and they therefore provide a possible early sign of dramatic biodiversity change to come.With respect to climate change and natural selection acting upon a population of one species of frog in a tropical rain forest,mutations of DNA sequences of the frog genome that are inherited by offspring

• A)could either be beneficial or harmful.
• B)will primarily be harmful.
• C)may have no effect at all,be beneficial,or be harmful.
• D)will only speed the decline and extinction of the species.

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Digestion

The process by which food is broken down into smaller components that can be absorbed and utilized by the body.

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The process of breaking down fats into fatty acids and glycerol, mainly occurring in the small intestine.

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