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Read the following scenario and answer the questions below

Human activities, including fossil fuel combustion, farming, and deforestation, are known to increase the levels of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxides in our atmosphere. Measurable warming of Earth due to these greenhouse gases can alter ecosystem dynamics. In addition to the direct climatic effects on organisms within biomes, warming can lower levels of sea ice and increase precipitation in Arctic areas. Global warming can also melt permafrost in the tundra and increase sea surface temperatures, which could increase the intensity of hurricanes in vulnerable areas. Within communities, climatic change can shift interdependent species "out of sync," potentially causing indirect loss of species. For example, if pollinators and the plants they pollinate become out of synch, the pollinators may not be able to switch to a different food source, and the plants may not be able to reproduce

-The relationship between flowering plants and bees is best described as .

Identify the characteristics of different taxonomic classes and the basis for their classification.

Analyze the importance of phylogenetic systematics and cladistics in understanding evolutionary relationships.

Explain the concept of convergent and divergent evolution with examples.

Understand the significance of molecular clocks in evolutionary studies.

Definitions:

Plato

An ancient Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, and teacher of Aristotle, known for his works on forms, ethics, and politics.

World of Becoming

In Plato’s metaphysics, the world we live in, the world of change and objects perceived by the senses.

World of Being

In Plato’s metaphysics, the world of ideal Forms, a world that is unchanging, a world we can know only through reason.

Berkeley

Represents George Berkeley, an 18th-century philosopher known for his theory of immaterialism, arguing that material objects exist only in the mind and through perception.