Table 36 in Your Textbook Uses Paramecium to Illustrate Several Types

question 62

Multiple Choice

Table 3.6 in your textbook uses Paramecium to illustrate several types of light microscopy.Each image is magnified 230X and measures about 4 cm.The actual size of a Paramecium is about ______.

• A)920 \(\mu\)m
• B)0.2 \(\mu\)m
• C)175 \(\mu\)m
• D)57.5 \(\mu\)m
• E)4,000 \(\mu\)m

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Definitions:

Mutation

A permanent alteration in the DNA sequence that makes up a gene, leading to variability within populations and potentially to new traits or diseases.

Adaptive Evolution

The method by which populations adapt to their surroundings by evolving genetic characteristics across generations.

Environmental Change

Any alteration in the conditions of an environment, due to natural processes or human activities, that can affect the organisms living within it.

Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

A rule that indicates the frequencies of alleles and genotypes in a population will stay unchanged over generations if there are no other factors driving evolution.