- Lack of variation or lack hybrid over
- Disadvantageous traits are retained within the species
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A flower was found to have the following characteristics:
Inconspicuous petals
Long feathery stigma
Small, light pollen grains
(a) What is the likely agent of pollination of the flower?
(b) What is the significance of the flower?
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A flower was found to have the following characteristics:
Inconspicuous petals
Long feathery stigma
Small, light pollen grains
(a) What is the likely agent of pollination of the flower?
(b) What is the significance of the flower?
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(b) Give two reasons for your answer in (a)
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The figure below illustrates a food web in a certain ecosystem.
From the food web:
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(b) Give two reasons for your answer in (a) above.
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State two ways in which aerenchyma tissue in aquatic plants are adapted to their function.
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(a) Distinguish between population and community.
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(b) Name a method that could be used to estimate the population size of the following organisms (i) Fish in a pond
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(a) Distinguish between pyramid of numbers and pyramid of biomass.
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What is represented by X, Y and Z?
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