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The insecticide kills most of the insects when introduced; those that survive; give rise to a new
generation of flies that are resistant to insecticide.
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- Briefly explain the term “survival for the fittest” as used in Darwin’s theory of natural selection(Solved)
Briefly explain the term “survival for the fittest” as used in Darwin’s theory of natural selection
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- Explain why certain drugs become ineffective in curing a disease after many years of use (Solved)
Explain why certain drugs become ineffective in curing a disease after many years of use
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- All insects are believed to have arisen from a common ancestor. However, modern insects differ widely in a variety of ways such as in the...(Solved)
All insects are believed to have arisen from a common ancestor. However, modern insects differ widely in a variety of ways such as in the adaptation of their mouthparts for different modes of feeding. What kind of evolution is this?
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- Distinguish divergent and convergent evolution(Solved)
Distinguish divergent and convergent evolution
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- Give two factors that determine water reabsorption in the distal convoluted tubule(Solved)
Give two factors that determine water reabsorption in the distal convoluted tubule
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- Distinguish between the struggle for existence and survival for the fittest as used in the theory of natural selection(Solved)
Distinguish between the struggle for existence and survival for the fittest as used in the theory of natural selection
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- State any two similarities in structure between Homo erectus and Homo Sapiens(Solved)
State any two similarities in structure between Homo erectus and Homo Sapiens
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- State role of cardiac sphincter in the stomach.(Solved)
State role of cardiac sphincter in the stomach.
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- Distinguish between camouflage and mimicry.(Solved)
Distinguish between camouflage and mimicry.
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- Give two examples of adaptive radiation in animals. (Solved)
Give two examples of adaptive radiation in animals.
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- Name one method that would be used to estimate the population of small fish in the ecosystem(Solved)
Name one method that would be used to estimate the population of small fish in the ecosystem
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- State the role of Leguminous plants in an ecosystem(Solved)
State the role of Leguminous plants in an ecosystem
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- State three disadvantages of using synthetic pesticides over Biological control.(Solved)
State three disadvantages of using synthetic pesticides over Biological control.
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- Describe how a population of grasshoppers in a given area can be estimated(Solved)
Describe how a population of grasshoppers in a given area can be estimated
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- Explain how food as a factor regulates the population of animals in an ecosystem(Solved)
Explain how food as a factor regulates the population of animals in an ecosystem
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- Apart from mere observation of actual feeding suggest two methods that can be used to determine the type of food eaten by animals(Solved)
Apart from mere observation of actual feeding suggest two methods that can be used to determine the type of food eaten by animals
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- What are the two main components of an ecosystem?(Solved)
What are the two main components of an ecosystem?
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- To estimate the population size of crabs in a certain lagoon, traps were laid at random. 400 crabs
were caught, marked and released back into the...(Solved)
To estimate the population size of crabs in a certain lagoon, traps were laid at random. 400 crabs
were caught, marked and released back into the lagoon. Four days later, traps were laid again and
360 crabs were caught. Out of the 360crabs, 90 were found to have been marked
(i) Calculate the population size of the crabs in the lagoon
(ii) What is the name given to this method of estimating the population size
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- What do you understand by the term trophic level?(Solved)
What do you understand by the term trophic level?
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- A fish farmer wanted to know the number of fish in a pond. He collected 10 fish from the pond
and labeled each, by a tag...(Solved)
A fish farmer wanted to know the number of fish in a pond. He collected 10 fish from the pond
and labeled each, by a tag label on its fin and returned the ten fish to the pond to mix with
other fish . When he later collected 50 fish from the pond, he found only four of them had labels
a) Estimate the total number of fish in the pond (show your workings)
b) What two assumptions are being made in this methods of estimating population
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