Processes operating in the Earth system take place on spatial scales varying from fractions of millimeters to thousands of kilometers, and on time scales that range from milliseconds to billions of years.
<span>Examples of instantaneous - breathing; rotation of the Earth; earthquake<span>Examples of long term - making coal; plate tectonics</span></span>
Answer: b. Increased nutrient run-off
Explanation:
Nutrient run-off is when an excessive amount of nutrients like Nitrogen and Phosphorous find themselves in bodies of water. This acts as a fertlizers and promotes algae growth.
This algae growth compromises the qualiy of water and depletes the oxygen in the water. This essenfially harms the habitat thus this is noy an ecological benefit.
B) Endocrine disruptors mimic hormones that regulate critical biological processes
The basics would be that you'd need to find out if they could exchange genetic information. If not, they couldn't be considered part of one species. Set-up 2 artificial environments so both groups would produce pollen at the same time. Fertilise both plants with the other's pollen. Then fertilise the plants with pollen from their own group.
Count the number of offspring each plant produces.
If the plants which were fertilised by the opposite group produce offspring, they are of the same species. You can then take this further if they are of the same species by analysing if there is any difference between the number (and health) of offspring produced by the crossed progeny and by the pure progeny. You'd have to take into account that some of them would want to grow at different times, so a study of the progeny from their first sprout until death (whilst emulating the seasons in your ideal controlled environment). Their success could then be compared to that of the pure-bred individuals.
Make sure to repeat this a few times, or have a number of plants to make sure your results are accurate.
Or if you couldn't do the controlled environment thing, just keep some pollen one year and use it to fertilise the other group.
I'd also put a hypothesis in there somewhere too.
The independent variable would be the number of plants pollinated. The dependant variable would be the number of progeny (offspring) produced.
The answer should be competitive inhibitors
