Question

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4. Within a decade of the introduction of a new insecticide, nearly all of the descendants of the target insects are resistant
to the usual-sized dose. What is the most likely explanation for this change in susceptibility to the insecticide?
a. Eating the insecticide caused the insects to become more resistant to it.
b. Eating the insecticide caused the insects to become less resistant to it.
c. The pesticide destroyed organisms that cause disease in the insects, thus allowing them to live longer.
d. The insects developed physiological adaptations to the insecticide.​

Answer 1

d. the pests developed physiological adaptations to the insecticide

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

The correct answer is d. The insects developed physiological adaptation to the insecticide.

Step-by-step explanation:

When an organism start to live in a new environment after certain period of time the organism get adapted to that new environment.

similarly insect becomes adapted to that insecticide after being exposed to the later for a long period of time.

The adaptation may include various changes in the body physiology of the insect which help them to survive in presence of that insecticide.