Question

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1. How do modern goldfish look different from their prussian carp ancestors?
2. What types of variation might exist within a population of flowering plants?
3. How did seed availability affect traits of individuals in the medium ground finch population of the Galapagos Island?
4. How can variation of traits in a population help in the adaption of the population to its environment?
5. Excess salt in the body can damage cells and organs. Marine iguanas, which live on the beaches of the Galapagos Island, eat mostly seaweed. They have ducts that remove excess salt from their bodies. How are the salt ducts an adaptation to the iguanas' environment?

Answer 1

1. The prussian carp has a similar shape with the modern goldfish but it has a larger size and the colors of the scales gray, white and silver.
2. In a population of flowering plants, the obvious variation is color.
4. Variation of traits help in adaptation of the population to its environment since there are variations that are advantageous with respect to an environment.