Is the study of the structure, function, growth, origin, and distribution of all living things.

The term used to describe a disease-causing microorganism isa. virus.b. infection.c. pathogen.d. microbe.e. bacterium.

Sediment layers stop lateral spreading when: they encounter a barrier they encounter an opposing current they run out of additional sedimentary material

Which of the following factors would not contribute to allopatric speciation? a) a population becomes geographically isolated from the parent population.b) the separated population is small, and genetic drift occurs.c) the isolated population is exposed to different selection pressures than the ancestral population.d) different mutations begin to distinguish the gene pools of the separated populations.e) gene flow between the two populations is extensive.