Explain how a population of insects could become resistant to a pesticide.

Adaption- survival of the fittest those that do not die from the pesticide are resistant so when they reproduce their offspring will carry the resistance gene and more reproduction will occur allowing the whole population of insects to be resistant.

The soviet union beat the us to the first successful launch, with the october 4, 1957, orbiting of sputnik 1, and later beat the us to have the first human in earth orbit, yuri gagarin, on april 12, 1961. the "race" peaked with the july 20, 1969, us landing of the first humans on the moon with apollo 11