To reproduce, female elephants produce eggs and male elephants produce sperm. Offspring are produced by the fusion of an egg with a sperm cell. Which statement is true about the offspring? A. The offspring are genetically identical to the parents because they are produced by sexual reproduction.
B. The offspring are genetically distinct from the parents because they are produced by sexual reproduction.
C. The offspring are genetically distinct from the parents because the egg and sperm are both diploid.
D. The offspring are genetically identical to the parents because the egg and sperm are both diploid.

Select all the correct answers. which statements fail to meet the requirements of a scientific claim? 1 even though evidence indicates that the solar system's planets follow elliptical paths, copernicus's model involving circular orbits is true. 2 the evidence supporting newton's laws of motion was accurate in newton's time, but the universe operates differently today. 3 flowers that reflect the most ultraviolet light are more likely to attract bees and other pollinators than flowers that reflect less ultraviolet light. 4 in the final 100 meters of a 10,000-meter race, an athlete's speed is more strongly related to anaerobic efficiency than to aerobic efficiency.

Agenus is a taxonomic grouping that identifies a collection of species. when a scientist discovers a new species, how is this species assigned to a genus

Explain why biological control methods are generally environmentally superior to chemical pest control methods.