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Revisionsession.Insects/arachnids/graphs/evolution/
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Insectsincstructure,socialbehaviour,
Arachnids.
EvolutionDarwinism,Lemark,naturalselection,
Interpretationofgraphs.
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'Super'headliceinCaliforniaand24otherstatesacrossAmerica,arenowresistanttothechemicalsolutionusedtokill
them.FirstnoticedinAugust2015,scientistsarenowtryingtodevelopanewchemicalsolutiontokilltheheadlice.
Suggesthowthisresistancecouldcomeabout.
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mutationorvariationinpopulation
mutationcausesstrengthagainstchemicalmutationsurviveschemicals
licecanreproduce
passonmutationtooffspring.
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Pesticideresistancedescribeshowachemicalwhichwasusefulatkillinginsectsnolonger
works.Pests(likebeetles)evolvepesticideresistance.
Usingthediagrambelow,explainhowthismayhappen.
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EssayQuestion.Choose1.
Describethecharacteristicsofaninsect'sexternalor/andinternalmorphologyand
physiologythatenableittobesuccessfulonland.Makesureyouexplainwhythese
particularcharacteristicsareadvantageousforalifeonland.
Insectsandarachnidssharemanyaspectsintheiranatomyyetinsectshave30timesthe
numberofspeciescomparedtothearachnids.Identify(atleast10)waysinsectsdiffer
morphologicallyoranatomicallyfromthearachnids.
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