[CHAPTER 4 – Human Populations and Environmental Health ]   …

    Ocean tuna eat smaller fish that consume material containing mercury. Mercury is a persistent toxin that builds up in higher amounts in the bodies of fish. The mercury in the smaller fish accumulates in the ocean tuna in higher amounts. When we consume tuna, the mercury in the tuna can accumulate in our bodies in higher amounts. This phenomenon is called:

[CHAPTER 3 – Evolution and Biodiversity]   On the Galápagos…

   On the Galápagos Islands, the finches that Darwin studied tended to have either small beaks or large beaks. The smaller beaks are best at eating soft seeds but are ineffective at cracking large seeds. The larger beaks are best at cracking hard seeds. Beaks of intermediate size are inefficient for either seed type. Which result of natural selection is at work in this example?