Question

flowering time, the amount of time between when the plant begins to grow and when it starts to make flowers, can vary among field mustard plants.in good weather, plants with longer flowering times can gather more resources for seed production. under these conditions, plants with longer flowering times produce more seeds overall than plants with shorter flowering times do.in harsh, dry weather such as droughts, plants with shorter flowering times are less likely to run out of resources or die before they can produce many seeds. under these conditions, plants with shorter flowering times produce more seeds overall than plants with longer flowering times do.a field mustard plant with flowers1) consider the population of field mustard plants over the time period previously shown. over this time period, plants with shorter flowering times were less likely to reproduce than plants with longer flowering times. this means that having a shorter flowering time was less advantageous than having a longer flowering time.2) complete the following statements to construct the explanation that is best supported by the information above.3) having a shorter flowering time may have been less advantageous than having a longer flowering time because plants with shorter flowering times produced __ seeds overall. this may have been because the populations environment had good weather __ often than harsh, dry weather.

Explanation:

The text states that in good weather, plants with longer flowering times produce more seeds than those with shorter ones, while in harsh dry weather, shorter flowering time plants produce more seeds. Since shorter flowering time was less advantageous, it means shorter flowering plants made fewer seeds overall, which happens when the environment has good weather more often.

Answer:

1. fewer
2. more