1 The first hypothesis is that species are primarily redundant, which means that one species can partially replace another. 2  Many species have the same function, and the loss of one species can therefore be offset by some other species.
The Texas Constitution has the fourth highest number of amendments behind Alabama, California, and South Carolina. State constitutions average about 36,000 words in length, which is approximately four times the length of the Constitution of the United States, whose total length counting amendments is about 7,400 words.
All of them eventual â¦ ly did, making moot the point of whether the constitution was itself unconstitutional, since it was in effect, an amendment of the Articles, which required unanimous consent for that. The constitution said it would take effect once 9 state signed up. Rhode Island was the last hold out of the original 13. By the time it ratified, George Washington had been President for more than a year. Vermont, which had not yet come into existence when the Constitution was drafted, sign on soon thereafter.