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Principles of Inheritance & Variation (Genetics)Members of the cnidarians include which have cnidocytes used to capture prey A slime molds B jellyfish C octopi D snails
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Animal KingdomAnimals fall into two major classes vertebrates and A spinophiles B invertebrates C chordates D inchordata
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Plant KingdomThe porifera are in the animal kingdom and they have a for a stomach A filter feeder B spongocoel cavity C endoderm D choanocyte
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Anatomy of Flowering PlantsMiddle and Upper Class Women During the 19th Century Industrial Revolution Often worked for charities or became activists Pushed for social reforms such as labor reforms and gender equality If historians were to use this information to gain a better understanding of I in the 19th century for women what would they be doing A Differentiating the lives of middle and upper class women durin the Industrial Revolution OB Determining how successful 19th century women were at achieving their goals C Contextualizing the experiences of women during the Industrial Revolution O D Classifying the quality of life for men and women during the Industrial Revolution
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Cell Cycle and Cell Divisionlation of Meiosis Assume the cell that is dividing has 8 chromosomes he number of homologous pairs in the cell at each phase number of chromatids per chr er they are monads dyads or tetrads Number of homologous pairs Number of chromatids per Mchromosome Monads Dyads or Interphas Tetrads Meiosis I
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The Living WorldIs Which of the following statements about expanding media is are TRUE 1 Education was expanding to meet the needs of both Immigrant and native families in the United States II Radio stations performed market research to find out exactly what their listeners wanted to hear iii Newspapers and magazines began to circulate as never before Statements I and II O Statements I II and III
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Animal KingdomAcapulco Mexico Ca 3 Points NEW SPAIN PANAMAZ NEW GRANADA Porto Bello Quite PERU Limeg PACIFIC Calad OCEAN Bogot LOPIVIA Polo CHILE Santiago SOUTH AMERICA Spanish Settlement Portuguese Settlement BRAZE PARAGUAY Asuncion Rio de Janeiro Buenos Aires ARGENTINA Source Henry Abraham and Irwin Pfeffer Enjoying Global History AMSCO adapted from the New York State Global History and Geography Regents Exam 1 Explain the historical circumstances that led to the historical development depicted in the map above
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Plant Physiology - Growth & DevelopmentThe Oldfield mice same ones from Florida where the agouti gene product was involved earlier in the semester dig deep complex holes as compared to the dig a simple 1 tunnel hole What type of experiment was able to show which genes were involved with digging more complex vs less complex burrows O Hybridizing the two types of mice and seeing what genotypes are associated with which behaviors O Placing the Deer mice in holes deep in the earth to naturally select mice which can dig their way to the surface and comparing their genotypes to the O Placing nutritional constraints on the Oldfield mice such that mice who invested energy in complex deep hole making experiences lower fitness and s a few generations Then these genotypes were compared to the Deer mice to look for similar alleles None of the above
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The Living WorldThe Hygeine theory of autoimmune disorders and allergies suggests that O We are removing the parasites which prime our immune system and prevent the immune system from attackig our own bodies and over reacting to allergins We are being exposed to so many chemicals through our greater hygeine that we are toxifying our immune systems and generating autoimmune disorders Our greater survival rates due to increased hygeine and medicine mean that some people with defective immune systems are surviving to reproduce
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Strategies for Enhancement in Food ProductionUmami Japanese word meaning delicious is associated with O salty O burnt O acidic savory flavor
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Ecology - Biodiversity & ConservationBiologists notice that a population of ferrets introduced into a reserve begins to show exponential growth The figures represent the population of the ferrets for the first four years after their introduction Which set of figures represents the exponential growth of the ferrets OA OB 50 92 90 95 O C 50 32 17 9 O D 50 95 59 97 50 88 145 227
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The Living WorldQuestion 2 The 19th Amendment Points 1 O changed the voting age to 21 O granted women the right to vote O gave all Americans the right to vote
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Animal KingdomReligious practices primarily influence dietary intake by O requiring all food to be blessed and well cooked O determining how the nutrients in foods are valued O dictating what is or is not acceptable to eat defining the amount of food each should take per day
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The Living WorldWhich of the following characteristics is an anatomical feature does not assist or enable bipedalism O A foramen magnum which enters the skull vertically directly underneath the crown of the cranium A posterially located foramen magnum exiting the skull horizontally OA thickened femur OA big toe which is in line with the other digits of the foot
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The Living Worldbe to teach students skills ones that don t involve a bat and a ball 6 A introduces the controversy B rhetorical question C provide new data D emphasize the essay s position Persuasive Essay Conclusion Sample 1 Many may suggest that sports keep students engaged in learning that sports force students who want to play to be academically involved This is sometimes the case But yet again it sends the wrong message learning is merely a vehicle to playing Is that what education is about And the requirements to play are always so pathetic anyway Pass most of your classes Is that all we expect of our youth No the time honored tradition of sport and school is no longer viable Schools in America have fallen too far behind to be able to sustain any level of success while hiring teachers who are either bogged down by coaching or simply incapable of teaching while being highly capable of coaching The
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The Living WorldStudy the following analogy IS TO AS IS TO Women s Suffrage Which of the following BEST completes the analogy O 18th Amendment Prohibition 19th Amendment O 18th Amendment Freedom of Speech 19th Amendment
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Human Physiology - GeneralThe most influential factor in a person s selection of food is the sense of O hearing O touch O odor taste
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Principles of Inheritance & Variation (Genetics)4 points Save A Medical evolution has real importance for the comprehension of the origin of various genetic diseases Researchers have examined the distant homologues technially orthologues of genes which are known have disease associations in Humans such as Waardenburg syndrome What can be accomplished by examining these long distant cousins of our genes such as can be found in plants or yeast O A We can learn how other species deal with these diseases OB We can learn the basic and universal functions of these genes to better understand how the disease causes problems O C To understand how these plants and distantly related species may be causing the disease seen in humans OD It is not important and has apparently been a waste of time and money for these researchers and tax payers but it is important to know which research paths should not be taken
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The Living WorldWhat organization method is this essay using to compare contrast two perspectives of an argument 1 Issue 1 Perspectives 1 2 2 Issue 2 Perspectives 1 2 3 Issue 3 Perspectives 1 2 Block
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The Living WorldWhat type of source is the following Works Cited entry Gilligan Carol In a Different Voice Psychological Theory and Women s Development Cambridge Harvard UP 1982 Print A a print book B an online magazine C a DVD D an online video 6
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The Living WorldWhat organization method is this essa using to compare contrast two speeches 1 Speech 1 parallelism 2 Speech 2 parallelism 3 Speech 1 allusion 4 Speech 2 allusion Block
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Molecular Basis of InheritanceTable 3 Sequence of the 9 Nitrogen Bases Example 1 A 2 T 3 C 4 5 6 7 8 Original Codon Pattern ATC 9 1 Original Amino Acid Isoleucine Mutation 1 Sequence of Nitrogen Bases A C T Mutation 1 Codon Pattern ACT Mutation 1 Amino Acid Threonine an l i l Mutation 2 Sequence of Nitrogen Bases A Cole C Mutation 2 Codon Pattern ACC XXXX Mutation 2 Amino Acid Threonine XXXX
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The Living WorldWhat is the great danger with providing and using antibiotics to to such a large extent when treating illness Bacteria evolve resistance quickly and can outgrow our antibiotics Antibiotics have so many side effects that these side effects endanger the health of human populations Bacteria combine with viruses in order to create new hybrids which are more dangerous than either In the absence of bacteria fungi will present a greater danger to humans than bacteria ever could
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Strategies for Enhancement in Food Productionis a term used to describe a set of four groups of values EARS RDAs Als and ULs O Reference Daily Intakes RDIs O Reference Dietary Intakes RDIs O Daily Reference Intakes DRIs O Dietary Reference Intakes DRIs
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The Living Worldflew the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic O Charles Lindbergh O Charlie Chaplin
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Animal KingdomQuestion 11 While some scientists studying sponges suggest that sponge larval hair cells are proto neurons because they express some genes which are expressed in neurons others reject this hypo which suggests that cnetophores comb jellies are ancestral to all animals Cnetophores do have a nervous system Two hypothesis could explain the presence of the nervous system in cnetophores and the lack of one in sponges Either 1 the common ancestor of all living animals was a cnetophore and it was subsequently lost in sponges OR 2 O the nervous system evolved in cnetophores separately convergence from the nervous system which is common and ancestral for all other animals O the lack of a nervous system was inherited by all animals from sponges O animals evolved into sponges which subsequently evolved into cnetophores while sponges and cnetophores lost their nervous system animals gained it independently
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Evolutionstion 26 The Out of Africa 2 Total Replacement hypothesis suggests O A Humans AMH evolved from multiple separate populations in Africa that gave rise to the various large populations on the planet today Europeans East Asians Africans O B Humans AMH evolved at one location in Africa and that population replaced all of the archaic hominins Neanderthal Denisova etc on Earth OC Humans AMH developed in Eurasia and moved to Africa when the climate became too cold replacing all archaic hominins in Africa Humans AMH evolved in the Americas and moved to Eurasia via the Bering Strait and then to Africa replacing all archaic hominins on Earth as they did so Your Webcam Minimie
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The Living WorldThe phylogenetic diversity phylogenic tree of a virus should resemble O That of the species with which it competes another virus for example That of its host species O That of other viruses in a species which is prey to its host O That of all viruses which are basically identical to one another
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The Living World4 The following is an excerpt from a speech President Obama made in 2011 when describing the economic collapse of 2008 But for most Americans the basic bargain that made this country great has eroded Long before the recession hit hard work stopped paying off for too many people Fewer and fewer of the folks who contributed to the success of our economy actually benefited from that success Those at the very top grew wealthier from their incomes and their investments wealthier than ever before But everybody else struggled with costs that were growing and paychecks that weren t and too many families found themselves racking up more and more debt just to keep up How does President Obama s description of the economy in 2008 compare to the description of America in 1890 presented in both the Populist Party platform and the speech by Mary Elizabeth Lease above Is it similar or different Cite textual evidence to support your claims
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Human Health and DiseasesUndernutrition and overnutrition both are examples of malnutrition O True O False
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The Living WorldWhich statement is the best conclusion one can make after looking at this photo O Women were important to the war effort in World War I O Women often found clerical jobs as companies began to grow very large O Women could work but for less money than men
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EvolutionAnimals that are adapted to arboreal life probably have which feature O A opposable thumbs B flat feet O C reduced reproductive rates D all of the above
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The Living Worldgant ng an Which part of the scientific method helps the experimenter design a useful test A Conducting background research B Testing the hypothesis C Analyzing the data Enter
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Strategies for Enhancement in Food ProductionA physical examination during nutritional assessment is considered a dietary assessm O True O False
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Biological ClassificationRequired information NCLEX Prep Test Bank Question Please read the clinical scenario and then answer the questions that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format Wanda is a medical assistant and the newest employee of your healthcare team You notice that she does not wash her hands in between patient visits From your microbiology background you understand that microbes are not visible with the naked eye As the only nurse in your small medical office you provide education for Wanda on the importance of hand washing Wanda is receptive to the nurse s teaching In reinforcing the prevalence of microbes in our environment the nurse describes the experiments of Louis Pasteur Pasteur hypothesized that microbes were in the air and dust Through experiments using swan necked flasks he disproved the concept of Multiple Choice spontaneous mutation
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The Living WorldAs the novelist who coined the term Jazz Age to describe the 1920s I wrote This Side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby Who am I Upton Sinclair OF Scott Fitzgerald Sinclair Lewis
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Plant Kingdom3 points What will most likely happen to a slime mold which is a colonial organism if the population of cells making up the slime mold are overwhelmingly cheaters which do not contribute to the non spore prod portions of the colony such as the stalk O The colony will be more successful over time and cheaters will be represented in all future slime molds generation after generation O The organism will fail to reproduce because the stalk cells must sacrifice themselves if the organism is to reproduce The organism will produce only altruistic cell types which sacrifice themselves for the good of the colonial organims and this type of organism will continue for generations to come None of the Above Question 49
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Biological ClassificationQuestion 5 Points 3 As the first American to win the Nobel Prize in literature I wrote Main Street and Babbitt tv famous novels Who am I OUpton Sinclair O Sinclair Lewis
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The Living Worldmethod is this essay using to compare contrast two essays 1 Hyperbole Essays 1 2 2 Analogy Essays 1 2 3 Understatement Essays 1 2
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Ecology - GeneralWhich type of nonfiction writing is described below Point of View 3rd Subject Water Conservation Author s Purpose Persuasive Tone Formal A memoir B persuasive essay C speech
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Ecology - Generalelevation 15 fee you step on a sca and weigh 53 kilograms Using the same scale in Denver Colorad elevation 5 280 feet you would weigh A more than in San Dieg B less than in San Diego C the same as in San Diego
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Ecology - Environmental IssuesWhich sentence below correctly uses italics A Is he your teacher B Is he your teacher C Is he your teacher
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Biological ClassificationWhy are some of the circles marked with an X for the experiment 2 A The X tells us the reagents will not react with themselves B The X tells us the reagents will always look different when combined with themselves C The X tells us to look closely for a reaction in those containers D The X tells us those containers will have a change in temperature
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The Living WorldWhich group of Americans generally failed to experience the economic prosperity of the 1920s O farmers O consumers
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The Living WorldWhich of the following constitutes a behavioral phenotype O The production of a pigment that causes pollenators to land on a flower O The change in neuronal development that has been selected over many generation that has resulted in flies tending to fly away when changes in air pressure are detected kes to swat them O The change in enzymes and metabolism in mammals that caused them to have a higher internal termperature than reptiles and amphibians The transcription of ribosomal RNA
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EvolutionThe first hominin to expand their range well outside of Africa were OA Homo sapiens OB Homo neanderthalensis OC Homo erectus O D Australopithecus
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The Living WorldHow do dominant mutations which cause disease manage to persist in human populations if natural selection acts strongly against individuals who have even one dom O There is such strong positive selection for positive alleles that such negative alleles do not matter O Some such alleles are do not manifest themselves until middle age after reproduction has likely occurred O Most alleles positive or negative are under neutral selective forces because there are so few genes when the entire 3 5 billion base pairs of the genome are co O Some very destructive dominant alleles which are few in number in the human population will not reach reach sufficient levels in frequency in the human pop selected out of the population
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Reproductive HealthWhat is the tone in Stephen Crane s A Great Mistake A The narrator s tone is terse and disinterested B The narrator s tone is skeptical angry C The narrator s tone is full of suspense yet amusement A Great Mistake by Stephen Crane An Italian kept a fruit stand on a corner where he had good aim at the people who came down from the elevated station and at those who went along two thronged streets He sat most of the day in a backless chair that was placed strategically There was a babe living hard by up five flights of stairs who regarded this Italian as a tremendous
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Ecology - Environmental IssuesWhich of the following titles is most likely a memoir A One Mississippi A History of the Segregated South B One Mississippi My Summer in the Segregated South C One Mississippi Two Mississippi Three Mississippi Four D One Mississippi My Life in the
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Human Physiology - Breathing & Exchange of Gasesfollowing sentences using an appositive Emma is the hardest worker I know She has a big blue binder of notes A She has a big blue binder of notes and Emma is the hardest worker I know B Emma the hardest worker I know has a big blue binder of notes C Emma has a big blue binder of notes and is the hardest workor I In 24