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Rosy periwinkles produce two compounds that have been used to treat
Select one:
a. depression
b. childhood leukemia
c. dementia
d. pancreatic cancer - ANSWERS-b. childhood leukemia
Which of the following countries are continuing commercial whaling
despite the 1986 moratorium on whaling imposed by the International
Whaling Commission?
Select one:
a. Norway and Iceland
b. Iceland and Spain
c. Japan and Norway
d. Spain and Japan - ANSWERS-c. Japan and Norway
Which one of the following countries has the highest fertility rate?
Select one:
a. Sweden
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b. China
c. United States
d. Canada - ANSWERS-c. United States
The cost/benefit ratio associated with the implementation of
environmental regulations
Select one:
a. increases with time
b. Initially increases with time, goes through a maximum, and then
decreases
c. decreases with time
d. Initially decreases with time, goes through a minimum, and then
increases - ANSWERS-c. decreases with time
Which one of the following is not an example of consumptive use?
Select one:
a. Firewood is collected to boil water and cook food
b. Fruits and nuts are collected to supplement the food needs of local
people
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c. Wild game is killed to provide food for a family
d. Fish are caught and sold on the international market - ANSWERS-d.
Fish are caught and sold on the international market
Consider the following statements: (I) In any energy conversion, some
of the usable energy is always lost (II) Energy is neither created nor
destroyed, but it may be converted from one form to another, (III)
Systems will go spontaneously in one direction only, toward increasing
entropy. Which of these are statements of the second law of
thermodynamics?
a. II and III
b. I, II, and III
c. I and II
d. I and III - ANSWERS-I and III
Which one of the following is not an example of a mechanism to escape
predation?
a. Exotic plumage of peacock
b. Speed of rabbit
c. Bad smell of skunk
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d. Thorns on a plant - ANSWERS-Exotic plumage of peacock
Which one of the following is not involved in maintaining population
equilibrium?
a. Drought
b. Food supply
c. Predation
d. Disease - ANSWERS-Drought
a. R-strategists have high biotic potential and poor recruitment most of
the time
b. R-strategists have low biotic potential and good recruitment most of
the time
c. R-strategists have low biotic potential and poor recruitment most of
the time
d. R-strategists have high biotic potential and good recruitment most of
the time - ANSWERS-a
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LAWS TEST 2
Rosy periwinkles produce two compounds that have been used to treat
Select one:
a. depression
b. childhood leukemia
c. dementia
d. pancreatic cancer - ANSWERS-b. childhood leukemia
Which of the following countries are continuing commercial whaling
despite the 1986 moratorium on whaling imposed by the International
Whaling Commission?
Select one:
a. Norway and Iceland
b. Iceland and Spain
c. Japan and Norway
d. Spain and Japan - ANSWERS-c. Japan and Norway
Which one of the following countries has the highest fertility rate?
Select one:
a. Sweden
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b. China
c. United States
d. Canada - ANSWERS-c. United States
The cost/benefit ratio associated with the implementation of
environmental regulations
Select one:
a. increases with time
b. Initially increases with time, goes through a maximum, and then
decreases
c. decreases with time
d. Initially decreases with time, goes through a minimum, and then
increases - ANSWERS-c. decreases with time
Which one of the following is not an example of consumptive use?
Select one:
a. Firewood is collected to boil water and cook food
b. Fruits and nuts are collected to supplement the food needs of local
people
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c. Wild game is killed to provide food for a family
d. Fish are caught and sold on the international market - ANSWERS-d.
Fish are caught and sold on the international market
Consider the following statements: (I) In any energy conversion, some
of the usable energy is always lost (II) Energy is neither created nor
destroyed, but it may be converted from one form to another, (III)
Systems will go spontaneously in one direction only, toward increasing
entropy. Which of these are statements of the second law of
thermodynamics?
a. II and III
b. I, II, and III
c. I and II
d. I and III - ANSWERS-I and III
Which one of the following is not an example of a mechanism to escape
predation?
a. Exotic plumage of peacock
b. Speed of rabbit
c. Bad smell of skunk
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d. Thorns on a plant - ANSWERS-Exotic plumage of peacock
Which one of the following is not involved in maintaining population
equilibrium?
a. Drought
b. Food supply
c. Predation
d. Disease - ANSWERS-Drought
a. R-strategists have high biotic potential and poor recruitment most of
the time
b. R-strategists have low biotic potential and good recruitment most of
the time
c. R-strategists have low biotic potential and poor recruitment most of
the time
d. R-strategists have high biotic potential and good recruitment most of
the time - ANSWERS-a
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