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What are stromatolites? - rocks formed by the accumulation of sedimentary layers on bacterial mats What are stromatolites? - rocks formed by the accumulation of sedimentary layers on bacterial mats When was the oxygen revolution? - 2.7-2.3 bya Oldest Eukaryotes - 1.8 billion years ago Oldest fossil of a multicellular eukaryote - 1.6 billion years ago What is a protist? - polyphyletic group of unicellular eukaryotes when was the earliest direct evidence of life, and where was it...

The mass of ice that flows under its own weight and forms when snowfall exceeds snow melt over long periods of time. Occupies ~11% of Earth's land area today. - Glacier 1. Powerful agent of geomorphic change. 2. Source of freshwater - ~77% of all freshwater are locked in glaciers. 3. Release nutrients locked up in rocks. 4. Contributes to change in sea level. - Environmental significance of glaciers Related to water volume and ice volume. - Eustatic sea-level Related to land 'posit...

The following drug produces the least physical damage to humans: A)alcohol B)cocaine C)heroin D)Nicotine E) LSD - B)cocaine A new BC pill has a pregnancy rate of 0.3 per 100 woman years. This means: A) every sexually active woman taking it has a 3% chance of getting pregnant B) for every 1000 women taking the pill for a year, 3 become pregnant C) for every 100 sexually active women, 3 become pregnant within a year D) 300 sexually active women taking the...

What is the shape of the demand curve faced by a perfectly competitive firm? - Horizontal A profit-maximizing competitive firm will produce up to the point which...... - marginal revenue equals marginal cost. A competitive firm is said to maximize its profit when....... - the price is equal to marginal cost. In the presence of technology spillovers, the market tends to ____________ and _____________ the product relative to societies best interest. - underproduce, overprice Suppose th...

Realism - Realism is an approach to the study and practice of international politics. It emphasizes the role of the nation-state and makes a broad assumption that all nation-states are motivated by national interests, or, at best, national interests disguised as moral concerns. Liberalism - Liberalism contains a variety of concepts and arguments about how institutions, behaviours and economic connections contain and mitigate the violent power of states. What are key differences between Rea...

Types of Criminal Offenses - Indictable: more serious, preliminary hearing, right to jury, choice of court Summary: less serious, no right to jury, 6 month limitation, can be indictable due to criminal history Hybrid: judges discretion What is a limitation period? - A period of time the authorities have to charge someone and convict them. In a summary offence, the limitation period is 6 months. Thirteen Stages of a Criminal Case - 1) Investigation 2) Laying of charges 3) Decision to pr...

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This paper looks at Canadian history and the injustices that indigenous groups have suffered through. More specifically, this paper is an in-depth look at how researchers have affected the life of indigenous people in a harmful way but how research could still be beneficial for these groups as long as it is done ethically.

The British Constitutional Content 2: The Charter of Rights outlines key developments in Canada's constitutional history, including the 1982 Constitution Act's "patriation," which granted Canada the ability to amend its constitution domestically, severing its ties to the UK Parliament. The Charter of Rights, enshrined in this Act, clarified rights and their enforcement mechanisms. Popular misconceptions are addressed, emphasizing that the Charter applies to state actions and did not create r...

1) Why can a single binary value represent both a signed integer value and an unsigned integer value? Use a representative example to help your explanation. An example of such a case is the binary value ‘111’. As a signed integer, the most significant bit, ‘1’ makes the value negative in the 2’s complement system. As a result, its value is ‘-1’ in decimal. However, as an unsigned integer, it represents ‘7’ in decimal. 2) For each component supplied in Logisim’s Arithmeti...