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DPR Qualified Applicator's License (QAL) Exam Questions and Answers pesticide -Answer-a substance that: 1) controls pests 2) defoliates plants 3) regulates plant growth OR 4) is a pesticide adjuvant includes insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, rodenticides, disinfectants, and sanitizers Major Pesticide Families -Answer-1) carbamates 2) neonicotinoids 3) organochlorines 4) organophosphates 5) phenoxy herbicides 6) synthetic pyrethroids 7) sulfonylureas 8) strobilurins 9) triaz...

AICE Marine Science AL Chapter 4 Vocabulary Guaranteed Success Ocean A continues mass of seawater on the Earth's surface, its boundaries formed by continental land masses, ridges on the ocean floor, or the equator. Seas Smaller and less deep bodies of seawater that are partially enclosed by land. They are found where the ocean and land meet. Taxonomic Hierarchy The classification of the species within living organisms by describing the domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, ...

Extinction and Diversification: Extinction and Extirpation and Mass Extinction - a widespread and rapid decrease in the biodiversity Extinction and Diversification: 5 previous mass extinctions - Ordovician, Devonian, Permian, Triassic, Cretaceous Extinction and Diversification: The Permian's high oxygen levels allowed? - 30% Extinction and Diversification: How could bias in the fossil record influence our understanding of prior mass extinctions? - These biases are important but relatively...

Littoral Zone - ANSWER Area of shoreline where land is subject to wave action Littoral Zone Subdivisions - ANSWER - Offshore - Nearshore - Foreshore - Backshore - Beach Offshore - ANSWER Where waves begin to break in the deeper water. Friction between the waves and the sea bed may cause some distortion of the wave shape. Nearshore - ANSWER Friction between the seabed and waves distorts the wave sufficiently to cause it to break. Possible breakpoint bar formation. Foreshore - AN...

SAE3701 Assignment 2 COMPLETE ANSWERS 2024 Read the following statement and indicate whether it is TRUE or FALSE: Improvements in fishing methods result in greater numbers and varieties (sizes and species) of fish being caught, but fishing in the Southern African region remains sustainable and no overfishing is taking place. - False Read the following: Members of a growing settlement near St. Lucia in South Africa have observed that the estuary has dried up; in fact, the estu...

LARE Section 2 question with correct answers rated A+ 2023USGS 7.5-Minute Quadrangle Maps - correct answer The most convenient source for a paper base map in the U.S. with a scale of 1:24,000. Units should not be smaller than 10 acres. Koppen System - correct answer A climate classification system that divides the World's terrestrial climates into 5 separate types, each starting with a letter (A,B,C,D and E) Inclusions - correct answer A rock unit that is younger than the layers from it c...

Read the following statement and indicate whether it is TRUE or FALSE: Improvements in fishing methods result in greater numbers and varieties (sizes and species) of fish being caught, but fishing in the Southern African region remains sustainable and no overfishing is taking place. - CORRECT ANSWERS-False Read the following: Members of a growing settlement near St. Lucia in South Africa have observed that the estuary has dried up; in fact, the estuary has been permanently cut off from the...

USGS 7.5-Minute Quadrangle Maps - Answers The most convenient source for a paper base map in the U.S. with a scale of 1:24,000. Units should not be smaller than 10 acres. Koppen System - Answers A climate classification system that divides the World's terrestrial climates into 5 separate types, each starting with a letter (A,B,C,D and E) Inclusions - Answers A rock unit that is younger than the layers from it came from Alluvium - Answers sediment deposited by a river or stream Kame ...

Estimate the abundance of coliform bacteria in water - Answer The Most Probable Number test is a method to Vibrio Vulnifcus - Answer An estuarine bacterium that causes potentially fatal wound infection and is found in raw oysters. If you are immune compromised you are warned not to eat raw oysters. False - Answer The Chesapeake Bay agreement goal of reducing loadings of nitrogen and phosphorus to the Bay will be achieved by 2010. False - Answer Most of the water we withdraw from water s...

A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of systems to monitor, control, manipulate and operate within coastal or ocean environments, such as underwater platforms, flood control systems, dikes, hydroelectric power systems, tide and current control and warning systems, and communications equipment; the planning and design of total systems for working and functioning in water or underwater environm...