Monocultures - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What are the three levels of biodiversity - Answer-1) species diversity 2) genetic diversity 3) ecosystem diversity Genes - Answer-Units of inherited information that determine specific characteristics or functions Biodiversity - Answer-The variety of life in the world Genetic diversity - Answer-The sum of all the different forms of genes present in a particular species. It also helps the survival of species Species - Answer-A population whose members can breed freely in nature a...

oxygen Desalination plants can lower what levels in the water because the plants are removing the salt and spitting that salt back into the ocean, causing briny water? RNA Inhaling what can cure cystic fibrosis because this stuff can make proteins that will help fight the disease? ghrelin Which hormone makes food appealing and can result in overindulgence by releasing dopamine when food is sighted? It can also be used to treat eating disorders and loss of appetite from chemoth...

APES practice FRQ Verified Solutions Preserving high-quality agricultural land is important so that countries can grow enough food to feed their populations. i) Describe one agricultural practice that can lead to the degradation of agricultural land - Plowing/tilling the soil increases soil erosion (by breaking up the soil structure) and reduces fertility - Using monocultures/growing only one crop over and over will deplete the soil of nutrients - Clearing a field to plant crops can le...

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Food, Soil, and Pest Management NEWEST 2024 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+ What are the major causes of food insecurity? - Answer -poverty, political upheaval, corruption, war, imbalance between food production and consumption in affluent societies and impoverished societies, and environmental degradation What are the three major food systems? - Answer -croplands, rangelands, ocean fisheries croplands - Answer -produce mostly...

Public Health Triad - Answer -the triad consists of an external agent, a susceptible host, and an environment that brings the host and agent together. -disease results from the interaction between the agent and the susceptible host in an environment that supports transmission of the agent from a source to that host. What is one health and how is it important to public health? - Answer -One Health is a collaborative, trans-disciplinary approach to achieving optimal health for people and other...

ISA Arborist Chapter 11 Questions and Answers 100% Pass True/False - Plant Health Care and Integrated Pest Management are essentially the same thing. False Plant resources, produced through photosynthesis, are allocated among 4 primary functions: growth maintenance (reproduction) storage defense _______ can be described as any factor that limits a plant's ability to acquire sufficient light, water, or essential minerals. stress The _______ and _______ in tree cells are indigestible to many ...

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AGN 115 Exam 1 | 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest 2024 Version In the Penn and Teller: Norman Borlaug (2003) video, Dr. Terri Lomax, professor of Botany and Plant Pathology (OSU), said that genetically modified crops are subjected to millions of dollars in testing and are regulated by EPA, FDA and USDA, while protestors and administrators (e.g. Charles Margulus) affiliated with Greenpeace claimed the crops were released without any testing. A. True B. False - A. True Sufficient, ...

The Epidemiologic Triad - answer-host, agent, environment people, other species, environment The environment around us and other species affect out health Environmental Contamination - answer-natural and not caused by humans. can be anthropogenic: caused by humans (pollution) Greenhouse Effect - answer-natural situation in which heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere by carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and other gases Climate Change - answer-climate change means more extreme we...