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ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM 246 Exam 2 with answers1.Competition 2. Conflicts of Interest 3. Disease transmission - correct answer Living in social groups has both costs and benefits. (a) Give three costs of living in social groups (b) 1. Detection, 2. Dilution, 3. Deterrence. Protection from predators, defense of food, Services provided, Territorial defense ( - correct answer Give three different categories of benefits of living in social groups. (Hint: they don't all start with D...

"Optimally foraging" children, seeking to sell water, should all stand on the same side of the road. - False A beaver makes a dam which creates habitat for a species of fish - commensalism A cow eats grass - exploitation A gopher digs a hole in a patch of grass amensalism - amensalism A hummingbird pollinates a flower while it ingests nectar - mutalism A metapopulation: - Refers to patchiness in a population that allows it to function like many connected smaller subpopulations. A nich...

AP Biology Unit 7 MCQ Exam Questions With Correct Answers 100% Verified. Which of the following best describes the processes occurring between the mouse populations and their environments? - answerdark color; west, mid, east Which of the following best explains the relationship between coat color and predation rate in the rock pocket mouse population on the lava flow rocks with respect to the different coat color phenotypes? - answerdark color camouflage Based on the data in Table 1, whic...

ASM 246 Exam 2 Arizona State University - Question and answers correctly solved ASM 246 Exam 2 1.Competition 2. Conflicts of Interest 3. Disease transmission - correct answer Living in social groups has both costs and benefits. (a) Give three costs of living in social groups (b) 1. Detection, 2. Dilution, 3. Deterrence. Protection from predators, defense of food, Services provided, Territorial defense ( - correct answer Give three different categories of benefits of living in social gr...

What are the three criteria of a good scientific explanation? - Falsifiable predictions, replicability, parsimony Define proximate explanations - During the organism's life -- anatomical/physiological -- "how" Define ultimate explanations - evolutionary -- functional/historical -- "why" What are the ways one can test ultimate explanations? - Correlation and Experimental Manipulation Where is the nature and nurture dichotomy useful? - In dealing with MEASURABLE components (ex: heigh, ...

Unit 3 Populations APES Exam Review Write an equation for the rule of 70. What is it used for? - correct answer D.T. = 70/ growth rate (r) What are the four factors used to determine population growth? What is the equation? - correct answer Births-increase size, Deaths-decrease size, immigration-increase size, emigration-decrease size Population change= (births immigration)- (deaths + emigration) Growth rate (r )= per capita birth rate-per capita death rate From the equation in #3, what f...

ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) BIOLOGY: Ecology 143 Questions Correctly Answered | 100% Rated Question 1 What is the term for a relationship between two organisms of different species in which one benefits while the other neither benefits, nor is harmed? Possible Answers: Commensalism Cohabitation Parasitism Symbiosis Mutualism Correct answer: Commensalism Question 2 Of the following types of organism, which can directly obtain energy from any of the other types of organisms in...

HSC Biology Module 5 Reproduction Reproductive success The ability to produce fertile offspring that survive to reproductive maturity and produce offspring of their own. Biological fitness the measure of an individual's reproductive success. It is calculated as the average contribution to the gene pool made by a certain genotype within a population and the relative likelihood that these alleles will be represented in future generation. Sexual reproduction It involves the meet...

ENVS 1126 Final Exam | Complete Solutions (Answered) A disproportionately high placement of toxic waste sites in regions of the United States populated by minorities most likely indicates a. a demographic transition. b. environmental racism and justice. c. sustainable development. d. urban "smart growth." With few exceptions, inorganic compounds do not have a. nitrogen-oxygen bonds or carbon-oxygen bonds. b. potassium-sodium bonds or hydrogen-chlorine bonds. c. carbon-hydrogen bonds or carbo...

CSET 215/217 Xam Practice Test 147 Questions with Verified Answers Which is not true about a cell membrane? A. It is made from phospholipids B. Both plant and animal cells have a cell membrane C. The cell wall is the same as the cell membrane in plants D. It controls the passage of nutrients within a cell - CORRECT ANSWER C. The cell wall is the same as the cell membrane in plants Plant cells also have an outer cell wall to give it structure Microorganisms use all but the followin...