Txst Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Suppose you drop a feather and a bowling ball from the same height at the same time in a chamber where there is no air. What will happen? correct answers they will hit the ground at the same time why does the moon always show the same face toward Earth? correct answers The moon has slowed its rotation rate until one face of the moon is tidally locked to the Earth Electronic transition between energy levels in an atom cause photons of discrete energies to be emitted or absorbed from the a...

What type of media would you use to allow growth of many bacterial species from the sampled environment? correct answers TSA Where would you incubate a soil sample? correct answers Soil → Room temperature Mouth/touch plate? correct answers Mouth → 37℃ Sample from frozen tundra? Why? correct answers Tundra → at or below 0℃.Why?temperature closest to their natural environment, gives optimal growth Proper sterilization of the inoculating loop before and after use correct...

Nutrient correct answers Substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and maintenance of life What are the six classes of nutrients correct answers Lins. minerals. Which of six nutrients are macronutrients? correct answers L. Which of six nutrients are micronutrients? correct answers Vals. Which of nutrients are organic? correct answers Lins. Which of nutrients are inorganic? correct answers Wals. Which of six nutrients are energy yielding? correct answers L...

Growth in real GDP per capita has: correct answers been more rapid since the mid-nineteenth century than before The rise in average living standards experienced by most industrialized countries: correct answers has been more rapid since 1950 than before 1950 The long-run average annual growth of real GDP per person in the United States is approximately _____ percent. correct answers 2 Compound interest is: correct answers the payment of interest on the original deposit as well as al...

Business Strategy correct answers a masterplan for achieving business objectives and goals Environmental Scanning correct answers monitoring, evaluating, and disseminating of information from the external and internal environments to key people within the corporation. External Environment correct answers consists of opportunities and threats, things that are outside of the organization and not typically within the short-run control of top management Functional Strategy correct answe...

Choiceboard correct answers An interactive, Internet-enabled system that allows individual customers to design their own products and services by answering a few questions and choosing from a menu of product or service attributes (or components), prices, and delivery options Collaborative filtering correct answers A process that automatically groups people with similar buying intentions, preferences, and behaviors and predicts future purchases Personalization correct answers The consume...

Be able to compare the profit-maximizing price, output, and profits of unregulated monopoly and perfect competition correct answers - Total Costs, Average Costs, and Marginal Costs all act the same in perfect competition -Shut down decisions are also the same. -Monopolies typically produce lowest possible quantity for the highest maximum price P>MR, P>MC. -Compared to a perfectly competitive market, a single-price monopoly produces a smaller output and charges a higher price. -In a p...

Define Psychology correct answers the scientific study of behavior and mental processes What are the different degrees in the field of Psychology correct answers Wilhelm Wundt correct answers German physiologist who founded psychology as a formal science; opened first psychology research laboratory in Leipzig Germany, 1879 William James correct answers ; Field: functionalism; Contributions: studied how humans use perception to function in our environment; Studies: Pragmatism, The M...

Function of: Brainstem correct answers located at the base of the brain, this is a collection of structures connecting the brain to the spinal cord that plays a role in regulating automatic functions (i.e., breathing, digestion, body temperature) Function of: Frontal Lobe correct answers located in the front of the brain, this helps to plan and perform complex actions Function of: Parietal Lobe correct answers located at the "peak" of the brain, this is responsible for our sense of to...

Desertification correct answers processes that destroy the productivity capacity of an area of land Rift Valleys correct answers deep valley caused by the rocks of Earth's crust arching and cracking to let down a section of crust to form the valley floor Tropical rain forest correct answers forest ecosystem characterized by a great variety of species that are dependent on high temperatures and rainfalls Savanna correct answers tropical ecosystem that in areas of seasonal rainfall; ...