A newly mated queen ant establishes an ant nest in an unoccupied patch of suitable habitat. Assuming that no disasters strike the nest, which of the following types of equation will best describe its population growth?
A) linear
B) quadratic
C) logarithmic
D) logistic
E) exponential
Ans: E) exponential
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Human language differs from language in nonhuman animals in that (select all that apply):
A. humans understand metaphor and nonhuman animals don't. B. human infants strive to learn grammatical language and nonhuman animals don't. C. human language is more complex than is nonhuman language. D. only human language includes distinct wordsspecific sets of sounds that can identify specific objects in the environment. E. None of these accurately describe differences between human and non-human language.
The evolution of organisms that use oxygen in their respiration was possible only because of the action of a group of bacteria that produced oxygen and changed the Earth's atmosphere from an anoxic one to one rich in oxygen. That group of bacteria was:
A. Cyanobacteria B. spirochaetes C. Proteobacteria D. Staphylococcus E. Actinobacteria
In lab you are told to operate on a mouse to disrupt hormonal control of the sympathetic nervous system and body fluid regulation, so you decide to cut the duct leading to the
A. parathyroid gland. B. pancreas. C. adrenal gland. D. pineal gland. E. testis.
Classification and taxonomy provide information and contribute to each of the following endeavors, except
A. tracing the origins of bacteria. B. identification of unknown species. C. enabling communication among scientists regarding the same and different species of microbes. D. the study of evolutionary relationships. E. selection of appropriate antibiotics.