Deciding to use a natural enemies approach to control the mites that infect her crops, a farmer purchases 10,000 ladybugs in the spring and spreads them over her 100 acre fields. This represents the use of natural

A) predators.
B) parasitoids.
C) pathogens.
D) plant-eaters.


A

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A. 60°. B. 30°. C. both hit at the same time D. no way to tell

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What is the definition of strain?

A) a type of normal stress where the forces are equal in all three dimensions B) a force applied perpendicular to a surface C) deformation of rock as a result of an applied stress D) force applied parallel to a surface

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The "clean 15" represent

A) U.S. river clean up. B) the least polluted lakes. C) the produce that requires serious cleaning due to pesticides used. D) the produce that represents the least amount of pesticide presence. E) the top 15 organic farms in the United States.

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If the pH of a solution is 10, what is the hydroxide ion concentration?

A. 4 M B. ?14 M C. 14 M D. ?1 × 1014 M E. 1 × 10-4 M

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