What is the maximum population size that a given environment can sustain?

a. total fertility rate
b. population density
c. carrying capacity
d. tipping point


Answer: c. carrying capacity

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Using this plot of annual peak discharge, what is the probability each year that a flood of 1,000 cubic meters per second will occur?



A) 1 in 1,000, or 0.01%
B) 1 in 100, or 1% (100-year flood)
C) Between 10% and 20%
D) More than 20%

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What are the similarities and differences between Coulomb's Law and Newton's Law of gravitation?

What will be an ideal response?

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Different isotopes of the same element differ from each other because they have different

____________________. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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What is the relief between a point where you stand in Death Valley 75 meters below sea level and the tip of a rock on a mountain 3200 meters above sea level?

A) 3125 m B) 3200 m C) 3950 m D) 3275 m

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