How might bipedalism be adaptive for maintaining a stable body temperature?

A) It cools the body by reducing the overall surface area.
B) It warms the body by placing the head closer to the sun.
C) It helps to cool the body by limiting the surface area directly exposed to the sun.
D) It helps to warm the body by increasing the surface area of the back.


C) It helps to cool the body by limiting the surface area directly exposed to the sun.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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If the price of peanut butter increases, which of the following will occur?

A) The demand curve for peanut butter will shift to the left. B) Consumers will experience an increase in their purchasing power. C) There will be a movement up the demand curve for peanut butter. D) The demand curve for peanut butter will shift to the right.

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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. All individuals in the same audience will respond to the performance the same way. 2. Suspense requires that expectations be raised and then satisfied. 3. The given circumstances of a play and those of a performance are necessarily the same.

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To help resolve problems of global structural violence, which of the following values and cultural motivations would not be needed?

a. A xenophobic policy that would work to help countries seal their national borders and begin to work to improvethe lives of their citizenry only b. A worldview that sees humanity as part of the natural world, rather than superior to it c. A sense of social responsibility that recognizes that no individual, people, or state has the right to expropriateresources at the expense of others d. An awareness of how important supportive ties are for individuals, such as seen in kinship or other associationsin the world's traditional societies e. A sense of value for the natural resources that humans have harnessed for millennia in order to survive

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