Funds from carbon offsets, which are purchased by companies and individuals, are used for many purposes. What is
one of these?
a. replanting deforested areas
b. burning large expanses of rainforests
c. decreasing plant density in existing forests
d. clear-cutting old growth forests
e. converting forests to cropland
ANSWER: a
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a. H. influenzae type B. b. Corynebacterium diphtheriae. c. Streptococcus pyogenes. d. M. pneumoniae.
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a. will return to the place they were born to breed and raise their own young b. have become habituated to harmless stimuli c. have been experimentally trained by operant conditioning d. learned the features of a suitable mate during a critical period e. have two nonfunctional copies of a particular gene
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false