____ is a form of learning typically seen in young animals and involves acquiring specific behaviors in response to key experiences during critical times called ____

Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.


Imprinting, sensitive periods

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Which of the following extremophiles might researchers most likely use as a model for the earliest organisms on Earth?

A) a bacterium found on another planet or moon B) an archaean capable of surviving in the polar ice caps C) an anaerobic archaean species D) a bacterium that thrives in a highly acidic environment

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Biologic agents are:

A) synthetically manufactured and weaponized by mixing the synthetic component with an organism. B) least preferred by terrorists because they are difficult to disseminate over a large population. C) the ideal weapons of mass destruction if the terrorist's objective is to affect a small geographic area. D) naturally occurring organisms that are cultivated in a laboratory.

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