________ is the science that analyzes energy changes in a collection of matter.

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


Thermodynamics

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True or False: Song in White-Crowned Sparrows is learned by imprinting, and even if deprived of hearing the adult male song during the sensitive period, the young males will always sing the father's song

A. true B. false

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Which phylogenetic model proposes that the first eukaryotes originated from a pool of many species of prokaryotes engaged in multiple methods of horizontal gene transfer?

a. tree of life b. ring of life c. web of life d. cloud of life

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The ozone layer is known to thin above what

region(s)? a. Antarctica b. the equator c. 60 degrees north and south latitudes d. 30 degrees north and south latitudes e. all of these

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Seventy to 90 percent of the genetic material in a gamete made in your body could be inherited from your mother. How could this be?

a. The above statement is incorrect. Fifty percent of the genetic material in your gametes comes from your father. b. You receive maternal genes through the placenta and through breast milk. c. The X chromosome is substantially larger than the Y chromosome. d. Your maternal genes kill off your paternal genes at a greater rate than your paternal genes kill off your maternal genes. e. You receive many mitochondria, which have their own genome, from your mother, but not from your father.

Biology & Microbiology