Which of the following endocrine glands produces the largest number of different kinds of hormones? 

A. the pancreas
B. the testes
C. the thyroid
D. the pituitary


D. the pituitary

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extension agent recommended that you do so. Which deficiency symptom in your crops should indicate to you that the extension agent's advice was correct?

a. chlorosis and mottled or bronzed leaves b. burned leaf edges and curled, mottled, or spotted older leaves c. purplish veins d. pale green, rolled, or cupped leaves e. chlorosis in older leaves and stunted growth

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A group of organisms at a particular level in a system of classification is called a(n)

A. category. B. taxon. C. outgroup. D. ingroup.

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You have a cup of vegetable oil and a vial full of normal phospholipids. What would you predict would happen if you dropped the phospholipids into the cup of vegetable oil?

A) The phospholipids would form a sphere with the heads on the inside. B) The phospholipids would form a sphere with the tails on the inside. C) The phospholipids would float on the surface of the oil with the tails in the air. D) The phospholipids would float on the surface of the oil with the heads in the air.

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Burning fossil fuels has clearly resulted in ____

a. increases in atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide b. increases in extinction rates

c. increases in concentrations of carbon dioxide in soils d. increases in carbon retention in animals e. decreases in atmospheric concentrations of oxygen

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