If you drop a rubber ball, it doesn't bounce back to the height you dropped it from. This is consistent with
A. the second law of thermodynamics.
B. the first law of thermodynamics.
C. conversion of kinetic energy into potential energy.
D. conversion of kinetic energy into entropy.
E. conversion of entropy into potential energy.
A. the second law of thermodynamics.
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a. deforestation b. biological magnification c. acid rain d. ozone destruction e. global climate change
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a. The number of fat cells in an adult is determined by the amount of fat stored during childhood. b. Genetics, not overeating, is responsible for obesity. c. Obesity can result from an increase in the size and/or number of fat cells. d. Many of the factors involved in obesity are inherited. e. To lose weight, energy intake must be less than energy output.
List, in order, the organs that food will go through as it starts in the mouth and comes out the anus.
What will be an ideal response?
If two randomly selected alleles are sampled from a population of oak trees where there is no selection, assortative mating, or migration, by how many mutations would we expect these alleles to differ?
a. 2k b. 4k c. 2Ne d. 4Ne e. 4Ne?