Explain how insects are both essential for and detrimental to agriculture What will be an ideal response?


Insects are essential to agriculture as they serve as pollinators for flowering plants that make up the
vast majority of the plants humans eat. However, insects also eat the crops we grow, eating up to 1/3
of all food produced.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Samantha gets into an elevator in a large skyscraper, and the doors close. She hears no noise, feels no vibration, and sees no movement, but she nevertheless knows that she is on her way up

What specific part of her ear is allowing her to know that she is ascending? A) saccule B) utricle C) organ of Corti D) stapes

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All of the following structures arise from placodes, EXCEPT

A. Lens of Eye B. Membranous Labyrinth of Inner Ear C. Neurohypophysis D. Olfactory Mucosa of Nose E. Vestibular Ganglia of Inner Ear

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Indicate which of the following are components of nucleotides. (Select all that apply)

a. an amino acid b. a group of proteins c. a phosphate group d. a sugar e. a nitrogenous base

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