If a population's growth rate decreases as the population size approaches carrying capacity, the population's growth follows a(n) ________ model

A) exponential
B) boom-and-bust
C) logistic
D) density-independent


C

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A decrease in cortisol triggers secretion of CRH (corticotropin-releasing hormone) by the hypothalamus which then stimulates secretion of ____ by the anterior pituitary

a. cortisol b. adrenocorticotropic hormone c. adrenal cortex-stimulating hormone d. cortisol-stimulating hormone e. aldosterone

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___________ or imitation is a form of associative learning that involves a complex set of associations involved in watching another animal being rewarded for performing a particular behavior and then performing that same behavior oneself. 

A. Observational learning B. Conditioned reflex learning C. Imprinting D. Insight

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Which steps compose a plant's triple response to ethylene?

A. Seedlings bend toward the sun, seedling stem thickens, and the seedling stem bends, forming a hook. B. Seedling bends away from the sun, seedling stem thickens, and the seedling stem bends, forming a hook. C. Seedling stem stops elongating, seedling stem thickens, and the seedling undergoes apoptosis. D. Seedling stem stops elongating, seedling stem thickens, and the seedling stem bends, forming a hook.

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