The human population is currently growing exponentially. Assuming that there is a carrying capacity for humans (Khuman), how would you suggest that the population slow its growth and stabilize at a sustainable number? (Select and defend one or more of the choices listed below.)
a. Increasing death rates through euthanasia.
b. Decreasing birth rates through birth control and family planning.
c. Increasing Khuman through technological advances.
d. Either b or c can be considered correct choices.
d
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Humans, as well as other mammals ranging from mice to elephants, have hair. Hair, then, would be
considered to be: a. a derived character. b. an ancestral character. c. a cladistic character. d. an analogous character. e. a polyphyletic character.
A ________ is a sequence-specific recognition protein with endonuclease activity.
A. restriction endonuclease B. DNA ligase C. terminal transferase D. DNA helicase
Seeds were important in the evolutionary success of _____________, because they increased the success (to survive and reproduce) of the plant's offspring.
A. Bryophyte B. Angiosperms C. Pine trees D. Club mosses E. More than one above is correct