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Write a snippet to print all even numbers from 1 to 20 using range()

You are discussing with a friend about how to make environmental decisions and your friend says they want to know what the most environmentally friendly way to eat an apple is. You reply (choose the most accurate response)

From the Tasmanian devil example we talked about in class (where in some areas as much as 95% of the devil population has been lost), if all the infected individuals were removed from the population and the spread of the disease were stopped. What would you expect to happen to the devil population?

The black footed ferret (pictured below) is endangered. One of its major food sources, the prairie dog, has recently seen a decline due to a disease called sylvatic plague. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has begun efforts to do drone drops of plague vaccine pellets coated in peanut butter. These pellets would be eaten by prairie dogs. If the vaccination of the prairie dogs works and causes a recovery of the black-footed ferret population, it would be evidence that the black-footed ferret population was being regulated in a(n) _________________ manner.  

The graph below shows how populations grow

You are listening to a podcast in which a politician is arguing about how they cannot rely on science when creating policy, because science seems to keep changing its mind about topics. You say out loud in response (forgetting that you are wearing earbuds getting some strange looks from the others on the campus bus): (pick the most accurate statement about science) 

Consider the following scenario: several industries are located on the shores of a large lake. Each depends on clean water from the lake to run the industry. Additionally, each discharges waste from their manufacturing process into the lake. After 10 years of these industries functioning, the water in the lake is no longer clean enough to be used by the industries. This scenario can best be described as

Select which statements are true about the Endangered Species Act?  Exceptions to the act can be made by a congressional committee [ans1] The act was signed into law and only supported by politically liberal politicians [ans2] The act only applies to flagship or other species that have public appeal [ans3]  

Think back to your reading of the article “The Human Population Grows Up”. What is happening to the rate of human population growth?

Between 1907 and 1923, cattle grazing in the Kaibab National forest in Arizona was greatly reduced, deer hunting was eliminated, and predators were killed. Over 600 cougars, 11 wolves (most had already been killed in the 1800s), and 3,000 coyotes were trapped or shot. In response, the deer herd began to increase. By 1915, the deer were estimated at 25,000; by 1920 at 50,000; and by 1923 at approximately 100,000.Which of these graphs shows the Kaibab deer population between 1900 and 1923?