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A nonprofit conservation organization receives a sizeable donation and decides to purchase several thousand acres of “high desert” in southern California. This particular type of desert has an intermediate level of species diversity and few unique species. However, much of the original areas of high desert have been converted to suburban housing and shopping. The decision by the nonprofit to preserve this area was most likely based upon what conservation strategy?

Each year, plants and algae remove approximately _______ of the CO2 in the atmosphere.

The per capita growth rate of a population is best defined as:

The equation, C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O (ATP + heat), describes what process?

In pea plants, purple is dominant to white. A cross was made between a heterozygous plant with purple flowers and a homozygous plant with white flowers. What is the expected phenotypic ratio of the offspring?

What is the only known eusocial mammal?

During which phase do bivalents (tetrads) align along the metaphase plate?

Communal courting areas are called

The gradual and continuous change in species composition and community structure over time on a newly exposed site not previously occupied by soil and vegetation is called

The ultimate source of energy for reactions in a plant is __________.