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You are the lucky student of a wacky professor who develops a time machine and he asks if you will test it with him. You get in and there’s an immediate glitch. The read out indicates that  you have traveled back 80 million years ago, and are now stuck in the Mesozoic era.  Which of the following would you most likely see when you step out of your time machine?

Life originated in which eon?

Cell walls of fungi are composed primarily of

Which of the following characteristics is true of all protists?

Which of the following was NOT NECESSARILY a characteristic in the first eukaryotic cell?

Which of these fungal features most strongly supports the phylogenetic conclusion that fungi are more closely related to animals than plants?

A bank determines that it is prudent to hold $4 for every $100 in deposits. The bank holds surplus reserves of $12,000 and actual reserves of $15,000. What is the bank’s desired reserve ratio and its desired reserves? The bank’s desired reserve ratio is [ratio]% and its desired reserves is $[reserves].

GDP is an imperfect measure of economic​ well-being because it fails to measure what types of​ production?  

The table sets out some data for an economy. Item (dollars) Consumption expenditure 6,300 Indirect taxes less subsidies 500 Interest, rent, and profit 250 Investment 90 Government expenditure 190 Wages 5,000 Net exports -500 Use the expenditure approach to calculate GDP. GDP is: $

If the nominal interest rate is 7% and inflation is 4%, what is the real interest rate? (Do not include the % sign in the answer box)