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Short answer (4 points): What is a living shoreline (2 points) and why would it be favored over an armored shoreline?  Give two reasons it would be preferred (1 point each).

Answer the following with a word, words, or phrase, as appropriate. Complete sentences are not necessary (2 points): There may be more than one answer, but you must pick the best ONE! The stable layering of water (e.g., in a lake) due to differences in water density is known as what?

Short answer (4 points): Managers often use macroinvertebrates as indicators of freshwater environmental quality. What is one benefit of this approach over directly testing for pollutants in the water (2 points)? What are two characteristics of macroinvertebrates that make them good organisms to use as indicators (1 point each)? 

Answer the following with a word, words, or phrase, as appropriate. Complete sentences are not necessary (2 points): There may be more than one answer, but you must pick the best ONE! A species that is introduced outside of its native range by human activities that may or may not cause ecological or economic harm is known as what?

[All solutions must start by writing an equation (or equations) from the equation sheet on your paper.  The solution must then follow a logical progression from the equation(s) on the equation sheet to the answer(s).] On level ground, a 60.0-kg woman pushes a 100.0-N box at an angle 20 degrees below the horizontal, causing the box to move at a constant speed of 2 m/s for 4 seconds.  The force of friction acting on the box during this time is 20 N.      a) Draw and label an FBD for the box during the time the woman is pushing the box at constant speed. Within your coordinate system, report the components of the force pointing along and perpendicular to the angled plane. [You will scan and upload this diagram right after the quiz] b) Determine the size of the force of the woman pushing on the box [Type your answer, with units, below.  Upload your supporting work right after the quiz] c) Determine the size of the normal force acting on the box [Type your answer, with units, below.  Upload your supporting work right after the quiz] d) What is the coefficient of friction between the box and the plane?

Which of these immunization groupings should be included during a well visit for an 11-year-old child who is up-to-date on vaccinations?

Which of these tools would be most appropriate to assess pain in a child with a cognitive impairment?  Select all that apply.

Which of these pain control measures should receive priority in the care plan for a child in the postoperative period?  Administer…

Calculate the daily maintenance fluid requirement (ml/day) for a child who weighs 48kg. 

The parents of a 2-month-old express concern to the nurse about the infant’s frequent crying episodes.  After a medical cause of colic was eliminated which of these explanations related to colic would be an appropriate therapeutic response for the nurse to state to the parents?  Select all that apply.