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How many governments are there? - -In the US the number of local governments exceeds 87,000. • The Federal Government is one government. • •States represent fifty governments. • •Most governments are local special purpose organizations such as school districts. Govt. Sources of authority - All forms of local government obtain their authority and origination from state governments. • • - Constitutional authority exists only for the Federal government and state governments. ...

Viticulture is - the growth and study of grapes What color are the flowers of poinsettias? - yellow A herbaceous perennial plant - non-woody plants that typically dies back to the ground in the winter and then re-grows from the roots the following spring Humans are in what biological classification order? - primates In the plant world: can a variety have a cultivar? - yes Humans are in what biological classification class? - mammals Ferns are in a class of plants that reproduce by - spore...

Late Bronze age (Mycenaean Age)() - Mycenae takes over Crete, destroyed Knossos, and becomes central power in 1450. Early Dark Age(1250-900): - -Mycenae was destroyed, which resulted in cultural and literary decline. -Then mainland Greeks resettle in Ionia, Dorians take over. -1250 marks Trojan war. Late Dark Age (900-750): - -Population growth and new trade. -800-Greek alphabet, 776-First Olympic Games 700- Greeks settle in Magna Graecia, S. Italy (Siciliy) Archaic (750-480) - -Rise of ...

Which of the following words is derived from the Greek term meaning "anything that fell from or was seen in the sky"? - meteorology Weather is defined as: - the state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place In discussing the Hydrosphere, we learned that the oceans cover ____ of the earth's surface and contain _____ of the earths water - 71%, 97% Which two gases comprise over 99% of the volume of the dry atmosphere - oxygen and nitrogen Which of the following is a trace gas? - arg...

Animal Cures for Disease - Mice with breast cancer and cystic fibrosis 2 Ways of Evaluating Economic Importance - Gross Income Economic Impact Factor Behavioral Mechanism - How an animal learns or knows how to perform to a specific behavior Biological Need - What an animal gains from a behavior Homeopathy - Natural/alternative treatment of medical problems Retrospective Data - *Studies that the data has already been collected and is being reevaluated for another study; *Not related to to...

Aerobic Respiration - Inputs: glucose/O2 Products: CO2 and H2O Fermentation - Inputs: glucose Products: CO2 and Ethanol Specialized Metabolites - Natural plant products Human use: medicine, poisons, flavorings, nutrition, and color Phenolics - Tannins used in hide staining and red wines Antioxidant THC Salicylic acid Prevent growth of nearby plants Terpenoids - Used for defense or attraction - pine and cedar scent - essential oils (mint, citrus, teatree) - natural rubber Cyanogeni...

Ur - an early Sumerian city in ancient Mesopotamia Phoenicians - Located on eastern Mediterranean coast; invented the alphabet which used sounds rather than symbols like cuneiform King Scorpion - Predynastic Egyptian ruler Uruk - City representing Mesopotamian culture- existed from 4000 to 2900 BCE Weni - Court official of 6th dynasty ancient Egypt. In tomb, Autobiography of Weni was discovered. Tell el-Amarna - Site of ruins/tombs of Akhetaton. Upper Egypt Enkidu - In the epic of Gilgam...

mare heat/breeding - egg meets sperm=fertilization -no conception/no sperm than CL regresses, egg is reabsorbed, a new cycle begins/follicle matures where should you measure a horse? - withers, the height of the vertebrae never changes most common place for fat deposits - crest a horses elbow is equivalent to what in a human - top of ulna a horses chestnut is equivalent to what in humans - vestigal toe pad, remnants of fingers area behind fetlock with no hair - ergot the stifle of a horse...

big bang - -still energy left from explosion -discovered in 1960s -assumes earth came from material -Kant created most pop model of formation (planet accretion) nebula - beginning form of planets many bump into others and combine earths composition - -more dense material in center -heterogeneous (bc heat and dense elements melt and flow) -accretion -compression -radioactive decay 3 layers of earth - -based on composition -core, mantle, crust -metallic core sank to center lithospher...

An alteration in the DNA from an AT base pair to a CG base pair is called a ___. - Answer-Transversion An alteration in the DNA from an CG base pair to a TA base pair is called a ___. - Answer-Transition Which repair mechanism(s) involve(s) the removal of a single nucleotide? - Answer-Proofreading repair; base excision repair An insertion of a single base pair in the DNA strand is called a ___ mutation. - Answer-Frameshift Which repair mechanism(s) involve(s) the removal of several nucleoti...