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Ch. 13.4 - What are the three domains of living things?Ch. 13.4 - How are organisms named?Ch. 13.4 - What advantages do scientific names have over...Ch. 13.5 - We seem instinctively to know whether something is...Ch. 13.5 - What happens to an organism if it has no access to...Ch. 13.5 - What are the starting products for photosynthesis?...Ch. 13.5 - How is chemosynthesis different from...Ch. 13.5 - What is an autotroph? A heterotroph? How are they...Ch. 13.5 - What is a trophic pyramid? What is the...Ch. 13.6 - How does an atom of iron in steel differ from an...Ch. 13.6 - Which elements make up about 99% of the mass of...Ch. 13.7 - What does the oceans density stratification have...Ch. 13.7 - What is the source of the carbon made into...Ch. 13.7 - Why cant marine organisms use the nitrogen gas...Ch. 13.7 - How does a long biogeochemical loop differ from a...Ch. 13.8 - How can photographers take pictures showing red or...Ch. 13.8 - How does gargling with salt water reduce the...Ch. 13.8 - Whats a limiting factor? Can you provide an...Ch. 13.8 - What characterizes the photic, euphotic, and...Ch. 13.8 - How does metabolic rate vary with temperature?Ch. 13.8 - How do dissolved gas concentrations vary with...Ch. 13.8 - Does the great hydrostatic pressure of the seabed...Ch. 13.8 - How is diffusion different from osmosis?Ch. 13 - The second law of thermodynamics states that...Ch. 13 - Can you suggest any ways humans might be altering...Ch. 13 - What is a limiting factor? Can you think of some...Ch. 13 - How is evolution by natural selection thought to...Ch. 13 - How would you define biological success? Does...Ch. 13 - How does a natural system of classification differ...Ch. 13 - Are asteroid collisions the only causes of mass...
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