Biology: Science for Life with Physiology (6th Edition) (Belk, Border & Maier, The Biology: Science for Life Series, 5th Edition)
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Search for data from the Census about the population trends in your local community (this could be metropolitan area, state, or some other geographic boundary). How has the population in this location changed over the past 100 years? Using the
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