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SCIENTIFIC THINKING In 1954, workers at Michigan State University began spraying the elm trees on campus annually with DDT to kill disease-carrying bark beetles. In the spring of 1955, large numbers of dead robins were found on the campus. Observers thought perhaps the robins died after eating earthworms contaminated by DDT the previous spring. Suggest how scientists could have investigated the scientific validity of this idea.
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Ch. 34 - You have seen that Earths terrestrial biomes...Ch. 34 - The most complex and diverse biome a. chaparral b....Ch. 34 - Ground permanently frozen a. chaparral b. savanna...Ch. 34 - Prob. 4TYKCh. 34 - Limited to small coastal areas a. chaparral b....Ch. 34 - Spruce, fir, pine, and hemlock trees a. chaparral...Ch. 34 - Home of ants, antelopes, and lions a. chaparral b....Ch. 34 - Prob. 8TYKCh. 34 - Prob. 9TYKCh. 34 - What makes the Gobi Desert of Asia a desert? a....
Ch. 34 - Prob. 11TYKCh. 34 - Prob. 12TYKCh. 34 - Phytoplankton are the major photosynthesizers in...Ch. 34 - Prob. 14TYKCh. 34 - Prob. 15TYKCh. 34 - Prob. 16TYKCh. 34 - Prob. 17TYKCh. 34 - Aquatic biomes differ in levels of light,...Ch. 34 - In the climograph below, biomes are plotted by...Ch. 34 - Prob. 20TYKCh. 34 - SCIENTIFIC THINKING In 1954, workers at Michigan...
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