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#Question id: 15762

Which of the following is not a property of the stem cells?

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology
  1. They are specialized and differentiated cells that can regenerate themselves
  2. They generate specific types of more specialized cells 
  3. They maintain the ability to generate effectively unlimited populations of daughter cells that can go on to proliferate and differentiate 
  4. They are unspecialized cells that can reproduce themselves
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#Question id: 12608

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The  amount of  chemical energy in  consumers? food that is  converted to  their own  new biomass during a  given time period is known as which of the following?
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#Question id: 12609

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following is an example of an ecosystem?
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#Question id: 12610

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

If the Sun were to suddenly stop providing energy to Earth, most ecosystems would vanish. Which of the following ecosystems would likely survive the longest after this hypothetical disaster?
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#Question id: 12611

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Researchers in the Netherlands studied the effects of parental caregiving in European kestrels over 5 years. The researchers transferred chicks among nests to produce reduced broods (three or four chicks), normal broods (five or six),  and  enlarged  broods  (seven  or  eight).  They then measured the percentage of male and female parent birds that survived the following winter. (Both males and females provide care for chicks.) Brood Size Manipulations in the Kestrel: Effects on Offspring and Parent Survival

 
Which of the following is a conclusion that can be drawn from this graph?
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#Question id: 12612

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following pairs of reproductive strategies is consistent with energetic trade-off and reproductive success? 
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#Question id: 12613

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

A population of ground squirrels has an annual per capita birth rate of 0.06 and an annual per capita death rate of 0.02. Estimate the number of individuals added to (or lost from)  population of 1,000 individuals in one year.