At birth, a large, well-nourished baby is found to have a plasma glucose concentration of 17 mg/Dl (normal is 80 to 100 mg/dL) and a plasma insulin concentration twice the normal value. What is the explanation for these findings?

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The relationship between acacia plants and the ants that live within their thorns is

#Question id: 29078

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

A specific kind of parasitism proposes that  in which cuckoos or cowbirds repeatedly check their host’s nests and destroy all eggs if their owner is not present. If the parasite egg has been removed, they destroy the host’s nest and kill or injure the nestlings, this is an example of____

#Question id: 29079

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

You observed the two species of barnacles, P. aurelia and P. caudatum, occupy upper and lower strata of intertidal rocks, respectively. Only when P. caudatum was removed by you from the lowers strata, P. aurelia could occupy both the upper and lower strata. From the choice given below what would be your inference from these observations.

#Question id: 29080

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Invasive species are less impacted by enemies than native species. An explanation for the better growth and propagation of invasive species in comparison to their native counterparts is provided by which one of the following hypotheses?

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

#Question id: 29082

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

There are some major anthropogenic atmospheric gases causing the greenhouse effect, which of the following gas has the most powerful greenhouse effect?