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#Question id: 9150

For mountain ranges that are subjected to prevailing winds, why is the climate drier on the leeward (downwind) side?

#Section 2: Evolution
  1. Deserts create dry conditions on the leeward side of mountain ranges.

  2. The sun illuminates the leeward side of mountain ranges at a more direct angle, converting to heat energy, which evaporates most of the water present.

  3. Pushed by the prevailing winds on the windward side, air is forced to rise, cool, condense, and drop its precipitation, leaving drier air to descend the leeward side.

  4. Air masses pushed by the prevailing winds are stopped by mountain ranges and the moisture is used up in the stagnant air masses on the leeward side.

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#Question id: 12959

#Section 5: Applied Ecology & Evolution

Ozone layer depletion, since the 1970s, is primarily
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#Question id: 12960

#Section 5: Applied Ecology & Evolution

The Norway rat (Rattus Norvegicus), a widespread pest, was controlled for about a decade by the anticoagulant warfarin. This chemical substance, placed in food pellets, is absorbed by the intestinal tract and inhibits the clotting of blood. After a population decline for about 10 years, rat populations increased and stabilized. In one European population, as illustrated in the graph below, the percentage of rats resistant to warfarin has remained fairly stable over a number of years.

Resistance to warfarin is governed by a dominant autosomal gene, R. More than 15 percent of the resistant animals are heterozygous at this locus (Rr). The table below indicates the response to warfarin and relative reproductive fitness of individuals that are homozygous or heterozygous for the dominant gene (R). The RR individuals have a 20-fold increase in vitamin K requirement over individuals.

Fitness is a measure of the reproductive success of a particular genotype. The highest fitness is 1.00.
Which of the following is most likely correct concerning the gene for resistance to warfarin? 
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#Question id: 12687

#General Aptitude

 If the diagonals of two squares are in the ratio of 2 : 5, their area will be in the ratio of
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#Question id: 16842

#General Aptitude

Bolt from the blue
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#Question id: 16843

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Blue blood
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#Question id: 16844

#General Aptitude

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