Which of the following provides the best evidence that cell-signaling pathways evolved early in the history of life?

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Which of the following is responsible for the differences in summer and winter temperature stratification of deep temperate zone lakes?

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Which of these environmental factor(s) is/are the key determining factor(s) that control(s) the biotic structure of aquatic biomes?

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A certain species of pine tree survives only in scattered locations at elevations above 2,800 meters in the western United States. To understand why

this tree grows only in these specific places, an ecologist should ________.

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Organisms evolve over generations to become adapted to the environmental conditions to which they are exposed. The diversity of organisms that

occurs in any particular area thus may be largely determined by the abiotic factors limiting survivorship and reproduction of organisms in a region. Which of the following limit the range of Saguaro cactus in North America?

I) pollinators

II) sunlight

III) precipitation

IV) temperature

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Studying species transplants is a way that ecologists ________.

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Which of the following areas of study focuses on the exchange of energy, organisms, and materials between ecosystems?