Read the following paragraphs and carefully determine what the main idea is for each. The best way to approach these questions is to first read the paragraph and then, in your own words, restate what you think the author is trying to say. From the five choices, select the one statement that best supports the author’s point.

The best recipes for clam chowder all include onions and a bay leaf. The onions add a sharpness and zest to the blandness of the clams, and also help remove their slimy texture. The bay leaf complements the onion’s strong flavor.

This paragraph best supports the statement that

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#9. Diversity of Life Forms

Adaptive radiations can be a direct consequence of four of the following five factors. Select the exception.

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#7. System Physiology – Animal

Two students studying physiology taste a known "bitter" substance, and both report sensing bitterness. They then sample another substance. Student A reports sensing both a bitter taste and a salty taste, but student B reports only a salty taste. What is the most logical explanation?

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#9. Diversity of Life Forms

The main cause of the increase in the amount of CO2 in Earth's atmosphere over the past 150 years is

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#12. Applied Biology

What is considered as energetically the best electron acceptor under anoxic conditions?

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#3. Fundamental Processes

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (amino acid activating enzymes):