Researchers are investigating the incidence of algal blooms in neighborhood ponds. In summer, they collect water samples from over 100 neighborhood ponds in Dallas, Texas and surrounding cities. They also surveyed residents in each neighborhood to collect data such as average lot size, average home value, average resident income, and lawn care methods. The researchers found that neighborhoods with large lots, high home values, and high income levels were likely to use automatic sprinklers and synthetic fertilizers on their lawns. These same neighborhoods were very likely to have abundant algae in their ponds. Based on this research, which conclusion below provides the best explanation for why algae proliferate in neighborhood ponds?

a. Automatic sprinklers may house algae and may spray into neighborhood ponds.
b. High income neighborhoods are less likely to treat their ponds with chemicals that prevent algae growth.
c. Lawn fertilizer that washes into neighborhood ponds likely causes algae to become more abundant.
d. Neighborhoods with expensive homes typically have larger, deeper ponds that are more likely to support algae proliferation.
e. Large lot sizes likely provide algae with extra room to grow, and the algae then washes into the pond.

Answer: c. Lawn fertilizer that washes into neighborhood ponds likely causes algae to become more abundant.

Explanation:

Eutrophication is a natural phenomena in which the algal growth occurs in the water body due to increase in concentration of the fertilizers and manures being drained from the agricultural land into water. This causes decrease in oxygen level in water, and the aquatic animals in water will not survive due to scarcity of water.

According to the given situation, the growth of algae in the neighboring ponds is due to the drainage of lawn fertilizers into the neighboring ponds being washed from the lawns. This causes algae to grow abundantly in ponds.

The nurse aide finds a client on the floor next to the bed.
The nurse aide asks the client what happened. Information
that the aide SHOULD report to the nurse includes:
a) using the exact words of the client whenever possible
b) describing what may have happened if the nurse aide does
not know for certain
c) telling the nurse that a family member was to blame
d) reporting what another nurse aide said had happened

Explore: Animal Senses
Introduction
For this activity, you need to find reliable Internet or library sources about how an animal responds to stimuli. You can choose any animal to research. You will need to gather information about its senses, sense receptors, brain and nervous system, and behaviors.
For this topic, you might find reliable information at zoos, aquariums, or natural history museums. Scientists who study animals in the wild often work at these places. Also, science magazines often have articles about recent discoveries. For each source you use, think about these questions:
Does the source seem credible?
Does the source have accurate information?
Does the source have a possible bias?
In Part 1, you will look for websites with information you can use. The questions in Part 2 will help you take notes. In Part 3, you will make an infographic to share what you learned. An infographic is a visual way to display information. It includes images and short chunks of text. The text should point out interesting facts and explain important concepts.
Part 1: Identifying Sources (5 points)
1. List at least five terms from the introduction that you can use as key words in your search. (2 points)



2. Identify three websites you will use to start your research. If you use other websites to complete the research questions in Part 2, add them to this list. Cross out any websites that don't end up helping you complete the activity. (3 points)










Part 2: Research (20 points)
Use the websites you listed in Part 1 to answer the following questions. Remember to add any new sources you use to your list.
1. What animal did you choose? Why are you interested in learning more about its senses and the way it responds to stimuli? (2 points)





2. What senses (sight, hearing, etc.) does the animal have? (2 points)



3. What sense receptors does the animal have? What do they sense, and where are they located? (3 points)








4. How does the animal's nervous system process inputs from the sense receptors? Does it have a brain? If not, how is it able to respond to stimuli? (Note: Nerve cells are often called neurons.) (3 points)










5. Can the animal store memories? How do scientists know whether it has a memory? Give at least one example. (3 points)










6. Describe one interesting behavior the animal has in response to a stimulus. Explain how the stimulus causes the response. (2 points)





7. Review your list of sources, including ones that you crossed out and didn't use. Are they all credible, meaning they are trustworthy and you can believe the information they present? Was the information they contained accurate? How do you know? Did they include evidence to support their arguments? Did the authors have possible bias? Choose two sources and explain whether they are credible, accurate, supported by evidence, and possibly biased. Explain why you did or did not use these sources. (5 points)




















Part 3: Infographic (10 points)
Create an infographic to describe how the animal you chose senses and processes information. The infographic should include:
a picture of the animal, including its sense receptors (2 points)
descriptions of what the sense receptors do (3 points)
how the animal processes inputs from the sense receptors, causing a behavior and/or memory (3 points)
any interesting facts you want to share (2 points)
Submit this worksheet and your completed infographic to your teacher.

Diatoms are planktonic unicellular eukaryotes commonly found in oceans and lakes. They contain chloroplasts that have four membranes. These four membranes are evidence of:___________

a. budding of chloroplasts from the endoplasmic reticulum
b. primary endosymbiosis
c. secondary endosymbiosis
d. evolution from proteobacteria

Describe the major differences between the ecological niches of humans and cockroaches. Are these two species in competition? If so, how do they manage to
coexist?

Compare the shape of a normal red blood cell to that of a red blood cell in
someone with sickle cell anemia.

Synapses between sensory neuron and inter neuron take place
(A) Inside spinal cord
(B) Outside spinal cord
(C) Both
(D) None of them

The overall charge of an atom is electrically neutral even though it contains Particles.
PLEASE HELP

What types of organisms contain
chloroplasts in their cells?
A. photosynthetic organisms
B. all organisms
C. only aquatic organisms

Nucleic acids exhibit specific nitrogenous base pairing within their structures. All of the following base pairings are found in deoxyribonucleic acid EXCEPT: a. cytosine and guanine b. adenine and uracil c. adenine and thymine d. neither A nor B are found

write 4 difference between pollination and fertilization​

Most scientists accept the hypothesis that the earliest life-forms in Earth evolved in an environment quite different from our own. Sort these characteristics bass on whether they describe early Earth or modern Earth.

-significant amounts of oxygen in the atmosphere
-most of the planet covered in liquid water
-carbon dioxide levels balance by processes of living organisms
-significant amounts of volatile gases in the atmosphere
-most of the planets water in gaseous form
-large amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

Question 6 of 10 How many glucose molecules can be formed by 6 molecules of carbon dioxide? OA. 18 O B. 1 O c. 12 OD. 6​

A balloon’s initial temperature is 45.0°c. The balloon’s final volume is 4.0-L with a temperature of 30.0°c. What is the initial volume of the balloon?

1. Which can adapt to changes?
populations
offspring
individuals
alleles

What is the scientific name of crocodile?

please help!! How many elements are in the compound
NaHCO₃?

A certain species of animal has six pairs of chromosomes. How many DNA molecules are present in the nuclei of these animals during G2 phase? View Available Hint(s)for Part B 6 12 48 24

Why is the third line of defense consider specific and adaptive

What did the Aztecs do to keep the universe in motion?

Which of the following is not a protein made by the lac operon?
(A) Lactase
(B) Beta-galactosidase
(C) Permease
(D) Transacetylase

Select all that apply.

An ecosystem could probably survive without _____.

carnivores
producers
Sun
water
herbivores
climate
soil
decomposers

The picture below shows a large rock and a container of water. The rock and the water have the same mass and temperature.


What will MOST LIKELY happen when the rock and the water receive the same amount of heat energy?


The water will transfer heat to the rock.

The rock will transfer heat to the water.

The temperature of the rock will rise faster.

The temperature of the water will rise faster.

and are usually always the same gender,
Identical twins have identical DNA,
A. temperament
B. blood type
C. personality
D. experiences
THE answer is B

Use the Pyruvate Concentration Table to answer the question.

The researcher adds a chemical to the cytosol at the one-hour mark. The full effect of the chemical can be observed at the two-hour mark. Which of the following hypotheses regarding the effect of the chemical is MOST reasonable?

A.
The chemical inhibits the carrier protein for pyruvate in the mitochondrial inner membrane.

B.
The chemical inhibits the carrier protein for glucose in the plasma membrane.

C.
The chemical inhibits the carrier protein for glucose in the mitochondrial inner membrane.

D.
The chemical inhibits the protein channels in the mitochondrial outer membrane.

In which phase does a cell grow the most?

During DNA replication, a DNA strand that has the bases CTAGGT produces a strand with the bases
TCGAAC
GATCCA
AGCTTG
GAUCCA.​

What are the roles of the DNA, RNA Polymerase, mRNA, tRNA and ribosome in protein synthesis

Why are the nuclear reactions that occur in the center of the Sun critical to life on Earth?

a- life on earth depends on the energy and hydrogen released by the sun's nuclear reaction

b- life on earth depends on the heat and carbon released by the sun's nuclear reactions.

c- life on earth depends on the heat and electromagnetic radiation released by the sun's nuclear reactions.

d- life on earth depends on the energy and oxygen released by the sun's nuclear reactions. ​

Which form of low EM energy do we feel through heat?​

Why DNA is absent in blood plasma?