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Describe some of the trade-offs faced by each of the following: a. a family deciding whether to buy a new car b. a member of Congress deciding how much to spend on national parks c. a company president deciding whether to open a new factory d. a professor deciding how much to prepare for classe.a rec

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Cellular respiration uses glucose and oxygen, which have high levels offree energy, and releases CO2 and water, which have low levels of free energy. Is respiration spontaneous or not? Is it exergonic or endergonic? \Vhat happens to the energy released from glucose?

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Vertebrates and tunicates share a. jaws adapted for feeding. b. a high degree of cephalization. c. an endoskeleton that includes a skull. d. a notochord and a dorsal, hollow nerve cord.

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Population ecologists follow the fate of same-age cohorts to a. determine a populations carrying capacity. b. determine the birth rate and death rate of each group in a population. c. determine if a population is regulated by density-dependent processes. d. determine the factors that regulate the siz

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