Biologist: species with broad geographic ranges probably tend to endure longer than species with narrow ranges. the broader a species’ range, the more likely that species is to survive the extinction of populations in a few areas. therefore, it is likely that the proportion of species with broad ranges tends to gradually increase with time.

Keeping in mind the life cycle of bacteriophages, consider the following problem: during the reproductive cycle of a temperate bacteriophage, the viral dna inserts into the bacterial chromosome where the resultant prophage behaves much like a trojan horse. it can remain quiescent, or it can become lytic and initiate a burst of progeny viruses. several operons maintain the prophage state by interacting with a repressor that keeps the lytic cycle in check. insults (ultraviolet light, for example) to the bacterial cell lead to a partial breakdown of the repressor, which in turn causes the production of enzymes involved in the lytic cycle. as stated in this simple form, would you consider this system of regulation to be operating under positive or negative control?

Photosynthesis uses co2 and cellular respiration produces co2. we call the point when the two processes are in balance--when there is no net production of co2--the compensation point. how might you limit one of the processes in order to achieve a compensation point?

The earths core is made up mainly of what 2 substances? 2. like an egg, earth has a core, a layer surrounding the core, and a thin, hard outer layer. which layers of the earth match the layers of an egg?