1. why is it important to have your financial plan and goals in place when
considering investments?
2. what is one financial goal that you have? using what we have discussed in the
unit, what strategies in saving and investing could you use to reach the goal?
what are the advantages and disadvantages of the strategies that you would
use?
3. what are some of the ways to reduce the risks of investing money?
4. what are the advantages and disadvantages of common stocks?
5. what factors can influence your investment choices and value?

Afull irb committee meeting is convened and one agenda item is a new research proposal to evaluate how mothers interact with their learning-disabled child. the inclusion criteria require the children to be a minimum of five years of age. the protocol requires the mother of the child to look at the child without any expression and not to talk to the child for three minutes. the committee determined that the mother's required task may upset the child. the irb approved the study with appropriate language in the parental permission form regarding the possibility that children might become upset. after the start of the study, the principal investigator reports to the irb that, as expected, one of the children became upset. the incident was handled according to the protocol and the child is fine. what should the irb do with regard to this report?

The north american colonies experienced a steady increase in population since the first settlement in jamestown in 1607. by 1775, the colonies' population was around 2,500,000, and most of the colonists lived east of the allegheny mountains. how did geography influence the settlement of america's first colonies?

For 50 points populations within ecosystems can be separated into categories—producers, consumers, and decomposers. these categories represent a. the fossil records of organisms. b. the reproductive methods of organisms. c. the body plans of organisms. d. the functions that organisms serve.