Which statement best describes the relationship between the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland?
a. the anterior pituitary gland makes hormones that are released by the hypothalamus
b. the hypothalamus produces releasing hormones that promote the release of particular hormones from the anterior pituitary
c. the hypothalamus produces releasing hormones that promote the release of particular hormones from the posterior pituitary
d. the posterior pituitary sends nervous signals to the hypothalamus to prompt the release of hormones

Write the balanced chemical equation forphotosynthesis.

Match the following terms and definitions. 1. species that are adapted to live in equilibrium at carrying capacity population density 2. population growth that reaches equilibrium and carrying capacity population 3. death rate mortality 4. birth rate k-selected 5. a group of interacting individuals of the same species within the same geographic area natality 6. the number of organisms living in a particular area logistic growth

Some species of wasps are social. the queen starts a colony from scratch each spring. she builds a small nest, and lays and raises a group of female workers. the workers enlarge the nest while the queen continues to lay eggs. unfertilized eggs become males that mate with newly hatched females. all of the wasps except the newly fertilized females die by the summer. which best describes this behavior? a)it is beneficial only to the males that do not fertilize eggs. b)it is beneficial only to the female workers that are not fertilized. c)it is beneficial to each one of the individual colony members. d)it is beneficial to the whole species, but not to all of the individual members.