In 2009, there were approximately 6.8 billion people in the world. in order to keep up with the food demands of this large human population, farmers used fertilizers and other agricultural technologies to grow and harvest more food. how do fertilizers negatively impact the environment?

Female luna moths (actias luna) attract males by emitting chemical signals that spread through the air. a male hundreds of meters away can detect these molecules and fly toward their source. the sensory organs responsible for this behavior are the comblike antennae visible in the photograph shown here. each filament of an antenna is equipped with thousands of receptor cells that detect the sex attractant. based on what you learned in this chapter, propose a hypothesis to account for the ability of the male moth to detect a specific molecule in the presence of many other molecules in the air. what predictions does your hypothesis make? design an experiment to test one of these predictions.

Select all the correct answers. for a claim about the natural world to be considered scientific, what attributes must it have? a). it must be open to modification if new evidence doesn't completely support it. b). it must be based on scientific observations that can be repeated in a controlled setting. c). it must be applicable to future events and occurrences. d). it must be consistent with only a small portion of relevant observations or data.

Which of the following best explains the changes in biodiversity shown in the graph?