Joe is graduating from high school and trying to decide whether or not to go to collegeHis dream is to become a lawyer but he sure he can afford to pay for school. He works part-time at a retail store, and he may be promoted to assistant manager if he stays at the store fulltime Using the strategies of economic analysis write a short essay helping Joe determine the potential costs and benefits of pursuing a professional degree or continuing a career in retail.

Afood web shows who eats who in any given habitat. every living thing, from one-celled algae to giant blue whales, needs food to survive. each food web is a possible pathway that energy and matter can follow through the habitat. a food web begins with producers: organisms that convert sunlight into usable chemical energy. the food web is completed by the decomposers who turn organic wastes, such as decaying plants, into inorganic materials, such as nutrient-rich soil. decomposers complete the cycle of life, returning nutrients to the soil or oceans for use by producers. in this food web, identify the decomposer.

Jasmine thinks that andrea is responsible for posting embarrassing pictures of her on the internet and sending them around the school. jasmine finds andrea before school and starts yelling at her about taking the pictures down. andrea pushes jasmine. what should jasmine do first?

In an ecosystem, marsh snails feed on phytoplankton and painted turtles feed on marsh snails. pollution has resulted in the depletion of phytoplankton. what effect would this situation likely have on the population of marsh snails and painted turtles? as phytoplankton were destroyed, the population of marsh snails would most likely then the population of painted turtles would mostly likely a. 1. increase 2. decrease 3. stay the same b. 1. increase 2. decrease 3. stay the same