Land that is available for agriculture tends to be nutrient-poor b. nitrogen-fixing bacteria are not as plentiful in agricultural soils because of the use of pesticides c. grains raised for feeding livestock must be fortified and thus require additional nutrients d. cultivation of agricultural land inhibits the decomposition of organic matter e. the nutrients that become the biomass of plants are not cycled back to the soil on lands where they are harvested

Coat color in cats is determined by genes at several different loci. at one locus on the x chromosome, one allele (x ) encodes black fur and another allele (xo) encodes orange fur. females can be black (x x ), orange (xoxo), or a mixture of orange and black called tortoiseshell (x xo). males are either black (x y) or orange (xoy). bill has a female tortoiseshell cat named patches. one night, patches escapes from bill\'s house, spends the night out, and mates with a stray male. patches later gives birth to the following kittens: one orange male, one black male, two tortoiseshell females, and one orange female. what are the genotypes of patches, the stray male, and the kittens?

Astudent sees several ants walking up a wall following the exact same trail that an ant took earlier. she wants to apply the scientific method to determine how the ants detected the trail. which of these steps would come first in her application of the scientific method? perform an experiment by cleaning the scent away from part of the trail. draw a conclusion that the ants follow a scent trail. make a prediction about what the ants will do after she cleans away part of the trail. hypothesize that the ants are following a scent trail that the first ant left.

According to cell theory; which structures carry out the basic function of living things? a. atoms b. organs c. cells b. nuclei