What is the cartoonist's purpose in this cartoon? to convince people that fungal bands are dangerous for beetles to convince people that beetles are damaging to trees to make people laugh at a play on words to make people believe that longhorn beetles hate fungi.

Many colleges review students’ scores on the _ or _ before deciding whether to offer them admission.

Nathan is an ecologist. he’s studying the effect of secondary consumers on primary consumers. his current research focuses on a population of blue jays and crows. they eat caterpillars and mice. if the number of blue jays increases, what are the likely effects on other populations? 1the number of crows will increase. 2the number of mice will decrease. 3the number of mice will remain the same. 4the number of caterpillars will decrease.

What is a financial award that is based on academic or extracurricular merit? -loan -scholarship -work study -federal grant