All the buyers and sellers of a particular good or service comprise its __________.
market
31
What is the approximate age of the Earth?
4.6 billion years
What did Vik Muniz do with the “Pictures of Garbage” series upon completion?
auctioned them
Dora-Rouge tells the story of when she was a young girl and was frightened by
men from the government who were forcing her to go away to school
A decrease in demand implies that consumers _________, compared to before.
purchase fewer units of a good at any given price
x^3 + x^2 - x - 2
What is the primary source of energy for detritivores in an ecosystem?
decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi
What is the title of an all-white sculpture that is located right next to Offshore Drilling?
Ode to Frank Gehry
Something that happens at the lake is described like this: “It was like the revival of an old melodrama that I had seen long ago with childish awe...This was the big scene, still the big scene.” What is he describing?
a storm
What is the additional revenue from producing one more unit of output?
marginal revenue
Karli is making gift bags for a Valentine’s party in class next week and wants to give each student 2 pieces of candy: 1 heart shape and 1 of 5 flower shapes. She also has 3 different types of ribbon to decorate each bag. How many different gift bags can she make?
15
In which countries is approximately fifty percent of all commercial timber in the world produced?
the United States and Canada
The type of photography that Will Wilson uses to create his portraits is the traditional technique of
wet plate collodion
Which influential environmental book begins with a preface describing a future without bird, insect, or animal life?
Silent Spring
What Greek word do both economy and ecology come from, and what does it mean?
Oikos, meaning the household and its management
An arrangement of objects from a group where no object can be used more than once and the order of selection matters is called what?
a permutation
How do foresters attempt to maintain genetic diversity in commercial tree species?
cross-breeding individuals from different populations
Which art movement sought to reduce art to its barest essentials, emphasizing simplification of form and often featuring monochromatic palettes?
minimalism
Who wrote A Sand County Almanac?
Aldo Leopold
The bicycle market includes four members, Mike, Stacey, Lin, and Jacob. Mike supplies 35 bikes, Stacey 20, Lin 65, and Jacob 5. What is the total quantity of bikes available in the market?
125
A distribution has a standard deviation of 2.5. Calculate the variance.
Six essential elements— nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and sulfur—are considered ______________.
macronutrients
The location of Richard Serra’s sculptures are important because they are often:
Considered site-specific
In Adam’s Rib, why is Dora-Rouge giving people her silverware, platters, and moccasins?
She plans not to come back from the north (to die there)