Brainarium

What type of tree should be planted on the south side of a house to shade in summer and provide warmth and light through winter? - CORRECT ANSWER-Deciduous What is the definition of a coniferous tree? - CORRECT ANSWER-A conifer is a cone bearing plant What is a semi-dwarf tree? - CORRECT ANSWER-A tree in which root stock is used in the grafting process which enables the tree to reach between 10 and 16 feet T or F: Most trees have a symbiotic relationship with mycorrhizal fungal. - CORRECT ...

When practicing a presentation: - CORRECT ANSWER-Practice key phrases and keep track of time When teaching adults, how much time should be given before changing topics or teaching methods? - CORRECT ANSWER-15 minutes When researching information for presentations on the Internet, it is best to reference sites with what URL? - CORRECT ANSWER-.edu When preparing a tri-fold display for an exhibit: - CORRECT ANSWER-Both a and b When using other people's creative or intellectual work in a p...

Water is NOT responsible for - CORRECT ANSWER-stabilizing a plant in soil Water IS responsible for - CORRECT ANSWER-maintaining turgor pressure AND transporting nutrients throughout the plant AND dissolving minerals from the soil A group that contains plant macronutrients - CORRECT ANSWER-magnesium, sulfur, calcium The major (primary) elements in a bag of 5-10-5 fertilizer are - CORRECT ANSWERnitrogen, phosphorus, potassium An enlarged fleshy underground stem bearing buds (e.g., crocus and...

What is xylem used for? - CORRECT ANSWER-Vascular Tissue that transports water and minerals throughout the plant. What is phloem used for? - CORRECT ANSWER-Vascular Tissue that transports food throughout the plant. What are the three factors needed for a disease to happen? - CORRECT ANSWERHost, Environment, and a Pathogen What three things make up the female part of a flower? - CORRECT ANSWER-Stigma, Style, and Ovary What two things make up the male part of a flower? - CORRECT ANSWER-Anth...

when Deci replicated the free choice paradigm study (Lepper), what was the key finding? - CORRECT ANSWER-the key was the expectation of the reward the more we make it salient that testing & rewards will be involved, the more intrinsic motivation _________ (drops or increases) - CORRECT ANSWER-drops what are the 2 types of rewards? - CORRECT ANSWER-1. tangible vs. symbolic 2. physical vs. verbal true or false: generally speaking, verbal rewards tend to have a positive effect on intrinsic m...

Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER-A testable prediction on what the outcome of an experiment will be. Derived from a theory Confirmation Bias - CORRECT ANSWER-The tendency to seek out results that support a hypothesis (and ignore results that contradict it) Belief Perseverance - CORRECT ANSWER-Initial assumptions, even when proved to be wrong, still tend to survive and influence people Ruling Out Rival Hypotheses - CORRECT ANSWER-There may be another hypothesis that explains the results just as...

what is "R?" - CORRECT ANSWER-A general symbol to represent an alkyl group, or any hydrocarbon Saturated Halide - CORRECT ANSWER-(Halo), Primary, secondary, tertiary Saturated Alcohol - CORRECT ANSWER-(hydroxyl), Primary, secondary, tertiary Unsaturated Aldehyde - CORRECT ANSWER-DIFFERENT FROM A KETONE, has an H attachment Unsaturated Carboxylic acid - CORRECT ANSWER-DIFFERENT FROM CARBONYL, has an OH group Ether - CORRECT ANSWER-(Alkoxy), can be symmetrical or asymetrical Amine -...

1.0 Information Technology - CORRECT ANSWER-Any computer based tool that people use to work with information and to support the info and info-processing needs of an organisation 1.0 Information Systems - CORRECT ANSWER-Collects, processes, stores, analyses and disseminates info for a specific purpose 1.1 Why Should I Study Information Systems? - CORRECT ANSWER-Current generation practices continuous computing, surrounded by a movable information network, created by constant cooperation be...

What were animals derived from - CORRECT ANSWER-A common protist similar to choanoflagellates All animals have what in the extracellular matrix? - CORRECT ANSWER-Collagen and proteoglycans Animals likely expanded during what era? - CORRECT ANSWER-Cambrian Explosion All animals share what type of gene? - CORRECT ANSWER-Hox genes Sponge body shapes - CORRECT ANSWER-Highly Variable and Asymmetrical, but still the basic shape of a pore how does water get out of a sponge? - CORRECT ANSWER-Thr...

Why are experts, experts? - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Dedication training that drives changes in the brain. 2. Genetics such as physical factors and tendency to practice diligently. 3. Take advantage of the ability to acquire skills. Learning - CORRECT ANSWER-Creating abilities rather than bringing people to the point where they can take advantage of their innate ones. Potential - CORRECT ANSWER-Expandable vessel, shaped by the things that we do in our lives. Potential Development - CORRECT ANSW...

construct validity - CORRECT ANSWER-the extent to which the measures used in a study measure the variables they were designed to measure and the manipulations in an experiment manipulate the variables they were designed to manipulate subject variable - CORRECT ANSWER-a variable that characterizes preexisting differences among the participants in a study (ex: gender, ethnicity) internal validity - CORRECT ANSWER-degree to which it can be sure that the independent variables caused the depend...

Efficiency - CORRECT ANSWER--The order produced by all these selfish decisions is efficient -all the good/services people want and have the means to purchase are produced with the least possible amount of our scarce resources Characteristics of the "Market" economy - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Self-interest 2. Incentives: People in the economy respond to incentives 3. Market price and Quantity: determined by buyers and sellers, though not directly or officially 4. Institutions: These activi...

emotional contagion - CORRECT ANSWER-extent to which an emotional display by one person influences the emotional state of a bystander CS: Kramer et al. (2014) manipulated person's news feed for the week → IV: exposure to emotional content, DV: mood Results: did provide evidence of causality Doherty (1998) IV: videotape of woman explaining experimental procedures in which the woman happy or sad, DV: participant shown 10 photos of faces (5 positive, 5 negative) to make ratings of emot...

Opportunity Cost Formula - CORRECT ANSWER-what you give up/what you gain Four Key Economic Problems - CORRECT ANSWER-1. What is Produced and How 2. What is consumed and by whom 3. Why are resources sometimes idle 4. Is Productive capacity growing The Circular Flow of Income and Expenditure - CORRECT ANSWERpositive statement - CORRECT ANSWER-a factual claim about how the world actually works normative statement - CORRECT ANSWER-statement which describes how the world should be endogenous...

What is the difference between a condition assessment and an inspection? - CORRECT ANSWER-The assessment is the global approach while the inspection is the physical lab testing and field examination. Define concrete quality. - CORRECT ANSWER-The ability of concrete to sustain loads and environmental conditions. Define compressive strength and how it is tested. - CORRECT ANSWER-It's resistance to axial compression, tested by core crushing, Schmidt hammer or Windsor pin/probe . Comp. str...

Legislation The process of making or enacting a positive law in written form, according to some type of formal procedure by a branch of government constituted to perform this process. Codification The process of compiling, systematising and arranging the laws of a given jurisdiction, of a discrete branch of the law, into an order code. Guilt Criminal Responsibility Civic Usage a well known customary and uninformed practice Residual Powers Clause The powers that are not enumerated o...

the shape of the _____________________ increases susceptibility of aspiration into the right middle and right lower lobes - CORRECT ANSWER-right bronchus conditions leading to O2 affinity for hemoglobin while decreasing O2 saturation - CORRECT ANSWER-fever, acidosis and hypoxia due to decreased perfusion, a decreased V-Q ratio increases risk for? - CORRECT ANSWER-blood clot when oxygen is lower than 60 mmHg with normal arterial PaCO2 - CORRECT ANSWER-hypoxemic respiratory failure tools t...

What role does the FDA have in drug approval? - CORRECT ANSWER-responsible for ensuring that new drugs are safe and effective before approving the drugs and allowing them to be marketed. The FDA reviews research studies (conducted/sponsored by pharmaceutical companies) about proposed new drugs. DOES NOT ACTUALLY TEST THE DRUGS. What are black box warnings? - CORRECT ANSWER-warnings that can cause serious adverse effects that appear on the label, package insert, and any marketing literature...

fetal activity monitoring - CORRECT ANSWER-low-tech, inexpensive way to monitor fetal well-being reactive non-stress test (figure 13-4) - CORRECT ANSWER--baseline: 130 -shows accelerations of 15 bpm lasting longer than 15 sec biophysical profile - CORRECT ANSWER-Comprehensive assessment of the fetal wellbeing after 28 weeks 1: fetal breathing movement 2: fetal movement of body and limbs 3:fetal tone extension and flexion of extremities 4:amniotic fluid volume 5: reactive fetal heart rat...

cytoprotectant drugs - CORRECT ANSWER-reduce the adverse effects of cytotoxic drugs, some of which can be severe, debilitating or life-threatening loop diuretics - CORRECT ANSWER-diuretic of choice when rapid effects are required, i.e. pulmonary edema or renal impairment spironolactone - CORRECT ANSWER-K+-sparing, diureticreduces aldosterone-induced retention of sodium and water and impairs vascular function by antagonizing the action of aldosterone at mineralocorticoid receptors reduced ...