The federal government wants to make research findings readily available to individuals and institutions. As utilized in class, one way it does this is through the published study search engine. What is that search engine called?

Extra credit essay for lecture exam 3, worth up to 5 points.   While both processes are essential for life, errors in mitosis and meiosis can have significant consequences. Compare at least 2 biological implications of nondisjunction events during meiosis with at least 2 potential outcomes of uncontrolled cell division in mitosis.  Discuss how the timing and type of error in each process result in distinct biological problems.

A diagnosis of a mental health disorder requires which of the following in the DSM-5?

The Anxiety Sensitivity Index, The Ruminative Response Questionnaire, and the Intolerance of Uncertainty Test each assess different attributes, but according to class lecture, what feature do they share in common:

Extra credit essay (Up to 5 points) Explain in detail the molecular mechanisms used by the electron transport chain to generate ATP from ADP and phosphate.  Your answer should include the name of appropriate enzymes and briefly how the electron transport chain is able to continually generate ATP.  This essay links information between chapter 3, chapter 4, chapter 5 and chapter 6.

In articles and discussions, we reviewed the many failings (in terms of both reliability and validity) of projective tests. But let’s not throw out all these tests; there are specific scoring methods/indices for projective tests that have some supportive evidence. Nonetheless, improved methods still tend to fail to help the validity of these tests in clinical practice because:

Extra credit essay, worth up to 5 points. What is the definition of adaptive radiation? In class we discussed a few examples of adaptive radiation.  Pick an example of adaptive radiation (it does not have to be one we discussed in class) and explain/ discuss the various ecological factors that allowed adaptive radiation in that instance to be successful.  You may want to do a quick search/ review of ecology to help answer this question – we did talk about these factors in class although I did not specifically call them out as I talked about them through our talk about pieces of evolution.

Lightning McQueen rounds a curve of radius 80 m which is banked so that cars traveling at 100 km/hr (27.8 m/s) can safely take the curve even in the absence of friction. The coefficient of static friction between Lightning McQueen’s tires and the road is 0.72.     a)   Draw a FBD of Lightning McQueen as he rounds the curve, assuming he does so without slipping. b)   At what angle is the curve banked?  c)   What is the maximum speed with which Lightning McQueen can take the curve without skidding?

A heavy dart and a light dart are launched horizontally on a frictionless table by identical ideal springs. Both springs were initially compressed by the same amount. Which of the following statements about these darts are correct? (There could be more than one correct choice.)

Extra credit quiz questions will ask you to break down each essay into the component pieces that need to be answered.  In quizzes, you are NOT required to actually answer any of the essay to earn the extra credit.  Worth up to 2 points.   Pick 3 of the parts of the cell. Give 1 example of the function of the part of the cell that you named andbriefly explain how the parts of the cell function together to help an organism survive. There are lots ofpossible answers