Read the Following Scenario and Answer the Question Below

question 39

Multiple Choice

Read the following scenario and answer the question below.
The western United States contains a series of tall mountain ranges that also extend far down into Mexico. The largest of these ranges are the Rockies and the Sierra Madres, but they are all part of the same mountain -building event that occurred many millions of years ago, and they all have similar features. However, the biodiversity of the southernmost mountains has more connection to that of Central America, while the biodiversity of the Rockies shares more affinity with temperate North American species. Still, much of the forest vegetation on these mountaintops is the same, or very similar, and they are often referred to as the ʺSky Islandsʺ because of their similarity to each other and their isolation from the lower, often drier, areas surrounding them. With global climate change producing increasingly visible effects, conservation biologists fear that these mountaintop ecosystems will undergo major changes in temperature and humidity and that the many endemic species that live there may literally have no place to go.
-Regarding the geography of Sky Islands, it is likely that _____________.

• A) there is more biodiversity in the southern end of the mountain ranges because of the latitudinal gradient
• B) there is more biodiversity in the northern end of the mountain ranges because of the milder climate
• C) no accurate claims about relative biodiversity can be made
• D) the biodiversity is patchy because of the altitudinal gradient
• E) the biodiversity is evenly distributed through the mountains that stretch from Central America up through the Rockies into Montana, Idaho, and Canada

Analyze the impact of activity-based costing (ABC) and its limitations.

Identify the basic similarities and differences between job order cost and process cost systems.

Understand the principles of Just-In-Time (JIT) processing and its benefits.

Recognize how a process cost system functions and the role of a production cost report.

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Definitions:

Participant Effect

The influence on research outcomes resulting from participants' awareness they are being studied, potentially altering their behavior.

Research Study

An investigation conducted to collect data and gain insights into a specific question or phenomenon, following systematic methods.

Intent

The determination or resolve to perform a particular act or the purposeful mental state that is directed towards a goal.

Control Group

In an experiment, a group similar to the experimental group that is exposed to the same experimental environment but is not given the treatment; used for purposes of comparison.