What Is One of the Most Difficult Aspects of Studying

question 40

Multiple Choice

What is one of the most difficult aspects of studying animal viruses?

• A) The viruses are hard to obtain.
• B) The use of animals is expensive, and unethical to many people.
• C) The viruses are extremely dangerous to handle.
• D) The study requires expensive facilities.
• E) The use of animals to study the viruses is unethical in the eyes of many.

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Definitions:

Groundwater

Water that is found in the pores and fractures in rock and soil beneath the Earth's surface, which can supply wells and springs.

Porphyry Copper Deposits

Large, low-grade mineral deposits containing dispersed copper-bearing minerals in a porphyritic host rock, often associated with intrusive igneous rocks.

Porphyritic Texture

A texture in igneous rock consisting of large crystal grains known as phenocrysts embedded in a fine-grained groundmass.

Intrusions

refer to bodies of igneous rock that form when magma cools and solidifies within the crust of a planet.