Use the Information to Answer the Following Question

question 7

Multiple Choice

Use the information to answer the following question.
The figure depicts the outline of a large fairy ring that has appeared overnight in an open meadow, as viewed from above. The fairy ring represents the furthest advance of this mycelium through the soil. Locations A-D are all 0.5 meters below the soil surface.

Assume that all four locations are 0.5 meters above the surface. On a breezy day with prevailing winds blowing from left to right, where should one expect to find the highest concentration of free basidiospores in an air sample?

• A) A
• B) B
• C) C
• D) D

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Definitions:

Necessary And Proper Clause

A provision in the U.S. Constitution granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out its enumerated powers.

Constitution

The fundamental law or set of principles by which a state or organization is governed, outlining the structure of government and the rights of the citizens.

Missouri Compromise

An act of Congress in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, maintaining a balance between slave and free states.

Louisiana Purchase

The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory by the United States from France in 1803, approximately doubling the size of the U.S. and significantly expanding its territory westward.