Barney Purchased 40 Acres of Land from Fred

question 11

Multiple Choice

Barney purchased 40 acres of land from Fred.Unknown to both parties, under the surface of the land was a rich vein of gold ore that extended beneath neighboring land owned by Wilma.The gold ore is owned at least in part by:

• A)Barney, Fred and Wilma.
• B)Barney and Wilma.
• C)Wilma and Fred.
• D)None of the above.
• 23 According to the Supreme Court's opinion in United States v.Causby:
• A()the U.S.has exclusive national sovereignty in the airspace over the country.
• B()a landowner owns only that airspace in which he has a physical presence, such as a building.
• C()Flights over a landowner's airspace are a "taking" no matter what the plane's altitude is.
• D()the common law rule that ownership over airspace should extend to the periphery of the universe, was upheld as the appropriate rule of law.

---

Definitions:

Oncogene

Gene that helps transform a normal cell into a tumor cell.

Tumor Cell

A cell that has undergone transformation leading to uncontrolled division, which can form a mass or neoplasm potentially leading to cancer.

Malignant Cells

Cells that are cancerous and have the ability to invade other parts of the body.

Interphase

Interphase is the phase of the cell cycle in which the cell prepares for division, characterized by DNA replication and increase in cell size.