The Coburn Amendment to the 2013 U

question 6

Multiple Choice

The Coburn amendment to the 2013 U.S. spending bill was intended to

• A) increase support for social science research.
• B) decrease support for social science research.
• C) eliminate funding for sociology and political science.
• D) restrict funding in political science to research that promotes U.S. national security and economic interests.

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Definitions:

Plant Cells

Cells that are the basic building blocks of plant life, characterized by a rigid cell wall, chloroplasts for photosynthesis, and a large central vacuole.

Centrosomes

Organelles that serve as the main microtubule organizing centers in animal cells, playing a critical role in cell division.

Crossing-Over

Exchange of segments between non-sister chromatids of a bivalent during meiosis.

Chromatids

One of two identical halves of a duplicated chromosome, joined together by a centromere and separated during cell division.