When Lichens Grow on Bare Rock, They May Eventually Accumulate

question 74

Multiple Choice

When lichens grow on bare rock, they may eventually accumulate enough organic material around them to supply the foothold for later rooted vegetation. These early pioneering lichens can be said to do what for species arriving in a later successional stage?

• A)inhibit
• B)exclude
• C)facilitate
• D)tolerate
• E)concentrate

Predict the outcome of reactions involving carbonyl compounds and their derivatives.

Understand the basic principles of probability, including joint, marginal, and conditional probabilities.

Apply Bayes' Law to compute posterior and prior probabilities.

Calculate probabilities of compound events using rules of addition and multiplication.

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