When a hollow organ is punctured during a penetrating injury to the abdomen: Select one:

a. it will bleed profusely and rapidly cause shock.
b. it commonly protrudes through the injury site.
c. peritonitis may not develop for several hours.
d. the abdomen will become instantly distended.

Afarmer has applied a pesticide to control a pest population that is affecting her crops. the pest population has reacted as shown below. which best describes the process that the pest population has experienced due to this environmental change? a genetic diversity b natural selection c natural resistance d genetic resistance

The observations of hooke and van leeuwenhoek documenting the existence of microscopic cells formed the basis of what important theory? a. the cell theory stating that all living things are composed of cellsb. the theory of spontaneous generation, which held that life forms could arise spontaneouslyc. the theory of chemotherapy, or use of antimicrobials to destroy pathogenic organismsd. the germ theory of disease and causative agents

Which identifies the main purpose of biological taxonomy?