Fundamentals of Biology
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Fundamentals of Biology introduces students to the core principles and concepts that form the foundation of biological science. Topics include the structure and function of cells, principles of genetics and heredity, evolution and the diversity of life, and basic physiological processes in plants and animals. Emphasizing the scientific method, this course explores how living organisms interact with each other and their environment, introduces key laboratory techniques, and develops critical thinking skills essential for further study in the biological sciences.
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Campbell Essential Biology with Physiology 5th Edition by Eric J. Simon
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Chapter 1: Introduction: Biology Today
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Q1) "Male collared lizards show considerable color variation." This is a(n)________.
A) hypothesis
B) conclusion
C) observation
D) result
Answer: C
Q2) Is it reasonable to conclude (i.e.,is it supported by the data)that female collared lizards prefer more brightly colored male lizards over dull-colored males?
A) Yes, this conclusion is supported by the data.
B) No, this conclusion is not supported by the data.
C) The data do not clearly indicate a preference one way or the other.
D) None of the above choices are correct.
Answer: A
Q3) What are the two main processes upon which ecosystems depend?
A) speciation and evolution
B) nutrient recycling and energy flow
C) decomposition and nutrient recycling
D) sunlight and photosynthesis
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Essential Chemistry for Biology
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Q1) In the following reaction,what type of bond is holding the two atoms together? K+Cl
K + Cl KCl
A) hydrophilic
B) ionic
C) hydrophobic
D) covalent
Answer: B
Q2) The lower the pH of a solution,the ________.
A) greater the number of oxygen atoms
B) more acidic the solution
C) less toxic the solution
D) higher the OH- concentration
Answer: B
Q3) When Heather grabbed the glass of ice water,the ice cubes were floating at the top.Why were the ice cubes floating in the water?
A) Water can store large amounts of heat.
B) Water can moderate temperatures through evaporative cooling.
C) The density of water decreases when it freezes.
D) Water has a cohesive nature.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: The Molecules of Life
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Q1) Extremophilic bacteria are able to survive in hostile environments,including scalding hot water as well as springs and vents that reach temperatures over 100°C.Researchers studying these bacteria measured the function of a protein from an extremophile bacterium at 100°C,and they also measured the function of a similar protein from a human cell at 100°C.Which of the following results do you think the researchers obtained?
A) The bacterial protein functioned normally, whereas the human protein did not.
B) The human protein functioned normally, whereas the bacterial protein did not.
C) The bacterial protein and the human protein both functioned normally.
D) Neither the human protein nor the bacterial protein functioned normally.
Answer: A
Q2) Enzymes are ________.
A) amino acids
B) monosaccharides
C) phospholipids
D) proteins
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: A Tour of the Cell
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Q1) Plant cells,unlike animal cells,are characterized by the presence of a ________.
A) cell wall and a contractile vacuole
B) cell wall and a central vacuole
C) nucleus and a cell wall
D) nucleus and a contractile vacuole
Q2) Which of the following parts of a cell is (are)most like the shipping center of a company?
A) the Golgi apparatus
B) mitochondria
C) chloroplasts
D) the nucleolus
Q3) Lysosomes are responsible for ________.
A) lipid synthesis
B) cellular respiration
C) digestion of organic matter inside the cell
D) protein synthesis
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Chapter 5: The Working Cell
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Q1) Anything that prevents ATP formation will most likely ________.
A) result in cell death
B) force the cell to rely on lipids for energy
C) force the cell to rely on ADP for energy
D) have no effect on the cell
Q2) Humans convert approximately ________ of the energy stored in food to useful work.
A) 22%
B) 34%
C) 55%
D) 99.9%
Q3) A rock on the top of a mountain contains ________ energy.
A) potential
B) no
C) kinetic
D) conserved
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Chapter 6: Cellular Respiration: Obtaining Energy from Food
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Q1) What must pyruvic acid be converted to before it can enter the citric acid cycle?
A) acetyl CoA
B) lactic acid
C) ethyl alcohol
D) citric acid
Q2) Aerobic cellular respiration generates about ________ ATP from one glucose.
A) 2
B) 6
C) 38
D) The number generated depends on whether the end product of aerobic respiration is lactic acid or ethyl alcohol.
Q3) Which of the following metabolic pathways is common to both aerobic and anaerobic processes of sugar breakdown?
A) the citric acid cycle
B) the electron transport chain
C) conversion of pyruvic acid to lactic acid
D) glycolysis
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Chapter 7: Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food
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Q1) Refer to the accompanying figure.Plant cells that contain the organelle responsible for photosynthesis are concentrated in cells of the ________.
A) roots
B) leaves
C) stomata
D) grana
Q2) Which of the following is produced during the light reactions of photosynthesis?
A) O
B) CO
C) C H O
D) ADP
Q3) Which wavelength of light is the LEAST useful to your plant's growth?
A) 750 nm
B) 650 nm
C) 550 nm
D) 500 nm
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Chapter 8: Cellular Reproduction: Cells from Cells
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Q1) A duplicated chromosome consists of two ________.
A) centromeres
B) centrosomes
C) genomes
D) sister chromatids
Q2) Which of the following is a characteristic seen in prophase I that does NOT occur in prophase II?
A) Chromosomes move to the middle of the cell.
B) Spindle formation occurs.
C) The number of chromosomes doubles.
D) Crossing over occurs.
Q3) Genetic variation is accomplished by all but one of the following.Choose the exception.
A) the events of meiosis I
B) crossing over
C) independent assortment
D) the events of meiosis II
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Chapter 9: Patterns of Inheritance
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Q1) In humans,the inheritance of ________ is best explained as being polygenic.
A) cystic fibrosis
B) height
C) blood type
D) sickle-cell disease
Q2) In humans,the presence or absence of dimples is a trait controlled by a single gene.What is the genotype of an individual who is heterozygous for dimples?
A) DD
B) Dd
C) dd
D) DI
Q3) What would genetic counselors say is the probability that the second child will have the disease?
A) 1/2
B) 1/4
C) 1/8
D) 1/16
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Chapter 10: The Structure and Function of DNA
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Q1) RNA contains the nitrogenous base ________ instead of ________,which is found only in DNA.
A) a deoxyribose sugar... a ribose sugar
B) uracil... thymine
C) uracil... guanine
D) thymine... uracil
Q2) The DNA codon AGT codes for an amino acid carried by a tRNA with the anticodon
A) TCU
B) AGU
C) TCA
D) AGT
Q3) During translation,what is the CORRECT order of events that occur as an amino acid is added?
A) codon recognition, peptide bond formation, translocation
B) translocation, codon recognition, termination
C) initiation, codon recognition, termination
D) peptide bond formation, translocation, codon recognition
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Chapter 11: How Genes Are Controlled
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Q1) What would enable a single RNA transcript to be translated into different polypeptides?
A) The RNA transcript can be spliced more than one way.
B) The coded polypeptide may be modified in more than one way.
C) The length of the RNA transcript tail can vary.
D) Two different genes can produce the same RNA transcript, which will then be translated differently.
Q2) Which of these techniques could tell you how gene expression differs between individuals with and without cystic fibrosis?
A) therapeutic cloning
B) DNA microarray
C) reproductive cloning
D) karyotyping
Q3) When referring to cell division,oncogenes are most like ________ while tumor suppressor genes are most like ________.
A) the brakes on a car the gas pedal on a car
B) the gas pedal on a car the brakes on a car
C) the steering wheel on a car the gas pedal on a car
D) the brakes on a car the steering wheel on a car
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Chapter 12: DNA Technology
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Q1) The gel shown above includes a DNA ladder that can be used to estimate the sizes of DNA molecules.The ladder increases in 100 nucleotide increments,from 100 to 700.Four DNA molecules have been separated on this gel (labeled A to D.) What is the approximate size of DNA molecule A?
A) 250 nucleotides
B) 300 nucleotides
C) 350 nucleotides
D) 400 nucleotides
Q2) To find the nucleotide sequence of human chromosomes,chromosomes had to be digested into small fragments and then ________.
A) centrifuged and electrophoresed
B) fingerprinted
C) cloned and sequenced
D) restricted
Q3) Which of the following is a genetically modified organism?
A) an organism carrying a gene that was acquired by artificial means
B) the first organism in which a particular mutation has appeared
C) a cloned organism carrying two different alleles
D) an organism that gestated in an artificial womb
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Chapter 13: How Populations Evolve
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Q1) The fossil record suggests that whales ________.
A) are descended from one branch of marine reptiles
B) are closely related to land mammals such as pigs, hippos, and cows
C) are not closely related to dolphins and porpoises, despite a superficial similarity
D) once had well-developed hind flippers
Q2) Chytridiomycosis is a fungal disease first identified in 1998 as a cause of massive amphibian deaths.In some severely impacted populations,a few individuals have survived,perhaps because of some natural resistance.If these resistant individuals continue to survive and prosper,new resistant populations might emerge.This would be an example of ________.
A) genetic drift
B) natural selection
C) the founder effect
D) sexual selection
Q3) Which one of the following will prevent significant genetic drift?
A) Gene flow is absent.
B) There is genetic variation.
C) There is mutation.
D) The population size is large.
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Chapter 14: How Biological Diversity Evolves
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Q1) A period of mass extinction is often followed by ________.
A) explosive diversification
B) paedomorphosis
C) global warming
D) continental drift
Q2) What type of reproductive isolating mechanism is described by a situation in which female fireflies mate only with males who emit light in a particular pattern?
A) habitat isolation
B) temporal isolation
C) mechanical isolation
D) behavioral isolation
Q3) The current geological era is the ________.
A) Paleozoic
B) Cenozoic
C) Mesozoic
D) Cambrian
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Chapter 15: The Evolution of Microbial Life
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Q1) Based on fossil evidence,eukaryotes evolved about ________ years ago.
A) 500,000
B) 1 billion
C) 1.8 billion
D) 3.5 billion
Q2) Eukaryotes arose about ________ years after the first prokaryotes.
A) 3.0 million
B) 1.7 billion
C) 3.5 billion
D) 4.0 billion
Q3) Food poisoning from Salmonella occurs because of ________.
A) an exotoxin secreted by Salmonella bacteria
B) an endotoxin produced by Salmonella bacteria
C) easy transmission between people living in close contact
D) extremophile conditions
Q4) ________ is an example of bioremediation.
A) Cyanobacteria converting atmospheric nitrogen to a form that plants can use
B) The use of an autoclave to kill endospores
C) The use of prokaryotes to treat sewage
D) A dinoflagellate bloom causing massive fish kills
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Chapter 16: The Evolution of Plants and Fungi
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Q1) What are hyphae?
A) symbiotic associations between plant roots and fungi
B) threadlike filaments that make up fungal bodies
C) fungal digestive enzymes
D) fungal spores
Q2) Gametophytes reproduce ________.
A) by producing sperm and eggs
B) by fission
C) by meiosis of special cells in the gametophyte
D) by budding
Q3) ________ are seedless vascular plants.
A) Ferns
B) Angiosperms
C) Bryophytes
D) Gymnosperms
Q4) The ________ help(s)plants retain water.
A) hypha
B) cuticle
C) mycorrhiza
D) lignin
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Chapter 17: The Evolution of Animals
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Q1) Unique features of vertebrates include the presence of a(n)________.
A) endoskeleton
B) notochord
C) skull and a backbone
D) pharyngeal slit
Q2) Annelids are most closely related to ________.
A) chordates
B) arthropods
C) molluscs
D) echinoderms
Q3) The arthropod skeleton is composed of ________.
A) cellulose
B) peptidoglycan
C) chitin
D) glycogen
Q4) A(n)________ is an example of a mollusc that does not have a shell.
A) octopus
B) snail
C) spider
D) oyster
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Chapter 18: An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere
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Q1) What level of ecology is concerned with both the biotic and abiotic aspects of an environment?
A) community
B) organism
C) ecosystem
D) population
Q2) Which of the following organisms are NOT ultimately dependent on sunlight for energy?
A) species that live in hydrothermal vent habitats
B) migratory bird species
C) marine species that live in the aphotic zone
D) trees that have experienced "flagging"
Q3) With regard to the environment as a whole,when is the worst time to apply pesticide to your lawn?
A) when it is raining, or is about to rain
B) when it is cold, or is about to get cold
C) at the same time you apply fertilizer
D) at night
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Chapter 19: Population Ecology
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Q1) The harsh winter that led to the death of many moose in 1996 is an example of
A) a density-dependent factor
B) biological control
C) a density-independent factor
D) a trigger for logistic growth
Q2) In a population that is following a logistic growth pattern,what shape does the population's growth curve most closely resemble?
A) S
B) J
C)
D)
Q3) The virus introduced to the island in 1982 that reduced the wolf population is an example of ________.
A) a density-independent factor
B) a density-dependent factor
C) biological control
D) intraspecific competition
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Chapter 20: Communities and Ecosystems
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Q1) On average,what percentage of the energy in one trophic level becomes incorporated into the next higher trophic level?
A) 10%
B) 30%
C) 50%
D) 90%
Q2) The atmosphere is approximately 80% ________ gas.
A) CO
B) H O
C) CH
D) N
Q3) Refer to the accompanying figure.All of the living components of the coral reef represent a(n)________.
A) population
B) species
C) community
D) ecosystem
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Chapter 21: Unifying Concepts of Animal Structure and Function
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Q1) Most homeostatic mechanisms depend on ________.
A) positive and negative feedback
B) negative feedback
C) predictable environmental conditions
D) predictable internal conditions
Q2) Which of the following statements apply to freshwater fish?
A) They lose water by osmosis.
B) The concentration of solutes in their internal fluids is lower than in the surrounding water.
C) They pump out ions via the gills.
D) They produce dilute urine.
Q3) Which of the following is a physiological response that takes place in many animals when they get too hot?
A) slowing of the heart rate
B) constriction of blood vessels in the skin
C) contraction of muscles
D) increased blood flow to the skin
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Chapter 22: Nutrition and Digestion
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Q1) The stomach's gastric juice consists of ________.
A) digestive enzymes only
B) hydrochloric acid only
C) digestive enzymes and hydrochloric acid only
D) mucus, digestive enzymes, and hydrochloric acid
Q2) The tongue does all of the following EXCEPT ________.
A) taste food
B) shape food into a ball
C) secrete saliva
D) push food into the pharynx
Q3) Digestion is ________.
A) the absorption of nutrients
B) the breakdown of food into small nutrient molecules that the body can absorb
C) the churning of food in the stomach and intestine
D) eating
Q4) Vitamins are ________.
A) organic molecules that are required in the diet in very small amounts
B) nutrients that we can synthesize from simpler molecules
C) important supplements for children, but not adults
D) required to synthesize most amino acids
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Chapter 23: Circulation and Respiration
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Q1) Blood pressure that is consistently ________ or higher would indicate that you have hypertension.
A) 120/80
B) 140/90
C) 110/85
D) 100/75
Q2) Earthworms use ________ as their respiratory surface.
A) lungs
B) gills
C) their skin
D) tracheae
Q3) Which blood vessels have thin,leaky walls?
A) capillaries
B) venules
C) arteries
D) none of the above
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Chapter 24: The Body's Defenses
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Q1) A substance that can elicit an immune response from a lymphocyte is called a(n)________.
A) defensive protein
B) pathogen
C) antibody
D) antigen
Q2) Slugs produce mucus all over their bodies that helps keep them moist and helps them move.The mucus also can protect the slugs from pathogens.A slug's mucus is a component of which part of the immune system?
A) internal innate immunity
B) external innate immunity
C) adaptive immunity
D) lymphatic system
Q3) Which of the following is one of the body's first lines of defense against infection?
A) antibodies
B) obstacles such as skin and mucous membranes
C) increased production of certain hormones
D) decreased heart rate
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Chapter 25: Hormones
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Q1) Which of the following glands secretes hormones that enable the body to respond to stress?
A) pancreas
B) adrenal
C) pineal
D) parathyroid
Q2) Nate is gaining weight,is often tired,and feels cold.His thyroid hormone level is high as is the level of TSH.Nate also has a goiter.Which of these diagnoses is the most likely for Nate's condition?
A) defective thyroid hormone receptors in his body cells
B) insufficient iodine in his diet
C) defective receptors for thyroid hormone control by the anterior pituitary
D) too much iodine in the diet
Q3) Which of the following glands is located nearest the kidneys?
A) ovaries
B) pineal gland
C) thyroid gland
D) adrenal glands
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Chapter 26: Reproduction and Development
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Q1) Gastrulation ________.
A) produces a solid ball of cells
B) changes the blastocyst into an embryo that has three tissue layers
C) changes the fertilized egg into a blastocyst
D) changes a gastrula into a blastocyst
Q2) Which one of the following is a result of programmed cell death?
A) formation of fingers in humans
B) gastrulation
C) formation of the notochord
D) formation of the brain
Q3) Mesoderm gives rise to the ________.
A) heart and kidneys
B) brain and skin
C) nervous system and thyroid
D) liver and pancreas
Q4) Which one of the following statements is TRUE?
A) Natural family planning is one of the most reliable forms of birth control.
B) Morning-after pills are about 25% effective at preventing pregnancy.
C) Tubal ligation prevents ovulation.
D) A vasectomy involves removing a section of each vas deferens.
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Chapter 27: Nervous, Sensory, and Locomotor Systems
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Q1) Functionally,what is the muscle fiber's fundamental unit of contraction?
A) thick filament
B) thin filament
C) myofibril
D) sarcomere
Q2) A baseball player leaping for a baseball and a cricket jumping away from a frog are both using ________. I)sensory receptors
II)the central nervous system
III)a muscle system
A) I only
B) II only
C) III only
D) I, II, and III
Q3) Where would we expect to find electrical synapses?
A) within the brain
B) within the heart
C) within the spinal cord
D) between interneurons and motor neurons
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Chapter 28: The Life of a Flowering Plant
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Q1) Which of the following is responsible for the increase in girth (width)of trees?
A) primary growth
B) secondary growth
C) growth in apical meristems
D) an increase in the width of vessel elements
Q2) In which structure do pollen grains develop?
A) stamen
B) sepal
C) filament
D) anther
Q3) In a sporophyte of an angiosperm,growth occurs at ________ via ________.
A) meristems mitosis
B) meristems meiosis
C) flowers fertilization
D) seeds dispersal
Q4) Most domesticated food crops come from which of the following plant groups?
A) mosses
B) gymnosperms
C) ferns
D) angiosperms
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Chapter 29: The Working Plant
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Q1) What does a plant gain from a mycorrhizal relationship?
A) It allows roots to absorb water and solutes more rapidly.
B) It increases the surface area for photosynthesis.
C) It helps to break down complex molecules in the soil to release micronutrients.
D) It helps to break down decaying organic matter into essential plant nutrients.
Q2) Which of the following convert atmospheric nitrogen to ammonium?
A) nitrifying bacteria
B) nitrogen-fixing bacteria
C) mycorrhizae
D) ammonifying bacteria
Q3) Early in the spring,cherry trees produce flowers,even before their leaves develop,by using sugars that were stored in their roots the previous year.While cherry flowers are developing,we would expect the phloem pressure near flowers to be ________,and ________ near root storage cells.
A) high high
B) high low
C) low low
D) low high
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