[Q]: Nicaragua is one of the most biodiverse countries in the Americas. They boast over five hundred species of birds, and thousands of species of plants. Across the pond in England the situation is completely different. Centuries of extensive farming, industrialization, and urban sprawls have made it one of the least biodiverse place on Earth. In which location the ecosystem functions would be less stable, Nicaragua or England?
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[A]: England

[Q]: There are 2 groups of prairie dogs that have been released into the wild. Group A was domesticated and therefor never learned to communicate danger to each other. Group B was rescued from a bad storm but lived in the wild for years before they were captured then released. One day the two groups encountered a lion that was trying to eat them. One of the members of group B made a peculiar high pitched sound, alerting the rest of it's members that there was something dangerous nearby and they all went inside their burrow and hid. The member of group A saw the lion and simply ran as fast as it could without altering any of the other members. Unfortunately one of group A's members was caught and eaten. Given there is a third group, Group C which was also domesticated, will Group C's chance for survival in the wild increase or decrease?
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[A]: decrease

[Q]: Derek is going on a hiking trip with his friends. Before they go they have to decide which mountain they want to go hiking on. Mount Joral is a mountain with a reasonably low altitude. Mount Rook is very high with a much higher altitude. While they are deciding Derek's best friend, Adam, reminds him that he has trouble breathing sometimes. Will the air pressure increase or decrease as altitude decreases?
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[A]: decrease

[Q]: Gary is a high school student examining two cells under a microscope for his biology class. In a petri dish, marked Cell X, Gary sees that substances inside the cell are spreading apart from each other making it less concentrated. In the dish marked Cell Y, Gary sees substances coming together and moving into close proximity to one another. Is cell Y moving up or down the concentration gradient?
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[A]:
up