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According to the passage, village sketches written by women in the United States in the 1830s and 1840s typically reflected
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The passage is primarily concerned with
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Hospital, as presented in the passage, would probably agree with which of the following statements about Cuban-American writing?
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The author suggests that which of the following constitutes a potential disadvantage of using latent heat for energy storage?
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Exotic insect pests can produce both short-and long-term effects on forest ecosystems. Short-term effects include the disturbances directly associated with the action of the pest, which may cause the defoliation, loss of vigor, or death of trees. Long-term effects are primarily mediated by changes in tree species composition and the consequent alterations of forest structure, productivity, and nutrient uptake. Exotic pests are more efficient than most abiotic disturbances (e.g., fire or wind) at producing long-term changes in species composition. Pests often target specific tree species and, if they become established, they usually remain as permanent components of the ecosystem. Shifts in forest species composition ramify through the ecosystem in many ways because tree species have different, often unique properties.
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The passage mentions which of the following as effects of exotic pests on forest ecosystems?
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The author of the passage mentions the "unique properties" of tree species primarily in order to help explain
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It can be inferred from the passage that an advantage of teak over mahogany is that teak is:
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