It can be inferred from the passage that the females of all phocid species differ from the females of all otariid species in that the female phocids
The primary purpose of the passage is to
According to the passage, until recently zoologists believed which of the following about all phocid mothers?
The author of the passage mentions ringed seals most probably in order to
According to some botanists, invasive plants are the second most serious threat, after habitat loss, to native species of plants and animals and to the maintenance of biologically diverse ecosystems.
The relative prosperity of the first years of the twentieth century came to a halt in 1907 when drains on the money supply, revealing a weak national financial infrastructure of banking and credit, it precipitated an economic crisis that lasted nearly a year.
The most vexing problem faced by researchers exploring wind-powered generation of electricity is achieving a constant flow of power from an unpredictable natural source that meets demand, but so the flow does not overload electrical grids with sudden voltage increases.