Because if you come across something surprising, it's best to know how and why that happened
Answer:
cess for GE crops conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Other evidence came from studies published by regulatory agencies in other countries or by companies, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and academic institutions. The committee also sought evidence from the public and from the speakers at its public meetings and webinars.1
The committee thinks that it is important to make clear that there are limits to what can be known about the health effects of any food, whether non-GE or GE. If the question asked is “Is it likely that eating this food today will make me sick tomorrow?” researchers have methods of getting quantitative answers. However, if the question is “Is it likely that eating
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1 The committee has compiled publicly available information on funding sources and first-author affiliation for the references cited in this chapter; the information is available at http://nas-sites.org/ge-crops/.
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Most likely to be true about a scientific theory: It is accepted by a large scientific community.
Answer:
(3) 4 cm' and 2.0 g/cm3
Explanation:
Given:
volume= V= 8 cm³
mass= m= 16 g
The density is the mass per volume of a substance, so the density of the rock is:
density= d= 16 g/8 cm³= 2 g/cm³
When we cut the rock in half, we have a half volume and a half mass:
V= 8 cm³/2= 4 cm³
m= 16 g/2= 8 g
But the density is not altered because it is an intrisic property - it does not change with the amount of subtance. Thus, the density of a half rock is:
d = m/V= 8 g/4 cm³= 2 g/cm³
