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Background - The photosynthetic reaction and its reverse reaction, respiration, demonstrate how closely linked oxygen-breathing animals are to CO2-breathing plants. In fact, the respiration reaction shows that plants "respire" (that is, take in O2 similarly to humans) once the sun goes down. This mechanism helps explain large "fish kills" that can happen overnight in freshwater lakes adjacent to farmland that is heavily fertilized. Scenario - You are a forest ranger in Lake Winnipissaukee National Park, which is surrounded by farmland. You wake up one morning to find the park's lake covered with dead fish floating at the surface. You recently measured a high concentration of NO3, a nutrient that can spur plant growth, and you suspect that this is linked to the fish kill. Your Task: Explain how the nutrients draining into the lake from the fertilized farmland began a cycle of rapid plant growth that eventually led to the deaths of all the fish. .
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Some of the strangest creatures on Earth live on the ocean. The seafloor is an eerie world that time forgot.Tall chimneys erupt hot, mineral-rich water that supports a variety of unusual organisms in the cold, dark abyss.These unusual organisms have no counterparts anywhere else in the sea.
Today, the world ocean is home both to the largest animal that has ever lived (wanna guess what it is?) and to many of Earth’s smallest organisms. Cyanobacteria, a blue-green algae, grow in the surface waters. Several hundred could fit comfortably on the point of a needle. Marine biologists estimate that there are at least nine million species of unicelluar organims, plants, and animals living in the oceans. As of now they have identified only about 1,000,000 of them.
Objectives
Assess and analyze the characteristics of marine lifestyles (planktonic, nektonic, benthic, interstitial), marine communities, and their biota.
Assess marine environmental zones and list characteristics of each zone.
Investigate the relationship between productivity, net productivity and respiration.
Explore the physical factors that control the distribution of marine life.
The Captain's Orders
The oceans may be divided into large biomes, or living regions (Figure 1). These zones are based on the distribution of marine organisms. The two major environments are the pelagic, which consists of the water column, and the benthic, which comprises the ocean bottom. The organisms that live in these zones can be classified in terms of the habitat they occupy.
Figure 1.
Classification of life zones in the oceans.
The factors that affect primary productivity are (1) the availability of light, (2) the availability of nutrients and (3) the rate of grazing by primary consumers (herbivores).
Figure 2.
Seasonal variations in nutrient elements, plankton biomass and light for a mid-latitude oceanic region
Questions
Answer the following questions in terms of physical and/or chemical factors that might explain, or partially explain, various divisions in the Figure 1 classification.
The division between the epipelagic and mesopelagic zones.
The division between the mesopelagic and bathypelagic zones. This boundary is about 1000 meters deep, and it is a level at which many physical and chemical changes occur.
The division between the supralittoral (above high tide) and littoral zones.
The division below the sublittoral zone.
Why is there no boundary at about 1000 meters in the benthic environment but a significant one at about the same depth in the pelagic environment? Think of what the main control on the benthic organisms might be that the pelagic organisms would not have to contend with, and vice versa.
Answer the following questions using Figure 2.
Why do the dissolved nutrients drop in the spring?
Why does the spring phytoplankton bloom start in the spring and die out in the early summer?
Why is there a difference in the steepness of the zooplankton biomas.
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This document summarizes a passage about the history and current state of water quality in the Penobscot River in Maine. It discusses how the river was heavily polluted 50 years ago but has since greatly improved due to the Clean Water Act of 1972. It is now rated Class B and supports many uses, though some legacy pollution remains. The river is monitored ongoingly to protect water quality.
Ecosystem and The Flow of Energy in an Ecosytem
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Dan Bower's Phosphate Thesis
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CBSE Class IX Chemistry Natural resources
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Bluestone Company had three intangible assets at the end of 2014 (end of the accounting year):
a.
A patent purchased from Miller Co. on January 1, 2014, for a cash cost of $4,000. When purchased, the patent had an estimated life of ten years.
b.
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BIOLOGY 103 Spring 2015
FINAL EXAMINATION
Please copy and paste the final examination into a Word file. Complete it in this form (do not make any structural changes!) and submit it as an attachment into your
Assignment Folder.
Do not forget to put your name on top of the exam!
The absolute deadline for submission is
Sunday, March 8, NOON
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YOUR NAME:
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the correct answer (1point each=50 points)
1. In October of 2003, a raging wildfire swept through the mountain ecosystems in Southern California, burning everything in its path to the ground and driving away all of the animals. In order for the mountain ecosystem to establish itself, which member of the food web has to return first?
Deer
Coyotes
Snake
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Glacial mass
Sunlight
The season
Time
3. How many dependent variables can be tested during any single experiment?
4
3
2
1
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Any group of rabbits
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A group of female rabbits, three weeks old, not given the medication
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The
Discussion
analyzes data, whereas the
Results
analyzes the procedure.
The
Discussion
analyzes data, whereas the
Results
displays data.
The
Discussion
displays data, whereas the
Results
analyzes the Discussion.
The
Discussion
displays the procedure, whereas the
Results
analyzes the data.
6. What characteristic of carbon makes it a good backbone for creating diverse and durable molecules?
Carbon is a large atom
Carbon forms four covalent bonds
Carbon forms hydrogen bonds
All of the above
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Converting glucose to carbon dioxide and water (cellular respiration)
Making starch from many glucose monomers
Photosynthesis, which builds glucose from carbon dioxide using energy from light
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Crossing-over
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A mitosis error
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9. What subatomic particles are found in the nucleus?
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Neutrons
Protons and neutrons
Protons and electrons
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2
0, NaCl, CO
2
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Biology 110 Online Evolution lab
Student Directions:
1.
Go to
http://www.sasinschool.com/login
2.
In the Quick Launch box (will have QL# inside) on the upper right corner of the screen, enter: 4
3.
When prompted by the popup enter the username: located5questions (it’s weird, but no password is needed with this login).
If you have pop-ups blocked you will have to allow pop-ups from SAS Curriculum (when I work in Chrome, a little red x appears at the end of the URL address box—I click on the x and am allowed the option of “always allow pop-ups from SAS Curriculum…). The program
requires Java
and maybe additional add-ons. Be sure to “allow” these in order to get the simulation to run.
4.
Clicking on the “Getting Started” tab will provide the information provided below. Be sure to read through this information prior to beginning.
5.
Clicking on the “data and observations” tab will provide the same information that I’ve included below. No need to print again. You will need to follow the directions and answer these questions as you go through the simulation.
6.
Clicking on the “analysis and conclusions” will also provide the same information as I’ve provided below after the “data and observations section”.
Type your answers in as you proceed through this section.
7.
Ready to begin? Read the “About the Topic” section and proceed through the rest of the lab. Once you have completed each section, don’t forget to save the document with your name in the file name. Submit on Moodle!
About the Topic
Sources Of Genetic Variability
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mutations
that produce different
alleles
, and 2. sexual reproduction, in which alleles from parents segregate and recombine in offspring.
Evolution
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macroevolution
(the grand scale), and
microevolution
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Populations Evolve, Not Individuals
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population
that may change over time. Some individuals have
genotypes
that are preferentially suited for survival. These individuals tend to produce more offspring. Thus, a larger proportion of their alleles is passed down to succeeding generations. Over time, the proportion of "good" alleles within the population increases and the "less good" alleles decrease. (
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:
a)
Overview
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can copy and paste the table, but you must use an in-text citation
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b)
Species
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copy and paste the table, but you must use an in-text citation)
c)
Threats
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evidence
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d)
Projects
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who
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doing
what
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cost
(dollars) with
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2) Your research results with
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Goals:
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2. Stimulate critical thinking and curiosity.
3. Being able to carry out bibliographical research.
4. Being able to write in a clear and precise way ideas and scientific information.
What the term project will consist of?
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4. Bibliography (at least three scientific articles).
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4. Does your paper have a sound conclusion? (20 pts.)
5. Did you use and cite in the proper way scientific articles? Did you attend the three library workshops? (15 pts.)
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**The paper is due on December 3rd**
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here
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Write the conclusions you have drawn from research and your opinion in 1–2 paragraphs.
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a.
birthday and birthplace
education
family data
important events in her life
important influences in her life
historical contributions that she made or is making
awards or achievements
books, publications… by her
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(See also Guide in Textbook, pgs. 640-655 or
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/
)
(A Complete MLA Format Essay can be viewed at
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)
I IN-TEXT CITATIONS:
References in a paragraph to the source material from which research data is taken.
*In-Text citations can be in the midst of a sentence itself, or in a parenthetical reference at the end of the
sentence.
* In-text citations consist of the author’s last name (if available); if not--use
title (if available); if not—use
website from which the source is taken [in this order].
*If in-text citation lists title or website, short form should be used in in-text citation; and complete form in
Works Cited.
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II.
WORKS CITED LIST:
A complete list of all source actually USED in the essay.
*Includes complete bibliographical information for each source
* Sources are listed in alphabetical order
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you
looked at the source.
*Do not number your Works Cited List
III. NOTES
1. ALL OF THESE
MUST
BE DOCUMENTED IN MLA FORMAT:
*
Direct Quotes
: exact words from the original source
--in quotation marks or a long quote format
*
Paraphrases
: ideas taken from the original source, but the wording
is changed—no quotation marks.
*
Summaries:
Shortened version of original, but the wording is changed—no quotation marks
2. In a paragraph, the parenthetical reference goes at the end of the sentence BEFORE the period.
3.
LONG QUOTES
: (Exact words of the original author—which last more than lines.
Special rules
:
a) indent
10 spaces;
b) left justify; c) no quote marks; d) the parenthetical reference comes AFTER the period at the end of the long
quote.
SEE FOLLOWING PAGES FOR EXAMPLES
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WORKS CITED
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Biology 110 Online Evolution lab
Student Directions:
1.
Go to
http://www.sasinschool.com/login
2.
In the Quick Launch box (will have QL# inside) on the upper right corner of the screen, enter: 4
3.
When prompted by the popup enter the username: located5questions (it’s weird, but no password is needed with this login).
If you have pop-ups blocked you will have to allow pop-ups from SAS Curriculum (when I work in Chrome, a little red x appears at the end of the URL address box—I click on the x and am allowed the option of “always allow pop-ups from SAS Curriculum…). The program
requires Java
and maybe additional add-ons. Be sure to “allow” these in order to get the simulation to run.
4.
Clicking on the “Getting Started” tab will provide the information provided below. Be sure to read through this information prior to beginning.
5.
Clicking on the “data and observations” tab will provide the same information that I’ve included below. No need to print again. You will need to follow the directions and answer these questions as you go through the simulation.
6.
Clicking on the “analysis and conclusions” will also provide the same information as I’ve provided below after the “data and observations section”. Type your answers in as you proceed through this section.
7.
Ready to begin? Read the “About the Topic” section and proceed through the rest of the lab. Once you have completed each section, don’t forget to save the document with your name in the file name. Submit on Moodle!
About the Topic
Sources Of Genetic Variability
Genetic variations provide the raw material for
evolution
. These variations come from two sources:1.
mutations
that produce different
alleles
, and 2. sexual reproduction, in which alleles from parents segregate and recombine in offspring.
Evolution
Biological evolution involves genetic changes in a group of organisms. These changes occur on two levels:
macroevolution
(the grand scale), and
microevolution
(the small scale). On the "macro" scale of evolution, different species arise, live for a while, and then pass into extinction as new species arise to replace them (over thousands or millions of years). Microevolution involves small-scale changes within a single species. This occurs as populations respond to their own unique circumstances over a period of a few generations. Given enough time, microevolution can lead to macroevolution.
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population
that may change over time. Some individuals have
genotypes
that are preferentially suited for survival. These individuals tend to produce more offspring. Thus, a larger proportion of their alleles is passed down to succeeding generations. Over time, the pr.
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Rationale for the Biblical Worldview Essay
Every person has a worldview whether he realizes it or not. What is a worldview? James W. Sire defines a worldview as:
[A] commitment, a fundamental orientation of the heart, that can be expressed as a story or in a set of presuppositions (assumptions which may be true, partially true or entirely false) that we hold (consciously or subconsciously, consistently or inconsistently) about the basic constitution of reality, and that provides the foundation on which we live and move and have our being.
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Stated more succinctly, "…[A] worldview is simply the total set of beliefs that a person has about the biggest questions in life." F. Leroy Forlines describes such questions as the "inescapable questions of life." Life's inescapable questions include the following: "Is there a God? If so, what is He like? How can I know Him? Who am I? Where am I? How can I tell right from wrong? Is there life after death? What should I and what can I do about guilt? How can I deal with my inner pain?" Life's biggest, inescapable questions relate to whether there is a God, human origins, identity, purpose, and the hereafter, just to mention a few.
Satisfying answers to the "inescapable questions of life" are provided by the Holy Scriptures. The Holy Scriptures, consisting of the Old and New Testaments, form the starting point and foundation for the biblical worldview. More specifically related to our purposes, the apostle Paul reflects several components of the biblical worldview in his letter to the Romans.
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Board Governance & Volunteer Management
APA Format 1-3 pages Friday by 10pm New York Time 2-3 References
Even when volunteers come to an organization with a name that is recognized, community connections, and years of professional expertise and experience, they still require an understanding of the background, purpose, and procedures of the specific organization to which they plan to dedicate their time. Volunteer orientation serves this purpose. Volunteer training goes further. Training introduces and teaches the specific skills and expertise needed to carry out the volunteers’ roles.
Post by Friday 10pm New York Time:
a brief description of your Final Project organization
www.saveoursons.webs.com
Then describe two benefits of nongoverning volunteer orientation, and two benefits of nongoverning volunteer training, specific to the organization you selected. Use examples that illustrate why orientation and training are essential to the volunteer program at your organization.
Web Sites
Penner, M. (2002).
Volunteer Placement, Orientation and Training
. Retrieved October 23, 2009, from
https://charityvillage.com/Content.aspx?topic=volunteer_placement_orientation_and_training&last=164
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Bernard Madoff, a once highly regarded member of the Wall Street community, recently pleaded guilty of running a $50 billion ponzi scheme. Research the driving forces behind his seemingly unethical behavior and discuss your findings. How did favoritism and bounded ethicality come into play in this case?
Tenbrunsel, A. (2011, January 17). Notre Dame Magazine. Retrieved March 5, 2015, from http://magazine.nd.edu/news/18097-ethics-now-when-the-worst-is-done-intended-or-not/
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Benefits of a Diverse WorkforceCommunication is of utmost import.docx
Benefits of a Diverse Workforce
Communication is of utmost importance in diverse teams. How a manager approaches a situation can determine the future direction of teamwork and ultimately the level of success achieved. When communicating with diverse teams, whether verbally, via e-mail, or in writing, managers need to consider the potential reactions as well as the intention of the message.
and the discussion of possible HR actions. Based on the review, develop a FEW page memo to the project teams addressing the following:
Remind both managers and employees of the benefits of a culturally diverse workgroup.
Make recommendations on how to avoid scheduling issues due to the religious observance.
Explain how you arrived at your decision using relevant academic references.
Justify your suggestions by using empirical evidence and reference to any applicable laws.
Apply APA standards to citation of sources.
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Benchmark - Evidence-Based Practice Project—Paper on Diabetes .docx
Benchmark - Evidence-Based Practice Project—Paper on Diabetes
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30.0 %Research or Evidence-Based Article Identified. Article Focuses on a Specific Diabetic Intervention or New Diagnostic Tool.
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Research or evidence-based article identified that focuses on a specific diabetic intervention or diagnostic tool in general.
Research or evidence-based article identified that focuses on a specific diabetic intervention and a diagnostic tool.
Research or evidence-based article identified that focuses on a specific diabetic intervention or diagnostic tool in a comprehensive manner, allowing all criteria of assignment to be fully addressed.
50.0 %Summary of Article Includes the Following Content: Discussion of Research Performed Clinical Findings, and Significance to Nursing Practice.
Content is incomplete or omits most of the requirements stated in the assignment criteria. Does not demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles. Does not demonstrate critical thinking and analysis of the overall program subject.
Content is incomplete or omits some requirements stated in the assignment criteria. Demonstrates shallow understanding of the basic principles only a surface level of evaluation is offered, methods are described but flawed or unrealistic and strategies are discussed, but incomplete.
Content is complete, but somewhat inaccurate and/or irrelevant. Demonstrates adequate understanding of the basic principles. Reasonable but limited inferences and conclusions are drawn but lack development. Supporting research is inadequate in relevance, quality, and/or currentness.
Content is comprehensive and accurate, and definitions are clearly stated. Sections form a cohesive logical and justified whole. Shows careful planning and attention to details and illuminates relationships. Research is adequate, current, and relevant, and addresses all of the issues stated in the assignment criteria.
Content is comprehensive. Presents ideas and information beyond that presented through the course, and substantiates their validity through solid, academic research where appropriate. Research is thorough, current, and relevant, and addresses all of the issues stated in assignment criteria. Final paper exhibits the process of creative thinking and development of proposal. Applies framework of knowledge, practice and sound research. Shows careful planning and attention to how disparate elements fit together.
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Below I attached the instructions and requirements for this paper..docx
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It would have to be written with the idea of working in a long term care facility during clinicals.
APA format and references, citations, and plagerism will be double checked.
All requirements are in the attachment below.
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Below is 4 questions that I need answered. I usually just get other .docx
Below is 4 questions that I need answered. I usually just get other peoples responses and take bits and pieces of every one to create mine. If you could please do the same and make my discussion question answers touch every important detail that my fellow students have also touched on. Please make my disscussion answers original not following the same answering format as my fellow students. I dont want my teacher to know that All I do is take bits and pieces of others post to create my own
*Explain what motivation is and why managers need to be concerned about it.
*Explain what leadership is, when leaders are effective and ineffective, and the sources of power that enable managers to be effective leaders.
*Explain how different elements of group dynamics influence the functioning and effectiveness of groups and teams.
*Explain why strategic human resource management can help an organization gain a competitive advantage.
Below is all of these questions answered by different classmates in my class. Please use their answers as a base to formulate your own...
Motivation is the psychological forces that determine the direction of a person’s behavior in an organization, a person level of effort and a person level of persistence in the face of obstacles. Managers should be concerned with motivation because it explains why people behave the way they do. It can explain why a waiter is mean or nice, or why the customer service representative you are dealing with is helpful and understanding or rude and unhelpful.
Leadership is the process by which a person exerts influence over other people and inspires, motivates, and directs their activities, to help achieve group or organizational goal. Leaders are affective when they can unite a group to achieve a common goal. There are five types of power that a leader must balance. Legitimate power: the authority that a manager has by virtue of their position in an organizations hierarch. Reward power: the ability of a manager to give or withhold tangible and intangible rewards. Coercive power: the ability of a manager to punish others. Expert power: power that is based on the special knowledge, skills, and expertise that a leader possesses. Referent power: power that comes from subordinates’ and coworkers’ respect, admiration, and loyalty.
There are five key elements of group dynamics. Group size: the number of members in a group can be an important determinant of members’ motivation, commitment and group performance. Group roles: a set of behaviors and task that a member of a group is expected to perform because of his or her position in the group. Group leadership: leadership is a key ingredient for high- performing groups, teams, and organizations. Group development over time: it sometimes takes a self-managed team two or three years to perform up to it true capabilities. Group norms: shared guidelines or rules for behavior that most group member follow. Group cohesivenes.
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