(d) A conservation group with a long-term goal of preserving species believes that all at-risk species will disappear whenever land inhabited by those species is developed. It has an opportunity to purchase land in an area about to be developed. The group has a choice of creating one large nature preserve with an area of 45 square kilometers and containing 70 at-risk species, or 5 small nature preserves, each with an area of 3 square kilometers and each containing 16 at-risk species unique to that preserve. Which choice would you recommend and why

each with an area of 3 square kilometers and each containing 16 at-risk species unique to that preserve

Explanation:

I choose third choice of having each with an area of 3 square kilometers and each containing 16 at-risk species unique to that preserve because allocation of separate preserve provides good space and less competition in that preserve. Less number of at risk species in a large surrounding area increase in population with higher rate due to availability of resources such as habitat, food and water in large amount as well as low competitors for these resources.

hydroxyl -oh

alcohols, always polar, can form hydrogen bonds with h2o molecules

carboxyl -cooh  

cargoxylic acids, has acidic properties which is a source of hydrogen ions, found in cells in ionized for with a charge of oh-1

carbonyl > co

ketone if within skeleton, aldehyde if group is at the end of skeleton, k & a may be structural isomers, it determines 2 sugars (ketose & aldose)

amino -nh2

amines, acts as a base, it can pick up h+ ions from surrounding solution, ionized with charge of 1+

methyl ch2

addition to rna/dna affects and gene expression

phosphate -opo3 ²⁻

organic phosphates, contributes to negative charge to, molecule that it is a part of, and potential to react with h20

sulfhydryl -sh

thiols, cross-linking stabilize the protein, and it is structure