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Current Assets Financial Statements Analysis: Using The Boeing Company Annual Report and answer the following questions: What is the name of the outside auditing firm for The Boeing Company? How long after The Boeing Company’s year-end did the auditor’s issue their opinion? Who bears primary responsibility for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting? […]

E-Z Loan Company makes loans to high-risk borrowers. E-Z borrows from its banks and then lends money to people with bad credit. The bank requires E-Z Loan to submit quarterly financial statements in order to keep its line of credit. E-Z’s main asset is Notes Receivable. Therefore, Uncollectible Note Expense […]

Are correlations between modern animal behavior & metabolism reliable as evidence of dinosaur metabolism? 1. Return to the website ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/endothermy & review hypotheses 5, 6 & 7. 2. What is the problem with using correlations between the modern geographic distribution of animals & metabolism as evidence of dinosaur metabolism? Your […]

How strong is the evidence of metabolism from the dinosaur fossils themselves? 1. Review the following topics in your textbook: “relative brain size” (202-3), “feeding adaptations” (203-4), “bone microstructure” (204-6) & “body size” (211-12). Now launch an internet search of the phrase “dinosaur brain size & metabolism”. Launch additional searches […]

What is good science? 1. Go to the website ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/buzz/dinoscience. Review the discussion “What is Good Science?”. 2. What is the difference between an opinion & a scientific fact? 3. What is a falsifiable scientific hypothesis? 4. Visit the webpage ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/extincthypo. Review “The Invalid Hypotheses”. Your textbook presents many similar […]

Can scientists prove what caused dinosaur extinction? 1. Review the webpage entitled “The Great Mystery” at ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/extinction. Then search the term “Hell Creek Formation” & pay a virtual visit to the best fossil record of dinosaur extinction. List your favorite virtual visit website(s). 2. Why are even the best fossil […]