The pie chart below shows the costs for desalination. Why might middle eastern countries turn to desalination plants only as a last resort? plants have a lot of fixed costs during construction. Plants take a lot of electricity to operate. Plants need a lot of supplies and labor. Plants break down a lot and are hard to maintain.

Match the scsi standard to the definition that best describes it. 1. also called ultra scsi; has a transfer rate up to 30 mbps and 8-bit bus 2. transfer rate of 5 mbps and 8-bit bus 3. also called firewire; has a transfer rate up to 100 mbps and can connect up to 63 devices 4. consists of two protocols; fast scsi with speeds up to 10 mbps using an 8-bit bus and wide scsi, which uses 16- or 32-bit buses serial scsi scsi-2 scsi-3 scsi-1

What is likely to happen if a new aggregate demand curve moves to the right? prices and output would drop, and the equilibrium point will stay the same. prices would rise, and output would drop in the short run. prices and output would rise, and the equilibrium point will change. prices would rise, and output would drop in the long run.

Spider crabs live in the shallow regions of the ocean floor. algae tend to grow on the surface of spider crabs. the algae provide the crabs protection from predators by camouflaging them. the spider crabs give the algae shelter. what does this description suggest? 1. the algae are parasites of the spider crabs. 2. the algae and the spider crabs have a mutualistic relationship. 3. the spider crabs are commensals, and the algae are parasites. 4. the spider crabs benefit from the algae living on them. 5. the spider crabs are parasites of the algae.