Correct Answer: D) ?550,000

Correct Answer: C. carbon(II)oxide

Correct Answer: C. behavioural patterns

Correct Answer: B. like a theif in the night

Correct Answer: D. horn size

Correct Answer: C) Hardwoods and softwoods

Correct Answer: B. organizing

Explanation

(a) A tax is a compulsory levy imposed by the government or its agency on incomes and properties of individuals and firms, and on goods and services.

(b) Difference between tax evasion and tax avoidance

- Tax evasion refers to any illegal means adopted by a tax payer not to pay tax at all or to pay less tax through false declaration of income or completely dodging tax payments. Tax evasion is illegal and is a criminal offense.

- Tax avoidance on the other hand is a method a taxpayer adopts by exploiting the loopholes or weaknesses in the tax laws in order not to pay tax or pay less tax.

Tax avoidance is legal.

(c) Benefits of tariff;

(i) Tariffs provide government with revenue through the imposition of import and export duties.

(ii) Tariffs can be used to reduce the importation and consumption of harmful, non-essential or luxurious goods.

(iii) Tariffs can be used to correct a deficit in the balance of payments account. Imposition of duties on imports may reduce payments on imports thereby, reducing the balance of payments deficit.

(iv) Tariffs are used to protect infant industries from competition from foreign companies.

(v) Tariffs are used to prevent dumping of goods in a local market. This will raise prices of goods sold cheaply below their cost of production in the local market by foreigners.

(vi) Tariffs are used to protect jobs or prevent unemployment which may arise from unrestricted importation.

(vii) Tariffs are also used to stimulate investment in the local economy. Protection of local firms will encourage foreigners to invest in the local economy.

(viii) Tariffs can be used as a retaliatory measure against unfriendly acts of other countries.

Correct Answer: B) Food web

Explanation

In Biology, an ecosystem is a community of organisms interacting with their physical environment. An important aspect of any ecosystem is how organisms obtain their food. The feeding pattern in an ecosystem is called the food web. A food web is a diagram that shows how different organisms in an ecosystem are connected through feeding relationships. Option A is incorrect because the pyramid of energy is a graphical representation of the amount of energy that flows through different levels of an ecosystem. Option C, the food chain, is a linear sequence of organisms through which food and energy pass in an ecosystem. Option D, the pyramid of members, is not a recognized term in Biology. Option E, ecology, is the study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment, including their feeding patterns. Therefore, the correct answer to this question is Option B, food web, which is a diagram that shows how different organisms in an ecosystem are connected through feeding relationships.

Correct Answer: D. X (g) → X⁺ (g) +e^-