Contamination with ________ is a concern because they are highly resistant to killing
A) archaea
B) endospores
C) pleomorphs
D) vegetative cells
E) vibrios
B
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Section: General Characteristics of Prokaryotic Organisms
Learning Outcome: 11.2
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A) organisms could not have originated by special creation B) organisms could go extinct C) the great flood or some other catastrophe caused the evolution of new species D) the Earth is old enough for evolution to have occurred
A rightward shift in the oxygen dissociation curve means that:
A. the affinity of hemoglobin for O2 has decreased. B. the hemoglobin protein has denatured. C. the pH of the blood has increased. D. the CO2 levels in the blood have decreased. E. less O2 is released by hemoglobin to the body cells.
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A) flipping phosphatidylserine to the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane. B) DNase fragmentation of DNA. C) bleb formation. D) rupture of the cell, releasing cytoplasmic contents. E) formation of apoptotic bodies.
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Earth's rotation. b. Earth's orbit. c. Earth's tilt on its axis. d. unequal thickness of the Earth's atmosphere. e. different layers of the Earth's atmosphere.