You find a moldy orange in your produce bin in your kitchen cupboard. What characteristics of this environment
(consider both the orange and your kitchen) contributed to the growth of this mold? Why could a plant not have grown in
this cupboard? What will be an ideal response?
Concepts to Consider: Warm temperature (although molds may still grow on refrigerated
foods); moisture provided by the orange; readily available nutrition; no need for light in
fungi.
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To which of the following groups does the
organism in the above figure belong? a. diplomonads, parabasalids, trypanosomes, and euglenoids b. ciliates, dinoflagellates, and apicomplexans c. water molds, diatoms, and brown algae d. chlorophyte and charophyte algae e. amoebas and slime molds
An infectious agent already existing on or in the body is called ________.
A. exogenous B. axenic C. endogenous D. an exotoxin E. an enterotoxin
A cell can only respond to signals from other cells, not from the physical environment.
a. true b. false
Chronic use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs would MOST likely result in:
A) diverticulitis. B) esophageal varices. C) acute gastroenteritis. D) peptic ulcer disease.