One of the important reasons for maintaining biodiversity is to
A. prevent increased disease spread due to edge effects.
B. prevent introduction of invasive species.
C. prevent loss of habitats that can be logged or farmed at some future date.
D. prevent loss of habitat leading to edge effects.
E. maintain the genetic diversity of wild relatives of common crops.
Answer: E
You might also like to view...
The end product(s) of glycolysis is(are):
a. acetyl CoA b. carbon dioxide c. pyruvate d. glucose e. glucose and carbon dioxide
Which of the following statements about mitochondria is true?
a. all protists have mitochondria b. some protists are descended from early eukaryotes that never had mitochondria c. all living protists are descended from a common ancestor that had mitochondria d. some protists lost their mitochondria as an adaptation to a predatory lifestyle e. some protists lost their mitochondria as they became photosynthetic
The hindbrain includes the
a. thalamus. b. pineal gland. c. cerebellum. d. medulla. e. cerebellum and medulla.
How does inhibition of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction by a competitive inhibitor differ from inhibition by a noncompetitive inhibitor?
A) Competitive inhibitors interfere with the enzyme; noncompetitive inhibitors interfere with the reactants. B) Competitive inhibitors bind to the enzyme reversibly; noncompetitive inhibitors bind to it irreversibly. C) Competitive inhibitors change the enzyme's tertiary structure; noncompetitive inhibitors cause polypeptide subunits to dissociate. D) Competitive inhibitors bind to the active site of the enzyme; noncompetitive inhibitors bind to a different site.