Your professor brings in a soybean plant that he uprooted from nearby. Small growths on the roots are stained to show bacteria. Your professor explains the bacteria can "fix" nitrogen into a usable form for the plant. The growths are called

A. root hairs.
B. nodes.
C. sieve tubes.
D. nodules.
E. internodes.


D. nodules.

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The bacterial shape in Figure 11.2 is called (bacillus/vibrio/rod).

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Which of the following species is both a keystone species and a flagship species?

A. grizzly bear B. alligator C. dolphin D. beaver E. panda

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Starch, dextran, glycogen, and cellulose are polymers of

A) amino acids. B) glucose. C) fatty acids. D) nucleic acids. E) acids

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