Laboratory fermentation tests often include a pH indicator because many bacteria produce (O2/bases/acids) as they ferment carbohydrates.

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


acids

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Recent research has demonstrated a correlation between the presence of certain types of Gram-positive bacteria in the human gut with obesity and type 2 diabetes.  These findings best support which of the following statements?

A. The presence of Gram-positive bacteria in the human gut causes obesity and type 2 diabetes. B. Gram-positive bacteria compose the majority of normal microbiota in the human gut of people with obesity and type 2 diabetes. C. Obesity and type 2 diabetes is caused by normal microbiota in the human gut. D. Normal microbiota may significantly impact human health and disease. 

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The pH of your stomach is between 1 and 3. Use your knowledge of polar and nonpolar substances to explain why

the acids in your stomach do not alter the pH of your blood.

What will be an ideal response?

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For natural selection to be operating in a population, one of the things that must be present is a particular trait that must be capable of being passed on from parents to offspring. Another word for this is:

a) recessive. b) inheritable. c) mutable. d) varying. e) migrating.

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