All are true about a dehydration reaction EXCEPT which of the following?

A. Results in removal of a water molecule.
B. Essential for the breakdown of complex molecules to simple ones.
C. Essential to the formation of polymers.
D. Essential for the formation of glycogen from glucose monomers.
E. Essential for the formation of triglycerides (fat) from glycerol and fatty acids.


B. Essential for the breakdown of complex molecules to simple ones.

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When metapopulation theory is extended to examining interactions among species, it is termed

A) edge effect. B) island biogeography. C) metacommunity. D) matrix ecology.

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Herbivores are unable to synthesize about half of the 20 ________ that are required to make proteins

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Answer the following questions true (T) or false (F)

1. A microbe is either pathogenic or it is not. A microbe is either virulent or it is not. Both pathogenicity and virulence are all-or-nothing terms. 2. A microbe with a low ID50 does not necessarily cause severe disease. 3. A pathogen which uses a specific portal of entry will only be able to establish an infection in the system associated with that portal.

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