Check all of the reasons that temperature is important for organisms.
_____ It affects the rate of biochemical reactions.
_____ It affects the fluidity and rigidity of plasma membranes.
_____ It has a direct effect on blood cell production.
__X__ It affects the rate of biochemical reactions.
_____ It affects the fluidity and rigidity of plasma membranes.
_____ It has a direct effect on blood cell production.
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Which is false regarding the two-component regulatory system in bacteria?
A. One part of the system is exposed to the external cellular environment while another part is exposed to the cytoplasm. B. The system involves a sensor kinase and a response regulator. C. The sensor kinase is phosphorylated by the response regulator when the extracellular environment changes. D. Regulation of OmpF and OmpC porin proteins in E. coli is modulated by this type of system.
Select the following phylum that includes animals that are unsegmented, acoelomate, and have a digestive cavity with a single opening.
A. Annelida B. Platyhelminthes C. Nematoda D. Cnidaria E. Rotifera
Amoebic dysentery is most commonly contracted through
A. contaminated blood products. B. direct transmission from one host to another. C. insect bites. D. puncture wounds. E. the fecal-oral route from contaminated food or water.
The likelihood of a nuclear attack on the United States is:
A) remote because other nations do not have the ability to deliver a nuclear weapon via missile or bomb. B) probable because the whereabouts of many small nuclear devices from the former Soviet Union is unknown. C) high because many other nations have developed nuclear weapons and are able to deliver them via a missile. D) impossible because no other nations have the resources or funding to build an effective nuclear weapon.