Enviromental microbiome summary

What will be an ideal response?


•Temperature, pH, osmolarity, oxygen, and pressure are major selective forces on microbes
•Extremophiles have physical and biochemical adaptations to accommodate environmental stresses

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Fatty acids can be broken down into two carbon units that can enter which of the following?

a. glycolysis b. pyruvate oxidation c. the citric acid cycle d. oxidative phosphorylation

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The accompanying figure represents ____

a. cloning with a stem cell b. somatic cell nuclear transfer c. genetic manipulation of a single gene d. microsurgical manipulation of a chromosome e. embryonic cloning

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Which tissue is in direct contact with the external environment of an animal?

A) Epithelial B) Connective C) Nerve D) Endothelial E) Muscle

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A terrestrial animal species is discovered with the following larval characteristics: exoskeleton, system of tubes for gas exchange, and modified segmentation

A knowledgeable zoologist should predict that the adults of this species would also feature _____. A) eight legs B) two pairs of antennae C) a sessile lifestyle D) an open circulatory system

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