Drugs used to treat AIDS and herpes virus infections are synthetic versions of compounds found in ____
a. sea anemones
b. sponges
c. roundworms
d. cnidarians
e. planaria
ANSWER: b
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A. silicon B. hydrogen C. oxygen D. carbon E. nitrogen
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a. science. b. optics. c. hypothesis. d. critical thinking. e. visualization.
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A) They appear to have a cell wall. B) They lack a nucleus. C) They are oblong in shape. D) They form a colony.
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