Places that have species found nowhere else and are under great threat of destruction are called biodiversity
___________, and these areas take priority in worldwide conservation efforts. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
ANSWER: hot spots
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Fluids should be processed for direct microscopic examination. If one organism is observed per oil immersion field, then at least _____ organisms per milliliter of specimen are present
a. 102 b. 103 c. 104 d. 105
The following are all main points of the article Seaweeds and Medicine, except:
a. Seaweeds have been used for thousands of years for therapeutic purposes. b. Vitamin C, iodine, and agar are substances found in seaweeds. c. Phycocolloids are used in the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries. d. It is extremely expensive to extract useful substances from seaweeds.
Cones
a. detect coarse perception of movement. b. detect very dim light. c. detect changes in light intensity across the visual field in dark places. d. contain disks packed with the visual pigment rhodopsin. e. detect bright light.
Which gland is the remnant of the "third eye"?
a. pineal b. pituitary c. thyroid d. parathyroid e. thymus