Organisms that are used to decontaminate soils ____
a. cannot store pollutants in their tissues
b. cannot release pollutants into the air
c. do not degrade pollutants
d. typically die from the pollutants
e. release pollutants into the air and/or degrade the pollutants
ANSWER: e
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a. reduces salivary secretions in the mouth b. stops contractions of the stomach c. slows peristalsis in the intestine d. prevents bile secretion by the liver
Another name for brucellosis is ________ fever
A) blackwater B) yellow C) snail D) rabbit E) undulant