The impacts of the microbial types that inhabit cross-sections of water sediment are vast. Consider that sediments deep beneath water surfaces are home to perhaps ________ of the world's bacterial and archaeal biomass.

A. 50%
B. 10%
C. 20%
D. 95%


Answer: A

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You look into a powerful microscope and see a

single-celled organism that is very small, has a cell wall, and no nucleus. You conclude that this organism belongs to the domain,

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The binding signal recognition particle to the nascent peptide______ protein synthesis

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Gravitropism is defined as

A. growth in response to the force of gravity. B. gravity's pull on certain plant organs. C. any response to gravity that changes cell structures. D. growth in response to the Earth's magnetic field. E. growth mostly away from gravity.

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