What is the purpose of the cristae of the inner membrane of mitochondria?

a. To store food
b. Tto transport waste
c. To metabolize lipids
d. To increase surface area
e. To break down nutrients


d

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a. dura mater. b. meninges. c. arachnoid. d. pia mater.

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The movement of organisms away from their place of origin, called ____, can produce a ____ distribution, in which

closely related species live in widely separated locations.

a. fragmentation; continuous b. vicariance; disjunct c. vicariance; continuous d. dispersal; disjunct e. dispersal; continuous

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You discover a fungus that is associated with plant roots, with hyphae that actually penetrate the root cells and

produces tree-like structures within the root cells. Into which group should you classify this fungus?

a. Glomeromycota b. Basidiomycota c. Chytridiomycota d. Zygomycota e. Ascomycota

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Which of the following organisms employs a

cell plate in cell division?

a. bears b. humans c. roses d. pigs e. more than one of these

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