Please match the term with its description.

Destruction or removal of vegetative pathogens (but not endospores) from inanimate surfaces

A) Sterilization
B) Disinfection
C) Antisepsis
D) Asepsis
E) Sanitization


B) Disinfection

Biology & Microbiology

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Which of the following is true of the life cycle of mosses?

A) The haploid generation grows on the sporophyte generation. B) Spores are primarily distributed by water currents. C) Antheridia and archegonia are produced by gametophytes. D) The sporophyte generation is dominant. E) The growing embryo gives rise to the gametophyte.

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At present there are _____ primary lineages called domains

1.1 2.2 3.3 4.4 5.5

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Why is the biodiversity of a tropical rainforest very high?

A) due to high temperatures found year-round B) due to the low amount of solar irradiance C) due to the high amount of solar irradiance D) due to the high levels of nutrients in the soil

Biology & Microbiology

The condition in which walls of the alveoli break down, thereby creating fewer and larger chambers, is called ________

A) TB B) bronchitis C) influenza D) emphysema

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