Based on the function of mitochondria, what substance is able to pass through the outer membrane of the mitochondria easily?

A. oxygen
B. potassium ions
C. sugars
D. amino acids


Answer: A

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Which of the following will be true of the muscles of a bedridden person?

A. Calcium levels and ATP production will be lower than normal. B. Creatine kinase production will be lower than normal. C. ATP production will be lower than normal. D. Calcium levels and creatine kinase production will be lower than normal. E. ATP and creatine phosphate production will be lower than normal.

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When you are overheated, you perspire, and when you are too cold, you shiver to generate heat. Which property of life is best represented by this example?

What will be an ideal response?

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The term complex as used in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex:

a. means that the identification of the organ-ism is complex and is only performed in large reference laboratories. b. is used to describe two or more species whose distinction is complicated and of little or no medical importance. c. refers to a set of organisms that are genet-ically indistinguishable but are phenotyp-ically different. d. refers to different subtypes of the bacteria M. tuberculosis.

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Which theory of water transport states that hydrogen bonding allows water molecules to maintain a continuous fluid

column as water is pulled from roots to leaves?

a. pressure flow b. evaporation c. cohesion-tension d. abscission e. fusion

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