At a conference, the speaker's grand finale was sautéing mealworms (insect larvae) in butter and serving them to the audience. They were crunchy (like popcorn hulls) because their exoskeletons contain the polysaccharide _____.
A. collagen
B. cellulose
C. linoleic acid
D. chitin
Ans: D. chitin
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A body of learned behavior that is socially transmitted among individuals and passed down from one generation to the next is known as ____
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.
A sexually reproducing animal that can produce both eggs and sperm and can switch from one sex to another is called
a____ hermaphrodite.
a. simultaneous b. sequential c. parthogenic d. gastrulated e. preferential
A phosphorus shortage in soil would make it difficult for plants to produce:
A. amylose B. cellulose C. DNA D. starch
Which of the following genetic changes would NOT be passed from parent to child?
a. a mutation in a skin cell b. the loss of a chromosome in a sperm cell c. the addition of a chromosome in an egg cell d. a translocation in a gamete