The organisms that occupy the first trophic level near hydrothermal vents are:
a. detritivores
b. chemoautotrophic bacteria
c. decomposers
d. photosynthetic bacteria
e. photosynthetic algae
b
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a. how much adenine binds with thymine rather than with cytosine. b. whether DNA is a double or a single helix. c. the variation in the backbone structure. d. how many different bases it contains. e. its sequence of DNA base-pairs
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A) an operon B) enhancers C) a signal transduction pathway D) transcription factors
Saliva contains the enzyme __________, which begins the process of starch digestion. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)
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A) production of saliva containing amylase B) digestion by symbiotic microorganisms C) avoidance of plants containing cellulose D) converting cellulose to other carbohydrates in the animal's own cells