The movements of nutrients from the environment to organisms and then back to the environment is a(n) ____
a. energy-mass cycle
b. global cycle
c. solar-plant cycle
d. sedimentary cycle
e. biogeochemical cycle
ANSWER: e
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When the squid that contain luminescent bacterial symbionts hatch, they do NOT contain a bacterial symbiont. Symbiont transmission in this symbiosis is
A) vertical from parent to offspring. B) horizontal and involves specific selection of the symbiont from the environment. C) random and results in various different species being selected as the symbiont. D) mixed and results in multiple symbiont species colonizing the squid at once.
When blood glucose is low, alpha cells secrete
__________, which calls for glycogen breakdown and glucose release by the liver. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Plantar fasciitis is an inflammation of the fascia within the sole of the foot, resulting in foot and heel pain. What is a fascia?
A) a bundle of muscle cells that are enclosed in a connective tissue sheath B) a bundle of protein filaments (thick and thin) located within muscle cells C) the fibrous connective tissue sheath that surrounds the fascicles of the muscle D) a connective tissue structure that attaches one muscle to another muscle E) the area where the actin and myosin filaments overlap within a muscle cell
Corn belongs to the kingdom
(a). Plantae. (b). Animalia. (c). Fungi. (d). Protista. (e). Archaea.