The fly agaric, a giant toadstool, consumes dead organic material, so it is said to be a(n) ________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


decomposer

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In some instances environmental change causes a situation where one phenotype is favored for a period of time, and then a different phenotype is favored. This oscillating selection causes  

A.  the maintenance of genetic variation in the population. B.  an increase in point mutations. C.  elimination of rarer genotypes because of uneven selection. D.  extinction of the population. E.  high population increase to maintain phenotypic variation.

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Heat shock proteins are

A) only actively synthesized during conditions of intense heat. B) only observed in prokaryotic cells. C) molecular chaperones synthesized during times of cellular stress. D) unique to every organism. E) present only in certain organelles.

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Before a eukaryotic cell divides, ____ assemble, separate the cell's duplicated DNA molecules, and then disassemble

a. cilia b. flagella c. microtubules d. microfilaments e. intermediate filaments

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Pancreatic cells make insulin, which is a type of protein. These cells use ________ in order to synthesize insulin by the process of ________

A) oligosaccharides; hydrolysis B) nucleotides; condensation C) amino acids; dehydration synthesis D) fatty acids and glycerol; hydrolysis E) monosaccharides; dehydration synthesis

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