Snakes, frogs, squirrels, and humans are all classified as being homeothermic.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
Snakes and frogs are cold-blooded (poikilothermic) while squirrels and humans are warm-blooded (homeothermic).
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Actinomyces spp., Bifidobacterium spp., and Clostridium spp. can be described as:
a. aerotolerant organisms that can grow in the presence of either reduced or atmos-pheric oxygen but grow best under mi-croaerobic conditions. b. strictly anaerobic organisms that cannot grow in the presence of either reduced or atmospheric oxygen but grow only under anaerobic conditions. c. aerotolerant organisms that can grow in the presence of either reduced or atmos-pheric oxygen but grow best under anae-robic conditions. d. facultatively anaerobic organisms that grow in the presence or absence of at-mospheric oxygen.
You are performing an experiment to assay phosphorylation of a substrate by a protein kinase. Based on the data in the table below, what do these experimental results suggest?
A. GTP is not required for phosphorylation.
B. The substrate can undergo autophosphorylation.
C. The substrate is not required for phosphorylation.
D. The protein kinase is required for phosphorylation.
Which of the following is a sex-linked disorder?
A) Lesch—Nyhan syndrome B) Alkaptonuria C) Albinism D) Down syndrome E) Tay—Sachs disease
A bacterium that uses the oxidation of inorganic compounds to provide energy for manufacturing nutritious organic
compounds is a: a. parasite. b. pathogen. c. saprotroph. d. chemoautotroph. e. photoautotroph.