Match the following items with the correct phrases.
_______1. Diseases that are always present in a population are known as ____________________.
_______2. Diseases that are transmissible from person to person are known as
____________________.
_______3. Diseases that occur only occasionally in a particular population are known as ____________________.
_______4. Because large numbers of cases of AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis are presently occurring in many different countries, they are known as ____________________.
_______5. Diseases with unusually high numbers of cases that often occur in one particular geographic location are known as ____________________.
a. communicable diseases
b. endemic diseases
c. epidemic diseases
d. pandemic diseases
e. sporadic diseases
1. b. endemic diseases
2. a. communicable diseases
3. e. sporadic diseases
4. d. pandemic diseases
5. c. epidemic diseases
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Peptone
A. refers to a hydrolysate of carbohydrates used in growth media. B. refers to a hydrolysate of proteins used in growth media. C. consists of a water extract of beef. D. consists of a mix of monosaccharides and oligosaccharides. E. refers to a hydrolysate of proteins used in growth media AND consists of a water extract of beef.
All cells contain
A. cell walls made of cellulose. B. organelles for compartmentalization. C. ribosomes for protein synthesis. D. mitochondria to generate ATP. E. uracil in their DNA.
Who demonstrated that phage genetic material is DNA and not protein?
A. Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty B. Hershey and Chase C. Chargaff D. Franklin E. Watson and Crick
How are hormones distributed to tissues, and what determines which cells a hormone will affect?
What will be an ideal response?