The upper respiratory tract usually has a considerable amount of resident microflora in a healthy adult

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


Answer: FALSE

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Methicillin is a medicine that inhibits cell wall production. Why does this make it a suitable antibiotic for eliminating bacterial infections in humans?

A. Human cells do not have cell walls. B. Human cells and bacterial cells are completely different, so methicillin does not affect human cells. C. All humans have a gene giving methicillin resistance. D. Human cells have a plasma membrane in addition to the cell wall that allows them to survive in the presence of methicillin. E. The cell wall of human cells is not sensitive to methicillin.

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The chemical and physical processes that are involved in energy and molecular transformations in living organisms are collectively termed ________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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A cell that has 36 chromosomes at the start of interphase will have __________ following the conclusion of mitosis in a eukaryote

(A) 18 replication chromosomes (B) 36 single-stranded chromosomes (C) 72 single-stranded chromosomes (D) 18 single-stranded chromosomes

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