What are some of the ways flowers attract pollinators?
What will be an ideal response?
Plants often use colorful flowers. Floral shape, colors and color patterns attract animal pollinators. Odors are also important. Sweet smells attract butterflies, moths, and bats while the smell of dung or rotten meat attracts flies and beetles. Many flowers also supply rewards like nectar and pollen.
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Which of the following statements is true regarding fermentation?
A. It can be used as an alternative to photosynthesis. B. It requires oxygen. C. It results in the partial oxidation of C6H12O6. D. It releases more energy from C6H12O6 compared to cellular respiration. E. None of these statements about fermentation is correct.
Calcium is necessary to initiate muscle contraction. Which of the following molecules binds calcium?
A. myosin B. actin C. troponin D. tropomyosin
One way to kill a tree is to girdle it by cutting a groove a centimeter into the bark all around the trunk of the tree. The tree will typically survive that growing season, but will die over the winter. Why wouldn't girdling work on a large grass?
A. Monocots do not have vascular bundles. B. Eudicots do not have vascular bundles. C. Grasses have taproots. D. The vascular bundles are scattered throughout the ground tissue. E. The vascular bundles are in a ring just under the bark.
__________ fills spaces between cells. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)