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1
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What are microbes

A

very small organisms.

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how long have people been making fermented beverges

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since 7000BC

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what did neolithic Chinese make fermented beverages out of

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rice, honey and fruit

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what is microbial fermentation

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a process that uses bacteria, mold or yeast to convert sugars to alcohol gases and organic acids

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who is otzi the iceman

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a 5300 year old mummy found frozen in the otzal alps

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what was otzi infected with

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trichuris trichiura and Lyme disease

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how did otzi treat his wounds

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woody fruit and tattoos made of cuts filled with herbs that were burnt

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what did the greeks attribute disease to

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bad air

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what is Hippocrates considered

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the father of western medicine

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what did Hippocrates posit

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diseases had natural causes from within patients or their environments

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what is Thucydides considered

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the father of scientific history because he advocated for evidence based analysis of cause and effect reasoning

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what is Thucydides most important contribution

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survivors of the Athens plague did not get re-infected suggesting immunity

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what did Marcus terentius varrow purpose

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things we cannot see cause disease

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what did Abu bake al-razi develop

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a range of experimental methods to test aspects of medicine

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what did al-razi distinguish

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measles and small pocks

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what did Antonio van Leeuwenhoek develop

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a microscope lens powerful enough to observe singe celled organisms in a drop of rain water.

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what was Leeuwenhoek looking at in the drop of water

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bacteria and protists

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what did Pasteur show

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that individual microbial stains had unique properties and demonstrated that fermentation is caused by microorganisms

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what did pasteur invent

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pasteurization and vaccines for rabies,

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what is pasteurization

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a process used to kill microorganisms responsible for spoillage

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what did koch demonstrait

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the connection between a single isolated microbe and human disease such as anthrax, cholera and tuberculosis

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What is taxonomy

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the classification, description, identification and naming of living organisms

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who is the most famous early taxonomist

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carolus linnaeus

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how did Linnaeus divide the natural world

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animal, plant and mineral kingdoms

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what are phylogenies related they

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taxonomies that take into account evolutionary relationships.

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how are phylogenetic trees arranged

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by how closely related they are thought to be.

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what does modern taxonomy rely on

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comparing dna or rna or proteins from different organisms

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28
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what is binomial nomenclature

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a two-word naming system for identifying organisms by genus and specific epithet

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29
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how is binomial nomenclature written

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italicized with the genus being capitalized

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30
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how big must a organism be to be seen without a microscope

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100 micrometers

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31
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how big is an atom

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1nm

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32
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how big is a fullerene molecule

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1nm

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33
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how big is a protein

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10nm

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34
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how big is a flu virus

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100nm

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35
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how big are plant and animal cells

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10-100um

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35
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how big is bacteria and mitochondria

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1um

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36
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how big is a frog egg

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1mm

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37
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what size requires a light microscope (double check this)

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100nm to 100um

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38
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what size requires an electron microscope

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1nm to 1um

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39
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what does it mean to be a prokaryote

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cells lack a nucleus

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40
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what are eukaryotes

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cells have a nucleus

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41
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what domains are prokaryotes

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archaea and bacteria

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42
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what does it mean to be a pathogen

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causes disease in humans and other animals

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43
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what do most bacteria cell walls contain

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peptidoglycan

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44
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what are common shapes of bacteria

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coccus
bacillus
vibrio
coccobacillus
spirillum
spirochete

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45
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what is archaea cell wall composed of

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pseudopeptidoglycan

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46
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are archaea ever human pathogens

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no

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47
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what are some eukaryotic microorganisms

A

protist
fungi
helminths
plants
animals

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48
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what are protists

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informal group of eukaryotes that are not plants animals or fungi

49
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Describe algae

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mostly made of protist that can be either unicellular or multicellular

50
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what are algal protist cell walls made of

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cellulose

51
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what is algae

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photosynthetic organisms that extract energy from the sun and release oxygen and carbs into the environment

52
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what is cyanobacteria

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a type of bacteria that is also considered an algae

53
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what is a algal protist cell wall made of

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cellulose

54
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what are some examples of consumer products that contain algae

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carrageenan (align acid) found in ice cream, salad dressing, beverages, lipstick and toothpaste
agar

55
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how do protozoa move

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some with silica, or flagella, others can extend cell membrane and cytoplasm (pseudopods)

56
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are protozoa pathogens

A

some are

57
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what are fungi cell walls made of

A

chitin

58
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what are unicellular fungi

A

yeasts

59
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why do helminths fall under microbiology

A

they involve microscopic eggs and larvae

60
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what are viruses

A

acellular microorgansims

61
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what do viruses consist of

A

proteins and genetic material

62
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What is spontaneous generation

A

a theory that living matter generated from non-living matter

63
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what is biogenesis

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theory that life comes from pre-existing life.

64
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how did Pasteur prove biogenesis

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by boiling broth in an s shaped neck flask to allow air in but not microbes

65
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what are antiseptics,

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kills bacteria on living tissue

66
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how is phylogeny different from taxonomy

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it looks at the evolutionary relationships between organisms

67
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what did older classification techniques rely on to classify organisms

A

phenotype (visual characteristics)

68
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how do modern techniques classify organisms

A

genotype (DNA)

69
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Why is it more difficult to classify bacteria

A

they do not have distinctive physical characteristics

70
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what does staphylococcus mean

A

clustered together

71
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what does coccus mean

A

spherical shaped

72
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what does aureus mean

A

yellow pigment when grown on a medium

73
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what is the relationship between a nanometer and a milimeter

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a nanometer is 1,000 times smaller than a milimeter

74
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what is the relationship between a nanometer and a meter

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a nanometer is 100,000 times smaller.

75
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what do decomposers do

A

breakdown dead organisms and waste to put it back in the environment.

76
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what were the main branches on Linnaeus tree of life

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plant animal

77
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what did Ernst Haeckel propose for other kingdoms

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Protista for unicellular organisms and later minoras for unicellular organisms whose cells lack a nuclei (bacteria)

78
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What did Robert Whittaker add to the tree of life

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Fungi and superkingdoms (prokaryotes and eukaryotes

79
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what are the branches of the most recent tree of life

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bacteria, archaea, eukarya

80
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Who is considered the father of western medicine

A

Hippocrates

81
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who was the first to observe “animalcules under the microscope

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Leeuwenhoek

82
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who proposed that swamps might harbor tiny, disease-causing animals too small too see

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Marcus Terentius Varro

83
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Which of the following is Not a kingdom in Linnaeus taxonomy

-animal
-mineral
-protist
-plant

A

Protist

84
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what is not a domain of woese and fox phylogenetic tree

-plantae
-bacteria
-archaea
-eukarya

A

Plantae

85
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What is the standard resource for identifying bacteria

A

Bergeys manual of systematic bacteriology and determinative bacteriology

86
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which of the following microorganisms is photosynthetic
-yeast
-virus
-helminth
-algae

A

algae

87
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which of the following are prokaryotic microorganisms
-helminth
-protozoan
-cyanobacterium
-mold

A

Cyanobacteria

88
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which of the following is a type of fungal microorganism
-bacterium
-protozoan
-alga
-yeast

A

Yeast

89
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Thucydides is known as the father of ____

A

Scientific history

90
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which of the five kingdoms in Whittakers tree are prokaryotic and which are eukaryotic

A

Prokaryote - miners
eukaryotes- fungi, protista, plantae, Animalia

91
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what molecule did woese and fox use to construct their phylogenetic tree

A

rRNA

92
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name some techniques that can be used to identify and differentiate species of bacteria

A

subunit rRNA
morphology
arrangement

93
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describe the differences between bacteria and archaea

A

bacteria have a polypeptidoglycan cell wall
archaea have a pseudopeptidoglycan cell wall
different genetics
different metabolic pathways

94
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describe the actual and relative sizes of a virus, a bacterium and a plant or animal cell

A

a virus is smaller than bacteria 100nm 10 times smaller than bacteria

bacteria is the same size as mitochondria (1um) 10 times smaller than a plant or animal cell

plant and animal cells are 1-100 um

95
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how did fermented foods benefit our ancestors

A

It preserved and enhanced the taste of food

96
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contrast behavior of a virus outside vs inside the cell

A

They are inert outside of a host cell and in a host cell it co-opts the cellular mechanisms to multiply and infect other hosts

97
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which scientist proposed adding a kingdom for protists

A

Ernst Haeckel

98
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Bacteria Prokaryote or eukaryote

A

Prokaryote

99
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Bacteria cell wall composition

A

peptidoglycan

100
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bacteria, heterotroph or autotroph

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both

101
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bacteria, unicellular or multicellular

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unicellular

102
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bacteria reproduction?

A

Binary fission

103
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archaea, prokaryote or eukaryote

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prokaryote

104
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archaea, heterotroph or autotroph

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both

105
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archaea, unicellular or multicellular

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unicellular

106
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archaea reproduction?

A

binary fission

107
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fungi, heterotroph or autotroph

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heterotroph

108
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fungi, unicellular or multicellular?

A

mold and shrooms, multi
yeast, uni

109
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fungi, reproduction

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both

110
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protozoan cell wall composition

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none

111
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protozoan, heterotroph or autotroph

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heterotroph

112
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protozoan, unicellular or multicellular

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unicellular

113
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protozoan, sexual or asexual reproduction?

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both

114
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algae, heterotroph or autotroph?

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autotroph

115
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algae, unicellular or multicellular

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both

116
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algae, sexual or asexual?

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both

117
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helminth, cell wall?

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none

118
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helminth, autotroph or heterotroph

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heterotroph

119
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helminth unicellular or multicellular

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multicellular

120
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helminth, sexual reproduction

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both

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