Biology (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Eldra Solomon, Charles Martin, Diana W. Martin, Linda R. Berg
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Amanda learns that some species of algae share the characteristics of being single-felled and producing sugar by photosynthesis. These species of algae fall into the category of which of the following kingdoms?
A) Animalia
B) Fungi
C) Plantae
D) Protista
How can scientists determine that multicellularity arose more than once in different lineages?
Select one:
a. Scientists do not know
b. Bacteria live as multicellular groups called biofilms
c. Animals are more closely related to single-celled eukaryotes than to fungi
d. Fungi can produce multicellular structures
What are one of the main traits that make bacteria and archae unique in comparison to protists, fungi, amáinala and plants? - they have RNA
-fungi have chitin
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Biology (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 1.1 - Describe five basic themes of biology.Ch. 1.1 - Why are information transmission, energy transfer,...Ch. 1.1 - CONNECT What are some ways in which an organism is...Ch. 1.2 - Prob. 2LOCh. 1.2 - Prob. 1CCh. 1.2 - Predict What would be the consequences to an...Ch. 1.3 - Prob. 3LOCh. 1.3 - What are the levels of organization within an...Ch. 1.3 - PREDICT At which level do you think more...Ch. 1.4 - Summarize the importance of information transfer...
Ch. 1.4 - What is the function of DNA?Ch. 1.4 - How does a nervous system transmit information?Ch. 1.5 - Summarize the flow of energy through ecosystems...Ch. 1.5 - Predict What components do you think a forest...Ch. 1.5 - Connect In what ways do consumers depend on...Ch. 1.6 - Demonstrate the binomial system of nomenclature by...Ch. 1.6 - Prob. 7LOCh. 1.6 - Prob. 8LOCh. 1.6 - Prob. 9LOCh. 1.6 - The scientific name for the African rock python is...Ch. 1.6 - Prob. 2CCh. 1.6 - How might you explain the sharp claws and teeth of...Ch. 1.7 - Design a study to test a given hypothesis, using...Ch. 1.7 - Compare the reductionist and systems approaches to...Ch. 1.7 - What are the characteristics of a good hypothesis?Ch. 1.7 - Prob. 2CCh. 1.7 - CONNECT In what ways does systems biology depend...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1TYUCh. 1 - Prob. 2TYUCh. 1 - Prob. 3TYUCh. 1 - Fungi are assigned to domain (a) Protista (b)...Ch. 1 - The scientific name for corn is Zea mays. Zea is...Ch. 1 - Darwin suggested that evolution takes place by (a)...Ch. 1 - Ideally, an experimental group differs from a...Ch. 1 - Prob. 8TYUCh. 1 - VISUALIZE Draw a simple cladogram illustrating the...Ch. 1 - predict What would happen if a homeostatic...Ch. 1 - What are some characteristics of a good...Ch. 1 - PREDICT Make a prediction and devise a suitably...Ch. 1 - Prob. 13TYUCh. 1 - INTERPRET DATA Compare the two graphs in Figure...Ch. 1 - Evolution Link In what ways does evolution depend...Ch. 1 - EVOLUTION LINK How might an understanding of...Ch. 1 - SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY In the future,...
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