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9 Cards in this Set
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What are the most successful organisms on the planet, overall?
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prokaryotes are the most successful
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Cyanobacteria is what kind of bacteria?
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Prokaryotic, autotrophic, photosynthetic
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Where does photosynthesis take place in photosynthetic bacteria?
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On the membranes, since they don't have chloroplast organelle
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Who are the dominant primary producers in the open ocean?
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Cyanobacteria
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In what organisms is respiration present?
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ALL living organisms
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How is respiration different from photosynthesis, in terms of energy?
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Photosynthesis forms the simple sugars, while respiration allows the release of energy as fuel for all cellular functions
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Heterotrophic bacteria are mainly...
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decomposers
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Who are the primary users of oxygen in the marine environment, and why?
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Heterotrophic bacteria, because there are so many of them
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Name eight characteristics of viruses
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1. obligate - restricted to specific role in life
2. intracelluular parasite - inside the cell 3. incapable of reproduction on own 4. don't respire 5. don't grow 6. composition: genetic material encapsulated by protein capsid; very small particles 7. reproduce using metabolic pathways of infected cell 8. host-specific (bacteriophage and phytophage) |
