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38 Cards in this Set
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Which is Not made of cells?
A.Fungus E. Protozoan B. Bacterium C. Virus D. Archeaon |
C. Virus
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What Substance made by animals is needed by plants?
A. Caron Dioxide B.Sugars C.Oxygen D. Badger |
A. Carbon Dioxide
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What substance made by plants is needed by animals?
A.Carbon Dioxide B. Sugars C. Water D. Badger |
B. Sugars
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Which biological "fixation" process is EXCLUSIVELY microbial?
A. Nitrogen Fixation B. Carbon Fixation |
A. Nitrogen Fixation
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Which place is NOT a major source of methane?
A.Swamps B.Termites C. Sewage Treatment plants D. Rice Fields |
C. Sewage Treatment plants
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Which of the following has NOT increased in Earth's atmosphere the last 50 years?
A. Oxygen B. Carbon Dioxide C. Methane D. Average Temperature |
A. Oxygen
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A legume is an example of what type of plant-microbe symbiosis?
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Mutualism
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What compound do bacteria manufacture to facilitate cloud formation?
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Dimethyl Sulfide
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Dr. James Love Lock was the first to propose which hypothesis?
A. Natural Selection B. Common Ancestor C. Gaia |
C. Gaia
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How long did it take to clean up the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in Prudhoe Bay,Alaska?
A. a weekend B. 6 Months C. 2-3 years D. Still working on it |
C. 2-3 years
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What was the most succeful method for cleaning up the Valdez oil spill?
A. Hot Steam B. Scrubbing Rocks C. Soap D. Enhancing local microbes |
D. Enhancing local microbes
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Which of the following is Not a controversial idea proposed by Charles Darwin?
A. Natural Selection B. Evolution C. Common Ancestor |
B. Evolution
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What molecule is known as the "machinery" for work in a cell?
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Protein
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Which molecule is called " the blueprint" for how to make a cell?
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DNA
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What does phylogenic analysis determine?
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relatedness
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Which concept states that organisms can be different while appearing alike?
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Volkswagon Syndrome
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Which concept states that organisms constantly change to keep their niche?
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Red Queen hypothesis
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Which concept states that all living things differentiate into species as the result of the action of random forces over long periods of time?
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Natural Selection
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Which concept states that all living things on Earth descended from a single cell?
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Common Ancestor
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Which domain of organisms was discovered using 16S phylogenic analysis?
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Archaea
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Which microbes are thought to be the closest related to Earth's first organisms?
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Hyperthemophiles
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Which organism was isolated near Volcanoes, Italy?
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Thermotoga
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Which bacterial waste product permanently changed the planet earth?
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Oxygen
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16S Phylogenic analysis confirms what two things.
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1.Common Ancestor
2. Unity of all Living Things |
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Which product is not produced or enhanced by an extromoenzyme?
A. Cold-Water detergent B. Stone washed jeans C. Low Sulfur Oil D. Olive Oil |
D. Olive Oil
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True or False
a.All microbes are made of cells b.The best recyclers of biological elements on Earth are microbes. |
a. T
B. T |
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True or False
a. The worst recyclers of biological materials on Earth are humans. b. Most of the Carbon and Nitrogen on Earth are unvailable for biological use. |
a. F***
b. T |
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True of False
a. Carbon Dioxide levels in the Earth's atmoshpere have stayed at the same for the last 150 years. b. A legume is a plant that fixes carbon for a microbe that fixes nitrogen. |
a.F
b.T |
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True or False
a. The plants-mycorrhizae fungus is an example of a parasitic relationship. b.Denitrifying soil bacteria can turn chemically produced fertilizers into nitrogen gas. |
a. F
b.T |
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True or False
a. Man was the first creature on Earth to use antibiotic-producing microbes to improve its life. b. The primary producers in a Deep Vent ecosystem are non-photosynthetic microbes. |
a. F
b.T |
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True or False
a.The primary producers in ocean ecosystems are photosynthetic microbes. b. Oil is a recyclable resource. |
a. T
b.F |
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True or False
a.Bioremediation is the use of microbes to decontaminate water or soil containing hydrocarbons. b.The cheapest way to romove hydrocarbons from soil is to incinerate. |
a. T
b. F |
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True or False
a.DNA is the molecule that encodes the plan for how to make proteins. b.Darwin's controversial theories were eventually proved to be true using microbes. |
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b. T |
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True or False
a. The Three Domains of life are Animial, Vegetable, and Mineral. b. The Polymerase Chain Reaction made the rapid copying of small amounts of DNA possible. |
a.F
b.T |
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True or False
a. A molecular clock is a gene that changes very quickly to make proteings that change function. b.Many extremozymes have commercial potential |
a. F
b.T |
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True or False
a. The hotter the growth temperature of a hyperthermophile, the closer is 16S sequence will place it to the root of its phylogenic branch. |
True
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True or False
a.PCR confirms that there are only a few kinds of microbes in the human month. b. PCR discovered that there are hundreds of different kinds of microbes in hot springs. |
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b.T |
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True or False
Microbes are involved in every aspect of human life on planet Earth. |
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