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QUESTION 19 Which of the following is a trait shared by prokaryotes and eukaryot

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QUESTION 19

Which of the following is a trait shared by prokaryotes and eukaryotes, but not by viruses?

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.   nucleic acids used to store hereditary information

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.   complex and ordered arrangements of macromolecules

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.   the capacity to evolve

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.   the ability to process energy through metabolic reactions

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QUESTION 20

Which of the following is NOT a difference between Archaea and Bacteria?

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.   presence of peptidoglycan

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.   inhibition by the antibiotics chloramphenicol and streptomycin

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.   presence of histones in DNA

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.   presence of introns in genes

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.   lack of a nucleus

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QUESTION 21

It is thought that many protists evolved from a symbiotic relationship that formed when a heterotrophic eukaryote engulfed a prokaryote. This process is called:

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.   commensalism

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.   transduction

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.   conjugation

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.   endosymbiosis

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.   transformation

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QUESTION 22

Which of the following is NOT a role of bacteria in the ecosystem?

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.   producers

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.   decomposers

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.   symbionts

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.   all of these are roles of bacteria

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.   pathogens

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QUESTION 23

The cell walls of fungi are composed of:   

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.   chitin

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.   lipopolysaccharides

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.   protein

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.   cellulose

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.   peptidoglycan

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.   nucleic acids used to store hereditary information

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.   complex and ordered arrangements of macromolecules

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.   the capacity to evolve

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.   the ability to process energy through metabolic reactions

Explanation / Answer

19)  the ability to process energy through metabolic reactions

20) lack of nucleus

21) endo-symbiosis

22) producers

23) chitin