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Class: ame Bio 341 Fsam compounds is a: a parasite b. pathogen. c. saprotroph. d

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Class: ame Bio 341 Fsam compounds is a: a parasite b. pathogen. c. saprotroph. d. chemoautotroph e. photoautotroph. 12. A cladist would attempt to classify organisms into taxa. a. derived b. polyphyletic d. phenotypic c. monophyletic 13. Peptidoglycan consists of a. lipids only b. proteins only c. polysaccharides d. lipids crosslinked with sugars c. sugars crosslinked with proteins 14. Many of today's biologists have abandoned kingdomsince they have now discovered that many of these unicellular organisms did not descend from one common ancestor a. Fungi b. Plantac c. Protista d. Bacteria e. Animalia 15. Scientists may compare similarities between nucleotide sequences of organisms to determine their evolutionary history. This is known as: a. cladistics. b. phenetics c. synapomorphy. d. molecular systematics e. monophy letic grouping 16. Which type of bacterium would not be able to survive in the presence of oxy gen? a. obligate aerobic b. obligate anaerobic c. facultative aerobic d. facultative anaerobic e. facultative autotrophic Copyright Cengage Leaming Powered by Cogner Page 3

Explanation / Answer

12. A cladist would attempt to classify organisms into monophyletic taxa.

ANSWER: e. monophyletic

13. Peptidoglycan has glycan crosslinked with peptides.Glycan=>sugar; Peptide=>proteins. So it is sugar with proteins.

ANSWER: e. sugar crosslinked with protein.