BIO 1500
1. Cellular respiration in the mitochondria of plant cells uses about % of the
carbohydrates made by photosynthesis: 50%
2. Who developed binomial nomenclature?: Carolus Linnaeus
3. How do prokaryotes differ from eukaryotes?: Unicellular,
No nuclear membrane,
No organelles,
No cytoskeleton
No mitosis
4. Where are archaebacteria found?: Extreme environments (hot, cold, salty)
5. Methanogens are anaerobic decomposers that convert and to -
: CO2 and H2 to methane
6. Where are methanogens found?: swamps, guts and sewage
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,7. Where are extreme halophiles found?: dead sea, great salt lake
8. Where are extreme thermophiles found?: hot ocean floor ridges
9. what type of bacteria converts atmospheric N2 to compounds usable by
plants?: Nitrogen fixing bacteria
10. Cyanobacteria are known to be ?
Hint: Chlorophyll: photosynthetic
11. what is a chemoheterotrophs?: An organism that must consume organic molecules for both energy
and carbon.
12. Intracellular parasites are known to ?: cause diseases
13. How do bacteria reproduce?: binary fission produce & split into
14. What is binary fission?: A type of simple cell division used by prokaryotic cells to re
two
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, 15. what do plasmids provide bacteria with the genetic advantage of ?: Antibiotic
resistance
16. How can plasmids be transferred between bacteria?: -Horizontal gene transfer
-bacteria copy the plasmid
-sex pilus forms conjugation bridge
-bacteria can also pick up naked DNA
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1. Cellular respiration in the mitochondria of plant cells uses about % of the
carbohydrates made by photosynthesis: 50%
2. Who developed binomial nomenclature?: Carolus Linnaeus
3. How do prokaryotes differ from eukaryotes?: Unicellular,
No nuclear membrane,
No organelles,
No cytoskeleton
No mitosis
4. Where are archaebacteria found?: Extreme environments (hot, cold, salty)
5. Methanogens are anaerobic decomposers that convert and to -
: CO2 and H2 to methane
6. Where are methanogens found?: swamps, guts and sewage
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,7. Where are extreme halophiles found?: dead sea, great salt lake
8. Where are extreme thermophiles found?: hot ocean floor ridges
9. what type of bacteria converts atmospheric N2 to compounds usable by
plants?: Nitrogen fixing bacteria
10. Cyanobacteria are known to be ?
Hint: Chlorophyll: photosynthetic
11. what is a chemoheterotrophs?: An organism that must consume organic molecules for both energy
and carbon.
12. Intracellular parasites are known to ?: cause diseases
13. How do bacteria reproduce?: binary fission produce & split into
14. What is binary fission?: A type of simple cell division used by prokaryotic cells to re
two
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, 15. what do plasmids provide bacteria with the genetic advantage of ?: Antibiotic
resistance
16. How can plasmids be transferred between bacteria?: -Horizontal gene transfer
-bacteria copy the plasmid
-sex pilus forms conjugation bridge
-bacteria can also pick up naked DNA
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