Desiccation - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Arborist Certification Study Guide with Complete Solutions Meristem Correct Answer-Sites of rapid cell division in the shoot tips, root tips, and cambium. Apical meristem Correct Answer-Meristems located at the end of the shoot are called primary, or _________ meristems Scales Correct Answer-Buds are covered by _____________ that leave permanent scars on the twig when the buds break dormancy. These scars can be useful in tree ID. Apical dominance Correct Answer-The tendency for termina...

ABMDI Demonstrating Scientific Knowledge Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Sings of Death Include: - Correct Answer ️️ --Lack of Pulse/Respiration -Absence of Heartbeat -Lack of Corneal Reflex and Pupillary Constriction -Coolness of the Body -Rigor Mortis -Livor Mortis Rigor Mortis - Correct Answer ️️ -Stiffness of the body that sets in several hours after death Rigor Mortis (Continued) - Correct Answer ️️ --Starts in the smaller muscles (jaw, extremities) **First Indi...

What is the morphology of Vibrio spp. bacteria? A. Bacillus B. Coccus C. Spirochete D. Coccobacillus - Answer-A. Bacillus All of the following are important functions of bacterial fimbriae, except: A. Attachment B. Locomotion C. Ion transport D. Antibiotic resistance - Answer-A. Attachment Bacterial endospores are: A. Resistant to heat and desiccation B. A form of asexual reproduction C. A consequence of mating D. Highly susceptible to antiseptics - Answer-A. Resistant to...

? Rule the world - Phytoplankton! - Fix lots of CO2, produce 90% of the Earth's O2 and help create clouds - Limited by: P, N, silica (diatoms), iron, trace elements - Could harness phytoplankton to control greenhouse gases (consume CO2 when fixing C - phytoplankton is iron limited; experiment: seed ocean with iron to create phytoplankton blooms to sequester (take out of the atmosphere and bring it to depths) carbon - SOIREE - Southern Ocean Iron Release Experiment - Large phytoplankton bl...

Mollusca, Arthropoda, Chordata, Echinodermata, Cnidaria, Porifera correct answers Phyla found in the rocky intertidal By size: macrofauna are larger than 1mm and meifauna are less than 1mm correct answers How do scientists define macrofauna and meiofauna? Chlorophyta (green), rhodophyta (reds), phaeophyta (browns - fucoids and kelps) correct answers The 3 different divisions of macroalgae found on rocky shores Primary producers (micro and macroalgae), grazers (limpets, periwinkles, urch...

MICR221 MIDTERM TEST QUESTIONS WITH ALL ANSWERS VERIFIED Extracellular Polysaccharide - Answer-Capsule! - not every bacteria -often lost in lab - ex. slime found in lungs of CF patients (pseudomonas aerginosa) is due to capsule - this is why antibiotics don't really work - can't get through capsule - protects from desiccation (98% water) - protects from predation - helps cell adhere to surfaces - but bio fouling is bad! Capsule gene organization - Answer-Region 1 - (5 genes) - tran...

3 stages of cellular respiration - glycolysis, krebs cycle, electron transport chain 5 Mechanisms of antibacterial drugs - Ihibition of: cell wall, protein, nucleic acid synthesis and metabolic pathway Interference: cell membrane integrity 7 methods of physical control - heat, pasteurization, cold, pressure, filtration, desiccation, and radiation 7 types of disinfectant - phenols, halogens, alcohols, heavy metals, oxidizing agents, aldehydes, acids and alkalis Acids and Alkalis - used to...

The genus of mosquito having palps roughly as long as the proboscis is: a. Aedes b. Culex c. Anopheles - Answer-Anopheles Mosquito larvae breathe: - Answer-Through respiratory openings near the tip of the abdomen Some mosquitoes lay their eggs: - Answer-On damp soil The number of mosquito species in Michigan is approximately: - Answer-60 The three classes of Michigan mosquitoes, based on breeding sites, are: - Answer-Floodwater, permanent water, and container/tree hole mosquito...

Derived traits of plants that distinguish them from other members of Eukarya - Photosynthesis -spores walled with sporopollenin -Vascular structures How to tell if an organism is a plant or green algae based on characteristics? Plant- Spores walled with sporopollenin - complex vascular structures - Differentiation between the root and shoot system Green algea- can bu unicellular - more mobility underwater Challenges of the terrestrial environment for organisms - desiccation (water...

Pesticide Applicator C2 how many instars does the German cockroach have in total - ANSWER-6 or 7 females German cockroaches live in an average of how many days - ANSWER-250 how long does the female German cockroach carry her egg capsule - ANSWER-up to a month which cockroach is the most frequently found cockroach species in Nevada - ANSWER-German the female German cockroach contains how many eggs per capsule - ANSWER-30 to 40 (some up to 50) how long does it take for a female German cockr...