SM, Characteristics of Life Flashcard

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Which clade of organisms includes both mushrooms and puffballs?

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Fungi

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Characteristic to determine if an infectious agent is a virus or a protist: It has proteins in its outermost layer, It has DNA as its genetic material, It is capable of changing over time, It infects two different cells.

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It infects two different cells.

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Phylogenetic tree

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Based on the diagram, which pair of organisms are MOST CLOSELY related, and why? Options:

Humans and squirrels, because they have three bones in their middle ears.

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Sea sponges and flatworms, because they have a bilateral body plan.

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Lizards and flatworms, because they have a bilateral body plan.

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Sea sponges and trout, because they are multicellular.

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Humans and squirrels, because they have three bones in their middle ears.

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What characteristic distinguishes Eukarya from both Bacteria and Archaea?

Options: cell organelles, nuclear envelope, circular chromosomes, exons in the DNA

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circular chromosomes because they are only found in Bacteria and Archaea

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What is different between Archaebacteria and Eubacteria?

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One lives in extreme environments and one lives in all environments

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Which clade of organisms is characterized as containing many extremophilic microbes?

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archaea