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True or False: Staphylococcus aureus may be a part of the normal flora of humans. 

Sponges are outliers in the animal kingdom in that their bodies are not composed of _________.

_________ transports sugars and ________ transports water in vascular plants. 

Primary growth is an increase in plant __________ while secondary growth is an increase in plant _________. 

True or False: All vascular plants produce seeds.

_________ transports water and nutrients in vascular plants. 

__________________ are the two groups of seed producing plants.

Which of the following is an abiotic factor that influences the abundance and distribution of species on Earth? 

Acoelomates __________. 

Suppose you are studying a mysterious disease and you discover that it is caused by a eukaryotic pathogen that contains nucleic acid (DNA and RNA), protein, a plasma membrane, ribosomes, and organelles. Is it most likely a bacterium, microscopic fungi, a virus, or a prion?  Explain your answer and explain how you ruled out each of the other microbes.