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A skin cell undergoes division to replace damaged tissue. Which type of cell division occurs?

46) Diatoms are a type of ____________  and contain cell walls composed of ____________ A) Fungi / cellulose B) Eukaryote / Agarose C) Algae / silica D) Eukaryote / peptidoglycan

Nurse Agnes is working with Homeless Outreach Team, a medical response unit in downtown New York City. Agnes she sees Stanley, a homeless man (age 52) who is using Xylazine (an illegal drug). Agnes knows Stanley struggles with substance abuse, has offered him medical attention multiple times, but he refuses. It is the middle of winter and snowing. Today it appears that Stanley is intoxicated, incoherent, and has large sores on his legs from using Xylazine. Agnes thinks that Stanley is putting himself in danger, and may freeze to death. What could Agnes do?

An organism maintains a stable internal environment despite external changes. This characteristic of life is called:

32) Which of the following is NOT a component of bacterial flagella? A) flagellin B) basal body C) tubulin D) filament E) hook

6) Robert Koch was involved in research on all of the following topics EXCEPT A) the cause of fermentation. B) development of a method to determine the cause of an infectious disease. C) techniques for isolating microbes in the laboratory. D) None of the above

Fungal infections differ from bacterial infections in that fungi:

A population of bacteria gradually develops resistance to antibiotics over generations. Which characteristic of life does this best illustrate?

28) The main component of all bacterial cell walls is a substance called A.  PeptidoglycanB.  PhospholipidC.  Lipid AD.  Cellulose

2) Which of the following statements about fungi is FALSE? A) fungi are eukaryotes. B) molds are multicellular. C) fungi have a cell wall. D) fungi are photosynthetic.