Question

9.
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____________ can withstand extreme heat.

Haliophiles

Thermophiles

Psychrophiles

Sporozoans
10.
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These protists cause red tides and have bioluminescence.

euglenoids

amoebas

dinoflagellates

diatoms
11.
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The process that some bacteria use to convert nitrogen in the atmosphere to a form usable to other forms of life is called ____________.

nitrogen fixation

nitrogen bonding

nitrogen conversion

nitrogen processing
12.
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______________ is a group of bacteria-like organisms that can withstand extreme environments.

Neisseria

Cyanobacteria

Eukaryota

Archaea
13.
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Ascomycota encompasses the following fungi: _____.

various fruit molds and black bread molds

mushrooms, bracket fungi, and puffballs

Penicillium

yeasts, truffles, and morels
14.
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________________ is a type of sexual reproduction in which two bacteria join together and exchange genetic information.

Cloning

Genetic composition

Conjugation

Binary fission
15.
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Plant-like protists that perform photosynthesis are called ___________________.

bioluminescence

algae

cilia

flagellates
16.
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Bacteria have three shapes: _________.

rod, spiral, and square

spiral, square, and oblong

rod, spiral, and round

rod, oblong, and round

Answer 1

9. Thermophiles
10. Dinoflagellates
11. Nitrogen fixation
12. Archaea
13. Yeasts, truffles, and morels
14. Conjugation
15. Algae
16. Rod, spiral, and round