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#Question id: 9227


A land developer and several ecologists are discussing how a parcel of private land should be developed with housing while saving 20 hectares as natural habitat. The land developer suggests that the 20 hectares be divided into 20 separate 1-hectare areas, spread out across the area. The ecologists suggest that it would be better to have one intact parcel of 20 hectares on one side of the larger area. What is the significance of these different arrangements of the 20 hectares?

#Unit 9. Evolution & Diversity of Life Forms
  1. The single intact parcel would have a smaller amount of edge than the 20 separate parcels.
  2. The isolated hectare plots increase the ability of individuals to disperse from one habitat to another.

  3. The separate 1-hectare plots are less vulnerable to edge effects.
  4. The large plot will create more inbreeding in many species.
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#Question id: 3047

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

A rapidly growing bacterial species such as E. coli exhibits a typical phase of growth cycle in liquid nutrient broth. If a bacterial culture has starting density 1000 cells/ml in log phase and after four hours cell density is 4000 cells/ml.  What is specific growth rate per hour? 

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#Question id: 3048

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

 If a bacterium regenerates from an endospore that did not possess any of the plasmids that were contained in its original parent cell, the regenerated bacterium will probably

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#Question id: 3049

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

E. coli cells typically make most of their ATP by metabolizing glucose. Under the conditions of this experiment, what should be true of E. coliʹs generation time

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#Question id: 3050

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Agar is well suited as a solidifying agent because

A. it has been melted in boiling water

B. it can be cooled to about 40 to 42°C before hardening

C. it will not melt again until the temperature rises to about 80 to 90°C.

D. most microorganisms cannot degrade it.

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#Question id: 3051

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

You have 10^10 cell/L of bacterial stock solution. To prepare 1 liter of growth medium containing 1000 bacteria, the volume in microlitre of this stock solution that should be added is

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#Question id: 3052

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

How many average CFU will form on petriplate if 0.1ml sample plating from 104 diluted sample (original sample contain 3x10^7 bacteria per ml)