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| Why does a person with AIDS get sick so easily? |
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| The HIV virus attacks the immune system, weaking the body's defenses to fight against infection and disease. |
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| List 3 ways bacteria is useful. |
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1. bacteria helps digest food
2. bacteria helps to produce cheese, pickles, butter, and yogurt
3. bacteria breaks down dead plant and animal material and returns nutrients to the soil
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| Can you eat bread with mold on it? Why or why not? |
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| No you can't eat the molded bread. While penicillin is a medicine, molds are dangerous to eat. |
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| Why is it difficult to classify euglena as plant-like or animal-like? |
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| Euglena has cell walls and chloroplast and it is able to make its own food. It's also able to feed on other organisms. |
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| Bacteria differ in structure from animal-like protist because they ________. |
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| How do fungi that are saprophytes differ from fungi that are parasites? |
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| One cell lives on dead organisms and the other one lives on living things. |
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| What is the major difference between the reproduction methods of viruses and cells? |
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| cells are able to reproduce itself but a virus needs a host to live |
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| What conditions cause mildew? |
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| Dark, warm and moist places create the environment for mildew to form |
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| How are cell respiration and fermentation alike? |
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| Both processes provide energy for cells by breaking down sugar. Cell respiration completely breaks down sugar and fermentation partly breaks down sugar. |
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| Why does talking to plants make them healthy? |
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| Plants use carbon dioxide from your breath during photosynthesis. |
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| Human is to skin as cell is to _________. |
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| Human is to brain as cell is ______. |
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| Does cartoon superheros have cells that contain chloroplasts. List three characteristics. |
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1. Skin would be green.
2. The superhero would perfer the day time.
3. The superhero would never eat. |
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