Figure 54.2 -Based on How You Would Go About Measuring Biodiversity, Which

question 24

Multiple Choice

Figure 54.2
-Based on how you would go about measuring biodiversity, which of the following is true?

• A) The most intensively studied lineages are vertebrates.
• B) The easiest animals to study are the insects.
• C) Bacteria are among the easiest to count regarding numbers of different species.
• D) Species in the tropics are much easier to study than species in other biomes.

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Definitions:

Posttranslational Processing

The modification of proteins after translation, including changes like phosphorylation, glycosylation, and cleavage.

Polysaccharide

Large molecules composed of many sugar molecules bonded together, serving as energy stores or structural components in living organisms.

Pro-protein

An inactive precursor molecule that must be modified to become an active protein.

Nucleotides

Organic molecules that are the building blocks of nucleic acids like DNA and RNA; consisting of a nitrogenous base, a sugar, and one or more phosphate groups.