Consider a population of plants in an environment where water is suddenly scarce. Which adaptations might you expect to see become more common in this plant population over several generations?

Imagine an ecosystem where a primary producer, such as a type of algae, experiences a significant population decline due to pollution. How might this impact the higher trophic levels in the food web?

Microorganisms that normally do not, under their own power, do not cause disease in host, however under certain circumstances these organisms take advantage of an opportunity, overcome normal defenses of a host and cause disease.

Those bacteria that grow best at a relatively high temperature are

Germs is another term for microorganisms

Inflammation is primarily a

Those bacteria that prefer to live in the presence of free oxygen but can live in its absence are called

Why are ultraviolet light rays lethal to bacteria?

Strict parasites depend on what for their nutrients to survive?

A foreign protein, which when introduced into the body, excites the body cells to produce antibodies against itself, is called a(n)