The structural adaptation of desert plants for water conservation is

A. broad leaves with numerous stomata

B. spongy mesophyll

C. spiny leaves

D. prominent stomata in leaves

The long and sharp clawed feet of birds is an adaptation for

A. crushing seeds

B. scooping mud

C. tearing flesh

D. grasping prey

During the manufacture of food by plants, which of the following organism use energy from the sun?

A. anabaena

B. sulfur bacteria

C. nitrosomonas sp

D. nitrobacter sp

Movement of minerals and chemical compounds with a plant occurs during

A. osmosis

B. translocation

C. transpiration

D. diffusion

The enzyme that is present in the saliva is

A. rennin

B. lipase

C. pepsin

D. ptyalin

Plants that have special devices for trapping and digesting insects are

A. carnivorous

B. symbiotic

C. parasitic

D. saprophytic

The process of transforming the chemical energy of cellular fuels into the high energy bonds of ATP in plants is

A. autotrophism

B. photosysnthesis

C. photolysis

D. respiration

Fungi are referred to as hetotrophs because they

A. are filamentous

B. lack chlorophyll

C. have mycelium

D. lack roots

An example of a parasitic protozoan is

A. Paramecium

B. Plasmodium

C. Eughlena

D. Chlamydomonas

Which blood cell are involved in the immune response of vertebrates?

A. Phagoecytes

B. lymphocytes

C. erythrocytes

D. monocytes