Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780133923001
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: PEARSON
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- describe the range of environments inhabited by prokaryotes and the variety of methods by which they acquire energy?
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- describe adaptations that help protect prokaryotes from environmental threats?arrow_forwardList the Five Kingdoms and give the distinguishing features of each kingdom, which ones are prokaryotic and which are eukaryotic, which ones are unicellular or colonial and which are multicellular, which ones are autotrophic and which are heterotrophic and which ones have cell walls and which do not?arrow_forwardIdentify the critical ecological roles played by prokaryotes and briefly describe their relationships with other organisms.arrow_forward
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