White-nose syndrome, caused by an ascomycete fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans, has devastated bat populations - 3 species of cave-hibernating bats in Canada are now on the endangered species list as a result. Based on what you learned in this course, you would infer that Pseudogymnoascus destructans: a. are photosynthetic, so reduce CO2 from the air. b. are genetically similar to bacteria . c. absorb nutrients from outside of their bodies. d. have a sporophyte and gametophyte generation.

an individual’s sex (i.e., whether they are a male or female) is determined by the sex chromosomes. most people have two sex chromosomes, one that is inherited from their mother and one that is inherited from their father. typically, females have two x chromosomes (xx) and males have one x chromosome and one y chromosome (xy). conditions caused by changes (“mutations”) in genes located on the x chromosome are considered x-linked.

x-linked recessive inheritance

most x-linked conditions are recessive. this means that in a person with two x chromosomes (most females), both copies of a gene (i.e., one on each x chromosome) must have a change or mutation whereas in a person with one x chromosome (most males), only one copy of a gene must have a mutation. a female with a mutation in one copy of a gene on the x chromosome is said to be a “carrier” for an x-linked condition. a male with a mutation in a gene on the x chromosome is typically affected with the condition. because females have two copies of the x chromosome and males have only one x chromosome, x-linked recessive diseases are more common among males than females. however, x-linked recessive diseases can occur in both males and females.

for x-linked recessive disorders, an unaffected carrier mother who has a mutation in a gene on the x chromosome can transmit either the x chromosome with this mutation or a “normal” x chromosome to her children. if the father is unaffected, none of her daughters will be affected and all of her daughters will be unaffected—since they will inherit at least one normal x chromosome from their father. however, each daughter will have a 50% chance of being an unaffected carrier like her mother and a 50% chance of both x chromosomes being normal.

c is the answer to this question. altitude affects the weather because air molecules evaporate.

option d : from a warmer substance to a cooler substance

according to second law of thermodynamic, heat flows from higher to lower temperature region. heat is the transfer of energy from an object at higher temperature to an object at a lower temperature. so energy flows from warmer to colder objects.