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What word means to preserve the tissue of a living body after death by drying it out?
It is a process called dessication
How many ways can fossils formed?
freezing (refrigeration), drying (dessication), asphalt, amber, carbonization (distillation), permineralization
Waxy watertight outer covering that prevents the above ground parts of a plant from losing water?
the cuticle prevents dessication
What is the advantage or disadvantage of capsules to a bacterium?
Encapsulated bacterial cells are very resistant and least affected by chemicals, dessication and the action of phagocytes.
Endospore-formers?
resting or dormant type of cell that is highly resistant to environmental extremes (heat, dessication, oxygen, radiation, disinfectants).
What function might wax serve for insects that live on land?
On their cuticule, it would help to prevent dessication (drying out), by keeping their water from evaporating.
What is evaporation dessication?
Evaporation is when a liquid is absorbed into the atmosphere. Dissipation can refer to any sort of substance spreading out.
What is the formsome bacteria take too keep from dying when they do not have enough food?
Some bacteria, like many Bacilllus species, form endospores when they run out of food. Endospores are resistant to heat, dessication, weak acid, etc.
What is the function of cuticle at worms?
I believe the cuticle prevents dessication of the worm (drying out).
Naked viruses do not have a?
Lipid Envelop. Thus, they are less subject to dessication, destruction in the G.I. and can survive outside of a host.
What does salt perserve?
no, putting a cell in a solution with a high concentration of salt will cause all the water to leave the cell, called dessication, which kills the cell.
Are there any foods with no water in it?
Beef jerky comes pretty close, in that it's preserved by dessication. Vegetables (and meat for that matter) preserved in oil would also contain little water.
