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DNA is encoded through a combination of which of the following?
gametes |
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genes |
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nucleotides |
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helix |
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the molecule that contains genetic information. DNA is encoded through a combination of nucleotides that bind together in a specific double helix pattern.
A major difference between sound waves and light waves is which of the following?
a sound wave cannot travel through a vacuum |
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a sound wave is mechanical while a light wave is electromagnetic |
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a sound wave is much slower than a light wave |
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all of these are correct |
A vibrating object produces a sound wave that travels outwardly from the object through a medium (any liquid or solid matter). The vibration disturbs the particles in the surrounding medium, those particles disturb the particules next to them, and so on, as the sound propagates away from the vibration.
Which of these is not a type of fat?
polyunsaturated |
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saturated |
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monounsaturated |
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cholesterol |
Fats come in three types, saturated (meats, shellfish, eggs, milk), monounsaturated (olives, almonds, avocados), and polyunsaturated (vegetable oils).
Examples of primary consumers include:
fish |
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rats |
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cows |
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all of these |
Primary consumers (herbivores) subsist on producers like plants and fungus. Examples are grasshoppers, cows, and plankton.
In the classification of life, which of the following is not a domain?
archaea |
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bacteria |
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animalia |
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eukaryota |
The broadest classification of life splits all organisms into three groups called domains. The three domains of life are bacteria, archaea and eukaryota.