Three complex carbohydrates that are very important in living things are starch, cellulose, and glycogen (see below).. All three of these polysaccharides are polymers of glucose, yet they behave very differently in our bodies. We can digest starch and glycogen, but not cellulose. Examine the drawing of these three polysaccharides below. What differences can you see between these molecules that might explain why
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Answer:
The functional group highlighted in pink alternates its position on the carbohydrate molecule
Explanation:
Complex carbohydrates or polysaccharides are large molecular weight molecules composed of repeating unit of simple carbohydrates which are joined together by covalent bonds known as glycosidic bonds. These glycosidic bonds are foremd between the carbon at position number 1 (known as the anomeric carbon) of one simple carbohydrate and a hydroxyl group of another simple carbohydrate.
The configuration of these linkages determines the properties and functions of the complex carbohydrates. The complex polysaccharides starch, glycogen and cellulose are all composed of glucose monomers linked together by glycosidic bonds.
In storage polysaccharides such as starch and glycogen whose function is to store the simple carbohydrate glucose for when needed by the organism, the glycosidic linkages are said to be in α-linkages, placing the functional groups (CH₂OH) all on the same side.
Even the branching points in glycogen are all in α-linkages. Humans have the enzymes to break these bonds so that starch and glycogen molecules can be metabolized by the body.
In a structural polysaccharide such as cellulose, the glycosidic linkages are β-linkages which results in alternating positions for the functional groups. Since humans do not have the enzymes responsible for the breakage of these linkages, hence, we cannot digest cellulose in our bodies.
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Why are some scientists concerned about
the Atlantic cod population as the air temperature increases?
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Answer:
As greenhouse gas pollution increases, it will create a double whammy for Atlantic and polar cod populations, with warming and more acidic water projected to undercut their reproduction and alter their habitat dramatically, new research shows.
Explanation:
Understanding Dose vs Exposure
John works applying pesticide X to agricultural fields. He spent the morning cleaning out a tank that had contained concentrated pesticide X. The tank was large and he was standing in water all morning (4 hours) power washing the tank. Human skin is a wonderful barrier to entry of compounds as long as it is dry and intact, but wet wrinkly skin can absorb toxins. About 5% of pesticide X absorbs into wet skin and John was in contact with water that had a total of 32 g of the pesticide in it.
After the morning is over, John has lunch but does not wash his hands; he has 2 g of the pesticide on his hands. Pesticide X has about 90% absorption from an oral dose.
Finally, John works in the field in the afternoon a crop plane flies over dusting the crops with pesticide X, the air he breathes in has a total of 5 grams of the compound in it. Pesticide X is known to have absorption of about 50% through inhalation.
What is John’s exposure to Pesticide X and what is his dose?
Route of Exposure Exposure (grams) Dose (grams)
Dermal
Oral
Inhalation
Total
Looking at the total exposure and dose, what percentage of his exposure was a dose?
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Answer:
The correct answer is - 15.13%
Explanation:
According to the question, the exposure of the pesticide X to the skin of John is by different routes and amount of the exposure is given and the percentage value is calculated as well:
Route of exposure --- exposure in gram---Dose in gram
Dermal ------------------------32-----------------------32*5/100= 1.6
Oral------------------------------2-----------------------2*90/100= 1.8
Inhalation----------------------5-----------------------5*50/100= 2.5
Total --- -----------------------39 -----------------------5.9
On the basis of this, the exposure is mainly by inhalation, the total exposure is about 39 grams about 5.9 percent. However,
The percentage of dose exposure = (5.9/39)*100
= 15.13%
Consider the following scenario: There are variations in the fur color of mice. Some mice have white fur. Some have dark fur. Foxes more easily catch mice with white fur. What will likely be a consequence of this scenario? (1 point) Mice with white fur will be more likely to survive and reproduce. Brown fur will become predominant. White fur will become predominant. Mice with brown fur will be less likely to pass on their genetic information.
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Answer:
there will be less white mice than brown so brown fur will become predominant
Explanation:
which substance is a nuclear acid
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Nucleic acids are the biopolymers, or large biomolecules, essential to all known forms of life. The term nucleic acid is the overall name for DNA and RNA . They are composed of nucleotides, which are the monomers made of three components: a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group and a nitrogenous base.
Rocky's class recently got pet turtles. When putting together the habitat, decomposers were added to the soil, as well as some smaller organisms that turtles eat. Some students wanted to get "fake" plants for the terrarium, but Rocky insisted that this would negatively affect the carbon and oxygen cycles.
Which of the following reasons support why Rocky is correct?
Group of answer choices
A) Carbon won't be removed from the air.
B) Photosynthesis won't occur.
C) The turtles won't be able to breathe.
D) All of these are correct.
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Answer:
The correct answer is - D. All of these are correct.
Explanation:
It is clear that the terrarium is sealed or not, if it is open to the outside environment or not. Considering it sealed and no outer interaction, then if a fake plant to this terrarium then there will be no photosynthesis will take place as there are no green plants to capture the sunlight and make glucose and no way to release oxygen for the other organisms.
If in this no green plants then the removal of CO2 will not be possible. Higher amount of carbon and without oxygen turtles would not be able to survive even though there is food for them.
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Answer:
B
Explanation:
A student learns that glaciers can form U-shaped valleys on Earth’s surface. Which geoscience process takes MORE time to shape Earth’s surface than it takes a glacier to form a valley? * A an earthquake that shifts rock layers, changing the course of a stream b a collision of two tectonic plates that lifts up rock layers forming a mountain range c a landslide that removes part of a hillside d a volcanic eruption that lays down a layer of a molten rock that hardens pls answer
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List 3 properties of the
hair's cuticle
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Answer:
Cuticle, Cortex, MedullaBUTProperties include: SmoothnessFlatnessMalleabilityExplanation:
These are the main three properties of the hair's cuticle.
Answer:
smoothness
Explanation:
elasticity, softness
population of zebras experienced ten births, six deaths to predation, three deaths to
disease, three individuals
pining the population, and zero individuals leaving. What is happening to the population growth?
It is increasing.
N
It is decreasing.
It is staying the same.
It reaches carrying capacity.
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what makes zebra mussels an invasive species?
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Answer:
Zebra mussels negatively impact ecosystems in many ways. They filter out algae that native species need for food and they attach to--and incapacitate--native mussels. Power plants must also spend millions of dollars removing zebra mussels from clogged water intakes.
Effects of temperature on the permeability of Rhoea discolour leaf full lab report. Pdf
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Answer:
The results of the former experiments of the author which showed that the permeability of protoplasm increases in light and decreases in the dark were confirmed by the investigations of several authors and by the results obtained in the present paper. 2. The results of investigators who endeavor to show that the permeability increases in light only for some substances, while it may decrease in light for other substances, and that the permeability of protoplasm of some plants increases in the dark while it is not changed by the change of illumination in other cases, are incorrect since the methods used by these investigators to determine the permeability were inexact or faulty
What do coral reefs and estuaries have in common?
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Answer: hewo, there! your answer is below
stuaries are areas of water and shoreline where rivers meet the ocean or another large body of water, such as one of the Great Lakes. Organisms that live in estuaries must be adapted to these dynamic environments, where there are variations in water chemistry including salinity, as well as physical changes like the rise and fall of tides. Despite these challenges, estuaries are also very productive ecosystems. They receive nutrients from both bodies of water and can support a variety of life. Because of their access to food, water, and shipping routes, people often live near estuaries and can impact the health of the ecosystem.
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shallow water, reef-building corals have a symbiotic relationship with photosynthetic algae called zooxanthellae, which live in their tissues. The coral provides a protected environment and the compounds zooxanthellae need for photosynthesis. In return, the algae produce carbohydrates that the coral uses for food, as well as oxygen. The algae also help the coral remove waste. Since both partners benefit from association, this type of symbiosis is called mutualism.
Deep-sea corals live in much deeper or colder oceanic waters and lack zooxanthellae. Unlike their shallow water relatives, which rely heavily on photosynthesis to produce food, deep sea corals take in plankton and organic matter for much of their energy needs.
Which is the best definitions for mutation
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Answer:
B or A it produces another one of itself.
Explanation:
"Mutation , an alteration in the genetic material (the genome) of a cell of a living organism or of a virus that is more or less permanent and that can be transmitted to the cell's or the virus's descendants. The genomes of organisms are all composed of DNA, whereas viral genomes can be of DNA or RNA."
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Most likely B.
Capillaries are very thin, narrow blood vessels that allow for the transfer of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nutrients. The image shows
how normal red blood cells and sickle-shaped red blood cells flow through a capillary,
Use information in the image to describe two ways that the sickle cell gene mutation affects the ability of red blood cells to perform
their normal function
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Answer:
less packaging of oxygen
Explanation:
normal RBC (red blood cells) have a large surface area for oxygen packaging due to its biconcave shape but when mutation occurs the RBC being produced by the short bones is sickle shaped reducing surface area of haemoglobin exposed, responsible for packaging oxygen so tissues don't get right amount of oxygen
Складіть ланцюги живлення, починаючи з продуцентів і закінчуючи редуцентами:
а) сосна звичайна, жук-мертвоїд, хрущ (майський жук), бактерії гниття, шпак, плітка, неясить
сіра, мідянка;
б) рак, карась, павук-сріблянка, чапля сіра, ропуха озерна, щука, денні черви, хара ламка.
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Answer:
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Explanation:
What are the key things to learn about a cell?
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Answer:
1
Explanation:
all living organisms are made up of cells.
What is the important organelle that eukaryotic cells have and prokayotic cells don't have?
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ASAP Name one challenge we need to overcome by using solar panels
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Answer:
It actually Polutes the enviornment more to own solar panels. This Is caused by the production and the dismemberment of the way its made.
Explanation:
Solar panels are composed of photovoltaic (PV) cells that convert sunlight to electricity. When these panels enter landfills, valuable resources go to waste. And because solar panels contain toxic materials like lead that can leach out as they break down, landfilling also creates new environmental hazards. The potential environmental impacts associated with solar power—land use and habitat loss, water use, and the use of hazardous materials in manufacturing—can vary greatly depending on the technology, which includes two broad categories: photovoltaic (PV) solar cells or concentrating solar thermal plants (CSP).
Which numbers identify the organelles that are present in BOTH plant and animal cells?
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Answer: answer is A. Because both plants and animals have plasma membranes, cytoplasm, and mitochondria.
Further Explanation
Cell organelles are components of the cell and life. Cell organelles are the most important part of cells that function to regulate the life processes in cells. Cell organelles are in a part called the cytoplasm. Cell organelles consist of several parts, each of which has a different function but functions as a system that supports the life processes that occur in cells.
Animal Cell Organelles
Animal Cell Organelles are forms of eukaryotic cells that form body tissues and then form organs.
Animal cell organelles consist of:
vesicles
mitochondria
centriole
the nucleus
nucleoli
chromatin
ribosome
endoplasmic reticulum
microtubules
plasma membrane
Vacuoles
cytosol
core membrane
Golgi body
lysosome
vesicles.
Cell Plant Organelles
The functions of these plant cells include
as a constituent of the body of plants
activator of all activities in the body of plants,
related to the process of growth and development in plants,
carrier of genetic traits in plants, and
related to plant reproduction.
Cell Plant Organelles consist of:
Cell nucleus (nucleus)
Chloroplast (Plastida)
Ribosome
Mitochondria
Golgi Agency
Endoplasmic reticulum
Vacuoles
Peroxisomes
Explanation:
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Answer:
A. Destruction of terrestrial biota
Explanation:
all the other answers would decrease the carbon output. thickening of ocean sediments reinforces a carbon reservoir (which stores carbon), reduction in the use of fossil fuels would reduce the amount of carbon emissions, increase in marine biota = increase in carbon storage because marine biota is also a carbon reservoir.
Destruction of terrestrial biota would cause excess output because terrestrial biota is a carbon reservoir, and all of that carbon would be released into the carbon cycle.
According to the diagram below, what type of organism converts atmospheric nitrogen (N2) to ammonia (NH3) and then to nitrites (NO2-) and nitrates (NO3-)?
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Answer: Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria
Explanation:
In the Nitrogen cycle, nitrogen fixing bacteria are very important in ensuring that plants get nitrogen to enable them grow and as animals have to eat plants, these bacteria are essential for our survival as well.
Plants are unable to use atmospheric nitrogen but nitrogen-fixing bacteria are able to synthesize ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen. They can then convert this to Nitrites and Nitrates which are more useful to plants and animals by extension.
What kind of issues prevent rural areas from having access to media
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Answer: no wifi
Explanation:
Answer:
no wifi access, basically your offline
What pressure, in atm, will be exerted by 8 moles of a gas at 300
Kelvin if it is contained in a 50 Liter vessel?
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Answer:
3.94 atm
Explanation:
Using the general gas law equation as follows;
PV = nRT
Where;
P = pressure (atm)
V = volume (L)
n = number of moles (mol)
R = gas law constant (0.0821 Latm/molK)
T = temperature (K)
According to the information provided in this question;
P = ?
V = 50 L
T = 300K
n = 8 mol
Using PV = nRT
P = nRT/V
P = (8 × 0.0821 × 300) ÷ 50
P = 197.04 ÷ 50
P = 3.94 atm
Type II survivorship curves Your answer: are characteristic of humans and elephants. typify a population in which all ages have an equal chance of survival. indicate a high mortality rate in the very young. show that very few young are produced, that each is given parental support, and that most individuals live a long life and die of old age. are typical of annual plants
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Answer:
b. typify a population in which all ages have an equal chance of surviving. → YES
e. are typical of annual plants → YES
Explanation:
Different species have survival curves differently shaped. In general terms, there are three different survival curves.
Type I. Mortality often occurs at the end of the cycle, representing species with low mortality. Organisms exhibiting this type of survivorship curve have long cycles of life and high probabilities to survive until they are old enough. These species have few descendants and spend too much time and energy in parental care to ensure their reproductive success. Type II. The probabilities of dying are equals all along the cycle, at any age interval. The number of dead individuals remains constant from the beginning to the end of the life cycle. These species have reduced offsprings, and they ensure their reproductive success by providing some significant parental care. Type III. Significant mortality during the early stages of life. Only a few individuals reach the later life stages, getting to survive their first period of life. Survivors usually have a long life. These species produce big offsprings at the same time, but they provide little or no parental care. Their reproductive success relies on the number of descendants.Type II survivorship curves:
a. are characteristic of humans and elephants → No, this is Type I curve
b. typify a population in which all ages have an equal chance of surviving. → YES
c. indicate a high mortality rate in the very young. → No, this is Type III curve
d. show that very few young are produced, that each is given parental support, and that most individuals live a relatively long life and die of old age. → No, this is Type I curve
e. are typical of annual plants → YES
what is the botanical name of beans
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Answer: The common botanical name for beans is Phaseolus vulgaris.
Answer:
Vhaseolus Vulgaris
Explanation:
The botanical name of bean is Phaseolus Vulgaris
Which of the following is an advantage of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction?
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Answer:
1. Leads to mixing of genetic materials hence variation within species
2. Leads to offspring with hybrid viguor that tend to show high and adaptability to environmental conditions.
3. Variations due to sexual reproduction leads to improvement of species hence evolutionary changes that may bring about specialisation
The diagram shows the five kingdoms of life. The place where the circles intersect include
only the characteristics that they have in common.
Which characteristic belongs in the shaded area?
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When it comes to the multicellular or unicellular protists are MAINLY unicellular while plante, animalia and fungi only are all multicellular so if they were in the same circle that’s probably while they are separated in the first place.
I would pic eukaryotes!
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Aroan coloration is the product of crossing a red bull and a white cow.
You cross a roan bull and a red cow. Answer the following question,
What is the genotype of the roan bull?
O A. XRY
O B. RW
O C. rr
OD. RI