Briefly describe the metabolism of carbohydrates
What will be an ideal response?
Complex carbohydrates, whether polysaccharides or disaccharides, are broken down into their monomers of monosaccharides. Humans, however, cannot break down the polysaccharide cellulose and so it is eliminated. The digested sugars then enter glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and the electron chain, producing ATP.
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Which trait is a characteristic of most eudicots?
a. four or five floral parts, or multiples of four or five b. three furrows with pores on pollen grain c. vascular bundles organized as a ring in ground tissue d. branching fibrous root system e. two seed leaves of embryo inside the seed
Cardiac output may be increased by a
A. greater-than-normal heart rate. B. lower-than-normal stroke volume. C. lower-than-normal stroke volume and heart rate. D. greater-than-normal stroke volume. E. greater-than-normal stroke volume and heart rate.
Freshwater fishes excrete most of their nitrogenous wastes through the kidneys
____________________ Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
In mRNA codons: UUU = phenylalanine, GUU = valine, UAU = tyrosine, UGU = cystine, GGU = glycine. If the third amino acid in a protein were valine, the codon sequence for that amino acid would be
A. UAU. B. GGU. C. UUU. D. GUU.