What is the name of the process by which carbon sediments on the ocean floor are moved beneath one tectonic plate, and may eventually be released by volcanic activity?
a. sublimation
b. infusion
c. subduction
d. lithification
c. subduction
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Due to the faulty transport protein ________ ions cannot leave the cell and ________ accumulates on the cell's surface
a. potassium, mucus b. hydrogen, mucus c. chloride, salts d. chloride, mucus e. sodium, cancer
A(n) ________ is a global outbreak of disease
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M phase involves two overlapping events known as ________ and ________
Fill in the blank with correct word.
One of the possible concerns about genetically modified foods is that they might kill organisms that we don't want to kill. Which statement is an example of this phenomenon?
A) Bears eating genetically modified corn may be poisoned by the Bt gene introduced to the corn to act as a pesticide. B) The pollen from plants containing insect-killing Bt genes can be blown onto other plants. Insects that we don't want to kill, such as monarch butterflies, may be killed by such pollen. C) Genetically modified super-sized salmon have been known to kill the bald eagles that generally feed on them. D) In the Irish Potato Famine, more than one million people died as a result of the lack of genetic diversity in the potato crop. E) Thousands of people went into anaphylactic shock after consuming modified soybeans that contained a gene from Brazil nuts.