Which of the following is false regarding water's specific heat?
A) The specific heat of water is 1.0 calorie per gram.
B) Heat applied to water must initially break a number of hydrogen bonds.
C) Water's high specific heat has a temperature-buffering effect.
D) Water gains and loses heat more slowly than most other solvents do.
E) The specific heat of water is similar to most liquids.
E) The specific heat of water is similar to most liquids.
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Which of the following statements is not true of nitrogen-fixing bacteria?
A. They live in root nodules. B. They are very common in symbioses with plants from the legume family. C. They are very common in symbioses in all plant families. D. Some are free-living in the soil. E. They provide an important way that biologically available nitrogen enters ecosystems.
If RNA was the first information storage molecule, which macromolecule would have been the "next" molecule
produced in the progression toward living cells?
a. DNA b. lipids c. carbohydrates d. sugars e. proteins
The theory of aging that posits that aging is caused either by the accumulation of deleterious mutations later in life or by a trade-off between repair to damaged tissues and reproduction is called the ________
A) theory of senescence B) rate-of-living theory of aging C) evolutionary theory of aging D) particulate theory of aging
MicroRNAs increase the rate of mRNA translation.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)