Peas and beans are considered legumes. Why?

What will be an ideal response?


A legume is a fruit that splits along two sides when mature.

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The parietal lobe is responsible for:a

vision. b. visceral sensation. c. hearing. d. generating a motor response. e. inhibiting unsuitable behaviors.

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In an ecosystem, the amount of organic matter produced in a given time that is available for heterotrophs is known as 

A. daily yield. B.  gross primary productivity. C. net primary productivity. D. effective vitality. E. net yield.  

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Refer to Figure 14-1. The structure labeled 7 in the figure of the tryptophan operon is:


a. an active repressor protein.
b. an inactive repressor protein.
c. an active RNA polymerase.
d. an inactive RNA polymerase.
e. a ribosome.

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An unknown bacterial species is recovered from a sick patient's digestive tract. It has a membrane outside the cell wall that contains toxic lipids. This observation indicates that

A) the infection should be relatively easy to control with common antibiotics, because the pathogen is a gram-positive species. B) the infection should be relatively easy to control with common antibiotics, because the pathogen is a gram-negative species. C) the infection may be quite threatening and difficult to control, because the pathogen is a gram-positive species. D) the infection may be quite threatening and difficult to control, because the pathogen is a gram-negative species.

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