From the mouth, food next enters the _______.

a) pharynx
b) esophagus
c) trachea
d) alveoli


Ans: a) pharynx

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A DNA site called a ________ is the binding location for a transcriptional repressor. 

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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a. conditions outside the cell b. master gene products c. operons d. conditions outside the cell and master gene products

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What distribution pattern is the most common

in the natural world? a. random b. uniform c. clumped d. stratified or layered e. homogeneous

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