Overgrazing transforms marginal farmlands to deserts, a process called ________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


desertification

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While examining the sequence of nucleotides in the replicon region of bacterial DNA, you note an abundance of adenine and thymine base pairs. This leads you to conclude that this particular section of the DNA must be the

A. oriC site. B. ter site. C. Shine-Delgarno sequence. D. Pribnow box.

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In a microbial fuel cell, why are the organisms fed a rich diet of organic substrates? 

A. The organic substrates ensure that very little biosysnthesis is completed to maximize the amount of substrate being oxidized instead. B. The organic substrates ensure that waste products are kept to a minimum.  C. The organic substrates ensure that sufficient ATP is produced to drive the reaction.  D. The organic substrates ensure that the cells remain in log phase of the growth curve. 

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A kilowatt, a unit of electrical power, is

a. 10 watts. b. 100 watts. c. 1000 watts. d. 1,000,000 watts.

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The adaptive immune system is complex, but it can be summarized in four consecutive stages: i) lymphocyte encounter with an immunogen, ii) development of lymphocyte specificity against that immunogen, iii) 2nd encounter with the immunogen, and iv) development of memory cells.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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