Entropy

What will be an ideal response?


a measure of the disorder of a system. whenever energy freely transforms from one form to another, the direction of transformation is toward a state of greater disorder and therefore toward a state of greater disorder and therefore toward on of greater entropy

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The mechanism for adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production in which high-energy phosphate bonds produced by the central metabolic pathways are donated to adenosine diphosphate (ADP) to form ATP is:

a. substrate-level phosphorylation. b. fermentative metabolism. c. oxidative phosphorylation. d. aerobic respiration.

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The ____ began in 2007 and aims to classify the microorganisms the human body supports and how they impact overall

health.

a. Human Genome Project b. Human Microbiome Project c. Human Proteome Project d. Human Skin Flora Project e. Human Health Project

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During an acrosome reaction, the acrosome:a

detaches, allowing the sperm to penetrate the egg. b. releases enzymes that digest the outer layer of the egg. c. secretes calcium ions, which cause the sperm to fuse with the egg. d. releases bindin, which causes the sperm to bind to the egg. e. secretes a chemical that attracts the egg to the sperm.

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You are a nutritional scientist and discover an organic molecule that is water-soluble and is essential to good health but does not appear to be manufactured by the human body. It is most likely a 

A. mineral. B. carbohydrate. C. vitamin. D. polypeptide.

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