The most common type of lever system in the body has the force applied ____
a. at the free end of the bone
b. at the attached end of the bone
c. at the fulcrum
d. between the fulcrum and the load
e. at the load end
ANSWER: d
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a. Gelatinous body rules out Cnidaria. b. Lack of tentacles rules out Cnidaria. c. Bilateral symmetry rules out Platyhelminthes. d. Transparent body rules out Ctenophora.
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Physical deterrents on plants discourage the interspecific interaction called ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The relatively large number of new mutations that occur in the human genome each generation is tolerable because:
A. we have excellent DNA repair mechanisms. B. most of the mutations occur in somatic cells, not germ cells. C. most of our genome is non-coding DNA, so few mutations affect our proteins. D. we have excellent protein repair mechanisms. E. compared to other organisms, changes in our proteins have relatively little affect on our cells' structure and function.