The process of converting a sequence of nucleotides in a section of DNA to a sequence of nucleotides in RNA, as a precursor to protein synthesis is called
A) encryption
B) translation
C) deciphering
D) transcription
D
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Stars with masses between 0.4-Mo and 4-Mo
a. undergo thermonuclear fusion of hydrogen and helium, but never get hot enough to ignite carbon. b. undergo thermonuclear fusion of hydrogen, but never get hot enough to ignite helium. c. produce type I supernovae after they exhaust their nuclear fuels. d. produce type II supernovae after they exhaust their nuclear fuels. e. undergo carbon detonation.
The largest known black holes:
A) create the dark nebulae in the plane of the Milky Way. B) can be no more than 1.4 solar masses, according to Chandrasekhar. C) lie in the cores of the most massive galaxies. D) can be no bigger than a small city, just like neutron stars. E) can be no bigger than the Earth, like white dwarfs.
Vision Problems: A myopic (nearsighted) child wears contact lenses that allow her to have clear distant vision. The power of the lenses of her eyeglasses is -3.00 diopters. Without the corrective lenses, what is the far point of the girl?
A. 0.33 m B. 0.25 m C. 0.17 m D. 0.42 m E. 0.50 m
Over withdrawal of groundwater causes ground subsidence in areas
A) of karst topography.
B) underlain by unconsolidated sediments.
C) underlain by consolidated sediments.
D) all of these