The wood in a match is made of cellulose, a polymer of glucose molecules. When you light the match heat and light are given off, indicating that a(n) ________ reaction is occurring.
A. endergonic
B. kinetic energy
C. exergonic
D. potential energy
E. equilibrium
Answer: C. exergonic
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The ______ of an organism refers to the alleles that are present.
A. genotype B. karyotype C. pedigree D. phenotype E. pleiotropy
Which type of bonding allows the long, straight chains of cellulose to lock together tightly?
a. hydrogen b. polar covalent
c. ionic d. nonpolar covalent e. metallic
The data
a. supports the hypothesis that aromatic compounds suppress mite development. b. could be the basis for other experiments that determine the percent of hatchlings that survive in sprig-free and decorated nests. c. supports both of these. d. supports neither of these. e. provided is not enough to answer the question.
The reasons for using transposon-based mutagenesis include all of the following except __________
A) disrupting the coding sequence B) disrupting a regulatory sequence C) creating improper splice sequences D) addition of alkyl groups to bases E) blocking of enhancer-promoter interactions