Radioactive iodine is sometimes used to treat thyroid cancer. This is an example of the use of (isotopes/elements/radiation) in medical treatment.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


isotopes

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a. ketoacidosis b. cretinism c. hyperglycemia d. dehydration e. electrolyte imbalance

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Specialized epidermal outgrowths that remove excess salt accumulated in seashore plants are an example of:

a. plasmodesmata. b. guard cells. c. stomata. d. sclereids. e. trichomes

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The total magnification using a 10 ocular and a 100 objective would be (110/1000/10000)×. (Be sure your answer is a numeral.)

What will be an ideal response?

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You discover that the underlying cause of a disease is a protein that is now less stable than the non-disease-causing version of the protein. This change is most likely to be due to ________

(a) a mutation within a gene. (b) a mutation within the regulatory DNA of a gene. (c) gene duplication. (d) horizontal gene transfer.

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