Water has an important stabilizing effect on temperature in living organisms and their environments
because as water absorbs heat, much of the energy is used to ____ instead of raising the temperature.
a. create hydrogen bonds
b. create covalent bonds
c. break surface tension
d. break hydrogen bonds
e. create hydration layers
D
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The activator for the lac operon is:
A. CRP. B. cAMP. C. lactose. D. allolactose.
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a. Plasmids are small portions of circular DNA found in bacteria. b. Plasmids often encode for genes that carry toxins or antibiotic resistance. c. Plasmids can be transferred from one bacterium to another. d. Plasmids contain DNA and are found in the nucleoid region of bacteria
Red blood cells do not contain
a. a cell membrane. b. cytoplasm. c. hemoglobin. d. a nucleus. e. a nucleus and other organelles.