Fats and oils function better than other biological molecules as energy-storage molecules because of the carbon they contain.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
Fats and oils function well as energy-storage molecules because they contain more energy per gram than other biological molecules. All organic molecules contain carbon.
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A. The nucleotides in one strand are connected by hydrogen bonds. B. A phosphate group in a nucleotide is attached to the 3 carbon in ribose. C. A purine always forms a complementary base pair with a pyrimidine. D. The percentage of the purine A always equals the percentage of the purine G. E. It is used by ribosomes for translation.
A new hormone is discovered. Tests reveal that it is small, hydrophilic, and degraded by a protease. What type of hormone is it?
A. peptide B. amino acid derivative C. steroid D. glucocorticoid E. prostaglandin
What is recombinant DNA?
A) A segment of DNA containing sequences from two different sources B) DNA that comes from plasmids C) DNA that can no longer replicate D) DNA that is circular
Oysters and many other mollusks produce many offspring of which only a few survive to adulthood and then have little risk of predation with their strong adult shells. Oysters are an example of an organism with a type ______ survivorship curve.
A. 0 B. I C. II D. III E. IV