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.

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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

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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

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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

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