What are the basic categories of hormones?

What will be an ideal response?


  The basic categories of hormones are peptide or proteins, steroids, and amino
acid derivatives. The chemical properties of each hormone type determine some
of its functional properties and how it must interact with receptors to signal to the cell.

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Where rivers slow and drop their sediment load they form deltas termed:

a. dendritic. b. coastal plain. c. tidal flats. d. sand bar. e. tombolos.

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Competitive exclusion is based upon the idea

that

a. one species will voluntarily allow the other to survive. b. no two species can completely occupy the same niche. c. the larger species will dominate the smaller. d. competition is overrated as a factor in species survival. e. two species can live together, if they share the same niche but only at alternate times

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The term ________ is given to any foreign substance that stimulates a specific immune system response.

A. allergen B. antibody C. antigen D. foreign body

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