A rain shadow is the region where heavy condensation precipitates out, as warm, moist air rises and then cools on the windward side of mountain ranges.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


False

A rain shadow is the leeward side of a mountain that receives relatively little rain.

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Smell and taste receptors would be classified as ____

a. photoreceptors b. chemoreceptors c. mechanoreceptors d. thermoreceptors e. nociceptors

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In the accompanying figure, what is the function of the structure that is labeled as 7?


a. maintaining sperm below body temperature
b. storing of mature sperm
c. producing prostaglandins
d. producing nutritive fluid to support active sperm
e. producing alkaline fluid to protect sperm in the vagina

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In the mRNA codons, UUU encodes for phenylalanine (Phe), AGU encodes for serine (Ser), UGG encodes for tryptophan (Try), and CGA encodes for arginine (Arg). The DNA base sequence to encode for a protein try-arg-ser would be 

A. ACCGCTTCA. B. TCCGCUUCA. C. UCCGCTTCU. D. UGGCGAAGU.

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