In what sense can the fats in your diet be said to contribute to ‘keeping you warm’?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Fat also helps you absorb vitamins A, D, E, and K, the so-called fat-soluble vitamins. Fat also fills your fat cells and insulates your body to help keep you warm. The fats your body gets from your food give your body essential fatty acids called linoleic and linolenic acid.
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All the populations of different organisms that live in the same place form a(n) ____
a. ecosystem b. community c. biosphere d. sample e. organ
Bacteria that do not have a fixed shape are said to be ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Cell autonomous genes affect only those cells in which they are expressed. Which group of early developmental genes are not cell autonomous?
What will be an ideal response?
The most numerous WBCs, that have multilobed nuclei and are very phagocytic are
A. neutrophils. B. basophils. C. monocytes. D. eosinophils. E. lymphocytes.