A hypertonic solution is one that _____________

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word.


Answer: contains a greater concentration of solute than the cell

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a. silica b. cellulose c. calcium carbonate d. copper sulfate e. hydrogen sulfide

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Which process is responsible for the conversion of DNA information into messenger RNA?

a. replication b. transcription c. duplication d. translation

e. synthesis

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Genotypic and allele frequencies for a gene that determines neck length in giraffes are measured and found to be identical in three successive generations. From this data it is reasonable to conclude that, with respect to the gene for neck length, the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.

a. true b. false

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Sports physiologists at an Olympic training center wanted to monitor athletes to determine at what point their muscles were functioning anaerobically. They could do this by checking for a buildup of _____.

a. ATP b. lactic acid c. carbon dioxide d. ADP e. oxygen

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