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Context: . a reaction is said to be exergonic if the final state is lower on the energy scale than the initial state ; in the case of endergonic reactions the situation is the reverse. a reaction is said to be exothermic if the reaction releases heat to the surroundings ; in the case of endothermic reactions, the react...
A) metabolic
Context: two local macros are included ( gothic. sty and fleqn. sty ) see quant - ph / 0101012 so on. these plastic casings are usually a composite material made up of a thermoplastic matrix such as acrylonitrile butadiene styrene ( abs ) in which calcium carbonate chalk, talc, glass fibers or carbon fibers have been a...
D) mollusca
Context: they may have been present earlier, their diversification accelerated when they started using oxygen in their metabolism. later, around 1. 7 billion years ago, multicellular organisms began to appear, with differentiated cells performing specialised functions. algae - like multicellular land plants are dated b...
D) evolution
Context: and nucleotides. carbohydrates include monomers and polymers of sugars. lipids are the only class of macromolecules that are not made up of polymers. they include steroids, phospholipids, and fats, largely nonpolar and hydrophobic ( water - repelling ) substances. proteins are the most diverse of the macromole...
D) titins
Context: ##al nomenclature. the nomenclature of botanical organisms is codified in the international code of nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants ( icn ) and administered by the international botanical congress. kingdom plantae belongs to domain eukaryota and is broken down recursively until each species is separa...
A) host
Context: ##tronics, the science of using mechanical devices with human muscular, musculoskeletal, and nervous systems to assist or enhance motor control lost by trauma, disease, or defect. prostheses are typically used to replace parts lost by injury ( traumatic ) or missing from birth ( congenital ) or to supplement d...
A) acetylcholine
Context: torsion oscillations of the neutron star crust are landau damped by the alfven continuum in the bulk. for strong magnetic fields ( in magnetars ), undamped alfven eigenmodes appear. cobalt nanowires with a diameter in the range between 50 to 100nm can be prepared as single - crystal wires with the easy axis ( ...
A) very strong
Context: other contemporary production centre. the earliest documented use of lead ( possibly native or smelted ) in the near east dates from the 6th millennium bc, is from the late neolithic settlements of yarim tepe and arpachiyah in iraq. the artifacts suggest that lead smelting may have predated copper smelting. me...
C) joints
Context: cortisol, corticosterone and aldosterone activate full - length glucocorticoid receptor ( gr ) from elephant shark, a cartilaginous fish belonging to the oldest group of jawed vertebrates. activation by aldosterone a mineralocorticoid, indicates partial divergence of elephant shark gr from the mr. progesterone...
D) cartilaginous
Context: nuclear jets containing relativistic ` ` hot ' ' particles close to the central engine cool dramatically by producing high energy radiation. the radiative dissipation is similar to the famous compton drag acting upon ` ` cold ' ' thermal particles in a relativistic bulk flow. highly relativistic protons induce...
D) conduction
Context: , the oxygen atom has a slight negative charge and the two hydrogen atoms have a slight positive charge. this polar property of water allows it to attract other water molecules via hydrogen bonds, which makes water cohesive. surface tension results from the cohesive force due to the attraction between molecule...
B) amphibians
Context: , crystal structure, hazards associated with minerals, and the physical and chemical properties of minerals. petrology is the study of rocks, including the formation and composition of rocks. petrography is a branch of petrology that studies the typology and classification of rocks. = = earth ' s interior = = ...
C) cleavage
Context: enough to rise to the surface — giving birth to volcanoes. = = atmospheric science = = atmospheric science initially developed in the late - 19th century as a means to forecast the weather through meteorology, the study of weather. atmospheric chemistry was developed in the 20th century to measure air pollutio...
A) magnetic field
Context: pluripotent cell lines of the embryo, which in turn become fully differentiated cells. a single fertilised egg cell, the zygote, gives rise to the many different plant cell types including parenchyma, xylem vessel elements, phloem sieve tubes, guard cells of the epidermis, etc. as it continues to divide. the p...
C) middle ear
Context: generally, dead - end filtration is used for feasibility studies on a laboratory scale. the dead - end membranes are relatively easy to fabricate which reduces the cost of the separation process. the dead - end membrane separation process is easy to implement and the process is usually cheaper than cross - flo...
B) primary active transport
Context: for natural scientists, with the creation of transgenic organisms one of the most important tools for analysis of gene function. genes and other genetic information from a wide range of organisms can be inserted into bacteria for storage and modification, creating genetically modified bacteria in the process. ...
A) cellular slime molds
Context: . currently, even blades made of advanced metal alloys used in the engines ' hot section require cooling and careful limiting of operating temperatures. turbine engines made with ceramics could operate more efficiently, giving aircraft greater range and payload for a set amount of fuel. recently, there have be...
C) fontanelles
Context: the best - suited crops ( e. g., those with the highest yields ) to produce enough food to support a growing population. as crops and fields became increasingly large and difficult to maintain, it was discovered that specific organisms and their by - products could effectively fertilize, restore nitrogen, and ...
C) slowly
Context: pigment chlorophyll a. chlorophyll a ( as well as its plant and green algal - specific cousin chlorophyll b ) absorbs light in the blue - violet and orange / red parts of the spectrum while reflecting and transmitting the green light that we see as the characteristic colour of these organisms. the energy in th...
C) exact wavelength
Context: . most cells are very small, with diameters ranging from 1 to 100 micrometers and are therefore only visible under a light or electron microscope. there are generally two types of cells : eukaryotic cells, which contain a nucleus, and prokaryotic cells, which do not. prokaryotes are single - celled organisms s...
A) internal membranes
Context: variation in total solar irradiance is thought to have little effect on the earth ' s surface temperature because of the thermal time constant - - the characteristic response time of the earth ' s global surface temperature to changes in forcing. this time constant is large enough to smooth annual variations b...
D) once each year
Context: others, such as the essential oils peppermint oil and lemon oil are useful for their aroma, as flavourings and spices ( e. g., capsaicin ), and in medicine as pharmaceuticals as in opium from opium poppies. many medicinal and recreational drugs, such as tetrahydrocannabinol ( active ingredient in cannabis ), c...
C) saturated and unsaturated
Context: . these biochemical strategies are unique to land plants. = = = medicine and materials = = = phytochemistry is a branch of plant biochemistry primarily concerned with the chemical substances produced by plants during secondary metabolism. some of these compounds are toxins such as the alkaloid coniine from hem...
D) three
Context: the valuable metals into individual constituents. = = metal and its alloys = = much effort has been placed on understanding iron – carbon alloy system, which includes steels and cast irons. plain carbon steels ( those that contain essentially only carbon as an alloying element ) are used in low - cost, high - ...
B) strontium
Context: hemicellulose and pectin, larger vacuoles than in animal cells and the presence of plastids with unique photosynthetic and biosynthetic functions as in the chloroplasts. other plastids contain storage products such as starch ( amyloplasts ) or lipids ( elaioplasts ). uniquely, streptophyte cells and those of t...
C) gravity
Context: waste, and the deep biosphere of the earth ' s crust. bacteria also live in symbiotic and parasitic relationships with plants and animals. most bacteria have not been characterised, and only about 27 percent of the bacterial phyla have species that can be grown in the laboratory. archaea constitute the other d...
C) by digesting their cell walls
Context: stems mainly provide support to the leaves and reproductive structures, but can store water in succulent plants such as cacti, food as in potato tubers, or reproduce vegetatively as in the stolons of strawberry plants or in the process of layering. leaves gather sunlight and carry out photosynthesis. large, fl...
A) sunlight
Context: possible states of energy for electrons, atoms and molecules. these are determined by the rules of quantum mechanics, which require quantization of energy of a bound system. the atoms / molecules in a higher energy state are said to be excited. the molecules / atoms of substance in an excited energy state are ...
C) kinetic
Context: in gravitational lensing, the concept of optical depth assumes the lens is dark. several microlensing detections have now been made where the lens may be bright. relations are developed between apparent and absolute optical depth in the regime of the apparent and absolute brightness of the lens. an apparent op...
C) concave
Context: ##logous in nature, and can be used in a myriad of ways, from helping repair skeletal tissue to replenishing beta cells in diabetic patients. allogenic : cells are obtained from the body of a donor of the same species as the recipient. while there are some ethical constraints to the use of human cells for in v...
B) stem cells
Context: also known as the gradient or slope. when two rivers of different sizes have the same fall, the larger river has the quicker flow, as its retardation by friction against its bed and banks is less in proportion to its volume than is the case with the smaller river. the fall available in a section of a river app...
D) electrical charges
Context: you noticed any weight loss, change in sleep quality, fevers, lumps and bumps? etc. ), followed by questions on the body ' s main organ systems ( heart, lungs, digestive tract, urinary tract, etc. ). social history ( sh ) : birthplace, residences, marital history, social and economic status, habits ( including...
D) kidneys
Context: ( division of the nucleus ) is preceded by the s stage of interphase ( during which the dna is replicated ) and is often followed by telophase and cytokinesis ; which divides the cytoplasm, organelles and cell membrane of one cell into two new cells containing roughly equal shares of these cellular components....
B) luteal phase
Context: blood vessels. mechanical stimuli, such as pressure pulses seem to be beneficial to all kind of cardiovascular tissue such as heart valves, blood vessels or pericardium. = = = bioreactors = = = in tissue engineering, a bioreactor is a device that attempts to simulate a physiological environment in order to pro...
D) sphygmomanometer
Context: you noticed any weight loss, change in sleep quality, fevers, lumps and bumps? etc. ), followed by questions on the body ' s main organ systems ( heart, lungs, digestive tract, urinary tract, etc. ). social history ( sh ) : birthplace, residences, marital history, social and economic status, habits ( including...
B) both
Context: there are no limits for the speeds of light and particles in general relativity ( gr ). four examples illustrate this basic result, which is too often neglected. the group velocity of light has been measured at eight different wavelengths between 385 nm and 532 nm in the mediterranean sea at a depth of about 2...
B) particle
Context: ##ning an animal for its hide, and even forming other tools out of softer materials such as bone and wood. the earliest stone tools were irrelevant, being little more than a fractured rock. in the acheulian era, beginning approximately 1. 65 million years ago, methods of working these stones into specific shap...
A) cartilage
Context: two local macros are included ( gothic. sty and fleqn. sty ) ##dians, assyrians and babylonians ) lived in cities from c. 4000 bc, and developed a sophisticated architecture in mud - brick and stone, including the use of the true arch. the walls of babylon were so massive they were quoted as a wonder of the wo...
D) surface water
Context: ##tes, i. e., genes are unlinked. an exception to this rule would include traits that are sex - linked. test crosses can be performed to experimentally determine the underlying genotype of an organism with a dominant phenotype. a punnett square can be used to predict the results of a test cross. the chromosome...
A) genome
Context: = = = cellular respiration is a set of metabolic reactions and processes that take place in cells to convert chemical energy from nutrients into adenosine triphosphate ( atp ), and then release waste products. the reactions involved in respiration are catabolic reactions, which break large molecules into small...
D) mitochondria
Context: the group velocity of light has been measured at eight different wavelengths between 385 nm and 532 nm in the mediterranean sea at a depth of about 2. 2 km with the antares optical beacon systems. a parametrisation of the dependence of the refractive index on wavelength based on the salinity, pressure and temp...
B) nematocysts
Context: kidneys and the majority of those currently in use are extracorporeal, such as with hemodialysis, which filters blood directly, or peritoneal dialysis, which filters via a fluid in the abdomen. in order to contribute to the biological functions of a kidney such as producing metabolic factors or hormones, some ...
C) ureters
Context: generally, dead - end filtration is used for feasibility studies on a laboratory scale. the dead - end membranes are relatively easy to fabricate which reduces the cost of the separation process. the dead - end membrane separation process is easy to implement and the process is usually cheaper than cross - flo...
B) osmosis
Context: river - beds ), but not for where there may be large obstructions in the ground. an open caisson that is used in soft grounds or high water tables, where open trench excavations are impractical, can also be used to install deep manholes, pump stations and reception / launch pits for microtunnelling, pipe jacki...
C) infiltration
Context: = = = = = = environmental remediation = = = environmental remediation is the process through which contaminants or pollutants in soil, water and other media are removed to improve environmental quality. the main focus is the reduction of hazardous substances within the environment. some of the areas involved i...
D) excretory system
Context: the basis of all plant metabolism. the energy of sunlight, captured by oxygenic photosynthesis and released by cellular respiration, is the basis of almost all life. photoautotrophs, including all green plants, algae and cyanobacteria gather energy directly from sunlight by photosynthesis. heterotrophs includi...
C) radiation
Context: has rest mass and volume ( it takes up space ) and is made up of particles. the particles that make up matter have rest mass as well – not all particles have rest mass, such as the photon. matter can be a pure chemical substance or a mixture of substances. = = = = atom = = = = the atom is the basic unit of che...
C) orbits
Context: weather than in the winter months, so that the rivers fall to their low stage in the summer and are liable to be in flood in the winter. in fact, with a temperate climate, the year may be divided into a warm and a cold season, extending from may to october and from november to april in the northern hemisphere ...
B) steam fog
Context: oxygen, carbon dioxide, and water to pass through while restricting the movement of larger molecules and charged particles such as ions. cell membranes also contain membrane proteins, including integral membrane proteins that go across the membrane serving as membrane transporters, and peripheral proteins that...
B) energy
Context: cross. the chromosome theory of inheritance, which states that genes are found on chromosomes, was supported by thomas morgans ' s experiments with fruit flies, which established the sex linkage between eye color and sex in these insects. = = = genes and dna = = = a gene is a unit of heredity that corresponds ...
C) fused
Context: a rydberg gas of no entrained in a supersonic molecular beam releases electrons as it evolves to form an ultracold plasma. the size of this signal, compared with that extracted by the subsequent application of a pulsed electric field, determines the absolute magnitude of the plasma charge. this information, co...
B) lightning
Context: organelles. in terms of their structural composition, the microtubules are made up of tubulin ( e. g., α - tubulin and β - tubulin ) whereas intermediate filaments are made up of fibrous proteins. microfilaments are made up of actin molecules that interact with other strands of proteins. = = = metabolism = = =...
B) catalyst
Context: kidneys and the majority of those currently in use are extracorporeal, such as with hemodialysis, which filters blood directly, or peritoneal dialysis, which filters via a fluid in the abdomen. in order to contribute to the biological functions of a kidney such as producing metabolic factors or hormones, some ...
B) blood
Context: the motion of celestial bodies through a higher power such as god. aristotle did not have the technological advancements that would have explained the motion of celestial bodies. in addition, aristotle had many views on the elements. he believed that everything was derived of the elements earth, water, air, fi...
A) alkaline earth metals
Context: in isotope dating states : there are only three quite technical instances where a half - life changes, and these do not affect the dating methods : " only one technical exception occurs under terrestrial conditions, and this is not for an isotope used for dating.... the artificially - produced isotope, berylli...
A) half-life
Context: = = = = = = environmental remediation = = = environmental remediation is the process through which contaminants or pollutants in soil, water and other media are removed to improve environmental quality. the main focus is the reduction of hazardous substances within the environment. some of the areas involved i...
D) wilting
Context: a lattice l is " meet - distributive " if for each element of l, the meets of the elements directly below it form a boolean lattice. these objects are in bijection with " convex geometries ", which are an abstract model of convexity. do they give rise to an incidence hopf algebra of convex geometries? congesti...
D) biological
Context: ##d product that is the focus of a tooling drawing. lines can also be classified by a letter classification in which each line is given a letter. type a lines show the outline of the feature of an object. they are the thickest lines on a drawing and done with a pencil softer than hb. type b lines are dimension...
D) nerve impulses
Context: scientists look through telescopes, study images on electronic screens, record meter readings, and so on. generally, on a basic level, they can agree on what they see, e. g., the thermometer shows 37. 9 degrees c. but, if these scientists have different ideas about the theories that have been developed to expl...
A) measurement
Context: monoclonal antibodies, antihemophilic factors, vaccines and many other drugs. mouse hybridomas, cells fused together to create monoclonal antibodies, have been adapted through genetic engineering to create human monoclonal antibodies. genetically engineered viruses are being developed that can still confer imm...
A) they lay eggs
Context: or a base, as is evident in the history of this concept. acid strength is commonly measured by two methods. one measurement, based on the arrhenius definition of acidity, is ph, which is a measurement of the hydronium ion concentration in a solution, as expressed on a negative logarithmic scale. thus, solution...
D) ph scale
Context: two permutations in a class are wilf - equivalent if, for every size, $ n $, the number of permutations in the class of size $ n $ containing each of them is the same. those infinite classes that have only one equivalence class in each size for this relation are characterised provided either that they avoid at...
D) structural isomers
Context: , 400 km from the persian gulf to the mediterranean sea, but was not paved and was only partially maintained. in around 2, 000 bce, the minoans on the greek island of crete built a 50 km road leading from the palace of gortyn on the south side of the island, through the mountains, to the palace of knossos on t...
D) hydrogen sulfide
Context: blood vessels. mechanical stimuli, such as pressure pulses seem to be beneficial to all kind of cardiovascular tissue such as heart valves, blood vessels or pericardium. = = = bioreactors = = = in tissue engineering, a bioreactor is a device that attempts to simulate a physiological environment in order to pro...
A) systolic and diastolic
Context: have evolved from the earliest emergence of life to present day. earth formed about 4. 5 billion years ago and all life on earth, both living and extinct, descended from a last universal common ancestor that lived about 3. 5 billion years ago. geologists have developed a geologic time scale that divides the hi...
B) fetal period
Context: g. spectroscopy and chromatography. scientists engaged in chemical research are known as chemists. most chemists specialize in one or more sub - disciplines. several concepts are essential for the study of chemistry ; some of them are : = = = matter = = = in chemistry, matter is defined as anything that has re...
D) in the nucleus
Context: of several types of apomixis that occur in plants. apomixis can also happen in a seed, producing a seed that contains an embryo genetically identical to the parent. most sexually reproducing organisms are diploid, with paired chromosomes, but doubling of their chromosome number may occur due to errors in cytok...
B) diploid zygote
Context: cells into the decellularized rat heart. tissue - engineered blood vessels : blood vessels that have been grown in a lab and can be used to repair damaged blood vessels without eliciting an immune response. tissue engineered blood vessels have been developed by many different approaches. they could be implante...
D) xylem and phloem
Context: various forms that are characteristic of its life cycle. there are four key processes that underlie development : determination, differentiation, morphogenesis, and growth. determination sets the developmental fate of a cell, which becomes more restrictive during development. differentiation is the process by ...
C) embryonic
Context: scale. thus, solutions that have a low ph have a high hydronium ion concentration and can be said to be more acidic. the other measurement, based on the brønsted – lowry definition, is the acid dissociation constant ( ka ), which measures the relative ability of a substance to act as an acid under the brønsted...
C) chlorine gas
Context: the strictest definition of " plant " includes only the " land plants " or embryophytes, which include seed plants ( gymnosperms, including the pines, and flowering plants ) and the free - sporing cryptogams including ferns, clubmosses, liverworts, hornworts and mosses. embryophytes are multicellular eukaryote...
C) chromosomes
Context: and nucleotides. carbohydrates include monomers and polymers of sugars. lipids are the only class of macromolecules that are not made up of polymers. they include steroids, phospholipids, and fats, largely nonpolar and hydrophobic ( water - repelling ) substances. proteins are the most diverse of the macromole...
C) density
Context: the hun tian theory ), or as being without substance while the heavenly bodies float freely ( the hsuan yeh theory ), the earth was at all times flat, although perhaps bulging up slightly. the model of an egg was often used by chinese astronomers such as zhang heng ( 78 – 139 ad ) to describe the heavens as sp...
A) uterus
Context: = = = cellular respiration is a set of metabolic reactions and processes that take place in cells to convert chemical energy from nutrients into adenosine triphosphate ( atp ), and then release waste products. the reactions involved in respiration are catabolic reactions, which break large molecules into small...
A) diffusion
Context: some references for the breaking strength of fused silica fibers compiled in 1999. organelles. in terms of their structural composition, the microtubules are made up of tubulin ( e. g., α - tubulin and β - tubulin ) whereas intermediate filaments are made up of fibrous proteins. microfilaments are made up of a...
A) amino acids
Context: energy they need to exist. plants, algae and cyanobacteria are the major groups of organisms that carry out photosynthesis, a process that uses the energy of sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars that can be used both as a source of chemical energy and of organic molecules that are used in t...
D) heterotrophs
Context: the theory outright... lakatos sought to reconcile the rationalism of popperian falsificationism with what seemed to be its own refutation by history ". many philosophers have tried to solve the problem of demarcation in the following terms : a statement constitutes knowledge if sufficiently many people believ...
D) evidence
Context: the valuable metals into individual constituents. = = metal and its alloys = = much effort has been placed on understanding iron – carbon alloy system, which includes steels and cast irons. plain carbon steels ( those that contain essentially only carbon as an alloying element ) are used in low - cost, high - ...
C) metalloids
Context: a measurable and testable value of a vehicle ' s ability to perform in various conditions. performance can be considered in a wide variety of tasks, but it generally considers how quickly a car can accelerate ( e. g. standing start 1 / 4 mile elapsed time, 0 – 60 mph, etc. ), its top speed, how short and quick...
D) acceleration
Context: this process may release or absorb energy. when the resulting nucleus is lighter than that of iron, energy is normally released ; when the nucleus is heavier than that of iron, energy is generally absorbed. this process of fusion occurs in stars, which derive their energy from hydrogen and helium. they form, t...
D) supernovas
Context: known as " algae " have unique organelles known as chloroplasts. chloroplasts are thought to be descended from cyanobacteria that formed endosymbiotic relationships with ancient plant and algal ancestors. chloroplasts and cyanobacteria contain the blue - green pigment chlorophyll a. chlorophyll a ( as well as ...
B) photosynthesis
Context: , which would exclude fungi and some algae. plant cells were derived by endosymbiosis of a cyanobacterium into an early eukaryote about one billion years ago, which gave rise to chloroplasts. the first several clades that emerged following primary endosymbiosis were aquatic and most of the aquatic photosynthet...
D) exoenzymes
Context: ##itive material by selective exposure to a radiation source such as light. a photosensitive material is a material that experiences a change in its physical properties when exposed to a radiation source. if a photosensitive material is selectively exposed to radiation ( e. g. by masking some of the radiation ...
C) speed
Context: as subjects perceive the sensory world, different stimuli elicit a number of neural representations. here, a subjective distance between stimuli is defined, measuring the degree of similarity between the underlying representations. as an example, the subjective distance between different locations in space is ...
B) wavelength
Context: as a traditional tool of external assistance, crutches play an important role in society. they have a wide range of applications to help either the elderly and disabled to walk or to treat certain illnesses or for post - operative rehabilitation. but there are many different types of crutches, including should...
B) gluten
Context: ##ch which is stored in the chloroplast. starch is the characteristic energy store of most land plants and algae, while inulin, a polymer of fructose is used for the same purpose in the sunflower family asteraceae. some of the glucose is converted to sucrose ( common table sugar ) for export to the rest of the...
A) photosynthesis
Context: also known as the gradient or slope. when two rivers of different sizes have the same fall, the larger river has the quicker flow, as its retardation by friction against its bed and banks is less in proportion to its volume than is the case with the smaller river. the fall available in a section of a river app...
D) current through a circuit
Context: the structural components of cells. as a by - product of photosynthesis, plants release oxygen into the atmosphere, a gas that is required by nearly all living things to carry out cellular respiration. in addition, they are influential in the global carbon and water cycles and plant roots bind and stabilise so...
C) greenhouse gases
Context: are the stone - paved streets of the city - state of ur, dating to c. 4, 000 bce, and timber roads leading through the swamps of glastonbury, england, dating to around the same period. the first long - distance road, which came into use around 3, 500 bce, spanned 2, 400 km from the persian gulf to the mediterr...
A) municipal
Context: which applies a forces that results in fracturing ), and impact ( which employs a milling medium or the particles themselves to cause fracturing ). attrition milling equipment includes the wet scrubber ( also called the planetary mill or wet attrition mill ), which has paddles in water creating vortexes in whi...
C) forms droplets
Context: this third part of the lecture series deals with the question : who will pay for your retirement? for western europe the answer may be ` ` nobody ' ', but for algeria the demography looks more promising. a discontinuity of a turbulent ideal fluid is considered. it is supposed to be split and dispersed, or spre...
D) emigration
Context: scientists look through telescopes, study images on electronic screens, record meter readings, and so on. generally, on a basic level, they can agree on what they see, e. g., the thermometer shows 37. 9 degrees c. but, if these scientists have different ideas about the theories that have been developed to expl...
A) replicate their work
Context: another and therefore take part in chemical reactions that sustain life. in terms of its molecular structure, water is a small polar molecule with a bent shape formed by the polar covalent bonds of two hydrogen ( h ) atoms to one oxygen ( o ) atom ( h2o ). because the o – h bonds are polar, the oxygen atom has...
B) atoms
Context: 28 size spectra of extensive air showers from 7 different experiments are analysed consistently. they are fitted by adjusting either 4 or 5 parameters : knee position, power law exponents above and below the knee, overall intensity and, in addition, a parameter describing the smoothness of the bend. the residu...
D) water pressure
Context: charges in the nuclei and the negative charges oscillating about them. more than simple attraction and repulsion, the energies and distributions characterize the availability of an electron to bond to another atom. the chemical bond can be a covalent bond, an ionic bond, a hydrogen bond or just because of van ...
D) nucleus
Context: in gravitational lensing, the concept of optical depth assumes the lens is dark. several microlensing detections have now been made where the lens may be bright. relations are developed between apparent and absolute optical depth in the regime of the apparent and absolute brightness of the lens. an apparent op...
D) negative numbers
Context: . throughout the history of agriculture, farmers have inadvertently altered the genetics of their crops through introducing them to new environments and breeding them with other plants — one of the first forms of biotechnology. these processes also were included in early fermentation of beer. these processes w...
B) autotrophs
Context: inherited traits such as shape in pisum sativum ( peas ). what mendel learned from studying plants has had far - reaching benefits outside of botany. similarly, " jumping genes " were discovered by barbara mcclintock while she was studying maize. nevertheless, there are some distinctive genetic differences bet...
D) female reproductive organ
Context: of tool usage was found in ethiopia within the great rift valley, dating back to 2. 5 million years ago. the earliest methods of stone tool making, known as the oldowan " industry ", date back to at least 2. 3 million years ago. this era of stone tool use is called the paleolithic, or " old stone age ", and sp...
B) two
Context: current model of atomic structure is the quantum mechanical model. traditional chemistry starts with the study of elementary particles, atoms, molecules, substances, metals, crystals and other aggregates of matter. matter can be studied in solid, liquid, gas and plasma states, in isolation or in combination. t...
C) chemical change