Which of the following is true of environmental changes?
a. they cannot be caused by human activity.
b. they may affect several populations in an ecosystem.
c. they affect food chains, but not food webs.
d. they have no effect on living organisms in an ecosystem.

Which is an important function of normal flora? a. aid with bone marrow production. b. crowd out pathogenic bacteria. c. destroy digestive track pathogens. d. manufacture iron in the bloodstream.

You have just sequenced a new protein found in mice and observe that sulfur-containing cysteine residues occur at regular intervals. what is the significance of this finding? it will be important to include cysteine in the diet of the mice. cysteine residues are required for the formation of α helices and β pleated sheets. cysteine residues are involved in disulfide bridges that form tertiary structure. cysteine causes bends, or angles, to occur in the tertiary structure of proteins.

Which measure of an earthquake depends on how close you are to the focus?