Answer:
B) It breaks down polysaccharides such as starch.
Explanation:
Polysaccharides are long chains of monosaccharides like glucose joined together with glycosidic linkages. While plants can simply make glucose via photosynthesis, animals rely on glucose sourced from their diet. In animals, glucose is stored as glycogen; however, plant storage polysaccharides like starch are regularly broken down through digestion using enzymes.
Enzymes are proteins which catalyze chemical reactions like the breakdown of large polysaccharides. Alpha amylase, an enzyme produced in the pancreas, is also found in human saliva; it catalyzes the hydrolysis, or breakdown of starch into glucose. Amylase acts on polysaccharides bonds at random points along the chain by splitting the α 1-4 glycosidic bonds. This produces maltose, dextrin and glucose; this glucose is used in ATP synthesis via <em>respiration, ethyl alcohol fermentation and lactic fermentation</em>.
Fuels are materials that react with other substances to release nulear or chemical energy as heat. Chemical fuels release energy via combustion. Nuclear fuels release energy by nuclear fission. Nuclear and chemical fuels are used for different purposes because of the complexity of deriving heat from them, the amount of heat generated and use in various applications.
Answer:
nuclei, mitochondria and chloroplasts
Answer:
Genotypic ratio of offsprings will be: 1 (Hh) : 1 (hh)
Explanation:
This question involves a single gene coding for the possession or not of Hitchhiker's thumb in humans. The allele that codes for Hitchhiker's thumb (H) is dominant over the allele for no hitchhiker's thumb (h).
Based on this question, if woman who does not have hitchhiker's thumb (hh) marries a man who is heterozygous for hitchhiker's thumb (Hh) i.e. hh × Hh, the following gametes will be produced by each parent:
hh - h and h
Hh - H and h
Using these gametes in a punnet square (see attached image), the offsprings with the following genotypic ratio will be likely produced:
1 (Hh) : 1 (hh)
N.B:
- Two (2) of them were Hh i.e. with Hitchhiker's thumb
- The other two were hh i.e. no hitchhiker's thumb.
