Basically six molecules of water (H2O) plus six molecules of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the presence of light energy produce one molecule of glucose sugar (C6H12O6) and emit six molecules of oxygen (O2) as a by-product. That sugar molecule drives the living world. Animals eat plants, then breathe in oxygen, which is used to metabolize the sugar, releasing the solar energy stored in glucose and giving off carbon dioxide as a by product
Answer:
In eukaryotes, thousands of chemical reactions are able to take place in separate compartments called organelles.
Explanation:
Organelles are specific cellular structures that are the means of compartmentalizing the various functions that occur within cells.
Examples of organelles and their functions are:
- <u>Nucleus</u>: contains DNA and in it occur the replication of this molecule and its transcription into RNA.
- <u>Rough endoplasmic reticulum</u>: protein synthesis and conjugation of these molecules occurs.
- <u>Mitochondrion</u>: houses all oxidative phosphorylation reactions and the electron transport chain for ATP synthesis to occur.
The organelles are then the structures that allow the development of the multiple functions that a cell has.
The other options are not correct because:
- <em><u>Bacteria</u></em><em> is a prokaryotic organism.
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- <em><u>Prokaryote</u></em><em> refers to simple organisms that lack organelles.
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- <em><u>Proteins</u></em><em> are biomolecules that allow the structure and function of living beings.</em>
Answer:
Explanation:
Meiosis is a form of cell division that occurs in the sex cells of organisms. It ensures the reduction of a diploid cell to an haploid cell to allow for the formation of a diploid zygote after fertilization (contribution of both parents haploid sex cells to give a diploid zygote). Thus, this process is very essential and important.
The reduction is accomplished by 2 divisions after the duplication of chromosomes
- first division: separation of homologous pairs of chromosomes (this reduces the total in half)
- second division: separation of sister chromatids of a chromosome.
The rearrangement in meiosis occurs by crossing over/genetic recombination.
This is the exchange of genetic material between homologous pairs of chromosome bringing about a rearrangement and genetic variation
An example of a chromosomal abnormality that arises as a result of defects in this process is the Down Syndrome which is caused by a nondisjunction of the chromosomes 21 pair in a sex cell.
This condition produces offsprings that have some characteristic facial features, short stature etc
Answer:
From the diagram X = <u>base pairs</u>
Explanation:
Genetic information stored within DNA is used for growth, reproduction, and cell repair. DNA, deoxyribonucleic acids, are long-chain, helical macromolecules made of specific sequences of covalently bonded monomers called nucleotides.
Nucleotides comprise:
- a 5-Carbon deoxyribose sugar,
- one nitrogenous base (adenine, guanine thymine, and cytosine)
- and a phosphate group.
Nitrogenous bases cause nucleotides to form hydrogen bonds with other nucleotides as base-pairs. The four types of bases each make the nucleotides Thymine and Cytosine (pyrimidine bases) along with Guanine, and Adenine, (purine bases). In base-pair formation, Adenine forms double bonds with Thymine, and cytosine forms triple bonds with guanine.
<span>the principal of independent assortment is the different genes </span>independently<span> separate from one another when reproductive cells develop.</span>
