The rift<span> is a narrow </span>zone<span> that is a developing divergent tectonic plate boundary, in which the </span>African<span> Plate is in the process of splitting into two tectonic plates, called the Somali Plate and the Nubian Plate, at a rate of 6–7 mm annually.</span>
Answer:
The pair of terms whose relationship is very similar to the relationship between catabolism and anabolism are exergonic and endergonic.
Explanation:
Anabolism and catabolism are processes that occur in matabolism, whose result is different.
- <u><em>Anabolism </em></u><em>involves all the processes of manufacture or synthesis, in which chemicals are bound together to form new compounds. This process consumes energy, so it is called </em><em>endergonic</em><em>.
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- <u><em>Catabolism</em></u><em>, unlike anabolism, is the process of degradation of complex molecules into simple molecules. One of the results of catabolism is the release of energy, which is equivalent to saying that it is an </em><em>exergonic</em><em> process.
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Relating catabolism to anabolism is similar to relating exergonics to endergonics.
<em> The other terms do not represent a similarity with the relationship between the processes of catabolism and anabolism.</em>
Answer:
DNA ligase
Explanation:
<em>The biochemist must have left out DNA ligase enzyme.</em>
<u>The DNA ligase enzyme is able to catalyze the formation of phosphodiester bonds and as such, capable of joining strands of DNA together to form a single strand.</u>
The numerous DNA segments of a few nucleotides long observed by the biochemist must have been the replicated product of the lagging DNA strand. The lagging strand is replicated discontinuously in short strands because the DNA polymerase enzyme can only elongate primers in 5' to 3' direction. The short segments are known as Okazaki segments and are usually joined together to form a whole strand by the DNA ligase enzyme.
Hence, the missing component is the DNA ligase.
