<u>Answer</u>: Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder that causes thick mucus secretions.
<u>Explanation</u>:
- <em>Cystic fibrosis</em> is a genetic disorder caused by mutations in a gene that makes a protein called CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator).
- The CFTR protein normally functions as a channel for transport of chloride ions in cells responsible for mucus production.
- A person suffering from cystic fibrosis produces abnormal CFTR protein or no CFTR protein at all.
- This is the reason that thick, sticky mucus is produced instead of the thin, watery kind.
Answer:
Temperate grasslands have <u>few trees.</u>
Explanation:
Althogh options are not given for this question, here is what I can speculate based on provided limited information.
Temperate grasslands have few trees and large shrubs (mostly absent). Here, <u>grasses are the main vegetation</u>. A major reason behind this is the <u>low average annual precipitation</u> which doesn't allow bigger plants to survive.
For the second part I can say that temperate grasslands have primary vegetation (grasses) whereas other biomes have higher plants as well.
One problem with this hypothesis is that the student didn't write about why this hypothesis might work - what is the underlying mechanism. The thing is that one might want to write the underlying mechanism or explanation in his hypothesis. Another problem with this hypothesis is that it's very hard to measure and be sure that following exposure to white chocolate, people are happier and that it's not a consequence of something else.
Answer:
Viral replication involves six steps: attachment, penetration, uncoating, replication, assembly, and release. During attachment and penetration, the virus attaches itself to a host cell and injects its genetic material into it.
Natural selection is when certain environmental qualities cause a species to evolve in order to survive in the environment. Natural selection is a specific part of that, when some of the variations of the species die off because they can't survive, then the ones who survive live to create more living babies with the qualities that allow them to survive in the environment.
