Earthquake should be the answer. When tectonic plates are shifted it causes an earthquake.
Both "depends upon the binding of that substance to a specific site on the membrane protein" and "depends upon movement of proteins from one side of the membrane to the other" are correct.
The saturation effect prevents statement 2 from being true.
Plate tectonics and the ocean floor. ... Where plates are pulled away (diverge) from each other molten magma flows upward between the plates forming mid-ocean ridges, underwater volcanoes, hydrothermal vents, and new ocean floor crust. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge, is an example of this type of plate boundary.
The molecules which store and process genetic information is DNA - deoxyribonucleic acid.
