Leptin
Leptin is a hormone produced by the adipose
tissue of the human body. It is made up of 167 amino acids and it performs its
key role in the regulation of body weight, energy balance and endocrine
function. However, deficiency if leptin and its receptor in human will result in
obesity.
Answer:
D.) Organism
Explanation:
On the basis of biological organization, one female arctic fox will be considered as an organism.
Biological organization refers to a hierarchy starts from simplest biological structure to complex biological structures that define life, such as from atoms to biosphere.
So, biome is the community of animals and plants having common characteristics according to the environment; species is also a group of living organism sharing similar genes; ecosystem include different groups with the physical (abiotic) environment and organism is the basic living system,that include at least one cell.
So, one female arctic fox will be termed as an organism and the correct option is D.
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The label on a bag of salt-free pretzels indicates that their chips are "low-fat." this means the pretzels provide 3 gram(s) of fat or less per serving.
Low-fat diets are diets in which the fats are reduced. Low-fat diets are produced in order to prevent diseases such as obesity and heart diseases. Food manufacturers usually use nutrient claims such as '‘low fat’' to indicate the nutritional value of their products. A ‘low fat’ food contains not more than 3g of fat per 100g of food (for solids) and not more than 1.5g fat per 100g (for liquids).
Well-sorted sediments have grains of similar size, and are the result of much sediment transport and earth processes which segregated the sediment by depositing different size fractions in different places.
