Answer: Carbon is one of the essential gases in nature,couple of natural processes causes the release of carbon. Some of the processes include;
- When the remains of producers are broken down by decomposers in the ecosystem.
- When animals break down food molecules to obtain energy, carbon is released.
- When the remains of consumers in the ecosystem are broken down by soil decomposers, carbon is released.
Answer:
B. Stress caused by forces that stretch an area of the crust made the rock to break
Explanation:
From the picture inserted to this problem, we see a unit that has been severely fractured.
Fracturing results from the brittle deformation of a rock under applied stress.
- Rock fracturing results in the formation of joints and faults.
- We can obviously see different sets of joint sets on the body of the rock in the picture attacked.
- Also, a prominent fault which resembles an extensional fault can also be seen.
- Therefore, the stress caused the stretch of the area which in turn makes the rock the rock to break.
Answer:
50%
Explanation:
Glucose is a simple sugar with a total of 6 carbon atoms in its structure. Pyruvate has a total of three carbon atoms. Two molecules of pyruvate are obtained per glucose by glycolysis. None of the carbon of glucose is released in the form of CO2 during glycolysis. Therefore, the radio-labeled C-1 of glucose will be the component of the carbon skeleton of one of the total of two pyruvate molecules produced during glycolysis. So, 50% of the pyruvate will exhibit radioactivity.
Answer:
The correct answer is 3: "<em>High levels of Ca2+ are expected to be found </em><em>within the sarcoplasmic reticulum</em>".
Explanation:
Muscular contraction is a highly regulated process that depends on free calcium concentration in the cytoplasm. Amounts of cytoplasmic calcium are regulated by <u>sarcoplasmic reticulum</u> that functions as a storage of the ion.
When a nerve impulse reaches the membrane of a muscle fiber, through acetylcholine release, the membrane depolarizes producing the entrance of calcium from <u>extracellular space</u>. The impulse is transmitted along the membrane to the sarcoplasmic reticulum, from where calcium is released. At this point, <em>tropomyosin is obstructing binding sites for myosin on the thin filament</em>. The calcium channel in the sarcoplasmic reticulum controls the ion release, that activates and regulates muscle contraction, by increasing its cytoplasmic levels. When <em>calcium binds to the troponin C</em>, <em>the troponin T alters the tropomyosin by moving it and then unblocks the binding sites,</em> making possible the formation of <em>cross-bridges between actin and myosin filaments.</em> When myosin binds to the uncovered actin-binding sites, ATP is transformed into ADP and inorganic phosphate.
Z-bands are then pulled toward each other, thus shortening the sarcomere and the I-band, and producing muscle fiber contraction.
