Plankton exists near the bottom of the ocean's food chain and provides nutrition for whales, shrimp, snail, and jellyfish. Plankton also plays an important role in the carbon cycle by removing inorganic carbon dioxide due to photosynthesis.
Answer:
Rock
Explanation:
Minerals are inorganic substances that occur naturally in nature and have a
a definite chemical composition and a crystalline structure while rocks may consists of one or many minerals together along with some organic remains due to which it may not look shiny and crystalline from outside.
Here, the two characteristics that enable the reader to identify the object given by grandmother to Emily as rock are –
a) Looks ugly on the outside (shows the presence of organic matter)
b) solid purple color with pretty crystals (crystalline structure inside)
The only correct answer in this case is B - a stroke.
None of the other answers could be counted as correct here.
While A - a heart attack is conceptualy similar, when we're talking about a heart attack, we're talking about not enough oxygen that gets delivered to the heart - because something is blocking it.
C - hypertension on the other hand means someone has a higher blood pressure than is usual for a regular human being, which puts more strain on his cardiovascualr system.
and D - atherosclerosis doesn't come even close to be correct :)
Answer:
A. glucose
Explanation:
In cellular respiration, electrons from glucose move gradually through the electron transport chain towards oxygen, passing to lower and lower energy states and releasing energy at each step.