I think the answer is vibrssae or whiskers.
The answer would be A—the molecular formula given is that of a long-chain, saturated fatty acid, which would be insoluble in water (i.e., hydrophobic).
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B describes carbohydrates, which can function as a storage of energy (e.g., starch or glycogen) or structural components (e.g., cellulose). The three examples just given are polymers of glucose, a monosaccharide; monosaccharide generally have the empirical formula CH2O; this is not the empirical formula of the given molecule (and, in any case, there are too few oxygen atoms for the number of carbon atoms), and so B is incorrect.
C describes an amino acid, likely an α-amino acid, which consist of a central, saturated carbon bonded to amino (—NH2) and carboxyl (—C(=O)OH) functional groups and a variable side chain, which determines the amino acid’s properties. Since the formula of an amino acid must contain nitrogen, which the formula given doesn’t have, the molecule couldn’t be an amino acid, and so C is incorrect.
D describes nucleic acids. Examples include DNA and RNA; nucleic acids and the nucleotide monomers that comprise them contain a nitrogenous base and a phosphate group. The given molecule’s formula has neither nitrogen nor phosphorus, and so cannot represent an amino acid, making D incorrect.
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Lunar Tides: the moon's gravitational pull on the Earth is strongest at this time, because it is closest, causing especially high and low tides.
Solar Tides: the sun's gravitational pull on the Earth is strongest at this time, causing especially high and low tides (although it's not as powerful as lunar tides).
Spring Tides: named for when the tides "spring" forward during New and Full Moon's, because of how strong/weak the moon's gravitational pull is.
Neap Tides: the tides are especially mediocre at this time, because the sun and moon are at a right angle and pulling in opposite directions.
Spring and Neap Tides occur twice every moon cycle, which lasts 28 days, so every two weeks.
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/springtide.html
