Answer:
Constant variables
Explanation:
Elaina's investigation lacked the critical ingredient of constant variables which are important components of every scientific investigation. In every research, there are 3 important variables, namely:
1. Dependent variables: the actual variable to be measured during the course of investigations and whose values are dependent on another variable (independent variable) supplied by the investigators.
2. Independent variable: one of the variables that are supplied by investigators whose values are often manipulated to see the kind of changes it will cause to the dependent variable.
3. Constant variables: other variables that are neither independent nor dependent but constant for all the various experimental groups in investigations.
Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Blizzards, ect.
Answer:
Pregnancy, which is characteristically associated with changes in hormone levels in the body is a process tightly regulated by the hormon Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
Explanation:
The so-called pregnancy hormone is the Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG). It only occurs during the gestation period and is responsible for regulating the entire process. Segregated by the placenta, it can be found in urine and blood.
The presence of the hormone in the urine allows to confirm the pregnancy with the test. As in pregnancy, the placenta begins to form, the cells that make it up begin to stimulate the production of HCG, which causes the hormone levels to increase very rapidly in the first trimester of pregnancy
Answer:
The correct answers are option A. "tethering proteins to the cell cortex", B. "using barriers such as tight junctions", C. "tethering proteins to the extracellular matrix", D. "forming a covalent linkage with membrane lipids", E. "tethering proteins to the surface of another cell"
Explanation:
According to the fluid-mosaic model, the components of cell membranes are in constant movement forming a barrier to avoid unwanted exterior component internalization and to avoid the loss of precious internal components. This constant movement could cause that proteins move across the plasma membrane. But, this is avoided by several mechanisms including:
A. Tethering proteins to the cell cortex. The cell cortex is a rigid structure made of actin and actomyosin. Proteins found in the plasma membrane are tethered to this structure to restrict their movement.
B. Using barriers such as tight junctions. Tight junctions are barriers found in epithelia made of claudin and occludin proteins. These barriers are impenetrable, which avoid the movement of proteins in the cell membrane.
C. Tethering proteins to the extracellular matrix. The extracellular matrix is made of several proteins and macromolecules that provide a structural and biochemical support to cells that are nearby. Proteins could be tethered to this rigid structure as well.
D. Forming a covalent linkage with membrane lipids. The proteins in the cell membrane that form a covalent linkage with membrane lipids are known as lipid-anchored proteins, or lipid-linked proteins.
E. Tethering proteins to the surface of another cell. When cell-cell communication take place it is possible that proteins in the cell membrane got tethered to the surface of the other cell.
