Answer:Functions of Coral Reefs: Coral reefs are important for many different reasons aside from supposedly containing the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. They: protect coastlines from the damaging effects of wave action and tropical storms. provide habitats and shelter for many marine organisms.
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You will find the pedigree in the attached file
Answer:
The boy and the girl represented by solid black-colored square and circle, respectively, are affected with sickle cell anemia
Explanation: A pedigree tells information about the phenotype of individuals in the family. There are certain symbols to take into count when analyzing a pedigree. Among many others, a few to consider in this particular problem are
- Squares that represent males
- Circles that represent females
- White shapes that represent healthy or normal individuals
- Black shapes that represent affected individuals
The affection in this problem comes from the paternal line. Susan´s husband is affected by sickle cell anemia. His mother and his grandmother are also affected.
Susan is a healthy woman. They had four children. Two girls (circles) and two boys (squares).
From this last generation, one of the girls (black circle) and one of the boys (black square) are affected.
For the first question, the answer is C. green because a phenotype is the physical characteristics of an organism that can be seen. Of the options given, only green is a characterisitc that could be seen.
For the second question, the best answer is A. somatic because somatic mutations occur in the gametes.
Answer:
Chemical properties are very useful in identifying substances. However, unlike physical properties, chemical properties can only be observed as the substance is in the process of being changed into a different substance.
Answer:
basically "building blocks"
Explanation:
Living things are made up of very large molecules. These large molecules are called macromolecules because “macro” means large; they are made by smaller molecules bonding together. Our body gets these smaller molecules, the "building blocks" or monomers, of organic molecules from the food we eat.