Biosphere, relatively thin life-supporting stratum of Earth's surface, extending from a few kilometres into the atmosphere to the deep-sea vents of the ocean.
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Explanation:
The main function of the plasma membrane is to protect the cell from its surroundings. Made of a phospholipid bilayer with embedded proteins, the plasma membrane is selectively permeable to ions and organic molecules it also regulates the movement of substances in and out of cells. Plasma membranes must be very flexible in order to allow certain cells, such as red blood cells and white blood cells, to change shape as they pass through narrow capillaries. Membrane receptors provide extracellular attachment sites for effectors like hormones and growth factors, which then trigger intracellular responses. Some viruses, such as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), can intercept these receptors to get into the cells, causing infections.
Answer:
the student is incorrect.
Explanation:
a chemical reaction is defined as: changes in one or more substances caused by a reaction, that <u>form new and different substances.</u> Smoke coming out of a car would not really be classified as turning into a new substance, the smoke is still smoke.
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Hilum.
Explanation:
Hilum may be defined as the type of the depression or the fissure and may present in kidney known as kidney hilum, present on spleen and the lungs. This is also known as hilus.
The hilum marks the entry and exit of the nerves and the blood vessels. The lung hilum is a triangular like depression through which the blood vessels, capillaries and the nerves enter and leave in the lungs and connects the other organ of the body.
Thus, the correct answer is option (d).
Answer: D) constructive process
Explanation:
Deposition is the geological <u>process</u> in which sediments, soil and rocks are <u>added</u> to a landform or land mass. Wind, ice, water, and gravity transport previously weathered surface material, which, at the loss of enough kinetic energy in the fluid, is deposited, <u>building up</u> layers of sediment.