Answer:
It is true that earth was once covered with oceans and little dry land.
Explanation:
Over the course of around four billion years, the Earth's oceans have lost about a quarter of their original mass. Today the atmosphere is rich in oxygen, which reacts with both hydrogen and deuterium to recreate water, which falls back to the Earth's surface. So the vast bulk of the water on Earth is held in a closed system that prevents the planet from gradually drying out. According to the researchers, the continents emerged relatively suddenly from an ocean that covered 95 percent of the Earth's surface. The appearance of large masses of dry land would have caused more extreme weather, changes in ocean currents and the emergence of proper seasons. In turn, these environmental changes may have led to rise in atmospheric oxygen that enabled the explosion of new life forms around 500 million years ago.
Answer: D. Mutation in coding sequences are more likely to be deleterious to the organism than mutations in noncoding sequences.
Explanation: It was not likely to be that the coding sequences are replicated more often. The only possible explanation is that the mutations in coding is more likely to be deleterious to the organism than mutations because it is in a non coding sequence.
Answer:
12.6.
Explanation:
- We should calculate the no. of millimoles of KOH and HCl:
no. of millimoles of KOH = (MV)KOH = (0.183 M)(45.0 mL) = 8.235 mmol.
no. of millimoles of HCl = (MV)HCl = (0.145 M)(35.0 mL) = 5.075 mmol.
- It is clear that the no. of millimoles of KOH is higher than that of HCl:
So,
[OH⁻] = [(no. of millimoles of KOH) - (no. of millimoles of HCl)] / (V total) = (8.235 mmol - 5.075 mmol) / (80.0 mL) = 0.395 M.
∵ pOH = -log[OH⁻]
∴ pOH = -log(0.395 M) = 1.4.
∵ pH + pOH = 14.
∴ pH = 14 - pOH = 14 - 1.4 = 12.6.
