a. respiration of living organisms
D. absorption of CO2 from the atmosphere by ocean water
I think it's A?? B makes sense but the beginning of the paragraph is talking about how the royal society of science wasn't impressed, so it seems like the focus is on that and not how he defended against lightning strikes.
It is translation. Transcription is from DNA to RNA and Translation is from RNA to proteins
The start Codon is the first mRNA
Group 13-17 contains metalloids. Boron, Silicon germanium, Arsenic, Antimony, Tellurium and Polonium are considered metalloids. They have properties of both metal and non metal. Some of the element are good semi-conductors .