Diatoms have cell walls composed of _____.a. silicon dioxide
b. carbon dioxide
c. chitin

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Answer 1
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The correct answer is a - silicon dioxide.

Diatoms are single celled algae. They have a silica - based cell wall called a frustule, which gives each diatom a particular shape.

Diatoms exist as separate single cells although some may be found in groups or colonies. The ones found in colonies create very pretty forms: leaf shaped, oval , star and even like a period.

Outer shells of diatoms are quite valuable. They are used in industry in the manufacture of toothpaste to give it grit.

Answer 2
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Diatoms have cell walls composed of silicon dioxide.


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Small rocks carried along by the river are called?

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Stones or pebbles (double check first though)

Plant and animal cells both have

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Plant and animal cells both have A nucleous
would one be a nucleus?

According to the current theory, the Earth's moon was formed __________.a.
together with Earth
c.
from a portion of Earth
b.
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d.
from a leftover star

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Answer: together with earth.

A point mutation will cause the cell to make an incomplete polypeptide if the mutation results in a stop codon. Is this true or false

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True - if there is a mutation in the genetic code that causes a stop codon then the rest of the code will not be read and translated, resulting in an incomplete polypeptide

What happens during anaerobic cellular respiration?

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During aerobic respiration, the cells still need to release energy without oxygen. therefore, they directly split glucose to form lactic acid. this releases a lot less energy than aerobic respiration and the lactic acid accumulates in your muscles, causing aching. 

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In anaerobic respiration, one molecule of glucose is broken down into two molecules of ethanol (in yeast) or lactic acid (in muscle cells) with a net gain of two molecules of ATP (adenosine triphosphate).

Two molecules of carbon dioxide are released as the byproduct.

It helps in regenerating the NAD⁺ lost in the process of glycolysis.

The overall process is termed as fermentation.

Lactic acid fermentation is catalyzed by the enzyme lactate dehydrogenase and alcohol (ethanol) fermentation is a two-step process which is catalyzed by pyruvate decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase.

The response of a plant to touch isA. photoperiodism.
B. phototropism.
C. gravitropism.
D. thigmotropism.

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D. thigmotropism refers to the response of a plant to contact or touch. It often dictates how plants grow in in a particular pattern, such as the vines growing in fences. The plant Mimosa or tickle me plant does not display thigmotropism but thigmonasty because it does not follow the direction of the stimulus.

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The answer is D.

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