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Example Question #91 : Introductory Topics
Which of the following best describes the “central dogma” of molecular biology?
DNA to protein to RNA
DNA to RNA to protein
RNA to DNA to protein
Protein to RNA to DNA
DNA to RNA to protein
DNA—deoxyribonucleic acid—is found in chromosomes within a cell’s nucleus. A complete set of DNA (i.e. 46 chromosomes) is called a genome. DNA contains instructions that make humans different from other species and other individuals. DNA provides instructions for all the proteins that the body makes and is passed from adults to offspring. DNA cannot get out of the nucleus; however, RNA can. RNA is used to get the instructions from DNA out of the nucleus and into the site of protein synthesis: the ribosomes within the cytoplasm. Proteins are made of amino acids and determine the structure and function of all of the body’s cells; therefore, this process can be simplified into “DNA to RNA to protein.”
Example Question #92 : Introductory Topics
Which of the following illustrates the cell theory?
Many times, humans crave salt because there is an internal deficiency of salt in the blood.
Plants are able to grow and move towards sunlight, that's why the plants in my room are tilted towards the window.
Cells commit suicide when their DNA is damaged.
Humans sweat to maintain body temperature in a certain range. Sweating helps to release heat.
The bacteria on the chicken that has been out overnight does not grow on its own but divides and multiplies from one or more original cells.
The bacteria on the chicken that has been out overnight does not grow on its own but divides and multiplies from one or more original cells.
The cell theory is the idea that 1) all living things are made of one or more cells, 2) cells are the basic unit of life and 3) all cells come from other cells.
Bacteria, whether infecting humans or foods, originates from other bacterial cells. That illustrates the third point of the cell theory.
Example Question #1001 : High School Biology
What is the basic unit of life?
A chromosome
A cell
A molecule
DNA
An atom
A cell
The basic unit of life is a cell and this is defined by the cell theory. It can live on its own, unicellularly, as in bacteria, or it can be a part of a multicellular organism.
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