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  • Which of the following statements is not true about metabolism?


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  • A. Younger people generally have a slower metabolism than adults.
  • B. Basal metabolism is the amount of energy needed for sustaining life.
  • C. Basal metabolism is measured by the amount of calories burned when your body is inactive.
  • D. Metabolism is influenced by numerous factors, such as heredity and age.

  • Correct Answer
  • Younger people generally have a slower metabolism than adults. 

    Explanation

    Metabolism is the set of life-sustaining chemical transformations within the cells of organisms. The three main purposes of metabolism are the conversion of food/fuel to energy to run cellular processes, the conversion of food/fuel to building blocks for proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and some carbohydrates, and the elimination of nitrogenous wastes.

     

    Younger people have faster metabolism than adults. Hence, the given statement 'Younger people generally have a slower metabolism than adults' is FALSE.

     

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    • 1. Air in the pleural cavity is called a pneumothorax.

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    • A. TRUE
    • B. FALSE
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    • 2. What base is found in RNA but not in DNA?

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    • A. Uracil
    • B. Cytosine
    • C. Adenine
    • D. Guanine
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    • 3. What three statements make up the cell theory?

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    • A. All living things are made up of cells.
    • B. New cells come frome exisiting cells.
    • C. Cells are the basic unit of structure/function in living things.
    • D. All of the above
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    • 4. Transcription occurs in the

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    • A. DNA
    • B. Cytoplasm
    • C. Chromosomes
    • D. Nucleus
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    • 5. Where are chromatids found in a cell?

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    • A. Anaphase
    • B. Metaphase
    • C. Prophase
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which best describes Genes?

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    • A. long, double chains of nucleic acids.
    • B. long, single chains of amino acids.
    • C. long, single chains of nucleic acids.
    • D. long, double chains of amino acids.
    • Discuss
    • 7. What is the purpose of the sigmoid colon?
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    • 8. Which of the following is true of kinetochores?

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    • A. They are the primary centrosome structures that maintain the attachment of the sister chromatids prior to mitosis.
    • B. They are the sites at which microtubules attach to chromosomes.
    • C. They are located at the center of the centrosome and organize tubulin into spindle fibers.
    • D. They cross at the cell's equator and move against each other, causing the cell to elongate.
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    • 9. Which one of the following is true of tRNAs?

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    • A. tRNAs are double-stranded.
    • B. There are four types of tRNA.
    • C. Each tRNA binds a particular amino acid.
    • D. All of the above
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    • 10. Non-Gonococcal Urethritis is most often caused by

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    • A. chlamydia
    • B. gonorrhea
    • C. progesterone
    • D. herpes genitalis
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