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Q: Vitamins are organic compounds that are essential in very small amounts for the maintenance of normal what? Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers: Vitamins are organic compounds that are essential in very small (trace) amounts for the maintenance of normal metabolism. They generally cannot be synthesized at adequate levels by the body and must be obtained from the diet. The absence or shortage of a vitamin may result in a vitamin-deficiency disease. In the first half of the 20th century, a major focus of biochemistry was the identification, isolation, and characterization of vitamins. Despite accumulating evidence that people needed more than just carbohydrates, fats, and proteins in their diets for normal growth and health, it was not until the early 1900s that research established the need for trace nutrients in the diet. Because organisms differ in their synthetic abilities, a substance that is a vitamin for one species may not be so for another. Over the past 100 years, scientists have identified and isolated 13 vitamins required in the human diet and have divided them into two broad categories: the fat-soluble vitamins, which include vitamins A, D, E, and K, and the water-soluble vitamins, which are the B complex vitamins and vitamin C. All fatsoluble vitamins contain a high proportion of hydrocarbon structural components. There are one or two oxygen atoms present, but the compounds as a whole are nonpolar. In contrast, water-soluble vitamins contain large numbers of electronegative oxygen and nitrogen atoms, which can engage in hydrogen bonding with water. Most water-soluble vitamins act as coenzymes or are required for the synthesis of coenzymes. The fatsoluble vitamins are important for a variety of physiological functions. The key vitamins and their functions are found in Table 18.8 "Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Physiological Functions" and Table 18.9 "Water-Soluble Vitamins and Physiological Functions". Table 18.8 Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Physiological Functions Vitamin. Choices: - respiration - pigments - calcium - metabolism A:
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metabolism

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Q: What is calculated by subtracting the smallest value from the largest value? Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers: The range is the total spread of values. It gives you an idea of the variation in the measurements. The range is calculated by subtracting the smallest value from the largest value. For the data in Table above , the range in numbers of vehicles by type is: 150 - 50 = 100. Choices: - the sample - the density - the median - the range A:
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the range

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Q: The largest phylum in the animal kingdom, arthropod, is primarily comprised of what? Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers: Arthropods are the largest phylum in the animal kingdom. Most arthropods are insects. The phylum also includes spiders, centipedes, and crustaceans. The arthropod body consists of three segments with a hard exoskeleton and jointed appendages. Terrestrial arthropods have adaptations for life on land, such as trachea or book lungs for breathing air. The earliest arthropods were trilobites. The earliest land arthropods were millipedes. Choices: - reptiles - mammals - amphibians - insects A:
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insects

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Q: What kind of rays can travel thousands of meters through air and can penetrate and damage cells deep inside the body? Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers: Alpha particles can travel only a few centimeters through air. They can burn the skin but not penetrate it. Beta particles can travel up to a meter through air. They can penetrate and damage skin. Gamma rays can travel thousands of meters through air. They can penetrate and damage cells deep inside the body. Choices: - x-rays - cosmic rays - plasma rays - gamma rays A:
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gamma rays