Which of the following statements about anabolic pathways is true?

a. they release energy by degrading polymers to monomers.
b. they decrease the entropy of the organism and its environment.
c. they are usually spontaneous chemical reactions.
d. they consume energy to build up polymers from monomers.

Nitrofurantoin used during the fifth week of pregnancy places the neonate at risk for which condition?

The human genome project is devoted to mapping the general dna sequence of our species. this could lead to the development of new medicines, as well as the possibility of using gene therapy to treat certain diseases. however, there are some ethical issues surrounding the mapping of individual genomes. one concern is a) that your genes may change over time, making the project useless. b) that insurance companies could discriminate based on genetic make-up. c) that since this has never been done before, we should probably not do it now. d) that sequencing our individual genomes is so expensive, it is a counter-productive strategy.

What causes eclipses? check all that apply. earth's rotation on its axis moon's shadow covering the sun earth's shadow covering the moon earth's orbit and moon's orbit occasionally aligning the moon and sun's gravity pulling in the same direction