Which of the following is a true statement about biomes?

biomes are extremely large regions that are ultimately determined by climatic conditions.

biomes are extremely small geographic regions that are categorized by the type of animals that live in them.

biomes are extremely large regions and are only categorized by the types of animals that live in them.

biomes are extremely small geographic regions, about the size of a field, that are categorized by their similar climates.

Bisphenol a (often called bpa) is a chemical found in products that people use every day, from water bottles to food containers to children's toys. unfortunately, bpa leaches out of its many products and makes its way into our bodies. what are the health effects of bpa exposure? ongoing research is finding that elevated exposure to bpa can affect a wide variety of developmental and physiological processes, but one of the first studies of bpa's health effects came about because of a simple mistake in the lab. at a laboratory at case western reserve university in 1998, geneticist patricia hunt was making a routine check of her female lab mice. as she extracted and examined developing eggs from the ovaries, she began to wonder what had gone wrong. she noticed that many of the eggs showed problems with their chromosomes, and some had irregular amounts of genetic material, which can lead to miscarriages and birth defects in mammals. she learned that a lab assistant had mistakenly washed the plastic mouse cages and water bottles with a harsh soap, releasing bpa from the plastic. knowing that bpa is an endocrine disruptor, a chemical that can enter organisms and mimic hormones, hunt set out to discover whether it had adversely affected her mice.

Which of these transport mechanisms moves glucose from the blood into a cell? active transport diffusion facilitated diffusion osmosis

19. a cell is viewed under a microscope and is found to have two nuclear envelopes and spindles that appear to be breaking apart. which phase of mitosis is the cell most likely in? a. metaphase b. prophase c. telophase d. anaphase