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#Question id: 1369


The following statements are made with reference to characteristics of glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans, which are major constituents of extracellular matrix. Which one of them is incorrect?

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling
  1. Glycosaminoglycans are long linear polymers of specific repeating disaccharides. Usually one sugar is either a uronic acid or d-galactose; the other sugar is N-acetylglucosamine or N-acetylgalactosamine.

  2. Proteoglycan core proteins are synthesized in the endoplasmic reticulum, and the GAG chains are assembled on and covalently attached to these cores in the Golgi complex.

  3. All GAG chains are elongated by the alternating addition of sugar monomers to form the disaccharide repeats characteristic of a particular GAG; the chains are often modified subsequently by the covalent linkage of small molecules such as sulfate.

  4. The ratio of polysaccharide to protein in all proteoglycans is much lower than that in most other glycoproteins.

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#Question id: 9162

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

If the direction of Earth's rotation reversed, the most predictable effect would be ________.

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#Question id: 9163

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

Use the following figures to answer the question below


Based on the data in the figures, which of the following statements are correct?

I) Area 1 would be considered a desert because of its high average temperature.

II) Area 1 has more average precipitation than Area 2.

III) Area 2 would be considered a desert because of its low average precipitation.

IV) Area 2 has a larger annual temperature variation.

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#Question id: 9164

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

Use the following figures to answer the question below.


East of the Mississippi River, in Hopkinsville Kentucky, the mean annual precipitation is 130 cm. The mean annual temperature is 14.3°C. In the winter, the mean temperature is 7.3°C, while in summer it is 20.6°C. Using the climograph shown here, how would we classify the biome found in Hopkinsville?


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#Question id: 9165

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

Which of the following biomes spans the largest annual mean temperature range, but the narrowest mean precipitation range?

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#Question id: 9166

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

If global warming continues at its present rate, which biomes will likely take the place of the coniferous forest (taiga)?

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#Question id: 9167

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

If you conclude that vegetation at every point on Earth exactly resembles the predicted biome distribution in a climograph, then ________.