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  Most living things have remarkably similar levels/percentages of the core elements essential to life.  In a chemical analysis of an animal tissue sample, which element (of the four below) would be in the least quantity?   

  The macromolecules that are used by most organisms to store genetic (or hereditary) information are called:  (hint: think of the central dogma of life!!!)  

  Uh-oh!   Why is a large surface area-to-volume ratio (SA/V) needed for cells to function properly?    

  Phospholipids are the backbone of the cell’s plasma membrane.  The molecules form a lipid bilayer in an aqueous (water-based) environment since…  

  Match the cell component/organelle to its function/description.  

  Which of the following is present in a prokaryotic cell (… like bacteria)?  

At the end of Much Ado About Nothing, what happens to Don John?

  Macromolecules are broken down to smaller molecules and monomers by adding water in reactions called   _______.  

Perform a 4-5 sentence explication of this quote: Below is a key passage from Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Perform a 4-5 sentence explication of the passage, investigating any aspect you wish to develop further.   Act 3, 4, 31-38 Margaret: Of what, lady? Of speaking honorably? Is not marriage honorable in a beggar? Is not your  lord honorable without marriage? I think you would have me say “Saving your reverence, a husband.” An bad thinking do not wrest true speaking, I’ll offend nobody. Is there any harm in “the heavier for a husband”? None, I think, an it be the right husband and the right wife. Otherwise, ’tis light and not heavy. Ask my lady Beatrice else. Here she comes.

  The “Central Dogma of Life” (dogma = an overriding principle) describes how DNA instructs (or codes) for what final product?