You’re at a picnic enjoying a variety of plant-based foods. You notice that the starchy potato salad tastes great and digests easily, but the fibrous kale salad makes you feel a bit bloated. Curious, you ask yourself: Why can your digestive system break down the starch in potatoes but not the cellulose in kale? Which of the following best explains this difference? A) The human body produces enzymes that can break down starch but lacks enzymes to break down cellulose.B) Starch is water-insoluble, while cellulose dissolves quickly in water, making it indigestible.C) Cellulose molecules are toxic to the human body, so they remain undigested.D) Starch is a simple sugar, but cellulose is made up of complex fats that the body cannot process.

Which of the following lists the correct reactants and products of photosynthesis? A) Reactants: Carbon dioxide and water and sunlight; Products: Oxygen and glucoseB) Reactants: Glucose and oxygen and light ; Products: Carbon dioxide and waterC) Reactants: Oxygen and water; Products: Glucose and carbon dioxideD) Reactants: Sunlight and oxygen; Products: Carbon dioxide and glucose

Which of the following best describes the difference between anabolic and catabolic reactions? A. Anabolic reactions break down molecules to release energy, while catabolic reactions build up molecules, consuming energy.B. Anabolic reactions build larger molecules from smaller ones, consuming energy, while catabolic reactions break down larger molecules into smaller ones, releasing energy.C. Both anabolic and catabolic reactions involve breaking down molecules to release energy.D. Both anabolic and catabolic reactions involve building molecules, consuming energy.  

What is a stoma? A. A structure that transports water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves.B. A pore on the surface of a leaf that allows gas exchange.C. A pigment in plants responsible for absorbing sunlight.D. A type of plant cell that provides structural support.    

A researcher plans to extract enzymes from potato tissue and follows a protocol that includes boiling the potato sample. Will this procedure allow the enzyme activity experiment to work as intended? A. Yes, boiling will activate the enzymes, leading to higher enzyme activity. B. Yes, enzymes are stable at high temperatures and will function effectively after boiling. C. No, boiling will denature the enzymes, causing a loss of enzyme activity. D. No, boiling will have no effect on enzyme activity because enzymes are not affected by temperature.    

Which of the following is an example of a non-polar covalent bond? A) Hydrochloric acidB) Ammonia C) Water D) Oxygen gas 

What are valence electrons?  

Which functional group is present in glycerol?  

Suppose that the demand for the Barbie movie is given by Q = 20 – P, and the supply is given by Q = P, where Q is the quantity in thousands of tickets and P is the price. When the price is 12, there will be an ____ of ____ thousand tickets.

Alex is willing to pay $75 for a pair of Nike sneakers. He bought a pair for $55. The sneakers cost Nike $40 to make. What is the producer surplus?