Amniocentesis is a test in which fluid is removed from the uterus so the baby's genetic composition can be determined. true or false

You began membership in a new health and fitness club which has access to a dietician and personal trainer. they you develop a special eight-week diet and exercise program. the data in the following table represents your weight, w, as a function of time, t, over an eight-week period. time (weeks) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 weight (lb) 150 144 143 141 140 137 137 132 129 your weight decreases during each of the first five weeks of the program. determine the actual change in weight over the first five weeks of the program by subtracting your initial weight from your weight at the end of the first five weeks. what is the sign of your answer? what is the significance of this sign? a. 137-150 = -13 lb; a change in weight is negative because the weight decreases. b. 137-150 = 13 lb; a change in weight is positive because the weight decreases. c. 150-137 = -13 lb; a change in weight is negative because the weight increases. d. 150-137 = 13 lb; a change in weight is positive because the weight increases.

For years, tobacco products have included a message from the surgeon general warning the negative effects of tobacco use. at this time, a push is being made for the fda to begin to regulate e-cigarettes in order to mandate warning labels and age restrictions. write a paragraph that identifies 2 health problems that have been linked to nicotine and/or tobacco use. you should include statistics demonstrating the incidence of problems among smokers and provide a resource citing where you found the information provided. (remember from unit 1 what makes a resource reliable.) due in 2

Aresearcher lyses a cell that contains nucleic acid molecules and capsomeres of tobacco mosaic virus (tmv). the cell contents are left in a covered test tube overnight. the next day this mixture is sprayed on tobacco plants. we expect that the plants would ) develop some but not all of the symptoms of the tmv infectionb) develop the typical symptoms of tmv infectionc) not show any disease symptomsd) become infected, but the sap from these plants would be unable to infect other plants