Question 1 1 out of 1 points Which of the following is true about “meiosis”? Select all that apply. Answers: Reproductive cells undergo meiosis Non-germ cells are reproduced Red blood cells undergo meiosis Number of chromosomes reduces by half in phase one Cell divides to produce four daughter cells Response Feedback: Meiosis occurs only in replicating gametes or reproducing cells. In phase one‚ the number of chromosomes is reduced by half but the chromatid pairs remain together. In phase
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True/False Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false. ____ 1. Eukaryotic cells are characterized by a lack of a distinct nucleus‚ whereas prokaryotic cells have intracellular compartments bordered by membranes and a well-defined nucleus. ____ 2. Lipids and proteins are the major components of the plasma membrane. ____ 3. Lysosomes remain fully active by maintaining an acid pH created by pumping hydrogen ions into their interiors. ____ 4. The chief function of ribosomes
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Harriet Jacobs was a beautiful slave girl who suffered great abuse as a child from her master. After loosing her mother at age six‚ her grandma was all she had. Although she had great admiration and respect for her grandma‚ she also feared her presence. Harriet lived in town with her master‚ Dr. Flint‚ instead of on a distant plantation like most slaves in that time. As she grew‚ she caught the attention of her master more and more. She was fifteen when the innocent attention turned in to something
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Biography of Harriet Beecher Stowe Harriet Beecher Stowe was an author and a social activist‚ best known as the woman who changed how Americans viewed slavery. Harriet Elizabeth Beecher was born on June 14‚ 1811‚ in Litchfield‚ Connecticut as the sixth of eleven children. She had achieved the national fame for her anti-slavery novel‚ Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚ which had sparked an enormous ruckus before the Civil War. Harriet’s father‚ Lyman Beecher was a well-known minister. Her mother‚ Roxana Beecher
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Jacob Lawrence has painted figurative and narrative pictures of the black community and black history for more than 60 years in a consistent modernist style‚ using expressive‚ strong design and flat areas of color. Jacob Lawrence was a great artist. During Harlem Renaissance‚ he helped establish African American artists. He gave lectures at Washington University‚ and he enjoyed working with students of all ages. Jacob Lawrence was born in Atlantic City on September 7‚ 1917. His parents
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Jacob and Sowege Yelles "Jules‚ Julius Cassel" Kassel; born abt.1590 and died abt.1681 of Krisheim‚ Germany‚ "Krisheim is located between Manheim and Worms in the Palatinate (Pfalz)"‚ had at least two sons‚ ; Johannes "John" Cassel‚ born abt. 1639 and died April 17‚ 1692 in Philadelphia‚ Pa. and Arnold Cassel‚ born abt. 1642 and died abt. 1687. These were the first Cassel‚ Cassell‚ Kassel‚ Kassell‚ Castle’s to come to America. They came to America under the terms of a promise by William Penn
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challenges‚ and played significant roles in the history of American literature‚ among which were Harriet Ann Jacobs and Emily Dickinson. Although renowned for two different movements‚ anti-slavery and transcendentalism respectively‚ they both defied the societal values of their time and advocated equality‚ while on the other hand‚ possessed
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Harriet Tubman By Blake Snider December 5‚ 2010 Professor J Arrieta Seminar Critical Inquiry Harriet Tubman is a woman of faith and dignity who saved many African American men and women through courage and love for God. One would ponder what would drive someone to bring upon pain and suffering to one’s self just to help others. Harriet Tubman was an African American women that took upon many roles during her time just as abolitionist‚ humanitarian‚ and a Union
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Chernobyl * The Chernobyl accident in 1986 was the result of a flawed reactor design that was operated with inadequately trained personnel. * The resulting steam explosion and fires released at least 5% of the radioactive reactor core into the atmosphere and downwind. * Two Chernobyl plant workers died on the night of the accident‚ and a further 28 people died within a few weeks as a result of acute radiation poisoning. * UNSCEAR says that apart from increased thyroid cancers‚ "there
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Harriet Tubman Summary of Harriet Tubman: “Some linked her to Joan of Arc for her charisma and simple faith. She had a dream and visions‚ and extraordinary things happened to her. She led a charmed life through incredible dangers” (http://www.harriettubman.com/callhermoses.html). Harriet Ross Tubman was born in the Bucktown district of Dorchester County‚ Maryland. As an illiterate slave she escaped to freedom in 1849. “For the next 11 years she returned to the South 19 times to lead more than
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