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If You Take a Driving Vacation to Mexico and Then

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If you take a driving vacation to Mexico and then return to the United States in your car, you will be stopped at the border by U.S. agents who will ask if you are carrying any plants or animals. If you have any native plants with soil, these could be confiscated. What is the benefit to this process?


Definitions:

Fructose

A simple sugar (monosaccharide) that is naturally found in fruits, honey, and some vegetables, known for being a part of sucrose (table sugar).

Photoheterotrophs

Organisms that obtain their energy from sunlight but rely on organic compounds from the environment as their carbon source.

Photosystem I

A component of the chloroplast's thylakoid membrane in plants that is involved in the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis, specifically known for aiding in the process of converting solar energy into chemical energy.

Reaction Center

The portion of a photosystem that includes chlorophyll a molecules capable of transferring electrons to a primary electron acceptor, which is the first of several electron acceptors in a series. See antenna complex and photosystem.

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