A Student Saw a Bumper Sticker with "Have You Thanked

question 46

Multiple Choice

A student saw a bumper sticker with "Have you thanked a green plant today." This likely referred to ________.

• A)without plants to cool the earth, life would have boiled away
• B)without plants to produce oxygen, most organisms could not survive
• C)without plants to produce firewood, humans would freeze to death
• D)without plants to feed decomposers, the soil would be sterile

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Definitions:

RNA Polymerase

During transcription, an enzyme that creates an mRNA transcript by joining nucleotides complementary to a DNA template.

Translation Site

The location within the cell where mRNA is translated into proteins, typically occurring in the ribosomes.

Ribosome

A cellular organelle that synthesizes proteins, using messenger RNA as a template.

Nucleus

A membrane-bound organelle found in eukaryotic cells that contains most of the cell's genetic material.