You Are Walking Around on a Solid Surface;the Surface Gravity

question 47

Essay

You are walking around on a solid surface;the surface gravity is comfortable,but it is "hot as hell." It feels as if your eyeballs are being squeezed,and your insides are queasy (due to the high pressure-almost like being deep in the ocean).Your life-support belt is corroding.The Sun,barely visible through the haze,is near your meridian;you hope for nightfall (unaware that it would provide no substantial relief),but you already have been stuck on this planet for 72 hours,and the Sun seems not to have moved through the sky (and,if it moved at all,it moved eastward from the meridian).

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Definitions:

Transcription

The process by which the genetic information in DNA is copied into messenger RNA (mRNA) for protein synthesis.

tRNA Triplet

A sequence of three nucleotides in transfer RNA that is complementary to a specific messenger RNA codon during protein synthesis.

mRNA

Messenger RNA, a form of RNA that transfers genetic instructions from DNA to the ribosome for protein synthesis.

Codon

A sequence of three nucleotides in mRNA that specifies a particular amino acid or termination signal during protein synthesis.