If You Live in an Area That Was Flooded by the 100-Year

question 102

Multiple Choice

If you live in an area that was flooded by the 100-year flood last year, you can conclude that

• A) the next 100-year flood will occur in exactly 100 years.
• B) the next 100-year flood will occur in exactly 99 years.
• C) there is a 1% chance you could be flooded by the 100-year flood again this year.
• D) you do not have to worry about another flood of that size during your lifetime.

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Definitions:

Posttranslational Control

Regulatory mechanisms that modify a protein’s function after it has been synthesized.

Amino Acids

Organic compounds that serve as the building blocks of proteins, containing both an amino group and a carboxyl group.

Codons

Sequences of three nucleotides in mRNA that specify the addition of a specific amino acid into a polypeptide chain during protein synthesis.

Anticodons

The three-nucleotide sequences on tRNA that are complementary to the codons on mRNA, important for the translation phase of protein synthesis.