The Increase in Gas Prices Can Be Explained by

question 123

Multiple Choice

The increase in gas prices can be explained by

• A) increased instability in the Middle East
• B) a decrease in personal income
• C) an increase in the number of hybrid vehicles sold
• D) higher mileage standards for new cars
• E) all of these

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Definitions:

Uracil

A nitrogenous base found in RNA that pairs with adenine during RNA synthesis.

Nucleotide Bases

The building blocks of DNA and RNA molecules, consisting of adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), thymine (T), and uracil (U, in RNA).

RNA

Ribonucleic acid, a molecule essential for various biological roles, including coding, decoding, regulation, and expression of genes.

Translation

Translation is a biological process by which messenger RNA is decoded by a ribosome to produce a specific amino acid chain, or polypeptide, that will fold into an active protein.