An Ad from the National Peanut Board Advises Its Readers

question 51

Multiple Choice

An ad from the National Peanut Board advises its readers that peanut butter is "like an energy bar with curves." The ad's illustration shows peanut butter thickly spread on a bagel to indicate how peanut butter can be used as part of a healthy lifestyle. In this example, creativity was used to:

• A) remind customers that peanut butter is an inexpensive snack.
• B) persuade bagel manufacturers to provide peanut butter coupons.
• C) inform customers about the health benefits of eating peanut butter.
• D) convince customers to eat peanut butter even when they are dieting.
• E) persuade retailers to carry different varieties and brands of peanut butter.

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Definitions:

Nonsense Mutation

A genetic mutation that results in a premature stop codon, leading to an incomplete and usually nonfunctional protein.

Base-Pair Substitution

A type of genetic mutation where one base pair in the DNA sequence is replaced by another pair, which can lead to changes in the protein made by a gene.

Amino Acid

Organic compounds that serve as the building blocks of proteins, playing critical roles in biological processes.

Eukaryotic mRNA

Messenger RNA in eukaryotes, which is synthesized from DNA and carries genetic information from the nucleus to the ribosome for protein synthesis.