Why do navigators measure speed in knots?

It is a traditional nautical term.

Knots are related to ocean currents.

Knots are related to the global coordinate system.

Which of the following is not a way materials pass through the cell membrane? osmosis active transport covalent motion diffusion

Which three statements about electromagnetic radiation are true? Light is a kind of electromagnetic radiation. Electromagnetic radiation can travel only short distances. Electromagnetic radiation has no mass.

Explain how birth rate and death rates influence the size of a population. (Discounting migration in/out of a population.) Explain how carrying capacity influences the number of organisms in an ecosystem.

Why is it important for the respiratory system and the excretory system to work together?

Which of the following statements is true is it A. atoms exist in more types than molecules do or B. molecules result when atoms lose electrons or C. atoms bond with one another in a molecule or D. molecules result when atoms acquire extra neutrons.

Vertebrae protect the cerebellum. true or false

Which of these is NOT a way that large molecules, like glucose, can enter a cell? A) diffusion through the cell membrane. B) facilitated diffusion through protein channels in the cell membrane.

The specialized functions of different membranes are largely determined by the blank they contain. Membrane lipids are blank molecules, composed of a hydrophilic portion and a hydrophobic portion.

Which of the following aren't eukaryotes? plants bacteria animals fungi

In pea plants, smooth pea shape is dominant to wrinkled pea shape. If a pea plant that is true-breeding for smooth pea shape is crossed with a pea plant that is true-breeding for wrinkled pea shape, what will be true of the offspring?