Imagine that in 2025 you are the top biologist at a research station studying biodiversity in Costa Rica. A young scientist brings you a sample from a previously unexplored site. She asks you to look at the sample and determine whether it indeed contains microscopic, living organisms. As you begin your investigations, you must first decide what characteristics distinguish life from nonlife. How would you differentiate a living organism from nonliving? (5pts)

Phosphorus has an atomic number of fifteen, so what will be the distribution of its electrons?

Which of the following is NOTa function of a protein?

Which of the following is not true regarding hydrogen bonds?

Typical storage molecule in the human body are called triglycerides, this is a type of ______.

Which of the following elements is NOT one of the six most common in living organisms?

Which of the following does NOT represent homeostasis?

Which of the following is not true regarding dehydration synthesis?

Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding ionic bonds?

Which of the following is a carboxyl group?