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No, skin is a complex organ made of many different molecules.
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Is PH3 an element or molecule?
This is a compound, a molecule.
How does the shape of the molecule affect the polarity of the molecule?
C.A molecule that has a symmetrical shape will be a nonpolar molecule.
What feature of a soap molecule gives it cleaning ability?
soap is made of lye, an acidic and corrosive substance. soap cleanses by consuming the oils on skin and soiled surfaces.
What is the ozone layer for?
The ozone layer acts like a protective shield for the Earth. Ozone is a molecule consisting of three atoms of oxygen. When UV rays fall on an ozone molecule, their energy is utilized in breaking up the bonds to give an oxygen molecule. As such, most of UV-A and UV-B energies are absorbed, leaving only the less harmful rays to pass through to the Earth. In the absence of the ozone layer, UV rays would be able to directly penetrate into the atmosphere. UV being high energy rays can penetrate skin too and cause mutations in the DNA, leading to skin cancer.
What molecule is released during construction of a polymer?
The molecule releases a water molecule.
Is skin a cell or molecule?
Skin is composed of trillions of Cells
What begins when a precursor molecule is exposed to ultraviolet light in the skin?
Vitamin D production begins when a precursor molecule is exposed to ultraviolet light in the skin.
How can your body heat water in a swimming pool?
If the temperature of the water is less than your body temperature, then heat will be transferred from the warmer body to the colder body of water. The molecules in your skin vibrate because they are warm. When a water molecule touches a warm vibrating skin molecule, some of the heat energy in the skin molecule is transferred to the water molecule, warming the water.
What type of molecule makes up the skin of arthropods?
polysaccharides
Which molecule is responsible for waterproofing of the skin?
keratin through the process of keratinization
How does the body use the organic molecule?
skin and the grease that gets stuck to your body
Why does sun bathing give you skin cancer?
the ultraiolet rays in a sunbed damages a important molecule (DNA)
Why pain occurs when you rub chilli on your skin?
The active molecule in chilies, capsaicin, binds to nerve receptors in the skin, causing a sensation to be sent to the brain exactly like that of a burn or abrasion.
Why do some water cling stay to your skin after you take a bath?
Water is a polar molecule so it clings to other water molecules and hangs on your skin even after you dry off a bit.
Where in the body in Vitamin D produced and what molecule is it modified from?
Vitamin D is produced in the skin, on exposure to UV (ultravoilet) radiation, from a modified cholesterol molecule; necessary for normal bone growth and function.
Can heroin exit out your skin pores?
As it is broken down by the body its by products can leave through the skin, since it is part of the excretory system. But, as the original chemical compound, no. It is much too large a molecule to nake its way through all the structures of the skin that are designed to keep such things in.
What system covers the external surface of the body and manufactures vitamin D?
The absorption of UV light into the skin converts a precursor molecule into vit. D
