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An animal cannot metabolize nutrients.
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What argument that nutrients can cycle but energy cannot?
it can be cycled
How does a bacterium metabolize its host?
Bacteria can metabolize via fermentation. Some bacteria also metabolize via photosynthesis using the sun and inorganic materials, these are known as lithotrophs or autotrophs.
Can the fetus metabolize glucose without oxygen?
First of all, the human fetus does have oxygen. The oxygen is obtained from the mother's blood via the placenta. But if the fetus did not have oxygen temporarily, s/he could still metabolize glucose. This would be done the same way that other humans metabolize glucose without oxygen--by converting it to lactic acid.
Why is cyanide an effective poison?
Cyanide blocks your ability to metabolize oxygen inside your cells.
How long does it take for THC to metabolize out of your body?
It takes on average 30 to 60 days to metabolize THC from bodily physiology. It takes 6 months however to get beyond detectable levels in hair however, despite how much or how often a person uses.
What is sienior grain for horses?
senior grain for horses provides the nutrients they need without as much fat because their bodies cannot metabolize it as fast.
What happens when cells are given nutrients?
When cells are given nutrients, they metabolize them, and grow and divide to create more cells. If they are not given nutrients, they die.
Which nutrients yields the highest amount of energy per gram when metabolize?
Fats
What else can produce their own nutrients besides plants?
a few bacteria and even then they need to metabolize an element to extract the energy traped in it
What is an example of something that lacks the basic structures of a living organism and cannot metabolize or maintain homeostasis?
granite
Why each of us needs a different amount of food?
Our bodies metabolize food differently.every body is different and everyone needs different nutrients to help with growth.
What argument that nutrients can cycle but energy cannot?
it can be cycled
How does steaming foods conserve nutrients?
Steaming conserves nutrients well because the food's vitamins, minerals and general nutrients cannot be absorbed by water.
Which of the six nutrients cannot add fat to the body?
proteins
Can gum be a meal?
Gum has no nutrients so it cannot be a meal.
How are viruses similar to single celled organisms?
They have genetic material surrounded by a protein capsid which can have a membranous layer. Some have reverse transcriptase enzymes. The comparison ends there. Viruses do not metabolize nutrients, do not grow and do not reproduce.
Defend the argument that nutrients can cycle but energy cannot.?
nutrients are used up and then excreted by your body one way or another. Energy is never lost, only transferred, therefore it cannot cycle.
