Why are receptors for steroid hormones located inside the cell rather than on the membrane surface?

If a set of instructions that determines all of the charactersitics of an organism is comparedto a book, and a chromosme is compared to chaper in the book, then what might be compared to a paragraph in the book?

In general, characteristics that an organism survive and reproduce become more common over time. what mechanism of evolution causes this?

The table presents the average day and night temperatures in five cities. it also reveals whether a city receives substantial rainfall (wet climate) or little rainfall (dry climate). which city’s rocks are likeliest to experience frost wedging, and why? a) city a because the consistently subzero temperature would prevent water from melting b) city b because it is a wet region and the temperature fluctuates around the freezing point c) city c because it receives plenty of rain fall and the weather is moderately cool d) city d because the hot and dry weather would cause rocks to absorb water