The sodium-potassium pump within living cells requires energy to move ions across the cell membrane to maintain homeostasis. how is this energy supplied? a when adenine is removed from adenosine triphosphate (atp), a large amount of energy is produced. b when two adenosine triphosphate (atp) molecules are fused together, a large amount of energy is produced. c when a phosphate group is removed from adenosine triphosphate (atp), a large amount of energy is produced. d when the sugar and phosphate groups of adenosine triphosphate (atp) are fused together, a large amount of energy is produced.

b. heterotroph

explanation:

step 1: initiation

initiation is the beginning of transcription. it occurs when the enzyme rna polymerase binds to a region of a gene called the promoter. this signals the dna to unwind so the enzyme can ‘‘read’’ the bases in one of the dna strands. the enzyme is now ready to make a strand of mrna with a complementary sequence of bases.

step 2: elongation

elongation is the addition of nucleotides to the mrna strand. rna polymerase reads the unwound dna strand and builds the mrna molecule, using complementary base pairs. there is a brief time during this process when the newly formed rna is bound to the unwound dna. during this process, an adenine (a) in the dna binds to an uracil (u) in the rna.

step 3: termination

termination is the ending of transcription, and occurs when rna polymerase crosses a stop (termination) sequence in the gene. the mrna strand is complete, and it detaches from dna.