March 7 Twitter/FB answer

Whether a regime was seen to have the Mandate of Heaven determined its legitimacy. Unjust rulers were assumed to have either lost or never gained the Mandate

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Mar 4 Twitter/FB answer

The tertiary level of a protein structure is the 3-D shape of the protein, also called the conformation.

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March 3 Twitter/FB answer

A neutron does not give an atom any charge, but it does provide 1 amu

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March 2 Twitter/FB answer

Maquiladoras are factories set up in Mexico near the US border, in part to take advantage of the North American Free trade Agreement (NAFTA).

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March 1 Twitter/FB answer

Transduction is the process of changing one form energy into another. When light energy strikes the retina, for example, the energy is transduced into neural energy (chemical and electrical).

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Feb 26 Twitter/FB answer

The pelagic ocean is the open, deep ocean. The pelagic ocean is analogous to a desert with coral reefs and kelp forests being the oases. Otherwise, there is little productivity in the pelagic ocean.

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Feb 25 Twitter/FB answer

Legend holds that the nobility of Ethiopia are descended from Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.

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Feb 24 Twitter answer

It’s the magnetic quantum number

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Feb 23 Twitter answer

Isabella of Castile and Leon married Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469. The union of the monarchies laid the foundation for a united Spain.

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Feb 22 Twitter answer

Langston Hughes wrote “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” in 1926 for The Nation magazine. In it he urged African-Americans to draw from their own experiences in America as the basis for their art.

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