A pure solid and a pure liquid are definitely a single phase because they are so united, or homogeneous. This leads to a homogeneous mixture also being a single phase.

Hence, the option that cannot be considered a single phase is A. a heterogeneous mixture.

A salary is best described as a fixed amount of income that is paid to an individual on a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly basis.

A salary can also be described as the annual earnings paid out over a year.

In chemical nomenclature, the IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry is a systematic method of naming organic chemical compounds as recommended by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

The parts of a check are :

1. Name & Address

2. Date

3. Pay to the order of

4. Written amount

5. Numeric amount box

6. For or Memo line 

7. Signature line

8. Check number

9. Account number

10. Bank name etc... 

Hence, the Memo line which describes the purpose of the check is of least important in all the parts of a check.

Business cycles are identified as having four distinct phases:

1. Expansion,

2. Peak,

3. Contraction, and

4. Trough.

Expansion is the phase of the business cycle when the economy moves from a trough to a peak. It is a period when the level of business activity surges and gross domestic product (GDP) expands until it reaches a peak. A period of expansion is also known as an economic recovery.

An expansion is characterized by increasing employment, economic growth, and upward pressure on prices.

It has been said that the creation of NASA was due to the space exploration race between the US and the Soviet Union. One of the drives to the creation of NASA is the launching of Sputnik on October 4, 1957.

Since then, further explorations have been made by the agency.

When the FTC was created in 1914, its purpose was to monitor all business practices to prevent unfair methods of competition in commerce as part of the battle to "bust the trusts."

Over the years, Congress passed additional laws giving the agency greater authority to police anticompetitive practices.

Plants are photosynthetic autotrophs, which means that they are able to produce their own food through the process called photosynthesis.

In photosynthesis, plants use light, water, and carbon dioxide to create glucose, which they convert to cellulose and use to make new cells.

Hence, that is why, Plants are called photosynthetic autotrophs.