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Sodium hydroxide, also known as lye and caustic soda, is an inorganic compound with the formula NaOH. It is a white solid ionic compound consisting of sodium cations Na+ and hydroxide anions OH−.

Properties:

1. It is highly soluble in water, and readily absorbs moisture and carbon dioxide from the air.

2. NaOH is insoluble in ether and other non-polar solvents.

3. It is an odorless compound.

Uses:

Sodium hydroxide is used in many industries: in the manufacture of pulp and paper, textiles, drinking water, soaps and detergents, and as a drain cleaner.

Gene is a segment of chromosomal DNA or a sequence of DNA or RNA that codes for a molecule that has a function. It is the basic physical and functional unit of heredity.

As genes are made up of DNA it impies that they are long, double chains of nucleic acids as DNA is made of nucleic acids.

The blood protein Albumin regulates the amount of water in plasma.

Primary productivity refers to plants that make their own food using sunlight, water and availability of nutrients. Hence, they are not limited by time.

A gametes are haploid cells as they have only one set of chromosomes. Meiosis is a process of cellular reproduction in which both male and female gametes are formed. During meiosis, the DNA is only replicated or copied one time.