List at least 3 advantages of water as an extinguishing agent

What will be an ideal response?

Any three of the following:
Water has a greater heat-absorbing capacity than other common extinguishing agents.
Changing water into steam requires a relatively large amount of heat.
The greater the surface area of water exposed, the more rapidly it absorbs heat.
Water converted into steam occupies 1,700 times its original volume.
Water is inexpensive and readily available in most jurisdictions.
Water is incompressible and noncombustible.

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What is a tumor-suppressing cellular protein that can sense early DNA damage?

a. p53 b. Transfer RNA c. Apoptosis protein d. RNA polymerase

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