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These clouds grow upward and can develop into cumulonimbus or thunderstorm clouds.
cumulus clouds |
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cirrus clouds |
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nimbus clouds |
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stratus clouds |
Cumulus clouds are large, puffy, mid-altitude clouds with a flat base and a rounded top. These clouds grow upward and can develop into a cumulonimbus or thunderstorm cloud.
Which of these parts of digestion takes place in the mouth?
breaking down proteins |
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breaking down starches |
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breaking down fats |
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absorbing nutrients |
Digestion begins in the mouth where the teeth and tongue break down food mechanically through chewing and saliva, via the enzyme salivary amylase, starts to break starches down chemically. From the mouth, food travels down the esophagus where contractions push the food into the stomach.
The first step in the water cycle is:
evaporation |
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reclamation |
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precipitation |
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infiltration |
The water (hydrologic) cycle describes the movement of water from Earth through the atmosphere and back to Earth. The cycle starts when water evaporates into a gas from bodies of water like rivers, lakes and oceans or transpirates from the leaves of plants.
The heart __________ blood.
filters |
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oxygenates |
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deoxygenates |
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creates |
To provide oxygen to the body, blood flows through the heart in a path formed by the right atrium → right ventricle → lungs → left atrium → left ventricle → body. When blood enters the right side of the heart it is deoxygenated. It enters the left side of the heart oxygenated after traveling to the lungs.
A compound is a substance containing two or more different chemical elements bound together by what kind of bond?
molecular |
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chemical |
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ionic |
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covalent |
A compound is a substance containing two or more different chemical elements bound together by a chemical bond. In covalent compounds, electrons are shared between atoms. In ionic compounds, one atom borrows an electron from another atom resulting in two ions (electrically charged atoms) of opposite polarities that then become bonded electrostatically.