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| Questions | 5 | 5 |
| Correct | 0 | 2.75 |
| Score | 0% | 55% |
Herbivores are __________ that subsist on producers like plants and fungus.
primary consumers |
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secondary consumers |
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scavengers |
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tertiary consumers |
Primary consumers (herbivores) subsist on producers like plants and fungus. Examples are grasshoppers, cows, and plankton.
Which of these is not a function of bone in the human skeletal system?
produce blood cells |
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store vitamins |
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protect bodily organs |
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store minerals |
Hard bones provide primary support for the endoskeleton while more flexible cartilage is found at the end of all bones, at the joints, and in the nose and ears. In addition to providing support and protecting bodily organs, bones also produce blood cells and store minerals like calcium.
Within DNA, a variety of a particular gene is called a(n):
chromosome |
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homozygous |
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heterozygous |
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allele |
The gene is the base unit of inheritance and is contained within DNA. A gene may come in several varieties (alleles) and there are a pair of alleles for every gene. If the alleles are alike, a person is homozygous for that gene. If the alleles are different, heterozygous.
Which of the following substances gives up negatively charged hydroxide ions (OH-) when dissolved in water?
hydrogen |
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base |
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acid |
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ion |
An acid is a substance that gives up positively charged hydrogen ions (H+) when dissolved in water. A base (alkaline) gives up negatively charged hydroxide ions (OH-) when dissolved in water. pH is a scale that measures of how basic or acidic a solution is. Numbered from 0 to 14, solutions with a pH of 7 are neutral, less than 7 are acidic, more than 7 are alkaline.
In the heart, blood flows from the right __________ to the lungs then back to the heart via the left __________.
ventricle, ventricle |
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atrium, atrium |
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atrium, ventricle |
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ventricle, atrium |
The two largest veins in the body, the venae cavae, pass blood to the right ventricle which pumps the blood to the lungs through the pulmonary artery. Blood picks up oxygen in the lungs and returns it to the left atrium via the pulmonary vein.