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Which of the following is not a base unit in the metric system?
degree Fahrenheit |
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meter |
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liter |
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gram |
The Fahrenheit scale is used for measuring temperature in the British system. The metric system uses the Celsius scale.
The dwarf planet Pluto is located where?
between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn |
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in the Kuiper Belt |
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in the asteroid belt |
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outside the solar system |
The Kuiper Belt is similar to the asteroid belt but much larger. Extending beyond the orbit of Neptune, it contains objects composed mostly of frozen methane, ammonia, and water. Most notably, the Kuiper Belt is home to Pluto, a dwarf planet that, until a 2006 reclassification, was considered the ninth planet of the solar system.
Which of the following is not true about mass and weight?
weight depends on the location where it is measured |
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weight is the force exerted on an object by gravity |
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mass is the amount of matter something has |
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mass depends on the location where it is measured |
Mass is the amount of matter something has while weight is the force exerted on an object's mass by gravity. So, although a person's mass doesn't change when going from the Earth to the Moon, their weight will decrease because the force of the Moon's gravity is much less than that of Earth.
Earth's history is divided into time periods, which of these is the longest time period?
era |
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age |
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eon |
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epoch |
The Earth is approximately 4.6 billion years old and its history is divided into time periods based on the events that took place and the forms of life that were dominant during those periods. The largest graduation of time is the eon and each eon is subdivided into eras, eras into periods, periods into epochs, and epochs into ages.
A human heart consists of how many chambers?
2 |
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8 |
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1 |
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4 |
The heart is the organ that drives the circulatory system. In humans, it consists of four chambers with two that collect blood called atria and two that pump blood called ventricles. The heart's valves prevent blood pumped out of the ventricles from flowing back into the heart.