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| Questions | 5 | 5 |
| Correct | 0 | 3.31 |
| Score | 0% | 66% |
__________ is caused by a lack of iron in the diet.
anemia |
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diabetes |
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scurvy |
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shingles |
Anemia, which may cause weakness, dizziness, and headaches is caused by a lack of iron in the diet.
Which of the following is not a terrestrial planet?
Venus |
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Jupiter |
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Mercury |
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Earth |
The four planets closest to the Sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) are called terrestrial (Earth-like) planets because, like the Earth, they're solid with inner metal cores covered by rocky surfaces.
Earth's history is divided into time periods, which of these is the shortest time period?
age |
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period |
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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.
The crust and upper mantle of the earth is called the:
lithosphere |
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atmosphere |
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hydrosphere |
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geosphere |
The biosphere is the global ecological system integrating all living beings and their relationships. This includes their interactions with the lithosphere (the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle), hydrosphere (all surface water), and atmosphere (the envelope of gases surrounding the planet).
Within DNA, a variety of a particular gene is called a(n):
allele |
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homozygous |
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chromosome |
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heterozygous |
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.