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When two air masses meet and neither is displaced, what kind of front is present?
warm |
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occluded |
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stationary |
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cold |
When two air masses meet and neither is displaced, a stationary front is created. Stationary fronts often cause persistent cloudy wet weather.
Tough fibrous cords of connective tissue that connect muscles to the skeleton are called:
ligaments |
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cartilage |
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tendons |
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vertebra |
Tough fibrous cords of connective tissue called tendons connect muscles to the skeleton while another type of connective tissue called ligaments connect bones to other bones at joints (elbow, knee, fingers, spinal column).
Scavengers break down the dead bodies of plants and animals into which of the following?
producers |
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carrion |
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complex carbohydrates |
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simple nutrients |
Like decomposers, scavengers also break down the dead bodies of plants and animals into simple nutrients. The difference is that scavengers operate on much larger refuse and dead animals (carrion). Decomposers then consume the much smaller particles left over by the scavengers.
The most diverse kindgom of life is which of the following?
fungi |
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protists |
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animals |
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plants |
Below domain, life is classified into six kingdoms: plants, animals, archaebacteria, eubacteria, and fungi. The last kingdom, protists, include all microscopic organisms that are not bacteria, animals, plants or fungi. (Archaebacteria and eubacteria are sometimes combined into a single kingdom, monera.)
In the classification of life, which of the following is not a kingdom?
fungi |
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bacteria |
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plants |
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animals |
Below domain, life is classified into six kingdoms: plants, animals, archaebacteria, eubacteria, and fungi. The last kingdom, protists, include all microscopic organisms that are not bacteria, animals, plants or fungi. (Archaebacteria and eubacteria are sometimes combined into a single kingdom, monera.)