| Your Results | Global Average | |
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| Questions | 5 | 5 |
| Correct | 0 | 3.17 |
| Score | 0% | 63% |
Which of these is not a component of blood?
white blood cells |
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red blood cells |
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plasma |
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marrow |
Blood is created in bone marrow and is made up of cells suspended in liquid plasma. Red blood cells carry oxygen, white blood cells fight infection, and platelets are cell fragments that allow blood to clot.
-40°F is how many °C?
\({40 \over 9}\) |
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-8 |
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\(-{40 \over 9}\) |
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-40 |
The formula to convert from F° to C° is:
\(C° = {5 \over 9} (F° - 32)\)
plugging in our values gives:
\(C° = {5 \over 9} (-40 - 32)\)
\(C° = {5 \over 9} (-72) = {{-72 \times 5} \over 9}\)
\(C° = {-360 \over 9}\)
\(C° = -40\)
Which of the following describes the Earth's mantle?
makes up most of Earth's volume |
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all of these |
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dense |
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hot |
Mantle makes up 84% of the Earth's volume and has an average thickness of approximately 1,800 miles (2,900 km). It is dense, hot, and primarily solid although in places it behaves more like a viscous fluid as the plates of the upper mantle and crust gradually "float" along its circumference.
An electrically charged atom is a(n):
proton |
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electron |
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neutron |
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ion |
A compound is a substance containing two or more different chemical elements bound together by a chemical bond. 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.
Which of these digestive enzymes is not produced by the pancreas?
trypsin |
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pancreatic amylase |
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lipase |
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gastric acid |
The acids produced by the pancreas contain several enzymes that aid in digestion. Lipase converts fat to glycerol and fatty acids. Pancreatic amylase breaks down complex carbohydrates into simple sugars. Trypsin converts polypeptides (the building blocks of protein) into amino acids.