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Blood is created in:
bone marrow |
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the liver |
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red blood cells |
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the heart |
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.
What is a major difference between the somatic and autonomic nervous systems?
one controls voluntary activity, one controls involuntary activity |
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one controls thinking, the other controls feeling |
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one is inherited, the other is learned |
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each belongs to a different nervous system |
Both are part of the peripheral nervous system. The somatic nervous system sends sensory information to the central nervous system and controls voluntary actions while the autonomic nervous system regulates involuntary activity in the heart, stomach, and intestines.
What type of cloud is responsible for fog?
cumulonimbus |
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cumulus |
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cirrus |
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stratus |
Clouds are categorized based on their shape, size, and altitude. Stratus clouds are low-altitude clouds characterized by horizontal layering with a broad flat base. When stratus clouds occur on the ground the result is fog.
The biosphere consists of which of the following?
atmosphere |
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lithosphere |
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hydrosphere |
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all of these |
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).
The two heart chambers that collect blood are called:
valves |
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ventricles |
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aorta |
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atria |
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.