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The crust and lithosphere of the Earth is made up of which of the following?
plates |
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continents |
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sedimentary rock |
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metamorphic rock |
The crust and the rigid lithosphere (upper mantle) is made up approximately thirty separate plates. These plates more very slowly on the slightly more liquid mantle (asthenosphere) beneath them. This movement has resulted in continental drift which is the gradual movement of land masses across Earth's surface. Continental drift is a very slow process, occurring over hundreds of millions of years.
What part of the brain is responsible for the major senses (thinking, hearing, seeing)?
cerebrum |
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cerebellum |
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brainstem |
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medulla |
The cerebrum is the major part of the brain and is responsible for the main senses (thinking, hearing, seeing).
The two heart chambers that collect blood are called:
ventricles |
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atria |
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aorta |
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valves |
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.
A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment is known as:
community |
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population |
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ecosystem |
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biome |
An ecosystem is a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. This includes both the biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living).
The formula \(\vec{F_{g}} = { Gm_{1}m_{2} \over r^2}\) applies to which of Newton's laws?
universal gravitation |
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third law of motion |
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first law of motion |
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second law of motion |
Newton's law of universal gravitation defines gravity: All objects in the universe attract each other with an equal force that varies directly as a product of their masses, and inversely as a square of their distance from each other. Expressed as a formula: \(\vec{F_{g}} = { Gm_{1}m_{2} \over r^2}\) where r is the distance between the two objects and G is the gravitational constant with a value of 6.67 x 10-11.