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Carbohydrates are found in:
vegetable oils |
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food additives |
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sugars and starches |
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animal sources |
Carbohydrates are major sources of energy for the body and are found in sugars (fruit, cane sugar, beets) and starches (bread, rice, potatoes, pasta).
Which of the following is the primary difference between a comet and an asteroid?
comets orbit the Sun |
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asteroids contain frozen water |
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comets have an atmosphere |
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asteroids have a coma |
A comet is a loose collection of ice, dust, and small rocky particles that, in contrast to an asteroid, has an extended atmosphere surrounding the center. When passing close to the Sun, this atmosphere warms and begins to release gases forming a visible coma or tail.
Small rocks shed by asteroids and comets that reach the earth are called:
shooting stars |
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meteoroids |
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meteorites |
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meteors |
Smaller rocks shed by asteroids and comets are called meteoroids. When these rocks reach Earth's atmosphere, they burn up in the mesosphere and become meteors. If a meteor manages to reach the Earth, it is called a meteorite.
A subatomic particle that orbits the nucleus of an atom. It carries a negative electric charge. This desribes which of the following?
electron |
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neutron |
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isotope |
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proton |
An electron is a subatomic particle that orbits the nucleus of an atom. It carries a negative electric charge. Generally, an atom has the same number of negative electrons orbiting the nucleus as it does positive protons inside.
Bronchioles, alveolus, and capillaries are vital parts of which bodily system?
respiration |
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nervous |
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circulation |
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digestion |
The trachea branches into the left and right bronchi which each lead to a lung where the bronchi subdivide into smaller tubes called bronchioles. Each bronchiole ends in a small sac called an alveolus which allows oxygen from the air to enter the bloodstream via tiny blood vessels called capillaries.