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When two air masses meet and neither is displaced, what kind of front is present?
stationary |
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occluded |
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warm |
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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.
__________ is caused by a lack of Vitamin C.
diabetes |
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scurvy |
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anemia |
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shingles |
Scurvy is a difficiency disease caused by a lack of Vitamin C in the diet.
Which of the following is related to the Cambrian Explosion?
extinction of dinosaurs |
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fossil record |
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carbon dating |
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first civilizations |
The Cambrian period is one of the most significant geological time periods. Lasting about 53 million years, it marked a dramatic burst of changes in life on Earth known as the Cambrian Explosion. It is from this period that the majority of the history of life on Earth, as documented by fossils, is found. Called the fossil record, the layering of these mineralized imprints of organisms preserved in sedementary rock have allowed geologists to build a historical record of plant and animal life on Earth.
A subatomic particle that orbits the nucleus of an atom. It carries a negative electric charge. This desribes which of the following?
isotope |
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neutron |
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electron |
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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.
Molecules and atoms that are inputs to a chemical reaction are known as which of the following?
products |
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reactants |
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components |
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fuel |
During a chemical reaction molecules and atoms (reactants) are rearranged into new combinations that result in new kinds of atoms or molecules (products).