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In the metric system, what prefix represents 10-3?
mega |
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centi |
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milli |
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kilo |
In the metric system, milli is the prefix for 10-3.
The two heart chambers that pump blood called:
aorta |
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valves |
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atria |
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ventricles |
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.
During the water cycle, water enters the atmosphere as a gas through which process?
transpiration |
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evaporation |
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both evaporation and transpiration |
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precipitation |
The water (hydrologic) cycle describes the movement of water from Earth through the atmosphere and back to Earth. The cycle starts when water evaporates into a gas from bodies of water like rivers, lakes and oceans or transpirates from the leaves of plants.
Which of the following would be found on a reflecting telescope?
concave lens |
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convex lens |
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concave mirror |
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convex mirror |
A concave (or converging) mirror bulges inward and focuses reflected light on the mirror's focal point where the mirror's angles of incidence converge. In contrast, a convex (or diverging) mirror bulges outward and diffuses the light waves that strike it. A common use of a concave mirror is in a reflecting telescope, a common use of a convex mirror is in the side view mirror of a car.
Earth's history is divided into time periods, which of these is the shortest time period?
eon |
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period |
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age |
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epoch |
The Earth is approximately 4.6 billion years old and its history is divided into time periods based on the events that took place and the forms of life that were dominant during those periods. The largest graduation of time is the eon and each eon is subdivided into eras, eras into periods, periods into epochs, and epochs into ages.