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__________ is caused by a lack of Vitamin C.
anemia |
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scurvy |
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diabetes |
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shingles |
Scurvy is a difficiency disease caused by a lack of Vitamin C in the diet.
Examples of secondary consumers include:
plankton |
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grasshoppers |
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chickens |
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wolves |
Secondary consumers (carnivores) subsist mainly on primary consumers. Omnivores are secondary consumers that also eat producers. Examples are rats, fish, and chickens.
Antigens in the blood determine:
negative or positive status |
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blood oxygen capacity |
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blood type |
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Rh factor |
Blood is categorized into four different types (A, B, AB, and O) based on the type of antigens found on the outside of the red blood cells. Additionally, each type can be negative or positive based on whether or not the cells have an antigen called the Rh factor.
The ozone layer is in which of Earth's atmospheric layers?
troposphere |
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stratosphere |
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mesosphere |
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thermosphere |
The stratosphere is just above the troposphere and is stratified in temperature with warmer layers higher and cooler layers closer to Earth. This increase in temperature is a result of absorption of the Sun's radiation by the ozone layer.
Which of these parts of digestion takes place in the mouth?
breaking down starches |
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absorbing nutrients |
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breaking down fats |
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breaking down proteins |
Digestion begins in the mouth where the teeth and tongue break down food mechanically through chewing and saliva, via the enzyme salivary amylase, starts to break starches down chemically. From the mouth, food travels down the esophagus where contractions push the food into the stomach.