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As a cold front moves into an area, the heavier cool air __________ the lighter warm air that it is replacing.
pushes above |
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mixes with |
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cancels out |
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pushes under |
A cold front is a warm-cold air boundary with the colder air replacing the warmer. As a cold front moves into an area, the heavier cool air pushes under the lighter warm air that it is replacing. The warm air becomes cooler as it rises and, if the rising air is humid enough, the water vapor it contains will condense into clouds and precipitation may fall.
The asteroids in the Kuiper belt are composed of which of the following?
frozen methane, ammonia, and water |
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rock |
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minerals |
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gaseous methane, ammonia, and water |
The Kuiper Belt is similar to the asteroid belt but much larger. Extending beyond the orbit of Neptune, it contains objects composed mostly of frozen methane, ammonia, and water. Most notably, the Kuiper Belt is home to Pluto, a dwarf planet that, until a 2006 reclassification, was considered the ninth planet of the solar system.
Which of the following is the narrowest classification of life?
species |
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domain |
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family |
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genus |
The narrowest classification of life, species, contains organisms that are so similar that they can only reproduce with others of the same species.
Which of the following is the smallest component of an element that still retains the properties of the element?
neutron |
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atom |
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molecule |
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element |
An atom is the smallest component of an element that still retains the properties of the element.
The ovum and oviduct are part of which bodily system?
reproductive |
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digestive |
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nervous |
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circulatory |
Approximately every 28 days during female ovulation an egg (ovum) is released from one of the ovaries and travels through the oviduct (fallopian tube) and into the uterus. At the same time, the endometrial lining of the uterus becomes prepared for implantation.