| Your Results | Global Average | |
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| Questions | 5 | 5 |
| Correct | 0 | 4.11 |
| Score | 0% | 82% |
Carbohydrates are found in:
sugars and starches |
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animal sources |
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vegetable oils |
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food additives |
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 a decomposer?
ferret |
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fungi |
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pine tree |
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mosquito |
Decomposers (saprotrophs) are organisms such as bacteria and fungi that break down the organic matter in the dead bodies of plants and animals into simple nutrients.
Leafy vegetables, beans, potatoes, fruits, and whole grains are good sources of:
fiber |
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unsaturated fat |
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saturated fat |
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protein |
Fiber provides bulk to help the large intestine carry away waste. Good sources of fiber are leafy vegetables, beans, potatoes, fruits, and whole grains.
An asteroid belt holds many of the asteroids in our solar system. It is located between the orbits of which planets?
Mars and Jupiter |
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Jupiter and Saturn |
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Mercury and Venus |
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Mars and Earth |
The solar system also contains over a million rocky fragments of at least 1km in diameter called asteroids as well as millions more with smaller diameters. Many of these asteroids are an asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Materials like metals that transfer heat efficiently are called:
refractors |
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conductors |
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insulators |
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reflectors |
Heat is always transferred from warmer to cooler environments and conduction is the simplest way this transfer can occur. It is accomplished through direct contact between materials and materials like metals that transfer heat efficiently are called conductors while those that conduct heat poorly, such as plastic, are called insulators.