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Which of these is not a component of blood?
marrow |
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plasma |
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red blood cells |
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white blood cells |
Blood is created in bone marrow and is made up of cells suspended in liquid plasma. Red blood cells carry oxygen, white blood cells fight infection, and platelets are cell fragments that allow blood to clot.
The envelope of gases surrounding the planet is called the:
geosphere |
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atmosphere |
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lithosphere |
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hydrosphere |
The biosphere is the global ecological system integrating all living beings and their relationships. This includes their interactions with the lithosphere (the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle), hydrosphere (all surface water), and atmosphere (the envelope of gases surrounding the planet).
The ozone layer is in which of Earth's atmospheric layers?
mesosphere |
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troposphere |
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stratosphere |
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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 the following is not a method of heat transfer?
convection |
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radiation |
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reflection |
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conduction |
Heat is always transferred from warmer to cooler environments through conduction, convection, or radiation.
Velocity and displacement are fully described by both a magnitude and a direction. Velocity and displacement are which of the following?
scalar quantities |
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combinational quantities |
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composite quantities |
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vector quantities |
Velocity and displacement are vector quantities which means each is fully described by both a magnitude and a direction. In contrast, scalar quantities are quantities that are fully described by a magnitude only. A variable indicating a vector quantity will often be shown with an arrow symbol: \(\vec{v}\)