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Herbivores are __________ that subsist on producers like plants and fungus.
tertiary consumers |
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primary consumers |
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scavengers |
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secondary consumers |
Primary consumers (herbivores) subsist on producers like plants and fungus. Examples are grasshoppers, cows, and plankton.
An endoskeleton (internal skeleton) is a charateristic of __________ animals, including humans.
arthropod |
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sentient |
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vertebrate |
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spiny |
An endoskeleton (internal skeleton) is a charateristic of vertebrate animals, including humans.
Which of the following is a decomposer?
pine tree |
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fungi |
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ferret |
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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.
Vector quantities are fully described by which of the following?
a direction only |
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a magnitude only |
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a magnitude and a direction |
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a direction and a polarity |
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: \(\vec{v}\)
Small rocks shed by asteroids and comets that reach the earth are called:
meteorites |
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meteors |
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meteoroids |
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shooting stars |
Smaller rocks shed by asteroids and comets are called meteoroids. When these rocks reach Earth's atmosphere, they burn up in the mesosphere and become meteors. If a meteor manages to reach the Earth, it is called a meteorite.