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Which of the following is a decomposer?
mosquito |
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fungi |
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ferret |
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pine tree |
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.
Elements that belong to the same period in the Periodic Table of the Elements have the same number of:
protons |
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electron shells |
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electrons |
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atomic mass units |
The rows of the Periodic Table are called periods and contain elements that have the same number of electron shells ordered from lower to higher atomic number.
An asteroid belt holds many of the asteroids in our solar system. It is located between the orbits of which planets?
Mercury and Venus |
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Mars and Earth |
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Jupiter and Saturn |
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Mars and Jupiter |
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.
Which part of the respiratory system helps protect against infection?
trachea |
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nasal cavity |
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pharynx |
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epiglottis |
After air enters through the nose, it passes through the nasal cavity which filters, moistens, and warms it. Further filtering takes place in the pharynx, which also helps protect against infection, and then in the trachea which is just past the epiglottis, responsible for preventing food from entering the airway.
The Sun is a __________-type main-sequence star.
G |
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S |
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E |
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D |
The Sun is a G-type main-sequence star (G2V) but is informally known as a yellow dwarf star. Composed of 73% hydrogen and 25% helium, the hot plasma that makes up the Sun reaches 9,900°F (5,505°C) at the surface. It formed approximately 4.6 billion years ago and makes up 99.86% of the mass in the solar system.