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| Score | 0% | 62% |
__________ is caused by a lack of Vitamin C.
anemia |
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scurvy |
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shingles |
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diabetes |
Scurvy is a difficiency disease caused by a lack of Vitamin C in the diet.
Cirrus clouds generally occur in what kind of weather?
freezing |
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fair |
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hot |
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stormy |
Cirrus clouds are thin, wispy high-altitude clouds composed of ice crystals that originate from the freezing of supercooled water droplets. Cirrus clouds generally occur in fair weather and point in the direction of air movement at their elevation.
In the classification of life, which of the following is not a domain?
archaea |
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eukaryota |
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bacteria |
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animalia |
The broadest classification of life splits all organisms into three groups called domains. The three domains of life are bacteria, archaea and eukaryota.
The four planets closest to the Sun are called terrestrial. What does terrestrial mean?
the planets have moons |
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the planets have magnetic fields |
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the planets have water |
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the planets are Earth-like |
The four planets closest to the Sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) are called terrestrial (Earth-like) planets because, like the Earth, they're solid with inner metal cores covered by rocky surfaces.
The Sun is a __________-type main-sequence star.
D |
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E |
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G |
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S |
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.