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Blood is created in:
red blood cells |
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bone marrow |
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the heart |
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the liver |
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.
A large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat is:
a community |
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a population |
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a food chain |
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a biome |
A biome is a large naturally occurring community of flora (plants) and fauna (animals) occupying a major habitat (home or environment).
Earth's breathable air is held in which atmospheric layer?
stratosphere |
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thermosphere |
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mesosphere |
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troposphere |
The Earth's atmosphere has several layers starting with the troposphere which is closest in proximity to the surface. Containing most of the Earth's breathable air (oxygen and nitrogen), it's a region with warmer temperatures closer to the surface and cooler temperatures farther away which results in the rising and falling air that generates weather.
The most diverse kindgom of life is which of the following?
plants |
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protists |
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animals |
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fungi |
Below domain, life is classified into six kingdoms: plants, animals, archaebacteria, eubacteria, and fungi. The last kingdom, protists, include all microscopic organisms that are not bacteria, animals, plants or fungi. (Archaebacteria and eubacteria are sometimes combined into a single kingdom, monera.)
An asteroid belt holds many of the asteroids in our solar system. It is located between the orbits of which planets?
Mars and Earth |
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Mars and Jupiter |
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Mercury and Venus |
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Jupiter and Saturn |
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.