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| Questions | 5 | 5 |
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Which of blood component allows blood to clot?
red blood cells |
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white blood cells |
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platelets |
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plasma |
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.
An asteroid belt holds many of the asteroids in our solar system. It is located between the orbits of which planets?
Mars and Jupiter |
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Mars and Earth |
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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.
In the metric system, what prefix represents 10-3?
centi |
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milli |
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mega |
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kilo |
In the metric system, milli is the prefix for 10-3.
Which of the following is not a vector quantity?
velocity |
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mass |
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acceleration |
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momentum |
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: \(\vec{v}\)
Antigens in the blood determine:
negative or positive status |
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blood oxygen capacity |
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blood type |
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Rh factor |
Blood is categorized into four different types (A, B, AB, and O) based on the type of antigens found on the outside of the red blood cells. Additionally, each type can be negative or positive based on whether or not the cells have an antigen called the Rh factor.