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Which of the following is not a base unit in the metric system?
meter |
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gram |
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liter |
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degree Fahrenheit |
The Fahrenheit scale is used for measuring temperature in the British system. The metric system uses the Celsius scale.
A human heart consists of how many chambers?
1 |
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2 |
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4 |
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8 |
The heart is the organ that drives the circulatory system. In humans, it consists of four chambers with two that collect blood called atria and two that pump blood called ventricles. The heart's valves prevent blood pumped out of the ventricles from flowing back into the heart.
Which of the following describes the Earth's mantle?
hot |
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makes up most of Earth's volume |
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all of these |
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dense |
Mantle makes up 84% of the Earth's volume and has an average thickness of approximately 1,800 miles (2,900 km). It is dense, hot, and primarily solid although in places it behaves more like a viscous fluid as the plates of the upper mantle and crust gradually "float" along its circumference.
During continental drift, the drifting plates move across which of the following?
water |
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sediment |
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fault lines |
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liquid mantle |
The crust and the rigid lithosphere (upper mantle) is made up of approximately thirty separate plates. These plates more very slowly on the slightly more liquid mantle (asthenosphere) beneath them. This movement has resulted in continental drift which is the gradual movement of land masses across Earth's surface. Continental drift is a very slow process, occurring over hundreds of millions of years.
Blood is created in:
red blood cells |
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the heart |
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the liver |
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bone marrow |
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.