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An electrically charged atom is a(n):
electron |
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neutron |
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ion |
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proton |
A compound is a substance containing two or more different chemical elements bound together by a chemical bond. In ionic compounds, one atom borrows an electron from another atom resulting in two ions (electrically charged atoms) of opposite polarities that then become bonded electrostatically.
Which of the following is a decomposer?
ferret |
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pine tree |
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mosquito |
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fungi |
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.
During continental drift, the drifting plates move across which of the following?
water |
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sediment |
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liquid mantle |
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fault lines |
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.
Which of the following is not true about mass and weight?
weight is the force exerted on an object by gravity |
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mass is the amount of matter something has |
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mass depends on the location where it is measured |
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weight depends on the location where it is measured |
Mass is the amount of matter something has while weight is the force exerted on an object's mass by gravity. So, although a person's mass doesn't change when going from the Earth to the Moon, their weight will decrease because the force of the Moon's gravity is much less than that of Earth.
__________ is caused by a lack of iron in the diet.
scurvy |
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anemia |
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shingles |
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diabetes |
Anemia, which may cause weakness, dizziness, and headaches is caused by a lack of iron in the diet.