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Which of the following is the primary difference between a comet and an asteroid?
asteroids have a coma |
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asteroids contain frozen water |
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comets have an atmosphere |
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comets orbit the Sun |
A comet is a loose collection of ice, dust, and small rocky particles that, in contrast to an asteroid, has an extended atmosphere surrounding the center. When passing close to the Sun, this atmosphere warms and begins to release gases forming a visible coma or tail.
In the classification of life, which of the following is not a domain?
archaea |
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bacteria |
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animalia |
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eukaryota |
The broadest classification of life splits all organisms into three groups called domains. The three domains of life are bacteria, archaea and eukaryota.
Blood is circulated throughout the body via:
aorta |
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arterioles |
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capillaries |
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veins |
The aorta is the body's largest artery and receives blood from the pulmonary vein via the left ventricle. From there, blood is circulated through the rest of the body through smaller arteries called arterioles that branch out from the heart. Finally, blood is delivered to bodily tissues through capillaries.
During the water cycle, water enters the atmosphere as a gas through which process?
both evaporation and transpiration |
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evaporation |
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transpiration |
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precipitation |
The water (hydrologic) cycle describes the movement of water from Earth through the atmosphere and back to Earth. The cycle starts when water evaporates into a gas from bodies of water like rivers, lakes and oceans or transpirates from the leaves of plants.
A person's genotype is their genetic makeup and includes:
phenotypes |
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recessive alleles |
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both dominant and recessive alleles |
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dominant alleles |
A person's genotype is their genetic makeup and includes both dominant and recessive alleles. Phenotype is how the genes express themselves in physical characteristics.