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Which of the following is not true about mass and weight?
weight depends on the location where it is measured |
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mass depends on the location where it is measured |
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mass is the amount of matter something has |
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weight is the force exerted on an object by gravity |
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.
A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment is known as:
community |
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ecosystem |
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biome |
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population |
An ecosystem is a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. This includes both the biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living).
Changes to an object's speed or direction of motion are caused by which of the following?
kinetic energy |
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a force |
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work |
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power |
Force is applied to change an object's speed or direction of motion.
Gametes have how many pairs of chromosomes?
2 |
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4 |
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23 |
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46 |
Reproductive (haploid) cells known as gametes have half as many (23) pairs of chromosomes as normal (diploid) cells. When the male gamete (sperm) combines with the female gamete (ovum) through meiosis to form a zygote, each gamete supplies half the chromosomes needed to form the normal diploid cells.
A compound is a substance containing two or more different chemical elements bound together by what kind of bond?
covalent |
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molecular |
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chemical |
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ionic |
A compound is a substance containing two or more different chemical elements bound together by a chemical bond. In covalent compounds, electrons are shared between atoms. 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.