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The energy posessed by a thrown baseball is an example of what kind of energy?
transitional |
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kinetic |
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potential |
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gravitational |
Kinetic energy is the energy posessed by a moving object. Potential energy is stored energy in a stationary object based on its location, position, shape, or state.
Which of the following is the primary difference between a comet and an asteroid?
asteroids have a coma |
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comets orbit the Sun |
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asteroids contain frozen water |
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comets have an atmosphere |
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.
Earth's breathable air is held in which atmospheric layer?
mesosphere |
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troposphere |
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thermosphere |
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stratosphere |
The Earth's atmosphere has several layers starting with the troposphere which is closest in proximity to the surface. Containing most of the Earth's breathable air (oxygen and nitrogen), it's a region with warmer temperatures closer to the surface and cooler temperatures farther away which results in the rising and falling air that generates weather.
A person's genotype is their genetic makeup and includes:
dominant alleles |
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phenotypes |
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both dominant and recessive alleles |
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recessive 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.
In the classification of life, bacteria, archaea and eukaryota are which of the following?
species |
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domains |
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classes |
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kingdoms |
The broadest classification of life splits all organisms into three groups called domains. The three domains of life are bacteria, archaea and eukaryota.