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The coldest point in the Earth's atmosphere is reached in which atmospheric layer?
stratosphere |
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thermosphere |
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troposphere |
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mesosphere |
In the mesosphere, temperature again drops as altitude increases until the coldest point in the Earth's atmosphere, the mesopause, is reached where temperatures fall to −225 °F (−143 °C).
Bronchioles, alveolus, and capillaries are vital parts of which bodily system?
circulation |
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nervous |
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respiration |
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digestion |
The trachea branches into the left and right bronchi which each lead to a lung where the bronchi subdivide into smaller tubes called bronchioles. Each bronchiole ends in a small sac called an alveolus which allows oxygen from the air to enter the bloodstream via tiny blood vessels called capillaries.
Elements in the same group in the Periodic Table of the Elements have the same:
number of electrons |
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number of electron shells |
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number of atomic mass units |
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number of electrons in their outer electron shell |
The columns of the Periodic Table are called groups and all elements in a group have the same number of electrons in their outer electron shell. The group that an element occupies generally determines its chemical properties as the number of outer shell electrons establishes the way it reacts with other elements to form molecules. So, because each element has the same number of electrons in its outer shell, each has similar reactivity.
Which of the following is not true about simple magnets?
all of these are untrue |
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opposite poles attract each other |
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same poles repel each other |
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opposite poles repel each other |
Simple magnets have two poles, north and south, and opposite poles attract each other (N attracts S, S attracts N). Likewise, the same pole of two magnets repel (N repels N, S repels S). The Earth has a magnetic field and North and South Poles which enables the use of a magnetic compass to determine direction.
When the clouds become too saturated with water, the water is released as precipitation in the form of:
rain |
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snow or ice |
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ice |
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snow |
Rising into the atmosphere, the water condenses into clouds. When the clouds become too saturated with water, the water is released as snow or ice precipitation which may warm as it falls to reach Earth as rain.