| Your Results | Global Average | |
|---|---|---|
| Questions | 5 | 5 |
| Correct | 0 | 3.41 |
| Score | 0% | 68% |
As part of digestion, the liver produces bile which breaks down:
starches |
|
protein |
|
fat |
|
sugars |
The liver produces bile which emulsifies (separates) fat.
Water freezing or boiling is an example of which of the following?
sublimation |
|
heating |
|
cooling |
|
phase transition |
A substance undergoes a phase transition when it moves from one state of matter to another, for example, when water freezes or boils.
What is the body's largest artery?
arteriole |
|
capillary |
|
vena cava |
|
aorta |
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.
The two heart chambers that pump blood called:
atria |
|
ventricles |
|
aorta |
|
valves |
The heart is the organ that drives the circulatory system. In humans, it consists of four chambers with two that collect blood called atria and two that pump blood called ventricles. The heart's valves prevent blood pumped out of the ventricles from flowing back into the heart.
The first step in the water cycle is:
evaporation |
|
infiltration |
|
reclamation |
|
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.