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Sound travels fastest through which of the following media?
metal |
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vacuum |
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air |
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water |
The speed of a sound wave will vary with the medium. Sound travels fastest through media that has particles that are very close together, like metal. Thus, it travels faster through water than through air and doesn't travel at all through a vacuum (there are no particles in empty space to vibrate).
Which of these is not a recognized blood type?
B |
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AB |
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O |
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AO |
Blood is categorized into four different types (A, B, AB, and O) based on the type of antigens found on the outside of the red blood cells. Additionally, each type can be negative or positive based on whether or not the cells have an antigen called the Rh factor.
A major difference between sound waves and light waves is which of the following?
a sound wave cannot travel through a vacuum |
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a sound wave is mechanical while a light wave is electromagnetic |
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a sound wave is much slower than a light wave |
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all of these are correct |
A vibrating object produces a sound wave that travels outwardly from the object through a medium (any liquid or solid matter). The vibration disturbs the particles in the surrounding medium, those particles disturb the particules next to them, and so on, as the sound propagates away from the vibration.
The two heart chambers that collect blood are called:
aorta |
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atria |
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ventricles |
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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 coldest point in the Earth's atmosphere is reached in which atmospheric layer?
mesosphere |
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stratosphere |
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thermosphere |
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troposphere |
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).