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The two heart chambers that pump blood called:
ventricles |
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valves |
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atria |
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aorta |
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.
Which of the following is not a terrestrial planet?
Venus |
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Jupiter |
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Mercury |
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Earth |
The four planets closest to the Sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) are called terrestrial (Earth-like) planets because, like the Earth, they're solid with inner metal cores covered by rocky surfaces.
__________ is caused by a lack of Vitamin C.
diabetes |
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anemia |
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shingles |
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scurvy |
Scurvy is a difficiency disease caused by a lack of Vitamin C in the diet.
The heat from the Sun traveling to Earth is an example of which of the following?
electricity |
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conduction |
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convection |
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radiation |
Radiation occurs when electromagnetic waves transmit heat. An example is the heat from the Sun as it travels to Earth.
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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all of these are correct |
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a sound wave is much slower than a light wave |
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.