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| Questions | 5 | 5 |
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| Score | 0% | 73% |
The ozone layer is in which of Earth's atmospheric layers?
thermosphere |
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stratosphere |
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mesosphere |
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troposphere |
The stratosphere is just above the troposphere and is stratified in temperature with warmer layers higher and cooler layers closer to Earth. This increase in temperature is a result of absorption of the Sun's radiation by the ozone layer.
What prevents blood pumped out of the ventricles from flowing back into the heart?
atria |
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platelets |
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valves |
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capillaries |
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 the narrowest classification of life?
genus |
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species |
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family |
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domain |
The narrowest classification of life, species, contains organisms that are so similar that they can only reproduce with others of the same species.
Which of these is not a recognized blood type?
O |
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B |
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AO |
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AB |
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.
The first step in the water cycle is:
infiltration |
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evaporation |
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reclamation |
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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.