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What part of the brain is responsible for the major senses (thinking, hearing, seeing)?
brainstem |
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cerebellum |
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medulla |
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cerebrum |
The cerebrum is the major part of the brain and is responsible for the main senses (thinking, hearing, seeing).
Which part of the respiratory system helps protect against infection?
epiglottis |
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nasal cavity |
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pharynx |
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trachea |
After air enters through the nose, it passes through the nasal cavity which filters, moistens, and warms it. Further filtering takes place in the pharynx, which also helps protect against infection, and then in the trachea which is just past the epiglottis, responsible for preventing food from entering the airway.
The two heart chambers that pump blood called:
aorta |
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valves |
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ventricles |
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atria |
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.
Herbivores are __________ that subsist on producers like plants and fungus.
tertiary consumers |
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scavengers |
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primary consumers |
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secondary consumers |
Primary consumers (herbivores) subsist on producers like plants and fungus. Examples are grasshoppers, cows, and plankton.
The ozone layer is in which of Earth's atmospheric layers?
troposphere |
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thermosphere |
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stratosphere |
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mesosphere |
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.