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__________ is caused by a lack of Vitamin C.
anemia |
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shingles |
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scurvy |
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diabetes |
Scurvy is a difficiency disease caused by a lack of Vitamin C in the diet.
Antigens are found on the outside of which blood cells?
plasma |
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platelets |
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red |
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white |
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 two heart chambers that pump blood called:
valves |
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atria |
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aorta |
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ventricles |
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.
Cirrus clouds are thin, wispy clouds composed of ice crystals. At what elevation to cirrus clouds form?
ground level |
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low-altitude |
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high-altitude |
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mid-altitude |
Cirrus clouds are thin, wispy high-altitude clouds composed of ice crystals that originate from the freezing of supercooled water droplets. Cirrus clouds generally occur in fair weather and point in the direction of air movement at their elevation.
Which is the proper order of Earth's atmospheric layers from the surface up to space?
thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere |
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stratosphere, troposphere, mesosphere, thermosphere |
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mesosphere, thermosphere, stratosphere, troposphere |
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troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere |
The troposphere is the closest layer to Earth, followed by the stratosphere, mesosphere, and finally the thermosphere which borders space.