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Water freezing or boiling is an example of which of the following?
sublimation |
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phase transition |
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heating |
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cooling |
A substance undergoes a phase transition when it moves from one state of matter to another, for example, when water freezes or boils.
The two heart chambers that collect blood are called:
ventricles |
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atria |
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valves |
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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.
The rows of the Periodic Table of the Elements are called:
families |
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shells |
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groups |
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periods |
The rows of the Periodic Table are called periods and contain elements that have the same number of electron shells ordered from lower to higher atomic number.
Carbohydrates are found in:
vegetable oils |
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sugars and starches |
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animal sources |
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food additives |
Carbohydrates are major sources of energy for the body and are found in sugars (fruit, cane sugar, beets) and starches (bread, rice, potatoes, pasta).
Blood pressure is generally highest in which of the following?
veins |
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heart |
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capillaries |
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arteries |
Arteries are thick-walled because they carry oxygenated blood at high pressure, veins are comparatively thin-walled as they carry low-pressure deoxygenated blood.