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During the water cycle, water enters the atmosphere as a gas through which process?
transpiration |
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precipitation |
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both evaporation and transpiration |
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evaporation |
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.
These clouds grow upward and can develop into cumulonimbus or thunderstorm clouds.
cumulus clouds |
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cirrus clouds |
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nimbus clouds |
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stratus clouds |
Cumulus clouds are large, puffy, mid-altitude clouds with a flat base and a rounded top. These clouds grow upward and can develop into a cumulonimbus or thunderstorm cloud.
An asteroid belt holds many of the asteroids in our solar system. It is located between the orbits of which planets?
Mars and Jupiter |
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Mars and Earth |
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Jupiter and Saturn |
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Mercury and Venus |
The solar system also contains over a million rocky fragments of at least 1km in diameter called asteroids as well as millions more with smaller diameters. Many of these asteroids are an asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Food is mixed with gastric acid and pepsin in the __________ to help break down protein.
small intestine |
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stomach |
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large intestine |
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mouth |
Food is mixed with gastric acid and pepsin in the stomach to help break down protein.
A person's genotype is their genetic makeup and includes:
both dominant and recessive alleles |
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dominant alleles |
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recessive alleles |
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phenotypes |
A person's genotype is their genetic makeup and includes both dominant and recessive alleles. Phenotype is how the genes express themselves in physical characteristics.