| Questions | 5 |
| Topics | Breathing, Liver, Phase Transition, Secondary Consumers, Somatic Nervous System |
The diaphragm is a system of muscles that allows breathing. During inhalation, the diaphragm expands and air rushes in to fill the space created. Then, during exhalation, the diaphragm contracts and forces the air back out.
The liver produces bile which emulsifies (separates) fat.
A substance undergoes a phase transition when it moves from one state of matter to another, for example, when water freezes or boils.
Secondary consumers (carnivores) subsist mainly on primary consumers. Omnivores are secondary consumers that also eat producers. Examples are rats, fish, and chickens.
Part of the peripheral nervous system, the somatic nervous system is made up of nerve fibers that send sensory information to the central nervous system and control voluntary actions.