A person taking levothyroxine (Synthroid) is at an increased risk for a heat-related illness secondary to:
A) tachycardia.
B) hypothalamic suppression.
C) an increased metabolic rate.
D) lowering of the blood pressure.
Answer: C) an increased metabolic rate.
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How does excess heat from the Earth's early formation reach the surface?
A. convection B. conduction and convection C. conduction D. None of these choices are correct.
The silica rich oozes of the Pacific Ocean are due to ________ at high latitudes and ________ at low latitudes.
A. diatoms; diatoms B. diatoms; radiolarians C. radiolarians; diatoms D. radiolarians; radiolarians E. None of these are correct.
Which of the following events would be considered a migration pull factor?
A) religious persecution B) failed harvest C) flooding of a river D) opening of a new factory E) civil war
What is NOT a valid option to help solve the mineral supply problem in the world?
A) using chemical processes to fabricate minerals from common substances B) extracting minerals from the ocean (this would require cheap electricity) C) reducing waste in the extraction and processing of minerals D) encouraging lower per capita levels of resource use E) reusing minerals (recycling)