The kidneys have a capability to process about 200 quarts of blood a day. How many quarts of waste products and extra water as urine do the kidneys produce?
a. .5 quart c. 5 quarts
b. 2 quarts d. 10 quarts
B
The kidneys have a capability to process about 200 quarts of blood a day and to eliminate 2 quarts of waste products and extra water as urine.
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1. Search for participants who will disprove an emerging theory. 2. Try to obtain participants who are as similar to each other as possible. 3. Choose participants who can verify they will participate in this study, which will take several years to complete. 4. As new data are collected, compare them to the data that were collected previously. 5. Assign codes to pertinent identified data.