Which of the following statements about energy from the Sun is correct?
A. the surface temperature of the sun is about 6000 degrees Fahrenheit
B. about 4% of the suns radiation is in the visible light spectrum
C. on an energy distribution curve, the sun's emissions peak around .5 micrometers
D. earth acts as a blackbody because of it's dark color
E. the earth emits shorter-wave radiation than the sun
Answer : C. on an energy distribution curve, the sun's emissions peak around .5 micrometers
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A person with a systolic blood pressure of 120 mm Hg and a diastolic blood pressure of 80 mm Hg typically has a mean arterial blood pressure of 90 mm Hg. Which of the following offers the best explanation for why the mean arterial blood pressure is 90 mm Hg, and not the average of the two pressures (100 mm Hg)?
a. The systolic blood pressure is higher than the diastolic blood pressure. b. The quantity of fluid in the person's circulatory system must be greater during the diastole. c. The diastole of the heart lasts longer than the systole of the heart. d. The systolic blood pressure is not as high as the diastolic blood pressure. e. Angiotensin, produced from a blood protein by renin, elevates the diastolic blood pressure.
Which of the following processes occurs across the mitochondrial membrane?
A) Glycolysis B) The Krebs cycle C) The ETC
Consists of ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid sections______________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which of the following would you classify as a case of cultural evolution?
a. The males of brood parasitic birds (e.g., cuckoos) use the calls of their father after they have been raised in the nest of a host. b. The specific arrangement of keys on a keyboard of a computer that has been steadily gaining market share during the past decade. c. A parent offspring regression in catbirds yields a linear slope of 0.9 when the ability to acquire new calls is plotted. d. The cases made by the larvae of the same caddisfly species differ between different sections of the stream depending on the availability of construction materials.