Describe platelets

What will be an ideal response?


Although platelets contribute a minute amount to the packed cell volume of blood, these anucleate cell fragments are critical for clotting. The number of platelets falls between the number of red blood cells and white blood cells.

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The mutation rate for the human species is ___

mutations per base pair per year.

a. 2.2 hundred b. 2.2 thousand c. 2.2 million d. 2.2 billion e. 2.2 trillion

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Phagocytosis is a form of ____

a. diffusion b. endocytosis c. exocytosis d. osmosis e. facilitated diffusion

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Major end products from photosynthesis include oxygen gas and simple, high-energy carbohydrates

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Energy is defined as

A. the capacity to do work. B. change. C. movement. D. heat.

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