What stimulates the respiratory center to increase the breathing rate?

What will be an ideal response?


A rise in carbon dioxide levels

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A. diet. B. exercise. C. exposure to drugs and other chemicals in our environment. D. exposure to ultraviolet radiation. E. none of these

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Which of the following gymnosperms undergoes double fertilization?

A. angiosperms, not gymnosperms, demonstrate double fertilization B. cycads C. gnetophytes D. epiphytes E. ginkgos

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Which of the following respiratory surface properties enhances the diffusion of respiratory gases?

a. large surface area b. thick epithelial layer c. cool temperatures d. the presence of active transport pumps e. presence of carbon dioxide

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An immediate source of energy for exercising muscle cells is _____.

A. creatine phosphate B. aerobic respiration C. anaerobic respiration D. fermentation E. glycolysis

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