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What is the difference between weather and climate?

  • Weather and climate are the same thing.
  • Weather refers to long-term patterns of temperature, while climate refers to short-term atmospheric conditions.
  • Climate refers to daily atmospheric conditions, while weather refers to long-term patterns of temperature and precipitation.
  • Weather refers to short-term atmospheric conditions, while climate refers to long-term patterns of temperature, precipitation, and other elements. (correct)

    • What is the term for the different categories of tissues in organisms?

  • Animal, plant, mineral, and synthetic
  • Hard, soft, liquid, and gas
  • Epithelial, connective, muscular, and nervous (correct)
  • Red, green, blue, and yellow

    • What is the function of homeostasis?

  • Causing fluctuations in internal conditions
  • Preventing internal balance within the body
  • Maintaining internal stability and a constant environment for cells (correct)
  • Affecting external environmental changes

    • What are the trophic levels in a food chain?

    <p>Producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, tertiary consumers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where is bile produced and stored?

    <p>Produced in the liver and stored in the gallbladder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where does most digestion occur?

    <p>Small intestine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What causes the gasses to move from lungs to blood and vice versa?

    <p>Difference in partial pressures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What future structures begin forming during gastrulation?

    <p>Germ layers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the different trophic levels in a food chain?

    <p>Primary producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, tertiary consumers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?

    <p>A food chain shows a linear flow of energy, while a food web represents multiple interconnected food chains</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What regulates the ovarian cycle?

    <p>Hormones released by the pituitary gland</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the levels of biological organization from cell to organism?

    <p>Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where is bile produced and stored?

    <p>Produced in the liver and stored in the gallbladder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where does most absorption occur?

    <p>Small intestine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the major function of the pharynx?

    <p>To serve as a passageway for air and food</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is the surface area of the intestinal lining increased to maximize absorption?

    <p>By the presence of villi, microvilli, and circular folds</p> Signup and view all the answers

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