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An increase in the harmful form of cholesterol -- LDL cholesterol -- occurs in the bloodstream, causing plaque buildup in the arteries which can lead to heart problems because it inhibits the flow of blood which carries oxygen to and from the heart. An increase in the body's cholesterol levels can lead to your arteries filling with plaque.
What is the term for the skeletal structure of the head that supports the face and protects the brain?
Ectotherms undergo a variety of changes at the cellular level to acclimatize to shifts in temperature.
The light-producing process fluorescence occurs when a substance absorbs shorter-wavelength ultraviolet light and then gives off the energy as visible light.
What celestial body is often discovered because it causes a star to move or to dim?
For what kind of animal is communication essential?
People can help keep a forest a good place for birds to live by
Carbon atoms are bonded to as many hydrogen atoms as possible in what type of fatty acids?
In a pedigree what shape symbolizes males?
Humus is the dark brown or black part of soil formed from decayed organic matter such as leaves or other vegetable matter. The decayed remains of living organisms is called humus.
Comet tails always point away from the sun instead of trailing behind the comet because dust particles recoil.
Rubber is an example of what type of substances that do not allow electrons to move through them?
Which of the following statements best describes one way that the Moon is different from Earth?
The main function of the human digestive system is to break down foods for absorption into the blood.
Sexual reproduction with gametes and fertilization produces diploid sporophyte.
Ionic bond- occurs when a metal cation is attracted to a nonmetal anion. Ionic bonds between two atoms require one metal and one nonmetal.
What do we call any way that animals act, either alone or with other animals
When gas particles collide, these collisions are considered elastic.
Translation is the name for the process where data in the genes is transferred to amino acids.
One gram of protein contains four calories. One gram of proteins provides four calories of energy.
Heterogeneous is the term for a mixture that varies in its composition.
Carbohydrates are an important group of biological molecules that includes sugars and these?
The sun mostly made up of the element hydrogen.
The outer layer of the sun is made up of plasma.
What is the main difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells?
Combustion reactions involve the reaction of a hydrocarbon with oxygen gas to produce water and carbon dioxide.
A reverse osmosis membrane separates the various low-molecular-weight molecules and ions from the solvent by forcing the solvent or major component to pass selectively through the membrane by applying pressure greater than the normal osmotic pressure. Applying a pressure greater than the osmotic pressure of a solution will cause reverse osmosis.
The subatomic particles of the nucleus are called nucleons.
What is the layer above the troposphere?
Plasmodesmata connect to cytoplasms in the plant cell.
What kind of system do echinoderms possess?
What term describes the application of knowledge to real-world problems and is practiced by engineers?
What involves the reaction of a hydrocarbon with oxygen gas to produce water and carbon dioxide?
Plants not only contribute food but what else for organisms?
What term is used to describe potential energy due to an object鈥檚 shape?
Genome The total genetic information possessed by an individual organism. A(n) genome is considered to be a person's entire genetic information.
Recently the polymerase chain reaction has allowed the amplification of any gene ( in vitro ). The polymerase chain reaction is a way of making copies of a gene.
The love canal tragedy was an infamous example of industrial waste dumping.
Seed dormancy ensures that seeds germinate only when conditions for seedling survival are optimal.
How thick is the earth's continental crust, on average?
The ice crystals that form on the ground are called frost.
Certain characteristics are frequently inherited together because of what?
A theory is another name for a broad explanation that is supported by a great deal of evidence.
What type of reproduction usually occur during times of environmental stress?
Matter cannot be created or destroyed in a chemical reaction.
The region above 90 km is the Earth's thermosphere where the absorption of extreme ultraviolet radiation from the Sun results in a very rapid increase in temperature with altitude. As altitude rises, the temperature increases in the thermosphere.
Biogeochemical cycles (bio meaning 'life', geo for 'earth' and chemical for the changing of matter from one form to another) are natural processes that recycle elements in various chemical forms from the environment, to organisms, and then back to the environment. We call the recycling of inorganic matter between living organisms and their environment biogeochemical cycle.
Lymphocytes are produced within bone marrow (a primary lymphoid organ). Bone marrow is found inside many bones and produces lymphocytes.
Neutrons are never charged, they are neutral. A neutron has neutral or no charge.
Enzymatic hydrolysis releases fatty acids and other components from fats and phospholipids.
The law of parsimony is the scientific concept stating that when looking at two competing theories, the one with fewer assumptions should be chosen.
What type of cartilage contains no collagen?
What is one way of classifying organisms called?
What do we call any way that animals act, either alone or with other animals
The cardiovascular system moves nutrients and other substances throughout the body.
What are plants called that grow where you don't want them?
Population A group of the same kind of organisms living in a certain place. You call a group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area a(n) population.
In science, something that always applies under the same conditions is called a scientific law.
Biomass can also be processed to make what kind of fuel?
Catabolic and anabolic hormones in the body help regulate metabolic processes.
The main function of the circulatory system is to transport materials.
Cranium (skull) is the term for the skeletal structure of the head that supports the face and protects the brain.
There is also another reason for bearing spines: it prevents or rather protects the cactus plant from being eaten by the desert animals. The spines of a cactus help it survive because spines protect the cactus from animals.
Which gas is given off by plants?
Roundworms exemplify what type of organization, where two or more types of tissues work together to perform a particular function as an organ?
When substances pass through the cell membrane without needing any energy, it is called passive transport.
Gases such as co2 and methane can trap what energy in earth's atmosphere, before radiating it into space?
The term macroevolution refers to larger evolutionary changes that result in new species.
The chemical behavior of elements can largely be explained by what?
The amniotic sac, which was sitting on top of the flat embryo, envelops the embryo as it folds.
Type 2 diabetes, formerly called noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) or adult-onset diabetes, is a disease that occurs when the body may make enough insulin but cannot use it effectively. Type 2 diabetes is also known as noninsulin-dependent or adult-onset diabetes.
Which organ is a wide tube connecting the small intestine with the anus?
Which statement best explains why the Sun and the Moon appear to be about the same size in the sky?
transpiration --process by which water that is absorbed by plants, usually through the roots, is evaporated into the atmosphere from the plant surface, such as leaf pores. Transpiration is when plant roots absorb liquid water and release water vapor into the atmosphere.
Intrinsic muscles allow your fingers to also make precise movements for actions.
How do scientists know that some mountains were once at the bottom of an ocean?
The common cold and flu are examples of human diseases caused by what tiny particles?
A geyser is a hot spring of water superheated by magma. When water is heated by magma and makes its way to the surface and creates a(n) geyser.
Plant nutrition is the study of the chemical elements necessary for plant growth.
Saturated fatty acid A fatty acid that has the maximum possible number of hydrogen atoms attached to every carbon atom. Carbon atoms are bonded to as many hydrogen atoms as possible in saturated fatty acids.
Which antibacterial protein is found in tears and saliva?
The fetal period lasts approximately 30 weeks weeks.
When blood vessels constrict, the flow of blood is restricted or decreased, thus retaining body heat or increasing vascular resistance. Blood flow decrease when blood vessels constrict.
What is the upper-most atmosphere known as?
What state of matter exists if particles do not have enough kinetic energy to overcome the force of attraction between them?
What is the process of making atp without oxygen called?
Most fossils are found in sedimentary rocks because organisms can be preserved in sedimentary rock.
What causes acid rain, ozone depletion, and global warming?
The pharynx is the name of the tube that joins the mouth to the digestive and respiratory tracts.
The most common two-lens telescope, like the simple microscope, uses lenses of what shape?
Sulfur can combine with oxygen to produce sulfur trioxide.
Living organisms are comprised of organic compounds, which are molecules built around what element?
Where do the majority of species live?
The term passive transport describes a way that small molecules or ions move across the cell membrane without input of energy by the cell.
The dermis contains most of the structures found in skin.
Through what method or methods of fertilization do amphibians sexually reproduce?
Local winds blow only over a limited area.
There are four classes of biochemical compounds.
What helps pumice float in water?
The attempt to understand and classify the many particles discovered led to the recognition that protons and neutrons are not fundamental particles but are made of smaller objects called quarks . Protons and neutrons are made of quarks, which are fundamental particles of matter.