user: Q: What structure passes oxygen and nutrients to a growing fetus in mammals?   Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:  The majority of mammals are placental mammals. These are mammals in which the developing baby is fed through the mother's placenta. Female placental mammals develop a placenta after fertilization. A placenta is a spongy structure that passes oxygen, nutrients, and other useful substances from the mother to the fetus. It also passes carbon dioxide and other wastes from the fetus to the mother. The placenta allows the fetus to grow for a long time within the mother.   Choices:  - uterus  - spinal cord  - vas deferens  - placenta   A:
placenta


Q: A light bulb converts electrical energy to light and what?   Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:  Most circuits have devices such as light bulbs that convert electrical energy to other forms of energy. In the case of a light bulb, electrical energy is converted to light and thermal energy.   Choices:  - kinetic energy  - chemical energy  - visible energy  - thermal energy   A:
thermal energy


Q: Q: What is the accelerating pattern of increasing population size called?   Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:  Exponential Growth Charles Darwin, in his theory of natural selection, was greatly influenced by the English clergyman Thomas Malthus. Malthus published a book in 1798 stating that populations with unlimited natural resources grow very rapidly, and then population growth decreases as resources become depleted. This accelerating pattern of increasing population size is called exponential growth. The best example of exponential growth is seen in bacteria. Bacteria are prokaryotes that reproduce by prokaryotic fission. This division takes about an hour for many bacterial species. If 1000 bacteria are placed in a large flask with an unlimited supply of nutrients (so the nutrients will not become depleted), after an hour, there is one round of division and each organism divides, resulting in 2000 organisms—an increase of 1000. In another hour, each of the 2000 organisms will double, producing 4000, an increase of 2000 organisms. After the third hour, there should be 8000 bacteria in the flask, an increase of 4000 organisms. The important concept of exponential growth is that the population growth rate—the number of organisms added in each reproductive generation—is accelerating; that is, it is increasing at a greater and greater rate. After 1 day and 24 of these cycles, the population would have increased from 1000 to more than 16 billion. When the population size, N, is plotted over time, a J-shaped growth curve is produced (Figure 45.9). The bacteria example is not representative of the real world where resources are limited. Furthermore, some bacteria will die during the experiment and thus not reproduce, lowering the growth rate. Therefore, when calculating the growth rate of a population, the death rate (D) (number organisms that die during a particular time interval) is subtracted from the birth rate (B) (number organisms that are born during that interval). This is shown in the following formula:.   Choices:  - induced growth  - reproducing growth  - limited growth  - exponential growth   A:
A: exponential growth


Question: Q: What are compounds formed by ionic bonds called?   Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:     Choices:  - nuclear compounds  - layered compounds  - mixed compounds  - ionic compounds (salts)   A:
Answer: ionic compounds (salts)


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Q: What is the technical term for species that produce their own body heat and regulate their internal temperature independently of the outside temperature?   Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:  29.5 Birds Birds are endothermic, meaning they produce their own body heat and regulate their internal temperature independently of the external temperature. Feathers not only act as insulation but also allow for flight, providing lift with secondary feathers and thrust with primary feathers. Pneumatic bones are bones that are hollow rather than filled with tissue, containing air spaces that are sometimes connected to air sacs. Airflow through bird lungs travels in one direction, creating a crosscurrent exchange with the blood. Birds are diapsids and belong to a group called the archosaurs. Birds are thought to have evolved from theropod dinosaurs. The oldest known fossil of a bird is that of Archaeopteryx, which is from the Jurassic period. Modern birds are now classified into two groups, Paleognathae and Neognathae.   Choices:  - hydrostatic  - Phototrophic  - osmotic  - endothermic   A:
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endothermic


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Q: What is the multi-phase process in which the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell divides?   Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:  Mitosis in the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle. Mitosis is the multi-phase process in which the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell divides.   Choices:  - fission  - Osmosis  - cytokinesis  - mitosis   A:
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assistant: mitosis