Answer the following question given this paragraph: The experiment is a cornerstone in the scientific approach to gaining deeper knowledge about the natural world. Scientists use the principles of their hypothesis to make predictions, and then test them to see if their predictions are to be confirmed or rejected. Q: Scientists use the principles of what to make predictions, which they then test? Choices: - their teachers - their guesses - their faith - their hypothesis A:
their hypothesis
Answer the following question given this paragraph: Several lethal viruses that cause viral hemorrhagic fever have been discovered, two of which are shown in the Figure below . Ebola outbreaks have been limited mainly to remote areas of the world. However, they have gained extensive media attention because of the high mortality rate23 percent to 90 percentdepending on the strain. The primary hosts of the viruses are thought to be apes in west central Africa, but the virus has also been isolated from bats in the same region. Q: What are the 2 primary hosts of ebola in central africa? Choices: - hyenas and apes - apes and hippos - lions and elephants - apes and bats A:
apes and bats
Q: Answer the following question given this paragraph: Sound waves are mechanical waves, and mechanical waves can only travel through matter. The matter through which the waves travel is called the medium (plural, media). The Table below gives the speed of sound in several different media. Generally, sound waves travel most quickly through solids, followed by liquids, and then by gases. Particles of matter are closest together in solids and farthest apart in gases. When particles are closer together, they can more quickly pass the energy of vibrations to nearby particles. You can explore the speed of sound in different media at this URL:. Q: What is the matter through which sound waves travel? Choices: - dust - mass - air - medium A:
A: medium
Question: Answer the following question given this paragraph: Describing the flow of energy within an ecosystem essentially answers this question. To survive, one must eat. Why? To get energy. Food chains and webs describe the transfer of energy within an ecosystem, from one organism to another. In other words, they show who eats whom. Q: Food chains and what describe the transfer of energy within an ecosystem, from one organism to another? Choices: - spider webs - fuel webs - the webs - food webs A:
Answer: food webs
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Answer the following question given this paragraph: Metalloids are the smallest class of elements, containing just six elements. They fall between metals and nonmetals in the periodic table. Q: What is the smallest class of elements? Choices: - halogens - noble gases - synthetics - metalloids A:
**Answer**
metalloids
Answer the following question given this paragraph: The mouth of a sea anemone is surrounded by tentacles that bear cnidocytes. The slit-like mouth opening and pharynx are lined by a groove called a siphonophore. The pharynx is the muscular part of the digestive system that serves to ingest as well as egest food, and may extend for up to two-thirds the length of the body before opening into the gastrovascular cavity. This cavity is divided into several chambers by longitudinal septa called mesenteries. Each mesentery consists of one ectodermal and one endodermal cell layer with the mesoglea sandwiched in between. Mesenteries do not divide the gastrovascular cavity completely, and the smaller cavities coalesce at the pharyngeal opening. The adaptive benefit of the mesenteries appears to be an increase in surface area for absorption of nutrients and gas exchange. Sea anemones feed on small fish and shrimp, usually by immobilizing their prey using the cnidocytes. Some sea anemones establish a mutualistic relationship with hermit crabs by attaching to the crab's shell. In this relationship, the anemone gets food particles from prey caught by the crab, and the crab is protected from the predators by the stinging cells of the anemone. Anemone fish, or clownfish, are able to live in the anemone since they are immune to the toxins contained within the nematocysts. Anthozoans remain polypoid throughout their lives and can reproduce asexually by budding or fragmentation, or sexually by producing gametes. Both gametes are produced by the polyp, which can fuse to give rise to a free-swimming planula larva. The larva settles on a suitable substratum and develops into a sessile polyp. Q: Some sea anemones establish what kind of relationship with hermit crabs by attaching to the crab's shell? Choices: - pathogenic - parasitic - predatory - mutualistic A:
mutualistic