Q: What is an extremely severe food allergy reaction? Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers: Food allergies occur when the immune system reacts to substances in food as though they were harmful "foreign invaders. " Foods that are most likely to cause allergies are pictured in Figure below , and include nuts, eggs, grains and milk. Symptoms of food allergies often include vomiting and diarrhea. Symptoms of food allergies include itching and swelling of the lips and mouth. More serious symptoms include trouble breathing. In some instances, a food allergy can trigger anaphylaxis, which is an extremely severe reaction. Emergency medical treatment is critical for this condition, which left untreated, can lead to death. Choices: - sepsis - apoptosis - lymphocytes - anaphylaxis A:
anaphylaxis
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Q: What property increases as an object's mass increases, making a full box harder to push than an empty one? Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers: The inertia of an object depends on its mass. Objects with greater mass also have greater inertia. Think how hard it would be to push a big box full of books, like the one in Figure below . Then think how easy it would be to push the box if it was empty. The full box is harder to move because it has greater mass and therefore greater inertia. Choices: - weight - gravity - magnetism - inertia A:
inertia
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Q: What is the brightest star in the orion constellation? Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers: 7. You look through a telescope at Rigel. Rigel is the brightest star in the Orion constellation. Rigel is around 800 light years from Earth. What are you looking at when you look through that telescope? What does Rigel look like today?. Choices: - natel - omicron - sol - rigel A:
rigel
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Q: The major fuel for the brain is which carbohydrate? Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers: The brain is a marvelous organ. And it's a hungry one, too. The major fuel for the brain is the carbohydrate glucose. The average adult brain represents about 2% of our body's weight, but uses 25% of the glucose in the body. Moreover, specific areas of the brain use glucose at different rates. If you are concentrating hard, (taking a test, for example) certain parts of the brain need a lot of extra glucose while other parts of the brain only use their normal amount. Something to think about. Choices: - glutamate - sucrose - insulin - glucose A:
glucose
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