College Biology Final

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In 1859, Darwin published his revolutionary scientific ideas in a work entitiled..

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In the Origin of Species

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When a farmer breeds only his or her best livestock, the process involved is called..

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artificial selection

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Which of the following determines an organism's fitness?

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Number of Offspring

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Mass extinctions were caused by

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All of these

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The branch of biology dealing with interactions among organisms and between their enviroment is called

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ecology

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Which of the following is classifiedas a macronutrient in soils?

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Phosphates

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What is the original source of almost all the energy in most ecosystems?

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Sunlight

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An organism that CAN NOT make its own food is called a

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heterotroph

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Which of the following is not recycled in the biosphere?

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Carbon Dioxide

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If a population grows larger than its carrying capacity then

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only about 10% of the CC will survive

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Which one of the following is the cause of most nutrient cycling on Earth?

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Decomposers

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If a wooded area is cleared, plants will slowly reclaim the area. This is called..

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Secondary Sucession

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Which one of the following determines if water runs off or infilitrates into the soil?

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All of the above

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If the population of deer exceeds the _____ over time only about ______ will survive

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Carrying Capacity/10%

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Demographers used population pyramids to show growth in an area. What two factors do they usually use?

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Age and Gender

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Which one of the following is a TDS found in most aquifers

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Urea

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NIMBY is usually associated with which of the following?

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Trash

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Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

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Both A and D

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Which of the following would most likely be the result of ozone destructions?

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Both A and B

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In many natural enviroments prokaryotes attach to surfaces in highly organized colonies called..

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biofilms

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Which of the following can bioremediation be a useful toold?

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Both A and B

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Red Algae can be used in several consumer products like..

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All of the above

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Some of the external features of a prokaryote might be

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All of these

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As different as bacteria and archaea are, both groups are characterized as ____ cells.

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Prokaryote

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In operant conditionting

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an animal learns that a particular behavior leads to a reward or punishment.

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Behaviorist Lloyd Morgan stated:

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assume all behvaioral traits are innate

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Behavior is:

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any action that can be oberved and described

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Altruism

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cannot be explained given the natural selection operates.

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Filial imprintingis the social attachment that is formed between parents and offspring. Which is an example.

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All of the above

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Early ethologists developed the concept of fixed action pattern or FAP.

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Sign stimulus

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Agnostic behaviors can be triggered by

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All of the above

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Which of the following could be included in a possible cause of behavior

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glands under the control of the nervous system

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Which of the following would be called gymnosperm?

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Pine Tree

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Bryophyte is non vascular, which of the followin would be a bryophyte?

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Liverwort

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This tye of growth is found near the tips of stems and roots

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Apical Meristemic

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Which of the following would a Botanist call a vegetable?

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Potatoes

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Which of the following is classified as a monocot?

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Both A and C

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Gymnosperms

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Reproduce by seeds

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Which of the following is mismatched??

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Carpel--Produces Pollen

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Which of the following are symbiotic associations of fungi and photosynthetic organisms?

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Lichens

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All fungi are

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heterotrophs

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Where in the cell does glycolysis occur?

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In the cytoplasm of eurkarotes

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The light reaction occurs in the

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thykaloids

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Which of these is the ultimate origin of electrons that are passed through activites in the reaction center of photosynthesis.

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Photons

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The reactants of photosynthesis include all the following except..

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carbohydrates

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The oxygen given off by plants comes from

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H20

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Which of the following is not a product of the light-dependent reactions?

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Glucose

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Which of the following statements correctly describes glycolysis?

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Glycolosis produces two molecules of pyruvate

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Aerobic respirtaion can usually produce about ___ ATP

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36

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Most of the ATP created during respiration occurs as a result of what driving force?

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Protons moving down a concrentration gradient

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Which of the following processes occurs in both respiration and photosynthesis

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Electron transport chain

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Carbon dioxide enters the plant through the

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Stomata and Guard Cells

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Which of the following cellular organelles was though to have ended up in the cell by end symbiosis

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Both C and D

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Which of the following would be found in an ATP molecule?

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Adenosine

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Which of the following would undergo the process of active transport by way of exocytosis-phagocytosis?

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A solid being transported outside a cell membrane

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Recepter-mediated endocytosis is

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All of these

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Which of the following must be adjusted in an ATP molecule for it to give off energy?

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A phosphate

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Passive transport is the movement of water

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across a membrane without the use of energy

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Diffusion is the movement of molecules

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Both A and C

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Which of the following correctly describes the cell membranes

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All of these

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Which of the following produce energy for cell use.

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Mitocondria

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Some microtubules bend and move, which one of the following causes particles to move across cell surfaces?

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Cilia

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Which of the following is a prokaryotic organism

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Bacteria

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Which of the following organisms would be use of a flagellum

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Sperm Cell

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Ribosomes produce

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Proteins in the cell

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The lysosomes are used to

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recycle olf parts in a cell

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Active transport in a cell

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requires energy

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Pinocytosis is the movement of

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a liquid into or out of a cell

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How many different bases are there in a sample of DNA

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Four

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Of the three billion sequences in DNA, about ____ are identical in all humans

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99.9%

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The most common restriciton enzymes used in this type of lab are

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EcorRI and Pstl

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We needed to set up the Gel Electrophoresis so it will run the DNA from

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negative to positive

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The term epigenetic inhereitance is used to describe

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how genes are affected by life style

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While trying to clone an individual this type of cell must be obtained first

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An egg cell

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An organism's ____ is determined by its ____

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phenotype/ genotype

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An allele that occurs on a homologous pair of chromosomees at a particular location is called the

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Gene Locus

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In humans, the father of the child always

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determines the sex of the child

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Oogenesis and spematogenisis occurs

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Both A and C

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The effects of a mutation can be

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All of these

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What would the blood type be if a person who inherited an A allele from one parents and an O allele from the other

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Type A

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If both parents are normal but carry the recessive allele that causes cysotic fibrosis, the chance that their first child will get it is

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One in Four

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People with Down Syndrome will be

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47 chromosomes

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In non-disjunction occurs

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The cell will recieve too many or too few copies of a chromosome

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Which of the following contain its own DNA

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Both B and C

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Which of the following cell organeles package, modifies and secretes protein molecules?

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Golgi Apparatus

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Scientific Hypothesis must be proposed in a way that

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Enables them to be tested

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The nucleous of an atom has

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A positive charge

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Ice Floats on water because

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water expands when it freezes

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Blood from the bodies systemic circuit returns to the hearts

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Right Atrium

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Located between the left atrium and the left ventricle is a two leaflet valve called

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The Mitral

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Blood is pushed into the systemic circuit by the hearts

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Left Ventricle

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Which of the following is the correct path blood takes when it leaves the heart?

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Arteries, Arterioles, Capillaries, Venules, Veins

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Which of these will carry blood away from the heart?

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Arteries

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Which of the following would you expect to be the thicker and the strongest?

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Arteries

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Which of the following would contain the highest concentration of carbon dioxide?

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Veins

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What are the correct names for the two circuits of blood flow?

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Systemic and Pulmonary

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This is the contraction phase of the cardiac cycle and is the first or top number

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Systole

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The rhythmic stretching of the arteries due to the heart pumping action is referred to as a

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Pulse

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Which of the following substances are transported by our blood?

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All of the above