On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon Macondo oil well drilling platform released 4 million barrels (636,000 cubic meters) of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. It took scientists and engineers nearly three months and several different attempts to cap the well. The Macondo oil well was located 1524 m (5000 feet) below the surface of the water, about 80 km (50 miles) off the coast of Louisiana. The spill affected 2113 km (1300 miles) of shoreline along the coasts of five states. Most crude oil contains 84–87% carbon by weight. Scientists have not yet fully assessed the environmental impact of the accident.

Computer modeling can be used to help improve cleanup and response systems for the next major oil spill. Which of these uses demonstrates how computer modeling can be used to minimize the impact of another spill?
a
Creating a model of how the oil spread through the Gulf of Mexico to predict what areas need the greatest amount of protection.
b
Calculating the total oil that entered the Gulf of Mexico during the spill.
c
Recording the number and type of each dead organism collected during the spill.
d
Finding the average flow rate of the oil through the burst pipeline during the spill.

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Answer 1

Answer:

I would pick a, because if you can see where the most oil spills or where it flows it will be easier to predict when another spill is about to happen.

Explanation:


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You are having a conversation with your younger sibling. He believes the moon produces its own light, similar to the sun. How would you explain to him the reason we are able to see the moon at night and why we see different phases of the moon.

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The Moon has "phases." That means it looks a little different to us each night during its one-month orbit of our planet. We describe how the Moon looks with terms such as "Full Moon," "First Quarter," and "New Moon" (which we can't really see, because the side that is lit faces away from us).

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QUESTION 5


Did the universe cool off or get hotter as it expanded after the 'big bang"?



The universe is the same temperature it has always been



The universe gets hotter as it expands, and cooler when it contracts.



The universe got hotter and is still getting hotter.



The universe cooled off after the 'big bang"




QUESTION 6

Cosmology is the study of the universe.

True


False




QUESTION 7

What is happening to the universe today?

The universe is the same as it was billions of years ago.


The universe is expanding.


The universe is contracting.



QUESTION 8


Remote sensing of the Earth's surface and atmosphere may involve the use of what type of instruments?



satellites



underwater probes



calorimeter



siesmographs




QUESTION 9


Droughts can influence which of the following?


both the resources and population



the resources available to a population



the population directly



neither the resources nor the population




QUESTION 10


Remote sensing allows us to do which of the following?



determine what the weather is like in remote locations such as in the middle of the ocean



locate and examine some natural disasters



study drought conditions in different parts of the world without the need to travel to remote locations



All of the above.




QUESTION 11


What is the most abundant salt in seawater?





quartz sulfate



sodium chloride



soap



sugar




QUESTION 12


Why is the ocean dark below ~200 meters?



All the light has been absorbed by the water above.



The water is too salty for the light to travel farther.



wet water absorbs more light than dry water



The light reaches to all depths of the ocean.




QUESTION 13


What effect does the Earth’s moon have on the oceans?



The Moon is responsible for the tides.



When the Moon is full, cheese from the Moon may fall into the ocean.



The Moon causes extreme temperature fluctuations every 30-32 years



The Moon is too far away from the Earth to have an impact.

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Answer:

6 = True

8 = satellites

9 = both the resources and population

10 = All of the above.

12 = sodium chloride

12 = All the light has been absorbed by the water above.

13 = The Moon is responsible for the tides. (The second chioce made me laugh XD)

Explanation:

I don't know 7 or 5

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The answer to 7 is that it is expanding
The answer to 5 is the universe cooled off because it allowed atoms to form ...I hope that this help:)

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Which bone cells would be called on to chew up the bone and put more calcium in the blood?
a. Osteophytes
b. Osteopaths
c. Osteoclasts
d. Osteoblasts
e. Osteocytes

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Answer:

Osteoblasts. is the answer

Why is flooding more likely after many trees are removed from an area?
A. Without the trees, evaporation rates slow down.
B. Without the trees, water runs off rather than percolating into the
soil.
C. Without the trees, most of the animals die and therefore don't
drink the water.
D. Without the trees, precipitation increases dramatically.
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Answer:

Without the trees, water runs off rather than percolating into the

soil.

Explanation:

Flooding is the excessive flow of water due to increased rainfall. It usually deprives the soil of the affected area of essential nutrients. However, the presence of trees in an area can help prevent or reduce the possibility of flooding. The roots of large trees help hold the soil together, which improves the porousness of the soil. Also, trees store water that is meant to runoff.

Without the trees, the absorption or percolation of water into the ground/soil will be reduced, hence, the excess water runsoff the surface leading to flooding.

I have seen that there is a new species of spider found that has wings. Is this true? If so do they fly or glide? And are they found in the US?​

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Answer:

It is true that there are a species of flying spiders. And yes, they do fly, not glide. They also have been seen in the US

Explanation:

1 Morphology 2. Mitochondrial DNA 3. Nuclear DNA 4. Medulla 5. Herbert L. MacDonell 6. Plastic prints a. Found in small structures outside the nucleus of a cell and is inherited from the biological mother. b. Hair’s form and structure. c. Prints created when the finger touches a soft material like soap or putty. d. Has studied bloodstains extensively and has offered a number of important observations about bloodstains. e. Found in the nucleus of a cell and is inherited from both biological parents. f. A set of cells that runs through a hair.

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Answer:

a. Mitochondrial DNA b. Morphology c. Plastic prints d. Herbert D. Macdonald e. Nuclear DNA f. Medulla

Explanation:

a. Found in small structures outside the nucleus of a cell and is inherited from the biological mother - Mitochondrial DNA

b. Hair’s form and structure Hair's morphology

c. Prints created when the finger touches a soft material like soap or putty - Plastic prints

d. Has studied bloodstains extensively and has offered a number of important observations about bloodstains - Herbert L. MacDonell.

e. Found in the nucleus of a cell and is inherited from both biological parents - Nuclear DNA

f. A set of cells that runs through a hair - medulla

Name 1 physical property of water.

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Answer:

surface tension

Explanation:

Answer:

Water has high specific heat.

Explanation:

Specific heat is a required amount of energy to change the temperature of a substance. Because water has a high specific heat, it can absorb a large amount of heated energy before it beings to get hot.

n three (3) sentences, explain the function of a vacuole in plant cells.

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Answer:

A vacuole is used for temporary storage of water, waste products, food, and cellular material. ... Vacuoles are larger in plant cells than animal cells to store the water and other materials needed by the cell.

Answer:

the answser above me is correct

Explanation:

Choose the correct word that describes the description. When there is very little solute dissolved in a lot of solvent. solute? solvent? saturated? dilute?

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Answer: Dilute

The maximum amount of solute that can be dissolved in a solvent is a saturated solution at a certain temperature is called saturated solution.

Solute and solvent are not the correct description.  

A dilute solution has very little solute dissolved in the solvent.

Which two characteristics do organisms in kingdoms Plantae and Animalia
have in common?
O A. They are multicellular.
B. They have eukaryotic cells.
C. They are photosynthetic.
O D. They have prokaryotic cells.
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Answer:

B: they have eukaryotic cells. & A: they are multicellular.

Explanation:

The characteristics shared by plants and animals include A. They are multicellular and B. They have eukaryotic cells.

Eukaryotes organisms are organisms whose cells have a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles; whereas prokaryotic organisms are unicellular organisms that do not have membrane-bound structures and/or organelles

Eukaryotic organisms include animals (kingdom Animalia), plants (kingdom Plantae), fungi (kingdom Fungi), and protists (Kingdom Protista).

Multicellular organisms are organisms composed of two or more cells. Multicellular organisms include plants, animals and fungi.  

Photosynthetic organisms are organisms that make their own food from sunlight (e.g., plants).

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Which objects in space formed from the huge disk of ice and debris beyond the outer planets?

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Rings of Saturn and Uranus

Answer:

Pluto and comets

Explanation:

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How are ​Humans and the Environment ​defined in today's world?

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We are seen as the last generation by science because the earth is dying and we need to fix It before other generations can live in it

Assume Kira went out to eat after the dance competition and consumed an excessive amount of carbohydrates. Which of the following would the pancreas do in order to help her body maintain homeostasis?

A. Secrete glucagon, to stimulate her liver to break down glycogen
and release more glucose into the blood
B. Secrete glucagon, to stimulate her liver to take up the glucose and store it as glycogen
C. Secrete insulin, to stimulate her liver to break down glycogen and
release more glucose into the blood
D. Secrete insulin, to stimulate her liver to take up the glucose and store it as glycogen

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the answer is d because insulin signals muscle cells to take in glucose as well as telling the body to make glucagon to store.

Answer:

D. Secrete insulin, to stimulate her liver to take up the glucose and store it as glycogen

Explanation:

Who was the first person to base a system of classification on organisms having similar structures

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Answer:

Linnaeus

Explanation:

1. Linnaeus set up a classification system based on structural similarity. He thought that the organisms that looked alike were the most closely related.

Answer:

Linnaeus

Explanation:

Linnaeus made a classification system based on structural similarity of the organism. He thought that the organisms that looked alike were the closely related to each other.

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According to theory, which term best describes the universe before the big bang? a densely packed space a cloud of gas and dust a planet a star

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The term that should be best described is Option C. A cloud of gas and dust.

Information regarding the big bang:

We can never see the Big Bang due to photons were not free to progress within the universe yet.  It is also important to realize that the word "universe" represents an entirety of continuation. it is everything that has, does, and ever will survive.

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Answer: A densely packed space.

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Which level of organization in the human body involves two or more tissue types working together to perform specific, complex functions?
Multiple Choice
Organ level
Tissue level
Cellular level
Organismal level

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Answer: organ level

Explanation: Tissues are groups of similar cells that have a common function. An organ is a structure that is composed of at least two or more tissue types and performs a specific set of functions for the body. Many organs working together to accomplish a common purpose is called an organ system.

Organ level is the answer

Which is one characteristic of deep ocean currents?
move quickly
Move because of wind
move cold water
O move in a circular pattern

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Answer:

extremly cold water currents..... may the option is c

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Answer:

C

Explanation:

A pond ecosystem remains about the same for many years. Then beginning one year, fertilizer from a new housing development is washed into the pond water. More fertilizer is added every year. As explained by Darwin's theory of natural selection, which of these events is likely to occur?

I. Some populations of the pond will increase in number.
II. Some populations of the pond will decrease in number, possibly to zero.
III. New populations will arrive in the pond.
a
II. only
b
I., II., and III.
c
I. and II.
d
II. and III.

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Answer:

The answer is A.

Explanation:

When excess of fertilizer is added to the pond, the population of organisms in the pond will decrease due to the lacking of oxygen.

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Which statement about basaltic magma is false?
a. It forms when rocks in the upper mantle melt
b. It contains small amounts of silica
c. It has high viscosity
d. It forms on oceanic and continental crust

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Basaltic magmas tend to be fairly fluid (low viscosity).

So, C.

The statement, that is, basaltic magma has high viscosity is false.  

• The molten rock enriched in magnesium and iron and less amount of silica is known as the mafic lava or basaltic magma.  

• The density of basaltic magma is very high and thus it gets stopped in the continental crust and get crystallize. Thus it forms on oceanic and continental crust.  

• Basaltic magma is generally produced by direct melting of the mantle part of the Earth, that is, the part of the Earth underneath the outer crust.  

• The viscosity of basaltic magma is very less, that is, it exhibits low viscosity. However, it is 10000 to 100000 times more viscous in comparison to water.  

Thus, the false statement is option c.

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The cell membrane serves many functions. One of the cell membrane's functions is to help the cell maintain homeostasis. Which of the following statements best supports this claim?

A. The cell membrane contains phospholipids.
B. The cell membrane contains a polar region and a nonpolar region.
C. The cell membrane regulates what goes in and out of the cell.
D. The cell membrane contains proteins.

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Answer:

C. The cell membrane regulates what goes in and out of the cell.

Explanation:

Answer:

A. Una membrana contiene fosfolipidos

Explanation:

Which of these practices does the most to keep the water table from
dropping near a farm?

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Answer:

Drip irrigation

Explanation:

Drip irrigation. Jen

What is the equation that calculate growth rate in a population including information on migrations

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Answer:

Population Growth Rate

It is calculated by dividing the number of people added to a population in a year (Natural Increase + Net In-Migration) by the population size at the start of the year. If births equal deaths and there is zero net migration, the growth rate will be zero.

Explanation:

Which form of carbon dioxide affects global temperatures?
A. Carbon stored in plants
B. Dissolved carbon dioxide
C. Atmospheric
D. Geologic

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Answer:

A carbon stored in plants

Explanation:

Nitrogen fixation is carried out by nitrogen-fixing plants and fungi.
True or False?

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Answer: this is true.

11. The flowchart below depicts a potential sequence of events in an organism.
Which phrase belongs in the box X of the flowchart?
A Decrease in genetic variability of offspring
B Decreased number of altered genes
C Increase in the production of functional gametes
O
D Increased chance of cancer

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I’m pretty sure is the answer D-increased chance of cancer

The whip-like tail of a protozoan is called a:
flagellum
cilia
O pseudopod
none of the above
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Explanation:

Flagellum

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What is a hypothesis? Explain.

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Answer:

A hypothesis is a tentative statement about the relationship between two or more variables. It is a specific, testable prediction about what you expect to happen in a study.

Explanation:

Answer:

a testable prediction that regards the possible outcomes of a study. (aka an educated guess)

Explanation:

The initial building block in the scientific method is a scientific hypothesis. It is defined by many as a "informed guess," based on prior experience and observation. While this is true, the definition can be extended. The theory also provides an interpretation as to why the assumption could be right.

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Which of the following statements about blood pH is true?

A. Carbon dioxide is a buffer that helps the blood pH remain around 7.4.
B. Carbonic acid is a waste product that makes blood pH deviate from 7.4.
C. 7.4 is a neutral pH, and the whole body needs to remain neutral to maintain homeostasis.
D. At a pH too far from 7.4, enzymes in the blood will stop functioning properly.

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the answer is D. Enzymes in the body need to be around the pH level of 7 to function best, and if the blood drifts too far away, some enzymes stop working all together

How are carbon atoms produced in an ecosystem

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Answer:

Photosynthesis by land plants, bacteria, and algae converts carbon dioxide or bicarbonate into organic molecules. Organic molecules made by photosynthesizers are passed through food chains. Good Luck!!

Explanation:

Photosynthesis by land plants, bacteria, and algae converts carbon dioxide or bicarbonate into organic molecules. Organic molecules made by photosynthesizers are passed through food chains, and cellular respiration converts the organic carbon back into carbon dioxide gas

What are your current perceptions of the flu vaccine? Do you think these recommendations are appropriate?

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Answer:

The flu vaccine is a medicinal shot which is supposed to prevent/ and or decrease your chances of getting the flu. It is supposedly working as stated by the producers of this vaccine however many children have been given this vaccine and it dosen`t work. The recommendations are appropriate  as it is better to be safe than sorry. However there are some negative effects. For example a person would get a cold afterwards and this of course is sickness. Overall, I recommend not highly, but as i stated earlier it is better to be safe than sorry.

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