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Question 1
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How bodies work
Animal behavior
How animals interact with their environments
Question 2
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Galen
Hippocrates
Aristotle
Question 3
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Choice
Semelparity; viviparity
Oviparity; ovoviviparity
Oviparity; viviparity
Semelparity; iteroparity
Question 4
Females of some species can make clones of themselves using eggs through parthenogenesis. Parthenogenesis is found in a number of species, mostly among invertebrates, some reptiles, and some fish.
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Choice
True
False
Question 5
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In most species, both parents take care of young, which is helpful for offspring success
Because it makes animals compete for a mate, ensuring only the most fit animals pass on their genes
Sexual reproduction mixes genes, so that there is variation in young, which is helpful to deal with a changing environment
Question 6
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They can only leave the bloodstream at specific locations
Their specific structure can only lock on to tissues with a specific, matching receptor
Actually, they act broadly, affecting all tissues
Question 7
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Closed systems reduce problems of swelling by increasing circulation
Closed systems have higher pressure and more directed flow, so they are faster at delivering oxygen to tissues
Closed systems deliver more water to different tissues
Question 8
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Reptiles and amphibians; birds
Spiders; mammals
Invertebrates; humans
Question 9
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Adaptive immune systems have a memory, which helps fight off repeat invaders faster
Adaptive immune systems have more cells than the innate system, and can block an infection from happening in the first place
Adaptive immune systems make special cells that work better
Question 10
True or false? Some insects have brains.
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Choice
True
False
Question 11
True or false? All animals have nerves and muscles.
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Choice
True
False
Question 12
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Both muscles and pressurized fluid
Muscles
Pressurized fluid
Question 13
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TPE (Total Power Energy)
Metabolism
Cardiac power
Muscle strenght
Question 14
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Ectotherms warm themselves using the environment; endotherms can make their own body heat
Endotherms warm themselves using the environment; ectotherms can make their own body heat
An ectotherm has blood that is warmer than an endotherm’s blood
An endotherm has blood that is warmer than an ectotherm’s blood
Question 15
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An imbalance can make it hard for proteins to work properly
An imbalance can make it hard to lose water through evaporative water loss
An imbalance can create passages in your blood-brain barrier
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They keep special chemicals in their cells that makes it so they don’t lose too much body water
The salts harden and are removed from their bodies through their feces
They drink the ocean water to make sure they get enough salts
Question 17
True or false? The classic story of Frankenstein was written an 18-year-old woman.
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False