SCI 225 (SCI225)

Exam 1 (SCI 225) The majority of transform boundaries are found - correct answer Along mid-ocean ridges How did paleomagnetism provide evidence to support theory of plate tectonics? - correct answer Paleomagnetism demonstrated that rocks at the same distance from the mid-ocean ridge recorded the Earth's magnetic field's sense direction. What do weather and climate have in common? - correct answer They are both describing atmospheric conditions. Earth's atmosphere is best described a...

SCI 225Green House Gases - correct answer CO2, water vapor, ozone, nitrogen, oxygen Current CO2 - correct answer 398 ppm System - correct answer interacting components. whole more complex. inputs and outputs, can contain subsystems. Hypothesis - correct answer a possible explanation for something you see happening. a prediction that helps support Weather - correct answer Local atmospheric conditions over a short period of time. Highly variable. What youre wearing today. changes day t...

SCI 225Biodiversity - correct answer more species near the equator, fewer by the poles biological species concept - correct answer members of the same species are able to reproduce fertile offspring in nature Community - correct answer collection of populations of different species in a particular location species richness - correct answer the number of different species in a community species evenness - correct answer relative abundance of each species in a community limitations ...

Midterm Sci 225 nightingalePathogenesis The matter of development of a disease sequel pathological condition resulting from a prior disease, injury, or attack etiology the science and study of the causes or origins of disease idiopathic any disease that is of uncertain or unknown origin may be termed congenital a condition that is presented at birth, whether or not it is inherited Metabolic Degenerative can happen when abnormal chemical reaction in the body alter...

SCI225 Pathophysiology week 12-14 QuizA patient has chronic pyelonephritis. What would the nurse expect to see in this patient? - correct answer Kidney scarring Chronic pyelonephritis is a persistent or recurrent infection of the kidney leading to scarring of one or both kidneys. The patient is diagnosed with kidney stones. The nurse practitioner recommends using ultrasound waves to break large renal calculi into smaller stones that can be passed through the urinary tract. Which procedure...

SCI 225 EXAM 2How can we know climate of the past? - correct answer ice cores and sedimentary rocks Louis Agazzis - correct answer created glaciation hypothesis after studying glacial erratics and striations Glacial erratics - correct answer enormous boulders transported and deposited by glaciers glaciation hypothesis - correct answer over time climate can change and during cold periods glaciers move down and during warm periods they retreat HMS challenger - correct answer a ship tha...

Midterm SCI 225Homeostasis - correct answer Relatively stable internal conditions under fluctuating environmental conditions. In homeostasis, the body's organ systems normally maintain temperature, pH, blood composition, and fluid levels within a precise range and cor- rect any fluc disease - correct answer a deviation from normal structure or function in the body that interrupts or modifies the performance of vital functions. For example, the amount of glucose in the blood is tightly regula...

SCIENCE 225What does NOS stand for? - correct answer Nature of Science What is the nature of science in your own words? - correct answer The nature of science is used as a tool to teach science as an interconnected subject in which all concepts are taught equally. All of the common core standards K-12 are addressed in NOS. What are the 1-4 components of NOS? - correct answer 1. collecting empirical data - table 2. there's more than one way to solve a problem- a diverged road 3. Science ...

Study Stack for Midterm SCI 225Tay-Sachs disease - correct answer A disease that results in accumulation of lipids, in the nerve cells of the brain. What causes metaplasia in humans? - correct answer cell injury from noxious (poisonous) stimuli Algor Mortis - correct answer The cooling of the body after death Dysplasia is characterized by - correct answer abnormal changes in cell secretions Clastogens - correct answer agents tht cause chromosomal breakage What is tatooing and stip...

Midterm SCI 225What is the difference between a complication and a sequela? - correct answer Complication: during a disease Sequela: after the disease Palliative treatment - correct answer Is the relief of pain Know that macrophages and natural killer cell are enhanced by - correct answer interferon Know that histamines and kinins are released - correct answer When cells are injured Understand cell mediated immunity. - correct answer Know that Scleroderma is related to - correc...