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Which Part of the Brain Regulates Body Temperature?
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B. hypothalamus
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D. Troposphere
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A. aluminium oxide
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D. 22
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The human skull is generally considered to consist of twenty-two bones—eight cranial bones and fourteen facial skeleton bones. In the neurocranium these are the occipital bone, two temporal bones, two parietal bones, the sphenoid, ethmoid and frontal bones.
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A. oxygen and acetylene
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C. radio waves on it
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Radar, which stands for radio detection and ranging, is a system that uses reflected radio waves to detect objects and measure their distance and speed. For example, police use radar to calculate the speed of cars.
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A. Rutherford
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Ernest Rutherford discovered the nucleus of an atom in 1911: Ernest Rutherford Known for: Discovering the nucleus of the atom, discovering alpha and beta rays, and proposing the laws of radioactive decay Experiment Shot alpha particles at a sheet of gold foil, and noticed that most went through, but some bounced Discovery: The atom consists mostly of empty space, with its mass concentrated in a central positively charged nucleus Rutherford’s discovery was based on the observation that most alpha particles passed straight through the gold foil, with very few particles suffering deflection. The term “nucleus” comes from the Latin word nucleus, which is a diminutive of nux (“nut”). In 1844, Michael Faraday used the term to refer to the “central point of an atom”.
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B. it has large eyes with orbs directed forward, giving it binocular sight
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Because of their eyes, an owl can see much better in the dark than we can. Owls have very large eyes which maximize light gathering in conditions of minimum light, thereby enabling them to see at night. The orbs of their eyes are directed forward, giving them binocular vision. They are able to see their prey in a three-dimensional manner. However, an owl’s eye cannot rotate.
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D. Fall back to Earth
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A. 18
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The modern periodic table was created by Mosley. There are 7 horizontal rows which are called periods. They are also called series. Also, the modern periodic table consists of 18 vertical columns which are called groups.