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An allergy is a hypersensitivity to substances that are essentially harmless. For as yet poorly
understood reasons, the immune system malfunctions and marshals up an army of antibodies
to fight these substances. For many allergies, this malfunction causes a large amount of
histamine to flood into the bloodstream. It is overabundance of histamine that causes allergic
symptoms such as headaches, rashes, and sneezing.
The passage states all of the following about allergies EXCEPT - Answer -medical science does
not fully understand why the body has an allergic reaction to certain substamce
A period of time is usually measured by comparing it with another period of time. A year on
mercury is equal to 88 earth days. A year on Uranus is approximately 384 Mercury years.
According to the passage, the way time is usually measured shows that time is... - Answer -
relative
According to Mark Twain, October is a particularly dangerous month to speculate in stocks. The
others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and
February.
What is his point? - Answer -Speculating in stocks is not a safe investment for your money
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, Physical sound energy is transmitted through the external ear (the pinna) and the middle ear to
the inner ear, where it creates pressure waves in the fluid of the cochlea. There, has on the
organ of Corti are moved by the pressure waves. The movement of the hairs starts the process
by which nerve impulses are generated.
Where is the organ of Corti located? - Answer -in the inner ear
The Women's Flying Training Detachment was the brainchild of Jacqueline Cochran, the famous
flyer. Because of the overwhelming demand for qualified men to fly in combat during WWII, she
was able to persuade the Army to train women pilots to ferry military aircraft from
manufacturers to embarkation points for later shipment overseas.
The author implies that the primary motivation for establishing a training program for women
pilots during WW II was the. - Answer -
roosevelt made conscious use of the media almost from the moment he entered the white
house. His press conferences served to educate newspaper writers, through them the nation,
about the complex, novel measures he was advocating.
It can be inferred from the passage that Roosevelt.. - Answer -
Hypotenuse of a right triangle has a length of 14 units and a side that is 9 units long. What
equation can be used to find the length? - Answer -x^2 = 14^2 + 9^2
What does the abbreviation AC stand for? - Answer -Alternating current
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