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Why must the body maintain this balance between acids and bases?

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Answer 1
Answer: If the body does not regulate its acid-base homeostasis, there can be an adverse effect on many vital organs.


the acid=base homeostasis is maintained by lungs, kidneys and buffer systems.

Acidosis - too much acid, fall in blood pH levels

Alkalosis - too much base, rise in blood pH levels.

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Race is an inherited biological characteristic, ethnicity is a learned cultural characteristic.A) TRUE
B) FALSE

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I think the answer is False.
it is true Opinions vary on the utility of ethnic cleansing as a concept. ... To understand it we must show how it is to be distinguished from RACE, ... be biologically inherited, ethnicdifferentiation is in terms of cultural differences which have to be learned. ... however, that ethnic characteristics are shared by those who are biological kin.

Which connection is the head start program attempting to make?

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The Head Start is a program established in the United States to provided comprehensive education, health, and parent involvement service. An example of a program that heads start to make is having more education to have higher salaries. The head start program is launched in 1965 by Jule Sugarman.

The correct answer is :

More education = higher salaries

How does exercise improve physical Heath

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Ezercise helps you develop stronger muscles and healthier bones
Hey there.

There are many reasons why exercise is good for the health. Firstly exercise makes you stronger. It also reduces body fat and reduces your high blood pressure. Exercise also makes your bones more stronger. 

What results when ideal standards violated according to Freud

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Guilt results when ideal standards are violated. According to Freud, this a function of the superego.

The Psychology of Guilt. Blame can be depicted as a contention between the id, sense of self, and superego. These are ideas from the dad of brain research Sigmund Freud.

Freud depicts the superego as the very good piece of our intuitive. It is the piece of us that battles against treachery and calls attention to wrongs in others.

Fill in the BLANK with the word that fits best based on the context.Lumpy Space Princess is sassy, bratty, and attention-seeking. She is the ______ teenager.

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Lumpy Space Princess is sassy teenager

How did geography affect the development of city states in ancient Greece?

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states that were around rivers usually developed better, because they had access to somewhat quick trade and fish, where as people on mountains had a harder time for trade of getting food 

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the mountains caused isolated communities to form separate governments

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the peninsula was surrounded by water and mountains making it hard to expand and keeping them isolated.  communities remained small and close.

City states were formed and each city-state developed its own laws, practices, and way of life
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