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Lesson 11.8: Health Science Texas Gateway

WEBThe Health Science Career Cluster focuses on careers in planning, managing, and providing health care. Health science includes a broad range of high-demand, high …

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TEKS Revision Overview: Health Science Texas Gateway

WEBWelcome educators! This module focuses on the new Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Career and Technical Education (CTE) and updates related to the …

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22.4 Bacterial Diseases in Humans Texas Gateway

WEBFigure 22.20 Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, the causative agent of Typhoid fever, is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped gamma protobacterium. Typhoid fever, which is spread …

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11.9 Pressures in the Body Texas Gateway

WEBBlood Pressure. Common arterial blood pressure measurements typically produce values of 120 mm Hg and 80 mm Hg, respectively, for systolic and diastolic pressures. Both …

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22.5 Medical Applications of Radioactivity: Diagnostic Imaging and

WEBOnce a radioactive compound has been ingested, a device like that shown in Figure 22.43 is used to monitor nuclear activity. The device, called an Anger camera or gamma …

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Homeostasis: Microorganisms Texas Gateway

WEBAny substance that causes disease is called a pathogen. Your body reacts to pathogens to try and maintain homeostasis, and certain symptoms will appear as your body tries to …

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Evidence for Evolution Texas Gateway

WEBScientists examine and analyze fossils for various types of information, including evidence for evolution. Fossils alone may not provide a complete picture, but often patterns are …

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Homeostasis: Ecological Systems Texas Gateway

WEBIndividual organisms respond to stimuli to maintain homeostasis. Similarly, populations of organisms respond to external factors for a collective benefit. All populations must have …

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25.3 Digestive System Processes Texas Gateway

WEBThe steps in carbohydrate digestion are summarized in Figure 25.17 and Table 25.5. Figure 25.17Digestion of carbohydrates is performed by several enzymes. Starch and glycogen …

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Lesson 11.10: Human Services Texas Gateway

WEBThe Human Services Career Cluster encompasses careers that relate to families and human needs. Cosmetology, childcare, elder care, nutrition, counseling and mental …

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16.2 Insurance and Imperfect Information Texas Gateway

WEBGovernment and Social Insurance. Federal and state governments run a number of insurance programs. Some of the programs look much like private insurance, in the …

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38.2 The Importance of Biodiversity to Human Life

WEBConnection for AP ® Courses. The information in this section does not directly apply to the concepts and content required for AP ®.However, as students of biology, we need to …

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Waves: Practical Applications Texas Gateway

WEBIn the following sections, you will look at some examples of how waves are applied for use in medical and industrial applications. There are many applications for the use of waves …

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22.5 Beneficial Prokaryotes Texas Gateway

WEBBiological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is exclusively carried out by prokaryotes: soil bacteria, cyanobacteria, and Frankia spp.—filamentous bacteria interacting with actinorhizal …

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17.1 Biotechnology Texas Gateway

WEBGenetic engineering is the alteration of an organism’s genotype using recombinant DNA technology to modify an organism’s DNA to achieve desirable traits. The addition of …

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Critical Thinking Questions Texas Gateway

WEB28. What are the advantages and disadvantages of light microscopes? What are the advantages and disadvantages of electron microscopes? Advantage: In light …

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Human Activity in Watersheds Texas Gateway

WEBBiodiversity in Watershed Labs. Given scenarios, descriptions, maps and illustrations, students will be able to model the effects of human activity on groundwater and surface …

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12.3 Photon Energies and the Electromagnetic Spectrum

WEBThese will make many calculations a little easier. All EM radiation is composed of photons. Figure 12.11 shows various divisions of the EM spectrum plotted against wavelength, …

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2.2 The Production Possibilities Frontier and Social Choices

WEBThere are two major differences between a budget constraint and a production possibilities frontier. The first is the fact that the budget constraint is a straight line. This is because …

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