Within 20 Minutes of Your Last Cigarette, All of the Following

question 3

Multiple Choice

Within 20 minutes of your last cigarette, all of the following occur, EXCEPT

• A) respiratory rate speeds up
• B) blood pressure drops to normal.
• C) you stop polluting the air.
• D) pulse rate drops to normal.

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Definitions:

Plate Tectonics

A theory in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of mostly rigid plates that move relative to one another, causing tectonic activity along these boundaries.

Tectonic Plate

A massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, part of the Earth's lithosphere, which moves and interacts with other plates in a process that shapes the Earth's surface.

Centimeters

A unit of length in the metric system equal to one hundredth of a meter.

Magnetic Stripes

Patterns of alternating magnetic polarity found on the ocean floor parallel to mid-ocean ridges, providing evidence for the theory of plate tectonics and seafloor spreading.