The Belief That Created Beings Flow Forth from God's Activity

question 23

Multiple Choice

The belief that created beings flow forth from God's activity as pure thinking is attributed to

• A)Zoroaster.
• B)Ibn-Rushd (or "Averroes").
• C)al-Farabi.
• D)Ibn-Sina (or "Avicenna").

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Definitions:

Gas Exchange

The process by which oxygen is taken in and carbon dioxide is expelled, primarily occurring in the lungs between air in the alveoli and blood in the capillaries.

Surface Area

The total area of the outer surface of an object or the boundary covering of a three-dimensional figure.

Respiratory Membrane

A thin barrier in the lungs through which gas exchange occurs between the air in the alveoli and the blood in the capillaries.

Dalton's Law

A principle stating that the total pressure exerted by a mixture of gases is equal to the sum of the pressures that each individual gas would exert if it were present alone.