Which of the Following Terms Has Had a Confusing History

question 36

Multiple Choice

Which of the following terms has had a confusing history with regard to its use and has been replaced with the term crackles?

• A) Rales
• B) Wheezes
• C) Rhonchi
• D) Crepitations

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Definitions:

Food Webs

Complex networks of who eats whom in an ecosystem, illustrating the flow of energy and nutrients across multiple trophic levels.

Trophic Level

A level in an ecosystem's food web characterized by organisms that share the same step in energy flow, such as primary producers or primary consumers.

Grazing Food Chain

Food chain in which energy is transferred from producers to grazers (herbivores).

Detrital Food Chain

Food chain in which energy is transferred directly from producers to detritivores.