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An individual who has advanced skills and can assist physicians with invasive cardiovascular diagnostic tests and procedures such as angioplasty and heart surgery:

Media Matching Match each medium with their corresponding work. Not all terms will be used.  A  B

Term Matching Match each definition from the left column with the correct term in the right column. Not all terms will be used.

An instrument used to record the electrical activity of the heart:

The provision of ventilations and chest compressions for a person who is not breathing or has no heartbeat:

Procedures, used with all patients, that are designed to prevent the spread of infection, such as washing hands and wearing gloves.

Bonus Who Done It? Match each of the following works of art with the correct artist studied in Chapters 8-13. Use your knowledge of stylistic cues, techniques, and characteristics specific to each artist to determine the correct match. Not all names will be used.  A D B E C F

Deep scattering layer Oceanographers and fishing crew are familiar with the “deep scattering layer” on fish-finder sonar systems. a)  What is this layer? b)  When does this layer move up, and why? c)  When does this layer move down, and why?

The two modern methods of mapping the seafloor are echo sounding (sonar) and satellite altimetry.  Explain how each method works (approximately 3 sentences each).  For each one, be sure to include (1) what is measured (2) how these measurements are converted to water depth.

Ocean in the climate system: Why is the ocean a dominant factor in the Earth’s climate system?  Give 4 global-scale reasons and for each one explain how the ocean affects climate.