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Broadly, metamorphism involves

While examining a 17-yr-old male for a sports physical you hear a high-pitched holosystolic murmur. When questioning the patient and his mother, they tell you that no one has ever told them that the young man has had a murmur. He denies all symptoms including chest pain, shortness of breath, palpitations, dizziness, and syncope. His ECG shows non-specific T-wave changes in the inferior leads. Mitral valve prolapse is at the top of your differential diagnosis list. What is the next appropriate non-invasive test to order?

A 60 year old woman with a BMI of 29 presents with chest pain and shortness of breath. She has history of HTN and DM Type II. On exam you note respirations 22, heart rate 100 and regular, bilateral basilar rales and pedal edema. Which laboratory test would be the best option to determine if she is in congestive heart failure?

Antarctica has less than two inches (5.1 centimeters) of precipitation a year; the average annual temperature ranges from -10°C to -60°C. Less than 1% of Antarctica contains plant life. Is Antarctica a desert?

Fine-grained sediment, such as dust and silt, is transported by wind in

The __________ the earthquake, the less severe the damage will be.

__________ glaciers cover vast areas of land, whereas __________ glaciers are restricted to mountains.

Where would you expect to find geysers?

What type of wave do you experience if you are in an earthquake and you feel the ground rolling under you?

Rivers are in which part of the Earth System?