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HSA Item of the Week
This item is one of the many resources available in the Science CLG Toolkit.
Biology
Use the information and the graph below to answer the following item.
A group of students measured the volume of air they exhaled during three different activities: sitting, walking, and running. The volume of exhaled air is directly related to the amount of carbon dioxide produced. The data the students collected are summarized in the graph below.
According to the data, as physical activity increases, the amount of carbon dioxide produced
- decreases
- increases
- remains constant
- decreases, then increases
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