Which of the following sterilization methods is most commonly used, safest, least expensive, and appropriate for the majority of surgical instruments?

Which of the following methods of sterilization uses gamma rays or beta particles and is chiefly used by large manufacturing companies?

Which of the following chemicals is a high-level disinfectant when items are immersed for twenty to thirty minutes and a sterilant if items remain immersed for ten hours?

Which of the following terms is NOT a classification of patient care items?

Why is the sofar layer efficient for sound travel?

A higher level of pH is associated with more hydrogen ions.

You have learned that most of the ocean floor is being slowly dusted by a continuing rain of sediments. Give a reason why you may find an area of the seabed completely free of sediments?

Heat and temperature are synonymous terms.

The ocean is becoming more acidic as it absorbs additional WHAT from the atomosphere?

The intertropical convergence zone coincides with Earth’s meteorological equator which is different than the 0 ° latitude line.