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Heat exhaustion is a deadly heat stress illness that occurs when the body's heat production significantly exceeds its cooling capacities and core body temperature rises to dangerous levels.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

The tar in cigarette smoke is a
 
  A) chemical stimulant that paralyzes the cilia lining the airways.
  B) poisonous gas that deprives body tissues of oxygen.
  C) carcinogenic particulate matter that accumulates in the air sacs of the lungs.
  D) cellular toxin chemically related to hydrogen cyanide.



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Answer to Question 1

FALSE

Answer to Question 2

C



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