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High altitudes are a stress on human populations because there is less oxygen available to breathe.
 
  a. True
  b. False

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Which of the following is a mechanism by which human populations cope with high altitudes?
 
  a. hypoxic ventilatory response (HVR)
  b. vasodilation
  c. pupil constriction
  d. vasoconstriction


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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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