Last year there were 10 goldfish in the pond, and this year there is 5. How would you describe the percent ´growth´ of this population?

Decreasing.

Explanation:

Last year= 10 goldfish

This year= 5 goldfish

The amount in goldfish is decreasing.

the oxygenated blood then leaves the lungs through pulmonary veins, which return it to the left heart, completing the pulmonary cycle. this blood then enters the left atrium, which pumps it through the mitral valve into the left ventricle. from the left ventricle, the blood passes through the aortic valve to the aorta.

deoxygenated blood leaves through the right ventricle through the pulmonary artery. from the right atrium, the blood is pumped through the tricuspid valve (or right atrioventricular valve), into the right ventricle.