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300
What term is used to describe the variety of life and its processes, including the variety of living organisms, the genetic differences among them, and the communities and ecosystems in which they occur?
[ "evolution", "habitat", "biodiversity", "biosphere" ]
C
301
What kind of a disorder is tay-sachs disease?
[ "inherited disorder", "vitamin difficiency", "a type of cancer", "accumulated disease" ]
A
302
A rock that contains important minerals is called what, a term associated with mining?
[ "jewel", "gem", "coal", "ore" ]
D
303
Besides the size of their crystals, how are igneous rocks grouped?
[ "impurities they contain", "minerals they contain", "by shapes", "by color" ]
B
304
Convection is the heat transfer by the macroscopic movement of a what?
[ "tissue", "gravity", "fluid", "gases" ]
C
305
Hypersection by an endocrine gland is often caused by what?
[ "calcium", "inflammation", "tumor", "viruses" ]
C
306
What gland secretes growth hormones?
[ "pineal", "thyroid", "adrenal", "pituitary" ]
D
307
We must remember that the formal charge calculated for an atom is not the actual charge of the atom in the molecule. formal charge is only a useful bookkeeping procedure; it does not indicate the presence of these?
[ "electron bonds", "isotopes", "negative charges", "actual charges" ]
D
308
What kind of rock layer makes up the bottom of an aquifer?
[ "invisible", "porous", "crystalline", "impermeable" ]
D
309
The amniotic egg is a shared ancestral character for which clade?
[ "amniota", "xerophyte", "trichina", "avian" ]
A
310
Lyme disease is caused by what kind of organim?
[ "algae", "Virus", "bacterium", "bacteria" ]
D
311
What is the side to side movement of the mandible called?
[ "twitching", "cycling", "shifting", "excursion" ]
D
312
A moraine is sediment deposited by what?
[ "river erosion", "wind", "human-caused scarring", "glacier" ]
D
313
The development of the respiratory system in the fetus begins at about?
[ "4 weeks", "4 days", "2 weeks", "4 months" ]
A
314
What are plants that grow on other plants called?
[ "bryophytes", "fungi", "parasites", "epiphytes" ]
D
315
An object attached to a spring sliding on a frictionless surface is an uncomplicated type of what device?
[ "wheel and axle", "simple harmonic oscillator", "atomic watch", "pendulum" ]
B
316
What controls all five senses?
[ "endocrine system", "nervous system", "circulatory system", "skin cells" ]
B
317
Where in the target cells are intracellular receptor proteins found?
[ "cytoplasm or nucleus", "ribosomes or nucleus", "membrane or mitochondria", "mucus or nucleus" ]
A
318
The components of a mixture keep their own identity when they combine, so they retain what type of properties, such as boiling point and ability to dissolve?
[ "thermal", "physical", "internal", "thermal" ]
B
319
A thermite reaction is thermodynamically spontaneous, and because it is associated with a significant release of heat, it is regarded as what?
[ "endotropic", "endothermic", "exothermic", "biochemical" ]
C
320
What do nectar-feeding bats do to flowers?
[ "defecate", "illuminate", "consume", "pollinate" ]
D
321
Ecological succession refers to the change in the numbers and types of species that live in what groups?
[ "communities", "colonies", "biomes", "movements" ]
A
322
What broad group of organisms is characterized by sensory organs, the ability to move, internal digestion and sexual reproduction?
[ "protists", "fungi", "plants", "animals" ]
D
323
Foodborne illness, food allergies, or a food intolerance cause symptoms in what system?
[ "skeletal", "respiratory", "circulatory", "digestive" ]
D
324
The number of what subatomic particles determines an element’s atomic number and is used to distinguish one element from another?
[ "protons", "neutrons", "electrons", "quarks" ]
A
325
What regulates the time of flowering in many species?
[ "spirogyra", "wind patterns", "pollenation", "photoperiodism" ]
D
326
What is the most common cause of down syndrome?
[ "trisomy 21", "gametes 21", "trisomy 22", "chromosome 21" ]
A
327
What occurs not only as organisms grow, but as they reproduce.
[ "proteins division", "flight division", "experimental division", "cell division" ]
D
328
What useful tool helps scientists work with, understand and make predictions about extremely complex systems?
[ "assumptions", "guesses", "speculation", "models" ]
D
329
A dilute solution is one that has a relatively small amount of what?
[ "density", "saturated fat", "pH level", "dissolved solute" ]
D
330
Each bond includes a sharing of electrons between atoms. two electrons are shared in a single bond; four electrons are shared in a double bond; and six electrons are shared in this?
[ "ionic bond", "quadruple bond", "magnetic bond", "triple bond" ]
D
331
What is the process of breaking an individual into parts followed by regeneration called?
[ "destruction", "erosion", "fragmentation", "minimization" ]
C
332
The left atrium receives oxygen-rich blood from which organs?
[ "liver", "lungs", "brain", "pancreas" ]
B
333
If the water vapor condenses in liquid droplets as clouds form, what is released in the atmosphere?
[ "oxygen", "electricity", "hydrogen", "heat" ]
D
334
An increase in the number of gas molecules in the same volume container causes what to increase?
[ "energy", "friction", "power", "pressure" ]
D
335
What do induction cooktops have under their surface?
[ "Chambers", "screws", "clumps", "electromagnets" ]
D
336
How many types of molecular orbitals can form from the overlap of two atomic s orbitals on adjacent atoms?
[ "three", "six", "two", "ten" ]
C
337
Salicylic acid is used in the synthesis of acetylsalicylic acid, or more commonly called?
[ "Tylenol", "antacid", "aspirin", "smelling salts" ]
C
338
What is the term for groups of cells with a similar appearance and a common function, and describes how cells are organized?
[ "kidney", "muscle", "heart", "tissue" ]
D
339
What kind of weather do psychrophiles need to grow and reproduce?
[ "mixed temperatures", "Hot temperatures", "cold temperatures", "water temperatures" ]
C
340
What creates new seafloor in the rift valleys?
[ "crust spreading", "continental drift", "seafloor spreading", "sedimentation" ]
C
341
The building blocks of proteins are called what?
[ "mutation acids", "amino acids", "protein acids", "boric acids" ]
B
342
Type 1 diabetes and gigantism are examples of what type of disorder?
[ "endocrine diseases", "respiratory diseases", "cardiac diseases", "inborn errors of metabolism" ]
A
343
In photosynthesis, what process involving carbon dioxide and oxygen occurs through small, regulated openings called stomata?
[ "gas exchange", "fertilization", "transpiration", "osmosis" ]
A
344
Which molecules are made of one carbon and four hydrogen atoms?
[ "particles", "proteins", "hydrocarbons", "fats" ]
C
345
Atoms of different elements have different numbers of what?
[ "neutrons", "electrons", "nucleus", "protons" ]
D
346
The lancelet lacks what feature that distinguishes vertebrates?
[ "feet", "backbone", "skin", "mouth" ]
B
347
What is a reptiles skin covered in to protect them from drying out?
[ "scales", "oil", "dye", "bacteria" ]
A
348
In sexual reproduction, the fusion of haploid gametes forms a diploid cell called what?
[ "fetus", "gonad", "gamete", "zygote" ]
D
349
Gabbro is a dark dense rock that can be found in what?
[ "soil", "surface crust", "mantle", "oceanic crust" ]
D
350
What provides clear evidence of evolution?
[ "fossils", "biologists", "extinction", "mutations" ]
A
351
About half of what type of radiation is absorbed in the first 15 meters of water?
[ "solar", "surface", "natural", "polar" ]
A
352
What begins with a diploid cell and ends with four haploid cells?
[ "mitosis", "urinalysis", "meiosis", "electrolysis" ]
C
353
Two smaller isotopes, more neutrons, and heat energy are the products of what type of reaction?
[ "Reaction", "fission", "diffusion", "fusion" ]
B
354
What percentage of the field is tilled in traditional plowing?
[ "50 %", "100%", "60 %", "75%" ]
B
355
Traits controlled by genes on the sex chromosomes are called what?
[ "male-related traits", "gender-linked traits", "chromosome-linked traits", "sex-linked traits" ]
D
356
What structures are at the end of the long air passages in the lungs?
[ "chloride", "Larynx", "alveoli", "Oral Cavity" ]
C
357
What is a disease caused by the same virus that causes chicken pox?
[ "gout", "shingles", "hepatitis", "diabetes" ]
B
358
In a solution what is the substance a solute dissolves in is called?
[ "atoms", "particles", "gas", "solvent" ]
D
359
What is it called when sound is reflected off an object?
[ "echo", "signal", "reverberation", "amplification" ]
A
360
Acidic hydrogen atoms are those which will be transferred to what?
[ "water", "another atom", "a cup", "a base" ]
D
361
In an ecosystem, what do you call organisms like lions that capture and kill other animals for food?
[ "predators", "leaders", "alphas", "hunters" ]
A
362
What type of diseases occur when the immune system attacks normal body cells?
[ "gastrointestinal", "liver", "inflammatory", "autoimmune" ]
D
363
Most modern seed plants are angiosperms, which produce seeds in the ovaries of what basic structure?
[ "leaves", "flowers", "cells", "stems" ]
B
364
What is produced by the end of meiosis?
[ "three haploid cells", "eight haploid cells", "four haploid cells", "sixteen haploid cells" ]
C
365
In the u. s. , the majority of electricity is produced by burning coal or what else?
[ "fossil fuels", "solar", "wind power", "hydroelectic" ]
A
366
Farming practices leave some soil exposed and vulnerable to what natural process?
[ "sediment", "rust", "migration", "erosion" ]
D
367
Matter is made up of a mixture of things called what?
[ "structures", "segments", "elements", "compounds" ]
C
368
Water seeps into the ground through permeable material and stops when it reaches what?
[ "Lava", "Coral", "impermeable rock", "Bed Rock" ]
C
369
Vertebrate animals have two major body cavities, the dorsal and what is the other?
[ "anterior cavity", "proximal cavity", "functional cavity", "spinal cavity" ]
D
370
There are 20 different common amino acids needed to make what organic compound?
[ "proteins", "lipids", "nutron", "cells" ]
A
371
Sponges exemplify what type of arrangement, where different cells are specialized for different functions, but each cell works alone?
[ "independent organization", "commensalism", "organ-level organization", "cell-level organization" ]
D
372
What type of chemical reactions release energy?
[ "sulfuric reactions", "exothermic reactions", "endothermic reactions", "biochemical reactions" ]
B
373
Some types of minerals form balls called what?
[ "nodules", "fistulas", "microbes", "cancers" ]
A
374
According to the special theory of relativity, no physical object can equal or exceed the speed of what?
[ "air", "light", "weight", "energy" ]
B
375
What is another word for cellular drinking?
[ "altostratus", "pinocytosis", "cellular hydration", "hypothalamus" ]
B
376
What do you call water that flows out of the ground where an aquifer meets the surface?
[ "stream", "spring", "waterfall", "oasis" ]
B
377
What do you call the basic units of the structure and function of living things?
[ "molecules", "cells", "proteins", "enzymes" ]
B
378
What is the conversion of a solid to a gas called?
[ "speciation", "amplification", "sublimation", "education" ]
C
379
Which form of dialysis has a patient’s blood pass through a length of tubing that travels through an artificial kidney machine?
[ "limbic dialysis", "arterial dialysis", "hemodialysis", "peritoneal dialysis" ]
C
380
What are the only type of elements capable of changing into different elements?
[ "radioactive elements", "metalloids", "noble gases", "adjacent elements" ]
A
381
What does the inside of all cells also contain?
[ "chromosomes", "chloroplasm", "protein", "cytosol" ]
D
382
What anatomical structures insulate, protect and provide sensory input?
[ "teeth", "hair", "salivary glands", "fingernails" ]
B
383
Known for its beautiful rings, what is the second largest planet in the solar system?
[ "Venus", "saturn", "jupiter", "Mars" ]
B
384
What kind of waves are used in radar guns?
[ "microwaves", "radio waves", "WIFI", "x-rays" ]
A
385
On what lobe of the liver is the gallbladder near?
[ "central lobe", "internal lobe", "right lobe", "left lobe" ]
C
386
What process is used for cell growth, repair of cuts and replacement of worn out cells?
[ "cell division", "pollination", "binary fission", "reproduction" ]
A
387
What do astronomers term the stretching of space that causes the distance between galaxies to increase?
[ "expanding universe", "draining universe", "maintaining universe", "contracting universe" ]
A
388
What are the two types of digestive systems invertebrates may have?
[ "gastric and monogastric", "complete and simple", "complete and incomplete", "complete and fluid" ]
C
389
What does the gradient of bicoid protein determine?
[ "east-west axis", "vertical-horizontal plane", "anterior-posterior axis", "shallow - posterior axis" ]
C
390
What term is used to describe a cancer that has spread?
[ "ostracized", "destabilized", "metastasized", "galvanized" ]
C
391
What is the most abundant of all vertebrate classes, and the most recent to evolve?
[ "reptiles", "bony fishes", "birds", "mammals" ]
C
392
How many calories of energy does one gram of protein provide?
[ "2", "1", "4", "5" ]
C
393
What is the cure of cancer known as?
[ "regeneration", "rejuvenation", "metabolism", "remission" ]
D
394
What is the outer layer of the exoskeleton called?
[ "epidermis", "cuticle", "bristle", "epithelium" ]
B
395
In what stage of their life cycle do insects begin developing their wings?
[ "pupal", "larva", "crystalline", "pupa" ]
D
396
The speed of sound depends on what?
[ "medium", "temperature", "light", "volume" ]
A
397
Why is the life cycle of plants so complex?
[ "alternation of generation", "pollination process", "asexual reproduction", "metamorphosis" ]
A
398
While elements are represented by chemical symbols, chemical formulas represent what?
[ "compounds", "extracts", "pollutants", "solutions" ]
A
399
What is a form of cell division in prokaryotic organisms that produces identical offspring?
[ "germination", "nuclear fission", "mitosis", "binary fission" ]
D