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600
Most hydrogen atoms have how many protons?
[ "three", "two", "four", "one" ]
D
601
How many viruses that can cause cancer in humans have been identified by scientists?
[ "3", "4", "6", "1" ]
C
602
What is utilized to analyze simple mendelian inheritance?
[ "origins", "trait", "dna", "pedigree" ]
D
603
What is the only animal phyla that does not consist exclusively of invertebrates?
[ "chordates", "eukaryotes", "bacteria", "arthropods" ]
A
604
Soap acts as what kind of agent between grease and water?
[ "lubricating", "codifying", "sterilizing", "emulsifying" ]
D
605
The nucleus from a differentiated frog cell can direct development of what?
[ "embryo", "fetus", "ovary", "tadpole" ]
D
606
What can slow down the increase of viruses in the blood?
[ "medications", "infections", "platelets", "androgens" ]
A
607
In a few species, chloroplast genes are inherited only from what?
[ "siblings", "sperm", "eggs", "mothers" ]
B
608
Ions flow through atp synthase from the thylakoid space into the stroma in a process called known as what?
[ "fertilization", "oxidation", "respiration", "chemiosmosis" ]
D
609
What is the name of microscopic channels which traverse the cell walls of plants?
[ "chloroplasts", "plasmodesmata", "sphenopalatine", "notochord" ]
B
610
Like the platypus, the echnida is a what?
[ "prosauropod", "monotreme", "Gives Live birth", "dugongs" ]
B
611
The cell membrane consists of two layers of what?
[ "filaments", "chlorophyll", "epidermis", "phospholipids" ]
D
612
What is an adaptation?
[ "unfavorable trait", "inherited gene", "favorable trait", "harmful mutation" ]
C
613
Where fossils of the genus eomaia found?
[ "India", "china", "Egypt", "Japan" ]
B
614
By exploding what the space probes get separated from their launchers?
[ "frames", "doors", "bolts", "walls" ]
C
615
What is the energy that matter possesses because of its location or structure?
[ "potential energy", "kinetic energy", "mechanical energy", "thermal energy" ]
A
616
What is the term for the relatively stable state inside the body of an animal?
[ "metabolism", "homeostasis", "consciousness", "dormancy" ]
B
617
What is the middle layer of connective tissue called?
[ "xerophyte", "tendon", "pollenation", "perimysium" ]
D
618
Unlike prokaryotic chromosomes, eukaryotic chromosomes are what?
[ "simple", "expanding", "linear", "multiple" ]
C
619
Reversible reactions are indicated by what kinds of arrows?
[ "resonance arrows", "double-headed", "opposite-headed", "equilibrium arrows" ]
C
620
Downhill skiiers gain little advantage from a running start because the initial kinetic energy is small compared with the gain in what other energy form?
[ "thermal energy", "gravitational kinetic energy", "chemical energy", "gravitational potential energy" ]
D
621
Population size is the number of what in a population?
[ "humans", "individuals", "subdivisions", "proteins" ]
B
622
What is the cause of common mold allergies?
[ "viruses", "immobile mold spores", "bacteria", "airborne mold spores" ]
D
623
Which sphincter is located at the stomach end of the esophagus and opens to allow the bolus to enter the stomach?
[ "gastro-esophageal sphincter", "urethral sphincter", "pyloric sphincter", "pupillary sphincter" ]
A
624
What adaptation helps prey hide and predators sneak up on prey?
[ "claws", "camouflage", "scent", "variation" ]
B
625
Bursitis is the inflammation of a bursa near what?
[ "brain stem", "lung", "joint", "muscle" ]
C
626
What is one thing that cell membranes are permeable to?
[ "specific ions", "gas", "metals", "nutrients" ]
A
627
What kind of a process is corrosion?
[ "galvanic", "electromagnetic", "electrolysis", "oxidation" ]
A
628
What is equal to the angular acceleration multiplied by the radius of the rotating object?
[ "peak velocity", "linear acceleration", "momentum", "equilibrium" ]
B
629
What is the membrane lining the back of the eye called?
[ "cornea", "aperture", "retina", "lens" ]
C
630
What group of animals has adapted to live in both water and on land?
[ "herbivores", "amphibians", "reptiles", "omnivores" ]
B
631
Animals breath in air in order to obtain what element?
[ "nitrogen", "oxygen", "water", "carbon" ]
B
632
Where are pressure receptors mainly found?
[ "the muscles", "the skin", "the tissue", "the nerves" ]
B
633
Monomers of condensation polymers must contain how many functional groups so that each monomer can link up with two other monomers?
[ "three", "two", "four", "one" ]
B
634
What is the name of the skull that covers the brain and protects it?
[ "cerebrum", "Nasal bone", "the cranium", "mandible" ]
C
635
Silk and cotton are examples of what kind of fiber?
[ "natural", "simple", "artificial", "pure" ]
A
636
Reacting with metal is one thing that distinguishes acids from what?
[ "bases", "metals", "minerals", "protiens" ]
A
637
What happens to light when it passed from air to water?
[ "it speeds up", "it bends", "it brightens", "it contracts" ]
B
638
The basic voltaic cell variations are the dry cell and the what?
[ "lead storage battery", "positive terminal", "lead electricity battery", "lead flood battery" ]
A
639
In a solution, what is the substance present in the lesser amount called?
[ "molecules", "solute", "fluids", "compound" ]
B
640
What is the difference between oils and fats at room temperature?
[ "liquid and gas states", "liquid and solid states", "solid and gas states", "saturated and unsaturated" ]
B
641
A cochlear implant aims to restore loss of what sense?
[ "vision", "hearing", "taste", "touch" ]
B
642
In which constellation is the helix nebula located?
[ "gemini", "aquarius", "zodiac", "prometheus" ]
B
643
The chains in cellulose stack in parallel rows held together by hydrogen bonds between which groups?
[ "disc groups", "carbon groups", "hydroxl groups", "soda groups" ]
C
644
The small, rocky bodies that orbit the sun are called what?
[ "asteroids", "comets", "meteorites", "fossils" ]
A
645
Water is used by the plant to move materials up from the roots to make what?
[ "fruit", "chlorophyll", "food", "light" ]
C
646
Magnets have a "north" and a "south" what?
[ "temperature", "arch", "pole", "grid" ]
C
647
Exemplified by organisms that grow in geysers, hyperthermophiles "love" what?
[ "heat", "cold", "rainfall", "humidity" ]
A
648
What is the term for the multi-phase process in which the nucleus of the cell divides?
[ "mutation", "mitosis", "epistasis", "cytokinesis" ]
B
649
Fungi often make specialized reproductive structures, such as what?
[ "herbs", "Fungus", "pieces", "mushrooms" ]
D
650
Which is a more reliable trait or measure to identify minerals?
[ "shape", "color", "streak", "weight" ]
C
651
Inside female cones, female spores develop into female what?
[ "gametophytes", "tubules", "filaments", "gymnosperms" ]
A
652
What is the name of the molecule which has one carbon and four hydrogen atoms?
[ "sulfur", "methane", "carbohydrate", "carbon monoxide" ]
B
653
On a global scale, plants and other photosynthetic organisms have generated all of what element in the air?
[ "oxygen", "carbon dioxide", "methane", "nitrogen" ]
A
654
What living creatures comprise the "rainforests of the oceans"?
[ "algae", "krill", "kelp", "coral reefs" ]
D
655
What type of reactions absorb heat from their surroundings?
[ "hypothermic", "geothermic", "endothermic", "exothermic" ]
C
656
Two significant parts of the heat include the atrium and its counterpart, which is what?
[ "skeletal", "ventricle", "cells", "valve" ]
B
657
Bigger ocean waves and waves that carry more sediment cause a greater extent of what?
[ "sand dunes", "silt", "drowning", "erosion" ]
D
658
Which science is an extension of genetics, evolution, anatomy, physiology, and other biological disciplines?
[ "ethology", "microbiology", "chronology", "neurobiology" ]
A
659
What are catalysts in living things called?
[ "enzymes", "carbohydrates", "proteins", "carbohydrates" ]
A
660
What is part of a large fungus that lives underground?
[ "bamboo", "mold", "mushroom", "bark" ]
C
661
When sediments settle out of water, what do they form?
[ "separated layers", "magnetic layers", "horizontal layers", "erosion" ]
C
662
In the inner ear, the vibrations are changed to electrical signals by hair cells lining what?
[ "ear canal", "hammer", "the cochlea", "ear lobe" ]
C
663
What causes cells to divide if cytokinins are added to it?
[ "osmosis", "hyptoxin", "auxin", "apoptosis" ]
C
664
Angiosperm seed develops inside of what?
[ "the pancreas", "fallopian tubes", "a kidney", "an ovary" ]
D
665
The efficiency of a machine is a measure of how well it reduces what force?
[ "vibration", "friction", "sound", "tension" ]
B
666
Algae produce food using what process?
[ "photosynthesis", "glycolysis", "spermatogenesis", "cellular respiration" ]
A
667
What happens to energy when work is done by a system?
[ "multiplied", "removed", "added", "stored" ]
B
668
What term is used to describe organic compounds such as sugars and starches?
[ "fats", "vegetables", "proteins", "carbohydrates" ]
D
669
What indicates horizontal distance and are also found on the map legend?
[ "scales", "edges", "variations", "spikes" ]
A
670
What is the blood in the body pumped with?
[ "lung", "systolic pressure", "heart", "respiratory" ]
C
671
What kind of diffusion do small hydrophobic molecules squeeze through lipid molecules?
[ "simple", "slippery", "difficult", "complex" ]
A
672
The feeding positions in a food chain or web are called?
[ "secondary levels", "producer levels", "trophic levels", "consumer levels" ]
C
673
Parasites infect the host's what?
[ "platelets", "red blood cells", "white blood cells", "plasma" ]
B
674
Earthquakes cause longitudinal waves as well as which other waves?
[ "transverse", "aural", "electromagnetic", "irregular" ]
A
675
How does the water cycle end?
[ "it repeats itself", "freezing glaciers", "cloud precipitation", "ocean evaporation" ]
A
676
Light travels more quickly in air than what?
[ "water", "earth", "metal", "glass" ]
A
677
What are chromosomes made of?
[ "dna and proteins", "amino acids", "sperm and proteins", "muscle tissue" ]
A
678
What is the general name for a group of atoms derived from an alkane?
[ "alkyl group", "oxidation group", "acid group", "anode group" ]
A
679
What are most cells surrounded by?
[ "lipids", "water", "air", "fat" ]
B
680
What is the term for materials that have both a defined shape and a defined volume?
[ "gases", "liquids", "matter", "solids" ]
D
681
Proto-oncogenes can change into oncogenes that cause what?
[ "cancer", "Mutations", "Infections", "DNA" ]
A
682
What is the radioactive process used in nuclear power plants and one type of nuclear bomb?
[ "decay", "fusion", "radiation", "fission" ]
D
683
Where does a crossover occur on a chromosome?
[ "at different locations", "at one-two locations", "at no locations", "at the same location" ]
A
684
What are the biggest groups of stars called?
[ "galaxies", "orbits", "cells", "novas" ]
A
685
What is defined as the act of contaminating the environment with waste?
[ "pollution", "climate change", "purifying", "global warming" ]
A
686
What type of energy is produced when two objects move together?
[ "mechanical", "internal", "kinetic", "fluid" ]
A
687
What is the mechanism by which favorable traits become more common in organisms over the course of generations?
[ "birth", "evolution", "environmental selection", "natural selection" ]
D
688
Evaporation of moisture is greatest where it is?
[ "sunny and populated", "rainy and hot", "hot and sunny", "cool and snowy" ]
C
689
What are the structural and functional units of the kidneys?
[ "fat cells", "dendrites", "nephrons", "interneurons" ]
C
690
What does the ovule mature into after double fertilization?
[ "a spore", "a seed", "a sister chromatid", "a twin" ]
B
691
The gap between two dna fragments is sealed by what?
[ "reductase", "enzymes", "rna ligase", "by dna ligase" ]
D
692
"incident" and "reflected" are two types of what?
[ "collisions", "rays", "mirrors", "cells" ]
B
693
Where does most of the earth's energy come from?
[ "sun", "fire", "heat", "cover" ]
A
694
What do we call a carbohydrate formed by two monosaccharides bonding together?
[ "Nitrate", "calcite", "disaccharide", "olivine" ]
C
695
What determines how long a planet's orbit is around the sun?
[ "size", "distance", "direction", "age" ]
B
696
Anaerobic cellular respiration does not require the presence of what (by the very fact it is anaerobic, specifically)?
[ "carbon", "oxygen", "nitrogen", "helium" ]
B
697
The three-dimensional spaces with specific shapes that are components of electrons shells are known as what?
[ "isotopes", "ventricals", "orbitals", "arrays" ]
C
698
In relation to electrical current, what property will a narrow wire have more of than a wide wire?
[ "current", "voltage", "resistance", "wattage" ]
C
699
Oil and water do not mix, instead forming two distinct layers called what?
[ "surfaces", "phases", "stages", "changes" ]
B