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Question: The diagnosis of a disease or condition before the baby is born is called? Options: A. specialized diagnosis B. prenatal diagnosis C. specific diaganosis D. immature diagnosis
B
Question: A heterogeneous mixture of particles of one substance distributed throughout a second substance in a different phase is known as what? Options: A. suspension B. disruption C. fluid D. solution
A
Question: On what type of land does runoff cause more erosion? Options: A. metallic B. mountainous C. bare D. grassy
C
Question: What kind of fats have been implicated in the presence of heart disease? Options: A. plant fats B. trans fats C. animal fats D. key fats
B
Question: Inducible enzymes usually function in what type of pathways? Options: A. catabolic B. anabolic C. enzymatic D. biogenic
A
Question: Since electrons are charged, their intrinsic spin creates a what? Options: A. magnified rupulsed field B. intrinsic magnetic field C. suppressed electrical field D. intrinsic electrical field
B
Question: What do bats use to determine the location of objects? Options: A. infrared light B. UV light C. syncopation D. echolocation
D
Question: Caffeine is an example of what type of drug? Options: A. barbiturate B. nicotine C. psychoactive D. depressant
C
Question: What is the use of technology to change the genetic makeup of living things for human purposes? Options: A. genetic employing B. genetic engineering C. biological utility D. biological engineering
B
Question: What distinctive configuration of dna demonstrates the base-pairing nature of the bases? Options: A. single helix B. triple helix C. double helix D. double loop
C
Question: Lipids are broken down by what? Options: A. hydrolysis B. lipases C. amino acids D. triglycerides
B
Question: What are considered to be the most basic concepts in the field of physical science? Options: A. change and energy B. force and matter C. matter and energy D. energy and motion
C
Question: What are materials that can be magnetized called? Options: A. ferromagnetic materials B. catalytic materials C. Metal material D. interstitial materials
A
Question: Toxic compounds in the environment have the most severe impact on animals that are top-level what? Options: A. vegetarian B. herbivores C. omnivores D. carnivores
D
Question: In genetics, what do you call characteristics that are passed from a parent to child? Options: A. similarities B. mutations C. traits D. habits
C
Question: One gram of proteins provides how many calories of energy? Options: A. zero B. four C. two D. eight
B
Question: What kind of succession occurs in an area that has never before been colonized? Options: A. support succession B. secondary succession C. primary succession D. addition succession
C
Question: A sprain is a strain or tear in what part of the body? Options: A. stomach B. skeleton C. torso D. a ligament
D
Question: Which gland is located in the sella turcica of the sphenoid bone within the cranial floor? Options: A. mammalian gland B. glucose gland C. thyroid gland D. pituitary gland
D
Question: What is light that has only a single wavelength called? Options: A. spectroscopy B. fluorescent C. primary D. monochromatic
D
Question: Combined substances are either compounds or what? Options: A. combinations B. concentrations C. mixtures D. solutions
C
Question: What are the catalysts that occur naturally in living organisms and are primarily protein molecules? Options: A. acids B. hormones C. carbohydrates D. enzymes
D
Question: Amino acid units in a protein are connected by what bonds? Options: A. ionic B. acidic C. covalent D. peptide
D
Question: Magnetism is due to the movement of what within atoms? Options: A. magnetrons B. neutrons C. electrons D. protons
C
Question: Ground subsidence is a consequences of the overuse of what? Options: A. chemicals B. groundwater C. plants D. topsoil
B
Question: What organ do most fish have that is used to detect movement and vibration in the surrounding water? Options: A. eye B. nares C. operculum D. lateral line
D
Question: Excretion is the process of removing excess water and wastes from the body. what are the main organs of excretion? Options: A. lungs B. brains C. kidneys D. eyes
C
Question: What is caused by the same virus that causes chicken pox? Options: A. mumps B. blisters C. boils D. shingles
D
Question: Amniotes are animals that produce eggs with membranes possessing what property, which allowed them to lay eggs on land? Options: A. heavy B. absorbent C. waterproof D. hard
C
Question: When water particles become hot enough to overcome the force of attraction between them, what happens to the water? Options: A. it evaporates B. it pools C. it boils D. it freezes
C
Question: In mammals, what layer protects the egg? Options: A. Choloza B. Germinal Disc C. Albumen D. zona pellucida
D
Question: After infecting a host, what inactive state do some viruses enter? Options: A. potency B. hibernation C. immunity D. latency
D
Question: Changes in the number of what can lead to disorders like down syndrome? Options: A. prokaryotes B. dna C. chromosomes D. genes
C
Question: What are centrioles made from? Options: A. short filaments B. carbon C. short microtubules D. short particles
C
Question: What of most species are resistant cells that can survive harsh conditions? Options: A. zygotes B. gonads C. phenotypes D. subtypes
A
Question: Animals can not produce their own food making them _________. Options: A. omnivores B. heterotrophs C. autotrophs D. photoreliant
B
Question: In the stomach, which material's arrival triggers churning and the release of gastric juices? Options: A. bile B. food C. hair D. acid
B
Question: What is the term for seed plants? Options: A. sporozoans B. germospores C. spermatophytes D. proteins
C
Question: Cnidarians have a simple digestive system with a single opening surrounded by what type of structures, which are used to capture prey? Options: A. antennae B. claws C. spines D. tentacles
D
Question: What is the state of matter that resembles a gas, but is made of ions, giving it different properties than a typical gas? Options: A. gamma B. acid C. plasma D. vapor
C
Question: Natural selection for what type of trait changes the distribution of phenotypes? Options: A. parent trait B. maladaptive trait C. major trait D. polygenic trait
D
Question: Systemic veins return blood low in what to the right atrium? Options: A. dioxide B. nitrogen C. nutrients D. oxygen
D
Question: The three long muscles on the back of the knee are part of which group? Options: A. adductors B. hamstring group C. patella D. synovial joint
B
Question: What shapes, supports, and protects the cell? Options: A. the cell wall B. the mesothelium C. the epithelium D. the chloroplast
A
Question: What process, which results because of great pressure at the center of a star, causes stars to shine? Options: A. electric fusion B. gravitational pull C. energy fusion D. nuclear fusion
D
Question: What do we call the formation of a gas from a liquid at temperatures below the boiling point? Options: A. evaporation B. steaming C. melting D. pulverization
A
Question: What is a sugar that is found in fruits? Options: A. glucose B. sucrose C. fructose D. ethanol
C
Question: What are unsaturated hydrocarbons with at least one triple bond between carbon atoms? Options: A. alkynes B. ketones C. lipids D. amines
A
Question: Are ecotones wide or narrow? Options: A. narrow B. can be both C. somewhere in between D. wide
B
Question: Which infection of multicellular eukaryotes is usually limited to particular tissues? Options: A. parasites B. viral C. digestive D. bacterial
B
Question: What is the term for the breakdown of unstable isotopes into stable elements? Options: A. radioactive decrease B. radioactive decay C. secondary decay D. isotopic decay
B
Question: What are the light wavelengths that the human eye can detect called? Options: A. ultraviolet light B. infrared light C. visible light D. apparent light
C
Question: Most of the energy used by living things comes either directly or indirectly from what? Options: A. the soil B. plants C. the moon D. the sun
D
Question: Population growth is determined by rates of birth, death, immigration, and what else? Options: A. relaxation B. exploitation C. excitation D. emigration
D
Question: What works by selecting for alleles that confer beneficial traits or behaviors, while selecting against those for deleterious qualities? Options: A. artificial selection B. same selection C. natural selection D. characteristic selection
C
Question: Paint keeps oxygen and water from coming into direct contact with the metal, which prevents what? Options: A. heat B. evaporation C. corrosion D. filtration
C
Question: What type of electrons do all group 14 elements have four of? Options: A. second layer B. shell C. internal D. valence
D
Question: List the three major types of blood vessels. Options: A. arteries,capillaries, veins B. veins, capillaries, vessels C. vessels, arteries, capillaries D. vessels, tubes, veins
A
Question: Acetone is the simplest type of what organic compound that involves a carbonyl in which the carbon atom makes single bonds with two other carbon atoms? Options: A. anion B. protein C. ketone D. enzyme
C
Question: What term is used to describe birds that hunt, eat mammals, and other birds? Options: A. predators B. consumers C. raptors D. warriors
C
Question: What do you call a compound that contains both an amino group and a carboxyl group in the same molecule? Options: A. carbolic acid B. catalyst C. compound acid D. amino acid
D
Question: What system consists of structures that produce eggs, secrete female sex hormones, and ultimately enable birth of a fetus? Options: A. female uterus system B. male reproductive system C. female hormone system D. female reproductive system
D
Question: The medieval catapult has a heavy ballast on one end and what on the other end? Options: A. pivot B. propellant C. projectile D. fragment
C
Question: What period starts after the baby is born, and the placenta is expelled from the body? Options: A. traumatic B. postpartum C. postfetal D. fetal
B
Question: What do you call the lightless part of the ocean? Options: A. photoreactive zone B. aphotic zone C. photic zone D. Davy Jones' Locker
B
Question: The creation of a voltage across a current-carrying conductor by a magnetic field is known as what? Options: A. show effect B. newton effect C. hall effect D. off effect
C
Question: Pavement cells, large, irregularly shaped parenchymal cells which lack chloroplasts, make up the majority of what? Options: A. Skin B. layers C. epidermis D. dermis
C
Question: What do convergent plate boundaries with trenches have? Options: A. geysers B. caves C. earthquakes D. volcanoes
D
Question: Around what percentage of the earth's surface water is contained in the ocean? Options: A. 86 % B. 99% C. 97% D. 92 %
C
Question: What celestial structure does not give off its own light? Options: A. asteroids B. meteors C. the stars D. the moon
D
Question: Which rule is a result of trends in energies and is useful in explaining why atoms form the ions that they do? Options: A. electrons rule B. octet rule C. nutron rule D. coupling rule
B
Question: What is the second most common type of cancer in both men and women? Options: A. skin B. lung C. heart D. breast
B
Question: What is the main difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells? Options: A. absence of cytoplasm B. presence of cytoplasm C. enlarged mitochondria D. presence of a nucleus
D
Question: What is a layer of saturated porous rock? Options: A. a shear B. an overhang C. a quarry D. an aquifer
D
Question: What element, which often forms polymers, has a unique ability to form covalent bonds with many other atoms? Options: A. iron B. carbon C. oxygen D. hydrogen
B
Question: Early in the development of a human fetus, the skeleton is made entirely of what? Options: A. anterior B. cartilage C. bones D. membrane
B
Question: What type of disease can be treated by radioactive elements in glucose? Options: A. mutation B. infection C. cancer D. genetic disorder
C
Question: What theory of gases describes this state of matter as composed of tiny particles in constant motion with a lot of distance between the particles? Options: A. thermal B. kinetic C. optical D. magnetic
B
Question: When egg laying and mating occur together, as in external fertilization, the certainty of what is high? Options: A. high reproduction rate B. survival C. germination D. paternity
D
Question: What control reproductive cycles, which are in turn regulated by environmental cues? Options: A. enzymes B. hormones C. nerve impulses D. brain waves
B
Question: Which gas is responsible for global warming? Options: A. oxygen B. ozone C. carbon dioxide D. hydrocarbons
C
Question: The short length of what in women is the best explanation for the greater incidence of uti in women? Options: A. fallopian tube B. uterus C. vagina D. urethra
D
Question: What type of cells are flagella rare in? Options: A. intracellular B. synthetic C. eukaryotic D. cancer.
C
Question: Solids and liquids are phases of matter that have their own unique what? Options: A. masses B. temperatures C. properties D. volumes
C
Question: What do many fungi secrete that break down complex molecules to smaller molecules that can be absorbed? Options: A. carbohydrates B. hormones C. water vapor D. enzymes
D
Question: All three types of convergent plate boundaries produce what destructive phenomenon? Options: A. storm B. earthquake C. volcano D. tornado
B
Question: How do plants obtain their energy? Options: A. HETEROTROPHS B. photosynthesis C. Sugar Transfer D. glycolysis
B
Question: The mouth, stomach, esophagus, small intestine, and large intestine are all part of what organ system? Options: A. respiratory B. muscular C. lymphatic D. digestive
D
Question: An environment in which cells neither sink nor swell is known as what? Options: A. isotonic environment B. electrolyte environment C. exothermic environment D. pressured environment
A
Question: Particulates from cigarette smoke that enter what structures can cause a permanent reduction in lung capacity? Options: A. chambers B. alveoli C. cells D. glands
B
Question: Terrestrial arthropods generally have internal surfaces specialized for what? Options: A. protection B. food gathering C. water uptake D. gas exchange
D
Question: What are the two groups that tripoblastic eucoelomates can be divided into based on early embryonic development differences? Options: A. heterodimers and deuterostomes B. protostomes and deuterostomes C. odontoblasts and deuterostomes D. protostomes and eurostomes
B
Question: What part of the cell is surrounded by a membrane and holds the genetic information for the cell? Options: A. lower B. nucleus C. upper D. cell wall
B
Question: What are angiosperms most important function to humans? Options: A. oxygen production B. water filtration C. gasoline D. food
D
Question: How many atoms are evenly organized around a central atom? Options: A. four B. six C. seven D. five
B
Question: What are formed by atoms gaining electrons? Options: A. anions B. cations C. oxides D. ions
A
Question: What type of fish are the majority of living species? Options: A. ray-finned fish B. lungfish C. cartilaginous fish D. freshwater fish
A
Question: What are the light highlands of the moon called? Options: A. kepler hills B. mariae C. craters D. terrae
D
Question: The shape of earlobes is an example of what kind of trait, which is influenced by genes and passed along through generations? Options: A. genetic disorder B. acquired trait C. instinct D. inherited trait
D
Question: Mosses, liverworts, and hornworts are examples of what type of plant in which gametophyte generation is dominant? Options: A. photoreactive plants B. choanocyte plants C. nonvascular plants D. vascular plants
C