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Question: What causes the particles of medium to move parallel to the direction of the wave? Options: A. longitudinal waves B. fluid waves C. mechanical waves D. Sound waves.
A
Question: Which state of matter lacks a fixed volume, fixed shape, and consists of charged particles? Options: A. isotopes B. ions C. atoms D. electrons
B
Question: What type of cell transmits electrical impulses in the nervous system? Options: A. Large Cell B. nerve cell C. toxin cell D. trace cell
B
Question: What is the force pushing a rocket called? Options: A. momentum B. thrust C. friction D. direction
B
Question: In headwater streams, what plant process is mostly attributed to algae that are growing on rocks? Options: A. reproduction B. photosynthesis C. mitosis D. symbiosis
B
Question: What is the term that refers to stored chemical energy in organic matter or wastes? Options: A. biomass energy B. starch energy C. nuclear energy D. potential energy
A
Question: The process of photosynthesis ultimately gets powered by what kind of energy? Options: A. nonrenewable energy B. light C. electricity D. biofuel
B
Question: A binary molecular compound is a molecular compound that is composed of what? Options: A. four atoms B. two atoms C. two elements D. four elements
C
Question: Within the first 8 weeks of gestation, a developing embryo establishes the rudimentary structures of all of its organs and tissues from the ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm. this process is called what? Options: A. abiogenesis B. parthenogenesis C. organogenesis D. biosynthesis
C
Question: What goes through different larval stages? Options: A. plants B. sponges C. crustaceans D. octopuses
C
Question: What is the major cause of chronic respiratory disease as well as cardiovascular disease and cancer? Options: A. exercise B. drinking C. smoking D. diet
C
Question: Monotremes, marsupials, and placental mammals are subclasses of what? Options: A. amphibians B. birds C. mammals D. reptiles
C
Question: What type of mammal gives birth to young that need to develop further in the mother's pouch after birth? Options: A. aborigines B. whales C. humans D. marsupials
D
Question: What is the measure of how closely molecules are packed together? Options: A. volume B. frequency C. density D. length
C
Question: What is the leading cause of lung cancer? Options: A. tobacco smoke B. tuberculosis C. heredity D. chewing tobacco
A
Question: The golgi removes some sugar monomers and substitutes others, producing a large variety of what? Options: A. proteins B. fats C. electrolytes D. carbohydrates
D
Question: Parenchymal, collenchymal, and sclerenchymal cells are associated with what types of living things? Options: A. primates B. plants C. fungi D. parasites
B
Question: What is the name of the location in which a stream or river starts? Options: A. mouth B. spring C. source D. shore
C
Question: What disease occurs when cells in the breast grow out of control and form a tumor? Options: A. breast cancer B. adult breast growth C. muscle cancer D. muscular cyst
A
Question: What process refers to the changes that occur in populations of living organisms over time? Options: A. evolution B. spontaneous mutation C. variation D. adaptation
A
Question: Alkenes can react with what to form alcohols? Options: A. air B. proteins C. sugars D. water
D
Question: Wind blown sand contributes to what type of erosion? Options: A. filtration B. abrasion C. vegetation D. sedimentary
B
Question: Bases are ionic compounds consisting of hydroxide ions and a what? Options: A. cation B. carbonate C. cinion D. sulfate
A
Question: What causes the menstrual cycle to be repeated? Options: A. uteris B. lack of fertilization C. gravity D. ovaries
B
Question: What happens when turgid cells in a nonwoody tissue push against each other? Options: A. the tissue dies B. the tissue stiffens C. the tissues merge D. the tissue melts
B
Question: What is the waxy substance that epidermal cells secrete? Options: A. saliva B. cuticle C. bile D. cellulose
B
Question: What is the length of the route between two points? Options: A. distance B. direction C. speed D. velocity
A
Question: According to the first law of thermodynamics, what can neither be created nor destroyed? Options: A. food B. light C. energy D. fuel
C
Question: What are the three primary pigment colors? Options: A. red, green, blue B. cyan, yellow, magenta C. red, white, blue D. green, orange, purple
B
Question: How do organophostbate pesticides work? Options: A. inhibiting acetylcholinesterase B. inhibiting cryptosporidium C. inhibiting testosterone D. inhibiting reticulum
A
Question: In the case of a light bulb, electricity is converted to light and what kind of energy? Options: A. thermal B. abstract C. nuclear D. chemical
A
Question: Where in relation to the home, are levels of vocs found to be higher? Options: A. in Fields B. outdoors C. On slopes D. indoors
D
Question: Density and pressure of air decreases with what? Options: A. humidity B. altitude C. temperature D. horizontal distance
B
Question: Energy is absorbed in the process of converting a liquid at its boiling point into a what? Options: A. plasma B. solid C. mesh D. gas
D
Question: Images in what type of mirror are reversed left and right but not reversed top and bottom? Options: A. convex B. concave C. virtual D. plane mirror
D
Question: What do cells produce as they age? Options: A. oxidants B. proto-oncogenes C. carcinogens D. wrinkles
B
Question: The body of the simplest sponges takes the shape of a cylinder with a large central cavity, called? Options: A. spirogyra B. vacuole C. spongocoel D. spicule
C
Question: Laid on dry land by reptiles, amniotic eggs have what that prevents them from drying out? Options: A. waterproof membranes B. double shells C. oil coating D. double yolks
A
Question: What three rs represent the steps that you personally can take to conserve our natural resources and minimize waste? Options: A. rinse, reuse, recycle B. reduce, reuse, recycle C. remove, reduce, reuse D. reduce, reuse, re-educate
B
Question: What is the process that allows organisms with better traits to survive and produce? Options: A. succession B. natural selection C. adaptation D. spontaneous mutation
B
Question: What is the term for a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction but is not changed or used up in the reaction? Options: A. a mechanism B. a catalyst C. a contribute D. an acid
B
Question: What type of compounds can form crystals? Options: A. magnetic compounds B. molecular compounds C. integral compounds D. ionic compounds
D
Question: In grazing, a predator partially eats but does not kill what? Options: A. prey B. pack C. predators D. time
A
Question: Bone tissues include compact bone, spongy bone, bone marrow, and? Options: A. epithelium B. cartilage C. esophagus D. periosteum
D
Question: What type of bacteria causes the disease called tuberculosis? Options: A. mycobacterium B. E. coli C. staphylococcus D. streptococcus
A
Question: Studies have shown that not only does reproduction have a cost as far as how long male fruit flies live, but also fruit flies that have already mated several times have limited amounts of this? Options: A. sperm B. eggs C. dna D. chromosomes
A
Question: What are the two most common causes of diseases? Options: A. bacteria and protazoa B. nutritional deficiencies C. bacteria and viruses D. viruses and protazoa
C
Question: Organic compounds are defined as covalently bonded compounds containing carbon, excluding carbonates and what else? Options: A. gases B. acids C. oxides D. crystals
C
Question: What drives the turbine in a thermonuclear reactor? Options: A. wind energy B. magnets C. heated oil D. heated water or steam
D
Question: What is the term for physicians and scientists who research and develop vaccines and treat and study conditions ranging from allergies to aids? Options: A. immunologists B. virologists C. endocrinologists D. vaccinologists
A
Question: Where are temperatures the lowest? Options: A. at the poles B. at the equator C. over the oceans D. in asia
A
Question: Protecting the surface of metal prevents what? Options: A. extraction B. evaporation C. corrosion D. diffusion
C
Question: What type of tissues are major barriers to the entry of pathogens into the body? Options: A. vascular B. mucosal C. nasal D. skin
B
Question: Trash that gets into fresh and saltwater waterways is called what type of debris? Options: A. pollution B. water C. ocean D. aquatic
D
Question: What is the term for genes that control the expression of other genes within specific regions of cells in the developing organism? Options: A. age genes B. expression genes C. gap genes D. data genes
C
Question: In vertebrates, what tissue is a type of connective tissue that supports the entire body structure? Options: A. collagen B. cartilage C. bone D. blood
C
Question: Red blood cells don't have a nucleus. this allows them to do what? Options: A. carry more oxygen B. heal faster C. move faster D. be redder
A
Question: The number of electron pairs that hold two atoms together is called? Options: A. proton order B. bond order C. nuclear order D. electron order
B
Question: What occurs when the immune system makes an inflammatory response to a harmless antigen? Options: A. asthma attack B. immunity C. antibodies D. allergies
D
Question: What energy source, now making a comeback, has helped propel ships and pump water for many years? Options: A. weather energy B. geothermal energy C. solar energy D. wind energy
D
Question: What is it called when the nucleus of an atom splits into two smaller nuclei? Options: A. nuclear fission B. complex fission C. nuclear fusion D. cell division
A
Question: The curie (ci) is one measure of the rate of what? Options: A. decay B. division C. spin D. growth
A
Question: A unique type of organism is also known as what? Options: A. taxonomy B. species C. parasites D. element
B
Question: Snakes use what anatomical structure to smell scents in the air? Options: A. branched tongue B. forked tails C. forked tongue D. forked eyes
C
Question: What chemical element helps forms strong bones and teeth in humans? Options: A. magnesium B. iron C. calcium D. potassium
C
Question: The limit to how much solute will dissolve in a given amount of solvent is called what? Options: A. potency B. solubility C. strength D. density
B
Question: What occurs when hot magma transforms rock that it contacts? Options: A. contact metamorphism B. changing metamorphism C. form metamorphism D. existence metamorphism
A
Question: What term refers to entities, events or powers regarded as being beyond nature, and cannot be explained by scientific means? Options: A. fictional B. hypothetical C. supernatural D. natural
C
Question: What causes an elastic force in springs? Options: A. freezing B. velocity C. stretching or compressing D. momentum
C
Question: What effect is responsible for flight paths looking curved? Options: A. resonant effect B. coriolis effect C. volumetric effect D. tonal effect
B
Question: Wetlands are environments in which the soil is either permanently or periodically saturated with what? Options: A. hydrogen B. oil C. spores D. water
D
Question: When the ground absorbs the water and it settles below the surface it is called what? Options: A. groundwater B. glacier C. precipitation D. wastewater
A
Question: Some metabolic pathways release what by breaking down complex molecules to simpler compounds? Options: A. water B. hydrogen C. fat D. energy
D
Question: What is the smallest portion of a crystal lattice? Options: A. ionic cell B. element cell C. unit cell D. function cell
C
Question: What is one major cause of skin cancer? Options: A. ultraviolet light B. infrared light C. sunscreen D. visible light
A
Question: Which important decomposers are known to live just about anywhere on earth? Options: A. viruses B. archeans C. protazoas D. sporozoans
B
Question: In the scientific method, what is the initial, unproven explanation for why something is occurring? Options: A. theories B. hypothesis C. concepts D. idea
B
Question: What is the name of an element with a different number of neutrons? Options: A. isotope B. mineral C. reaction D. solution
A
Question: Nitrogen and sulfur oxides form what type of rain? Options: A. common rain B. heavy rain C. toxic rain D. acid rain
D
Question: Polyester fabric's resistance to wrinkling comes from the cross-linking of what? Options: A. wool strands B. polymer strands C. algae strands D. velocity strands
B
Question: What term refers to the sequence of community and ecosystem changes after a disturbance? Options: A. ecological succession B. physiological succession C. progressions D. disturbance succession
A
Question: What is the network of fibers that organizes structures and activities in the cell called? Options: A. cytoskeleton B. DNA C. cytoplasm D. enzymes
A
Question: Decreasing the volume of a gas and keeping everything else the same will cause its pressure to change in what way? Options: A. heat up B. decrease C. lower D. increase
D
Question: What evolutionary strategy enables substantial activity during sleep for some animals? Options: A. adaptation B. reproduction C. mutation D. hibernation
A
Question: The cells of the blastocyst form an inner cell mass called the what? Options: A. embryoblast B. blastocyst C. chloroplast D. xerophyte
A
Question: How do all musical instruments create sound? Options: A. conduction B. condensation C. stimulation D. vibration
D
Question: What system disorders include kidney stones, kidney failure, and urinary tract infections? Options: A. renal system B. digestive system C. nervous system D. urinary system
D
Question: What type of respiration has the advantage of releasing more energy? Options: A. elastic B. aerobic C. kinetic D. anaerobic
B
Question: Major climate types are based on what two things? Options: A. topography & temperature B. oxygen & precipitation C. temperature & precipitation D. environment & precipitation
C
Question: When amino acids bind together, they form a long chain called what, which is an essential component of protein? Options: A. lipids B. polypeptide C. enzyme D. peptide
B
Question: What type of cells does meiosis produce? Options: A. haploid daughter cells B. child cells C. diploid daughter cells D. mutated cells
A
Question: Organisms that lack both a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles are known as what, in general? Options: A. trophic B. photosynthetic C. barren D. prokaryotic
D
Question: What happens to most of the energy in a trophic level as it passes to the next higher level? Options: A. it increases B. it stays the same C. it is lost D. it is transferred
C
Question: What is the name for a specific amount of solute that can dissolve in a given amount of solvent? Options: A. concentration B. solubility C. viscosity D. humidity
B
Question: What is freshwater below the earth's surface called? Options: A. sediment B. geyser C. precipitation D. groundwater
D
Question: What forms when crystals precipitate out from a liquid? Options: A. liquid sedimentary rocks B. plasma sedimentary rocks C. chemical sedimentary rocks D. plants sedimentary rocks
C
Question: What do people build to protect areas from floods? Options: A. sewers B. dams C. reinforced walls D. drains
B
Question: What system of the body is responsible for ultimately ridding it of waste and excess water? Options: A. respiratory system B. circulatory system C. excretory system D. digestive system
C
Question: What's it called when there's a sudden flow of mud? Options: A. dirt bath B. sediment C. mudflow D. avalanche
C
Question: Which zone is located below 200 meters from the surface? Options: A. observable zone B. mesopelagic C. aphotic zone D. epipelagic
C