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Question: Graded potentials are temporary changes in what, the characteristics of which depend on the size of the stimuli? Options: A. organic voltage B. components voltage C. organism voltage D. membrane voltage
D
Question: How many different types of taste neurons does the tongue contain? Options: A. ten B. three C. four D. five
D
Question: Deer ticks are vectors for the bacteria that cause what disease? Options: A. mad cow B. Dengue fever C. malaria D. lyme
D
Question: What is established by the ph differences between the two sides of the blastoderm cells? Options: A. posterior axis B. proximal axis C. cylindrical - ventral axis D. dorsal-ventral axis
D
Question: During metamorphosis, most salamander species go through what aquatic stage on the way to becoming adults? Options: A. anaphase B. larval stage C. prophase D. metaphase
B
Question: What is a purification process where the components of a liquid mixture are vaporized and then condensed and isolated? Options: A. dispersion B. sterilization C. distillation D. conduction
C
Question: What gas comprises about three-fourths of earth's atmosphere? Options: A. nitrogen B. oxygen C. carbon dioxide D. hydrogen
A
Question: The lymphatic system helps return fluid that leaks from the blood vessels back to what system? Options: A. peripheral B. pulmonary C. cardiovascular D. nervous
C
Question: Light is energy that travels in the form of what type of wave? Options: A. particle B. molecular C. electromagnetic D. seismic
C
Question: Naphthalens is a chemical which is commonly used in what? Options: A. shampoo B. fertilizers C. mothballs D. inhalers
C
Question: What substances are secreted by specialized cells usually located in endocrine glands? Options: A. acid B. hormones C. lipids D. protein
B
Question: Chlorine and bromine gases released into the atmosphere have helped damage what layer of the atmosphere? Options: A. stratospheric layer B. carbon layer C. ozone layer D. polluted layer
C
Question: Which kind of vertebrates are amphibians? Options: A. endothermic vertebrates B. ectothermic vertebrates C. enterococci vertebrates D. arachnids vertebrates
B
Question: What type of forces are involved when deposited rock forms deltas or barrier islands? Options: A. constructive forces B. accumulation forces C. matter forces D. gravity forces
A
Question: Vertebrates differ from invertebrates because they lack this? Options: A. neck B. legs C. backbone or a spinal column D. head
C
Question: The fluid surrounding cells is hemolymph in insects and other animals with an open type of what system? Options: A. lymphatic B. circulatory C. pulmonary D. vascular
B
Question: Whan an alkene is aquired by an alkyl halide in an organic reaction, what kind of reaction is this? Options: A. subtraction B. extinction C. migration D. elimination
D
Question: What is the process by which undigested food leaves the body? Options: A. glycolysis B. digestion C. egestion D. peristalsis
C
Question: Because of its composition, oil does not do what in water? Options: A. dissolve B. form C. explode D. separate
A
Question: Linked genes are located on the same what? Options: A. nucleolus B. chromosome C. genome D. bacterium
B
Question: What move the body by contracting against the skeleton? Options: A. nerves B. hormones C. muscles D. tissues
C
Question: In what energy industry process are fluids pumped through a borehole, creating fractures in the rock that contains the natural gas? Options: A. grinding B. oil wells C. strip mining D. fracking
D
Question: What counter provides a sensitive means of detecting radioactivity? Options: A. calorie B. geiger C. gravity D. bouncy
B
Question: What do stored fats provide our body with for later use? Options: A. water B. energy C. hydrogen D. metals
B
Question: What long molecules are composed of chains of units called monomers? Options: A. drummers B. polymers C. microbes D. complexes
B
Question: Where does an object gain or lose it's energy to during travel through a potential difference? Options: A. electric field B. particle field C. magnetic field D. wave field
A
Question: Where do biochemical reactions take place? Options: A. in atoms B. outside of cells C. inside the organisms' cells D. between cells
C
Question: When fuel is burned, most of the energy is released in what form? Options: A. precipitation B. carbon dioxide C. heat D. humidity
C
Question: How are voltmeters placed in the circuit? Options: A. since parallel B. not parallel C. in parallel D. after parallel
C
Question: What is an attitude of doubt about the truthfulness of claims that lack empirical evidence? Options: A. skepticism B. independent variable C. conspiracy D. speculation
A
Question: Cardiovascular disease, some types of cancer, type 2 diabetes, and obesity are considered what kind of preventable diseases? Options: A. environmental diseases B. lifestyle diseases C. age diseases D. atmosphere diseases
B
Question: What process is the primary function of the branching internal tubules called protonephridia? Options: A. osmoregulation B. enculturation C. calcification D. thermoregulation
A
Question: Which law means that the simplest of competing theories is most likely to be correct? Options: A. Law of Conservation B. Newton's law C. law of parsimony D. Murphy's Law
C
Question: Iron will do what when it is exposed to oxygen and water? Options: A. rust B. contract C. become hot D. expand
A
Question: About how many days does it take the moon to make one orbit around the earth? Options: A. 28 B. 30 C. 21 D. 22
A
Question: The most common two-lens telescope, like the simple microscope, uses lenses of what shape? Options: A. cylindrical B. angular C. convex D. concave
C
Question: Glucose, galactose, and fructose are all what? Options: A. alucoxes B. fluxes C. structoxes D. hexoses
D
Question: Which property can you study by comparing the mass of an object relative to its size? Options: A. weight B. motion C. volume D. density
D
Question: What term means the percent by mass of each element in a compound? Options: A. molecular composition B. percent composition C. calculated composition D. mass composition
B
Question: The combined gas law involves three properties of a gas - volume, absolute temperature, and what? Options: A. power B. direction C. time D. pressure
D
Question: What is the force of attraction that holds together positive and negative ions? Options: A. magnetic bond B. integral bond C. electron bond D. ionic bond
D
Question: In the lungs, bicarbonate is transported back into the red blood cells in exchange for what? Options: A. glucose B. phosphate C. chloride D. oxygen
C
Question: What is defined as an organism in the earliest stages of development? Options: A. an nucleus B. a zygote C. an embryo D. a gamete
C
Question: Microevolution occuring and taking place over many generations results in? Options: A. microinjection B. recalibration C. macroevolution D. fission
C
Question: What do craters and rifts become when they fill with water? Options: A. lakes B. streams C. rivers D. seas
A
Question: What system carries messages from sense organs and internal organs to the central nervous system? Options: A. peripheral nervous system B. sensitive nervous system C. respiratory system D. auxiliary nervous system
A
Question: What disease is described as a respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing, coughing, and a feeling of constriction in the chest? Options: A. indigestion B. inflammation C. asthma D. dementia
C
Question: What is used to darken images of the sky? Options: A. uv filter B. neutral density filter C. polarizing filters D. close-up filter
C
Question: A tumor of what gland can cause hypersecretion of growth hormone? Options: A. Parathyroid B. Pancreas C. tissues gland D. pituitary gland
D
Question: After the blood in the pulmonary capillaries becomes saturated with oxygen, it leaves the lungs and travels where? Options: A. to the lungs B. to the brain C. to the heart D. to the kidneys
C
Question: Depending on the surrounding conditions, normal matter usually exists as one of three phases: solid, liquid, or this? Options: A. crystal B. ice C. gas D. fluid
C
Question: What celestial bodies are classified by color and temperature, ranging from blue to red and hottest to coolest? Options: A. astroids B. stars C. planets D. galaxies
B
Question: What carries small pollen grains farther than they otherwise would go? Options: A. humidity B. birds C. steam D. wind
D
Question: What do rocket-based systems use to propel itself into space? Options: A. chemical reactions B. hydrogen reactions C. nuclear reactions D. water reactions
A
Question: What term simply means sensitive beyond normal levels of activation? Options: A. hyposensitivity B. monosensitivity C. hypersensitivity D. isosensitivity
C
Question: The hypothalamic releasing and inhibiting hormones are secreted near capillaries at the base of the what? Options: A. lungs B. hippocampus C. pancreas D. hypothalamus
D
Question: A microscope can be made from two of what kind of lenses? Options: A. angular B. inner C. outer D. convex
D
Question: What produces almost one-half of the earth's oxygen through photosynthesis? Options: A. protists B. arthropods C. algae D. prokaryotes
A
Question: What is said to occur when both traits appear in a heterozygous offspring? Options: A. pollenation B. codominance C. identical twins D. xenophobia
B
Question: What type of response do signal transductions within target cells bring about? Options: A. physiological B. psychological C. resporatory D. bacterial
A
Question: What happens to meteors as they fall through the mesosphere? Options: A. they bounce B. they burn C. they grow D. they stop suddenly
B
Question: What are the three main types of rocks? Options: A. crystalline , igneous and metamorphic B. sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic C. limestone , igneous and metamorphic D. plutonic, igneous and metmorphic
B
Question: What is the only continent without amphibians? Options: A. antarctica B. Europe C. Africa D. Australia
A
Question: A hair grows out of a follicle and passes through what before extending above the skin surface? Options: A. cartilage B. dermis C. callus D. epidermis
D
Question: What are the long, thin structures that protrude from the cell membrane and help single-celled organisms move or swim towards food? Options: A. sporangia B. microvilli C. flagella D. tentacles
C
Question: What is the unit of evolution? Options: A. the cell B. a phylum C. dna D. the population
D
Question: What occurs where the water motion slows? Options: A. vapor B. erosion C. diffusion D. deposition
D
Question: The force on a charged particle in a magnetic field is always perpendicular to both its velocity vector and the? Options: A. field vector B. position vector C. gravity vector D. track vector
A
Question: What is the process of removing wastes and excess water from the body called? Options: A. ingestion B. inspiration C. diffusion D. excretion
D
Question: What is the skeleton of the cell? Options: A. cytoplasm B. cell membrane C. cell wall D. cytoskeleton
D
Question: A salt concentration of 32 percent is nearly ten times that of what abundant resource? Options: A. fresh water B. algae C. oxygen D. seawater
D
Question: Atoms of one element can be transformed into another through which process? Options: A. nuclear reactions B. developed reactions C. longer reactions D. magnetic reactions
A
Question: Blood from the body enters what chamber of the heart before it is pumped to the right ventricle and then to the lungs? Options: A. left ventricle B. left bivalve C. left atrium D. right atrium
D
Question: Dna replication, chromosome segregation, and the separation into two daughter cells are steps in what process? Options: A. nuclear fission B. reproductive fission C. binary fission D. multiple fission
C
Question: In science, what is defined as the transfer of energy from a vibrating object in waves that travel through matter? Options: A. energy B. vibration C. sound D. photons
C
Question: Where in the cell does transcription occur? Options: A. protoplasm B. cell wall C. nucleus D. epidermis
C
Question: Hydrogen peroxide is commonly sold as a 3% by volume solution for use as a what? Options: A. disinfectant B. detergent C. antiseptic D. surfactant
A
Question: In plants, pigment molecules absorb only visible light for photosynthesis. the visible light seen by humans as white light actually exists in a what? Options: A. transparency B. invisible spectrum C. rainbow of colors D. vacuum
C
Question: When an acid and base solutions react, they produce water and a neutral ionic compound known as what? Options: A. pollen B. sand C. dirt D. salt
D
Question: In the body, oxygen is used by cells of the body’s tissues and carbon dioxide is produced as what? Options: A. fuel B. food C. waste product D. oxygen
C
Question: Chemical digestion in the small intestine cannot occur without the help of the pancreas and what bile-producing organ? Options: A. stomach B. heart C. liver D. kidney
C
Question: What property are alkali metals at room temperature? Options: A. mixed B. solid C. solid D. liquid
B
Question: What is the name of the smallest planet in our solar system, which is also nearest to the sun? Options: A. jupitor B. mercury C. mars D. earth
B
Question: All gymnosperm species and many eudicot species undergo what? Options: A. exploitation B. secondary growth C. mutations D. third growth
B
Question: Slow-twitch or fast-twitch and oxidative or glycolytic describe what type of fibers? Options: A. capillaries B. digestion muscle fibers C. coronary muscle fibers D. skeletal muscle fibers
D
Question: Plants have a touch response known as what? Options: A. trichina B. thigmotropism C. photosynthesis D. pollenation
B
Question: What is at the center of our solar system? Options: A. the Kuiper Belt B. earth C. the moon D. the sun
D
Question: The different types of what systems work together to carry out all the life functions of the individual? Options: A. organ systems B. maturation systems C. digestive systems D. heartbeat systems
A
Question: Why is uranus so faint? Options: A. polluted atmosphere B. too cold C. too small D. far away
D
Question: Which systems work together to provide cells with the oxygen they need for cellular respiration? Options: A. respiratory and lymph systems B. respiratory and circulatory systems C. circulatory and digestive systems D. muscular and lymph systems
B
Question: What organs have tiny tubes leading to and from elastic air sacs that improve airflow and oxygen uptake? Options: A. ovaries B. apendix C. liver D. lungs
D
Question: What is produced when sulfur and oxygen combine? Options: A. sulfur oxide B. hydrogen oxide C. Basic Oxides D. Acidic oxides
A
Question: A skeleton that consists of hard, mineralized structures located within the soft tissue of organisms is called what? Options: A. exoskeleton B. hydrostatic skeleton C. calcium deposits D. endoskeleton
D
Question: What evolutionary process does not favor altruistic behavior that causes the death of the altruist? Options: A. flow selection B. natural selection C. characteristic selection D. random selection
B
Question: In seed plants, after fertilization, what will the ovule eventually develop into? Options: A. cone B. root C. flower D. seed
D
Question: What is the message sent from the nucleus to the ribosome? Options: A. mitochondria B. dna C. rna D. mrna
D
Question: The phagocytes that are part of the body’s second line of defense attack any of what that they encounter? Options: A. vaccines B. parasites C. pathogens D. viruses
C
Question: Fungi are no longer classified as what, possessing cell walls made of chitin rather than cellulose? Options: A. plants B. roots C. eukaryotes D. flowers
A
Question: What kind of compounds are named for their positive metal ion first, followed by their negative nonmetal ion? Options: A. ionic compounds B. horizontal compounds C. magnetic compounds D. magnetic compounds
A
Question: Endoscopes are used to explore the body through various orifices or these? Options: A. dermal tears B. ocular cavity C. minor incisions D. major incisions
C