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Question: Melting ice and grinding wood into sawdust are examples of what? Options: A. chemical changes B. unpredictable changes C. physical changes D. reversible changes
C
Question: In humans and other multicellular organisms, different types of what basic structures are specialized for specific jobs? Options: A. proteins B. organs C. cells D. lipids
C
Question: How much unpolarized light does a polarized filter block? Options: A. 60 % B. 100% C. 40 % D. 50%
D
Question: What is the term for cellular eating? Options: A. ancylosis B. phagocytosis C. Pinocytosis D. consumption
B
Question: Genes are used to make mrna by the process of transcription; mrna is used to synthesize proteins by the process of what? Options: A. translation B. moderation C. production D. modification
A
Question: What is the most important way that humans communicate? Options: A. painting B. instinct C. inheritance D. language
D
Question: Somatic, autonomic, and enteric structures are part of what system? Options: A. circulatory system B. adrenal system C. circulatory system D. nervous system
D
Question: Duckweed and cattails serve what role in the food chain in freshwater biomes? Options: A. tertiary consumer B. secondary consumer C. primary producer D. primary consumer
C
Question: If humans were to artificially intervene and fertilize the egg of a bald eagle with the sperm of an african fish eagle and a chick did hatch, that offspring, called a hybrid (a cross between two species), would probably be this? Options: A. infertile B. mutated C. fertile D. nonviable
A
Question: What causes lightning during a thunderstorm? Options: A. difference in charge B. difference in wind C. difference in temperature D. difference in elevation
A
Question: The human heart is located within what cavity? Options: A. spinal B. pelvic C. thoracic D. abdominal
C
Question: What is the name of the symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits while the other species is not affected? Options: A. differentiation B. commensalism C. pollenation D. mutualism
B
Question: Living things need to take in nutrients so that they can grow and create what? Options: A. plasma B. energy C. protein D. hydrogen
B
Question: Common forms of what include light, chemical and heat, along with kinetic and potential? Options: A. energy B. reactions C. fuel D. pressure
A
Question: What is the job of hemoglobin in the body? Options: A. infects oxygen B. transports neurons C. become scabs D. transports oxygen
D
Question: What are the most numerous and diverse biochemical compounds? Options: A. vitamins B. acids C. lipids D. proteins
D
Question: Loss of what eventually threatens other species not impacted directly, because of their interconnectedness; as species disappear from an ecosystem others are threatened by changes in available resources? Options: A. technology B. biodiversity C. climate D. oxygen
B
Question: How many centimeters are in a meter? Options: A. 200 B. 100 C. 50 D. 1000
B
Question: What is the term of a phase change if solid water has it's average kinetic energy increased to change it to liquid water? Options: A. boiling B. melting C. evaporation D. freezing
B
Question: What type of animals are known for being playful and frisky? Options: A. cows B. sea otters C. snakes D. giant tortoises
B
Question: Virtually all of the effects of pregnancy can be attributed in some way to the influence of what? Options: A. proteins B. enzymes C. hormones D. acids
C
Question: A mass suspended by a wire is a simple type of what and undergoes simple harmonic motion for amplitudes less than about 15 degrees? Options: A. gravity B. variation C. weight D. pendulum
D
Question: The structure of the gas carbon dioxide consists of one atom of carbon and two atoms of what? Options: A. methane B. sulfur C. Helium D. oxygen
D
Question: What type of numerical figure is important in considering the precision and accuracy of a number? Options: A. component B. insignificant C. significant D. exponent
C
Question: What rod provides stiffness to counterbalance the pull of muscles? Options: A. spinal cord B. notochord C. mesoderm D. vertebrae
B
Question: What type of cell does the sperm cell fertilize? Options: A. bacteria B. egg C. fat D. protein
B
Question: Where does the most important monsoon in the world occur? Options: A. the atlantic ocean B. southern asia C. northern africa D. eastern aisa
B
Question: What is the earliest reptile? Options: A. staurikosaurus B. pliosaur C. hylonomus D. sporozoans
C
Question: Which side of the heart does blood from the lungs enter into? Options: A. right ventricle B. left ventricle C. right atrium D. left atrium
D
Question: Smog is a visible form of what? Options: A. condensation B. water pollution C. oxidation D. air pollution
D
Question: Which therapy uses viruses to genetically modify diseased cells and tissues? Options: A. viral therapy B. chemotherapy C. digestive therapy D. oxygen therapy
A
Question: Radiotherapy is effective against cancer because cancer cells reproduce rapidly and, consequently, are more sensitive to this? Options: A. separation B. radiation C. UV light D. destruction
B
Question: What type of cells are multiple small spaces located in the right and left sides of the ethmoid bone? Options: A. ethmoid vacuoles B. alveoli C. amniotic sacs D. ethmoid air cells
D
Question: When what element - whose name means "light bringing" - was first isolated, scientists noted that it glowed in the dark and burned when exposed to air? Options: A. mercury B. phosphorus C. oxygen D. neon
B
Question: Digestive enzymes secreted in the acidic environment (low ph) of the stomach help break down what? Options: A. proteins B. cells C. molecules D. particles
A
Question: The majority of solids are what in nature? Options: A. complex B. crystalline C. liquids D. gases
B
Question: What are the most abundant unicellular algae in the oceans? Options: A. chlorella B. staurikosaurus C. chryosophytes D. sporozoans
C
Question: What term is used to describe the cellular structures responsible for protein synthesis? Options: A. chromosomes B. chloroplasts C. ribosomes D. nuclei
C
Question: What is the sun classified as on the main sequence? Options: A. yellow dwarf B. red dwarf C. gas giant D. shrinking star
A
Question: The term science comes from a latin word that means? Options: A. having knowledge B. having information C. only knowledge D. were knowledge
A
Question: Lymph vessels, like veins, have what objects that prevent the backflow of fluid? Options: A. pumps B. fibers C. pores D. valves
D
Question: Veins subdivide repeatedly and branch throughout what? Options: A. mesophyll B. stroma C. epidermis D. periosteum
A
Question: What is the term for heat being transferred from molecule to molecule? Options: A. convection B. conduction C. oxidation D. decomposition
B
Question: What is a group of organs that work together to do the same job? Options: A. an organ system B. an organ assembly C. an organ battery D. an organ colony
A
Question: What are specialized cells that are capable of sending electrical as well as chemical signals? Options: A. neurons B. hormones C. enzymes D. ions
A
Question: What did sir isaac newton's famous law help people understand? Options: A. motion B. gravity C. light D. radio waves
B
Question: Compounds containing an atom of what element, bonded in a hydrocarbon framework, are classified as amines? Options: A. hydrogen B. oxygen C. ammonia D. nitrogen
D
Question: What line of latitude is an equal distance from both the north and south poles? Options: A. divider B. equator C. mid-part D. meridian
B
Question: What type of graph is useful for showing percents of a whole? Options: A. gnomic graphs B. circle graphs C. bar graphs D. shift graphs
B
Question: What substances affect the brain and influence how a person feels, thinks, or acts? Options: A. amphetamines B. psychoactive drugs or drugs C. H2 blockers D. primeval drugs or drugs
B
Question: The reaction rate usually increases as the concentration of what increases? Options: A. generators B. mutations C. complexes D. reactants
D
Question: Atoms are composed of negatively charged electrons and a positively charged what? Options: A. neutron B. nucleus C. bond D. DNA segment
B
Question: Communication is any way that animals share what? Options: A. information B. food C. genes D. water
A
Question: What do the muscles of the gastrointestinal tract do? Options: A. keep food moving B. break down food C. stop digestion D. secrete stomach acid
A
Question: What is the fan-like superior region that forms the largest part of the hip bone and is united to the sacrum at the largely immobile sacroiliac joint? Options: A. ilium B. spine C. pica D. septum
A
Question: What do jellyfish lack in their nervous system? Options: A. Cortex B. Response C. stimulus D. true brain
D
Question: Ingestive protists extend their cell wall and cell membrane around the food item, forming a what? Options: A. fuel vacuole B. food vacuole C. protective bubble D. food pocket
B
Question: What type of flowers offer no reward, such as nectar, to a male wasp? Options: A. ophrys B. perennials C. vines D. roses
A
Question: If an abnormal cell is not prevented from dividing and it divides uncontrollably, what forms? Options: A. cyst B. inflammation C. edema D. tumor
D
Question: Vertebrates have evolved more complex digestive systems, with some species having multi-chambered types of what organ? Options: A. respiratory B. skin C. stomach D. heart
C
Question: A trait controlled by a single gene that has two alleles is given what name, after the scientist who studied inheritance? Options: A. carlinian trait B. rosilin trait C. mendelian trait D. darwinian trait
C
Question: What law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed? Options: A. difference of energy B. conservation of force C. conservation of energy D. deposit of energy
C
Question: How do mammals generate heat? Options: A. maintaning low metabolism B. running around fast C. maintaining high metabolism D. eating spicy foods
C
Question: What are small, icy objects that have very elliptical orbits around the sun? Options: A. craters B. meteors C. asteroids D. comets
D
Question: Is the most basic what is the most basic of the sciences, concerning itself with energy, matter, space and time, and their interactions? Options: A. experiments B. biology C. genetics D. physics
D
Question: Which is the active ingredient of cereal crop disease, ergot? Options: A. pixelation acid B. byblis acid C. lysergic acid D. amino acid
C
Question: What type of structures evolved to do the same job by unrelated organisms? Options: A. symmetrical structures B. dioxide structures C. analogous structures D. primal structures
C
Question: What explains the spherical shape of ceres, once thought to be the largest asteroid? Options: A. space debris B. orbital plane C. low gravity D. high gravity
D
Question: What measures the height of the largest seismic wave or earth quakes? Options: A. tremor scale B. The EF Scale C. magnitude scale D. richter scale
D
Question: What type of winds are created when more solar energy strikes the equator than the polar regions? Options: A. equatorial winds B. domestic winds C. arctic winds D. global winds
D
Question: Reptiles and birds are the only known living descendants of what? Options: A. fossils B. dragons C. mammals D. dinosaurs
D
Question: Organism's changing over time is called? Options: A. generation B. evolution C. variation D. heterogenicity
B
Question: The law of conservation mass states that matter cannot be created or what? Options: A. changed B. moved C. observed D. destroyed
D
Question: What help should you use for disposing hazardous products? Options: A. call poison control B. guidelines on label C. first aid kit D. biohazard unit
B
Question: Although surface waves are slowest, they do most of the damage of what event? Options: A. earthquake B. volcano C. hurricane D. tsunami
A
Question: Fruit begins to ripen because what gas is released? Options: A. hydrogen B. chloride C. ethylene D. sulfur
C
Question: Winter storms develop from what, which form at high altitudes and are associated with hurricanes as well? Options: A. droughts B. fronts C. cyclones D. currents
C
Question: Fungi absorb nutrients from the environment through what? Options: A. spores B. mycelia C. apothecia D. hymenium
B
Question: What do you call any process in which excess water or wastes are removed from the body? Options: A. depletion B. excretion C. diffusion D. digestion
B
Question: Earth's temperature will increase further as more of what colorfully nicknamed gases are put into the atmosphere? Options: A. green dioxide gases B. bluehouse gases C. greenhouse gases D. blue dioxide gases
C
Question: What happens to cells in a hypertonic solution as water leaves the cell via osmosis? Options: A. self destruction B. shrinkage C. get larger D. evaporation
B
Question: Digestion and respiration are both facilitated by the pharynx, more commonly called the what? Options: A. throat B. sinus C. nose D. esophagus
A
Question: What muscle is found only in the walls of the heart? Options: A. respiratory muscle B. cardiac muscle C. skeletal muscle D. abdominal muscle
B
Question: The wave on a guitar string is transverse. the sound wave rattles a sheet of paper in a direction that shows the sound wave is what? Options: A. lateral B. obtuse C. longitudinal D. magnetic
C
Question: How do leaves export sugar to roots and other nonphotosynthetic parts of the plant? Options: A. stems B. chloroplasts C. glands D. veins
D
Question: Some metals, such as gold and platinum, do not corrode easily because they are very resistant to what? Options: A. heat B. precipitation C. oxidation D. evaporation
C
Question: What are floods a source of on a floodplain? Options: A. salt B. acids C. nutrients D. minerals
C
Question: Which process helps deaminate amino acids? Options: A. transamination B. caramelization C. bromination D. deactivation
A
Question: What is each half of the cerebrum called? Options: A. demisphere B. a describe C. a biplane D. a hemisphere
D
Question: During interphase, the cell undergoes normal growth processes while also preparing for what, by accumulating energy and building blocks of dna? Options: A. proteins division B. chromosome division C. cell division D. technology division
C
Question: What type of species have a large effect on the balance of organisms in an ecosystem? Options: A. secondary consumers B. decomposers C. producers D. keystone
D
Question: Which type of skeleton supports the animal, protects internal organs, and allows for movement? Options: A. mechanical B. external C. shell D. internal
D
Question: After cell division what are the two new cells called? Options: A. production cells B. step cells C. offspring cells D. daughter cells
D
Question: What are bacteria and archaea examples of? Options: A. fungi B. eukaryotes C. plants D. prokaryotes
D
Question: What gives a coil of copper wire the ability to conduct electricity well? Options: A. metallic bonds B. optical bonds C. metallic ions D. metallic electrons
A
Question: Blood helps maintain homeostasis by stabilizing ph, temperature, osmotic pressure, and by eliminating this? Options: A. water B. acid C. toxins D. excess heat
D
Question: During sexual reproduction, the macronucleus dissolves and is replaced by what? Options: A. chromosomes B. micronucleus C. sporozoans D. fluctuations
B
Question: When naming this type of ion the ending of the element’s name is dropped and replaced with the – ide suffix? Options: A. oxides B. anions C. amines D. cations
B
Question: What is a random change in an organism's genes? Options: A. accumulation B. mutation C. infection D. meiosis
B
Question: Osseous tissue - the connective tissue that includes specialized cells, mineral salts, and collagen fibers - makes up what? Options: A. bone B. ligaments C. spine D. muscles
A