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Question: Energy is lost as heat between each trophic level due to the second law of what? Options: A. thermodynamics B. chemistry C. particles D. reactions
A
Question: What are electrons in the outer energy level of an atom called? Options: A. valence electrons B. positive electrons C. outer electrons D. shell electrons
A
Question: Halogens tend to form salts with what type of element? Options: A. nonmetals B. man-made C. metals D. metalloids
C
Question: The voltage is measured using a voltmeter, which measures which difference across two points? Options: A. average difference B. potential difference C. actual difference D. Distance
B
Question: What is the vertical extent of ocean water called? Options: A. oceanic pillar B. water row C. water column D. ocean column
C
Question: Echinoderms are found in many different ocean environments, but most are found where? Options: A. in tidepools B. in reefs C. in beaches D. in waterfalls
B
Question: A convergent plate boundary is created when two plates do what? Options: A. stay stationary B. move away from each other C. move perpendicular to each other D. come toward each other
D
Question: When volcanoes erupt, what from the mantle is released as carbon dioxide into the air? Options: A. hydrogen B. carbon C. lava D. vapor
B
Question: Sepals, petals, pistils, and stamens are contained in all what, which are actually modified leaves or sporophylls organized around a central stalk? Options: A. chlorophyll B. flowers C. stems D. roots
B
Question: What do cells do in order to replace damaged or worn out cells? Options: A. fold B. replicate C. die D. divide
D
Question: What kind of agriculture destroyed about 10% of madagascar's native plants? Options: A. crop rotation B. slash-and-burn C. hybridization D. fertilizer use
B
Question: Chloroplasts are the little green particles in plants made up of what colorful pigment? Options: A. carbonate B. verdigris C. chlorophyll D. melanin
C
Question: What is the largest organ of the human body? Options: A. your lungs B. your brain C. your blood D. your skin
D
Question: What kind of charge does a proton have? Options: A. constant B. ionic C. positive D. negative
C
Question: What are boggy regions with thick layers of peat called? Options: A. peatlands B. wetlands C. tropics D. meadows
A
Question: What type of compounds make up the cells and tissues of living things? Options: A. proximal B. hormonal C. biochemical D. microbial
C
Question: Anything that has mass and takes up space is considered what? Options: A. energy B. matter C. light D. power
B
Question: What will you see if you look at a star through a prism? Options: A. rainbow B. kaleidoscope C. spots D. spectrum
D
Question: Where is most digestion completed? Options: A. the stomach B. the duodenum C. the cavity D. the esophagus
B
Question: Explosive eruptions associated with what can be tens of thousands of times as powerful as an atomic bomb? Options: A. earthquakes B. hurricanes C. forest fires D. volcanoes
D
Question: What gland secretes its products directly into the urethra through several small ducts Options: A. thyroid B. pituitary C. prostate D. adrenal
C
Question: The complete combustion of alkanes to carbon dioxide is an extremely __________ reaction. Options: A. hydrolic B. exothermic C. reactive D. geothermal
B
Question: What is the study of structure, properties, and interactions of matter? Options: A. biology B. petrology C. geology D. chemistry
D
Question: Because several genes, each with more than one allele, contribute to determining height in humans, height is considered what kind of trait? Options: A. adaptive B. polygenic C. epigenetic D. maladaptive
B
Question: A basidium is the fruiting body of a mushroomproducing fungus, and it forms four what? Options: A. schizonts B. fossiliferous C. tunnels D. basidiocarps
D
Question: Traditional classification of mammals are based on similarities in what two things? Options: A. solution & function B. Density and Structure C. structure & function D. density & function
C
Question: The rest of the energy stored in glucose is lost as what? Options: A. volume B. heat C. mass D. humidity
B
Question: Water that is lost through the skin through evaporation from the skin surface without overt sweating and from air expelled from the lungs is known as what? Options: A. insensible water loss B. osmotic process C. logical water loss D. dehydration
A
Question: What are the only innate behaviors in humans? Options: A. learned behaviors B. reflex behaviors C. insight behaviors D. inherited traits
B
Question: What occurs when a parent organism breaks into fragments, or pieces, and each fragment develops into a new organism? Options: A. fragmentation B. erosion C. absorption D. sollution
A
Question: What does the triploid cell develop into during fertilization? Options: A. endosperm B. zygote C. tubers D. membrane
A
Question: The law of conservation of matter, which says that matter cannot be created or this? Options: A. abandoned B. damaged C. stopped D. destroyed
D
Question: Which particle of an atom has a positive electric charge? Options: A. nucleus B. nutron C. electron D. proton
D
Question: How is a reaction described when the given conditions favor formation of products? Options: A. fluctuations B. planned C. instantaneous D. spontaneous
D
Question: What does an electric field surround? Options: A. negative particle B. charged ions C. neutral particles D. a charged particle
D
Question: Lack of what mineral causes rickets? Options: A. magnesium B. calcium C. zinc D. potassium
B
Question: What do we call the energy of motion? Options: A. electromagnetic energy B. binary energy C. harmonic energy D. kinetic energy
D
Question: Earthquakes and visible light are examples of what? Options: A. geological phenomena B. waves C. currents D. winds
B
Question: There is always a slightly negative pressure within what cavity, helping keep the airways of the lungs open? Options: A. anal B. cervical C. thoracic D. spinal
C
Question: What property allows cut logs to float on water? Options: A. polarity B. heat C. density D. precipitation
C
Question: Different interatomic distances produce different lattice what? Options: A. surfaces B. qualities C. weights D. energies
D
Question: What organs filter blood and form urine? Options: A. the kidneys B. the liver C. the appendix D. the spleen
A
Question: A chain of what structures form as an oceanic plate moves over a hotspot? Options: A. volcanoes B. earthquakes C. outcrops D. ridges
A
Question: What is responsible for many properties of covalent compounds, which have relatively low boiling points, cannot conduct electricity, and may not dissolve in water? Options: A. atomic weight B. ionic charge C. covalent bonds D. accretion bonds
C
Question: Tanning salons claim to use a “safe” form of what light, with a longer wavelength than that in sunlight? Options: A. uv (ultraviolet) B. X rays C. microwave D. infrared
A
Question: Respiratory therapists or respiratory practitioners evaluate and treat patients diseases affecting what part of the body? Options: A. heart, lungs, stomach B. byproduct , heart , and blood vessels C. brain, stomach, heart D. lung, heart, and blood vessels
D
Question: Within each sporangium, hundreds of what kind of spores develop and are dispersed through the air? Options: A. diploid B. haploid C. polyploid D. infertile
B
Question: What delivers power to the chemical factory chloroplasts? Options: A. water B. chlorophyll C. oxygen D. the sun
D
Question: Which type of bryophytes are named for their horn-like sporophytes? Options: A. tapeworms B. hornworts C. arthropods D. flatworms
B
Question: What do you call a carnivore that eats mainly insects? Options: A. predator B. omnivores C. pescatorian D. insectivores
D
Question: Oxygen has the second highest electronegativity of any element; consequently, it prefers to share or accept electrons from other elements. only with fluorine does oxygen form compounds in this? Options: A. chemical oxidation states B. positive oxidation states C. liquid oxidation states D. negative Oxidation ...
B
Question: What component of cells is present in plant and bacterial cells but not animal cells? Options: A. cell wall B. mitochondria C. nucleus D. plasma
A
Question: Energy cannot be created or destroyed - it can only change what? Options: A. form B. fluid C. kind D. shape
A
Question: Most fungi can reproduce in which 2 ways? Options: A. sexually and binary fusion B. binary fission and fusion C. asexually and sexually D. sexually and autonomously
C
Question: What is a pair of valence electrons in a bonded atom that does not participate in bonding called? Options: A. lone pair B. hostile pair C. isolated pair D. opposite pair
A
Question: When a metal is oxidized and a nonmetal is reduced in a redox reaction, what is the resulting compound called? Options: A. magnetic compound B. alloy C. soluble compound D. ionic compound
D
Question: A biofilm is a colony of prokaryotes that is stuck to what? Options: A. the middle B. surface C. skin D. the bottom
B
Question: What is the part of the flower that produces pollen? Options: A. leaves B. cones C. stigma D. stamen
D
Question: What neutralizes the acidity of chyme and acts as a buffer? Options: A. the chloride B. bile C. the bicarbonate D. the small intestine
C
Question: What type of stress causes horizontal motions in strike-slip faults? Options: A. blunt B. cold C. shear D. hot
C
Question: The structure of the boeing 787 has been described as essentially one giant macromolecule, where everything is fastened through cross-linked chemical bonds reinforced with this? Options: A. metal-metal bonds B. nitrogen fiber C. carbon fiber D. non-covalent interaction
C
Question: What is the term for the process in which two atomic nuclei fuse together to make a single nucleus? Options: A. fusion B. fission C. binding D. absorption
A
Question: In human beings, when a female becomes pregnant, what is fertilized and then embedded in the uterus? Options: A. follicle B. dna C. egg D. sperm
C
Question: What has increased the greenhouse effect? Options: A. temperature changes B. climate change C. ozone depletion D. human actions
D
Question: How many pairs of chromosomes are there? Options: A. 25 B. 23 C. 16 D. 24
B
Question: What structure passes oxygen and nutrients to a growing fetus in mammals? Options: A. vas deferens B. uterus C. placenta D. spinal cord
C
Question: Light from a distant galaxy can travel different paths to the earth because it is bent around an intermediary galaxy by what? Options: A. variation B. radiation C. gravity D. strength
C
Question: What is the fruiting body that occurs after two hyphae mate and form a mycelium with sporangia? Options: A. mushroom B. yeast C. fungus D. mold
A
Question: What branch of science aims to understand all about our planet and its environments? Options: A. immunology B. petrology C. earth science D. biology
C
Question: Prokaryotes are successful because of the ________ of reproduction in favorable environments Options: A. volume B. order C. speed D. cycle
C
Question: Where do benthos live in oceans? Options: A. On the ocean surface B. In coral reefs C. on the ocean floor D. In deep water
C
Question: Hundreds of organelles called myofibrils, made up of two types of protein filaments, are contained in each fiber of what? Options: A. hair B. cartilage C. muscle D. bone
C
Question: What is the largest known virus? Options: A. pneumonia virus B. polyomavirus C. mimivirus D. influenza virus
C
Question: The temperature at which something melts is refered to as what? Options: A. melting point B. precipitation point C. boiling point D. evaporation point
A
Question: Solid bedrock vibrates less and therefore does less of what to bedrock? Options: A. butress B. block C. dampen D. damage
D
Question: What branch of science is defined as the study of matter? Options: A. biology B. geology C. chemistry D. astrophysics
C
Question: What are animals that live with tiny zooxanthellae that also photosynthesize? Options: A. worms B. fungi C. coral D. bacteria
C
Question: What usually causes fractures on a bone? Options: A. excessive bending stress B. shear stress C. extra weight D. compressive stress
A
Question: What is the magnetic field traditionally referred to as? Options: A. spicule B. bfield C. m-field D. charged field
B
Question: What can ultimately result when species are introduced to a new place and prey on other species? Options: A. over population B. depletion C. elimination D. extinction
D
Question: In humans, what is the first organ to form and become functional? Options: A. pancreas B. heart C. liver D. brain
B
Question: What is used to classify tornadoes? Options: A. wind speed, damage B. seismograph C. damage, snowfall D. humidity, rain
A
Question: What do you call materials that have high resistance to electric current? Options: A. conductors B. electric insulators C. destructive insulators D. semiconductors
B
Question: What term is used to describe the development of new technology? Options: A. evident design B. variation design C. Smart Design D. technological design
D
Question: Cell walls, plastids, and a large central vacuole distinguish plant cells from what? Options: A. phloem cells B. animal cells C. parenchyma cells D. eukaryotic cells
B
Question: Snails, scallops, and squids are what type of invertebrate? Options: A. mollusk B. algae C. arthropod D. crustacean
A
Question: Humans create different breeds of organisms using what kind of selection? Options: A. artificial selection B. biased selection C. speciation D. natural selection
A
Question: The word antibiotic comes from the greek anti, meaning “against,” and bios, meaning this? Options: A. life B. virus C. germ D. bacteria
A
Question: What are sudden and dramatic losses of biodiversity called? Options: A. life extinction B. mass extinction C. normal extinction D. explosive extinction
B
Question: The ions in ionic compounds are arranged in rigid three-dimensional patterns called what? Options: A. core lattices B. crystal lattices C. lattice groups D. pattern lattices
B
Question: Where was the distinction between total distance traveled and displacement first noted? Options: A. Newton's first law B. one-dimensional kinematics C. uncertainty principle D. string theory
B
Question: What science is the study of the shape and arrangement of cells in tissue? Options: A. cellology B. histology C. genetics D. methodology
B
Question: What forms when a sperm fertilizes and egg? Options: A. proton B. zygote C. cytoplasm D. crystals
B
Question: The field of organic chemistry studies the structure and reactivity of compounds containing what element? Options: A. hydrogen B. carbon C. nitrogen D. oxygen
B
Question: Where does growth in length occur, above the root cap? Options: A. primary tuber B. vascular cambrium C. primary meristem D. apical meristem
C
Question: Asci are used by mycelia for what kind of reproduction? Options: A. asexual reproduction B. mitosis C. sexual D. cloning
C
Question: What is the term used to describe the liquid that moves through the vessels and includes plasma and the cells and sell fragments called platelets? Options: A. pus B. water C. bacteria D. blood
D
Question: The density of bone is, in part, related to the amount of what mineral in one’s diet? Options: A. nitrogen B. calcium C. potassium D. barium
B
Question: What is the sum of the masses of the atoms in a molecule? Options: A. mass effect B. compound mass C. atomic energy D. molecular mass
D
Question: Chloroplasts, leucoplasts and chromoplasts are found in what type of cells? Options: A. man-made cells B. nitrogen cells C. plant cells D. animal cells
C