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Question: The three main rock types are igneous, metamorphic, and what? Options: A. basalt B. sedimentary C. silicate D. crystalline
B
Question: What body part does encephalitis attack? Options: A. liver B. brain C. heart D. lungs
B
Question: What type of reproduction takes place when an animal simply divides into two parts? Options: A. fission B. sexual reproduction C. fusion D. budding
A
Question: Winds moving air masses causes what? Options: A. tsunami B. tremors C. weather D. earthquake
C
Question: How many orders of magnitudes bigger is the electric force? Options: A. 39 B. 36 C. 33 D. 45
A
Question: What is the term for any way that an animal interacts with other animals or the environment? Options: A. animal behavior B. animal biology C. immunity D. animal way
A
Question: A mushroom is only a specialised reproductive part of the whole fungus. the main part of the fungi is underground in a whole web of hyphae, called this? Options: A. bacterium B. hypothalamus C. mycelium D. detritus
C
Question: Most oxygen in blood is bound to a protein called what, and carried to the tissues? Options: A. platelete B. hemoglobin C. hydrogen D. plasma
B
Question: What do we call the only light that people can see? Options: A. wave light B. natural light C. visible light D. spectral light
C
Question: Carnivores are animals that eat other animals. the word carnivore is derived from latin and literally means this? Options: A. amount eater B. thick eater C. leaf eater D. meat eater
D
Question: What term describes the sequential appearance and disappearance of species in a community over time after a severe disturbance? Options: A. pattern B. supression C. succession D. generational replacement
C
Question: What can water's high surface tension be attributed t? Options: A. polar molecules sticking together B. territorial molecules sticking together C. molecules create a thin film-like substance D. electric impulses in atoms
A
Question: What supports life, and is also needed for the water cycle and weather? Options: A. atmosphere B. fossil fuels C. oxygen D. greenhouse gas
A
Question: The zoospores develop into haploid, multicellular male and female gametophytes, which produce? Options: A. spores B. gametes C. microorganisms D. toxins
B
Question: Reducing the number of molecules in a rigid container causes what to decrease? Options: A. pressure B. energy C. velocity D. demand
A
Question: What causes a lot of geological activity on the earth? Options: A. weather B. plate tectonics C. landslides D. natural selection
B
Question: The fuel that burns in a combustion reaction in many fossil fuels such as natural gas that consists of carbon hydrogen is known as what? Options: A. fossil B. hydrocarbon C. helium D. catalyst
B
Question: What describes a combination of two or more substances, each of which maintains its own chemical identity? Options: A. bond B. solute C. structure D. mixture
D
Question: Sodium-potassium pumps help nerve cells establish a voltage across their what? Options: A. sodium membranes B. potassium membranes C. plasma membranes D. cell walls
C
Question: Tin is oxidized at the anode, while silver ion is reduced at? Options: A. iodine B. anodyne C. cathode D. gamma
C
Question: Adding a solute does what to the boiling point of a pure solvent? Options: A. increases it B. silences it C. reduces it D. no effect
A
Question: Illnesses caused by bacteria in food are commonly known as what? Options: A. food poisoning B. the flu C. chemical poisoning D. viral poisoning
A
Question: Most bacteria may be placed into one of three groups based on their response to gaseous? Options: A. oxygen B. carbon C. nitrogen D. potassium
A
Question: More uv rays reach the ground due to a decrease in what layer in the stratosphere? Options: A. ozone B. smog C. troposphere D. gases
A
Question: Two species that share what cannot coexist in a community? Options: A. same niche B. language C. mood D. color
A
Question: In a wheel and axle, when force is applied either to the wheel or axle, what aspect of the force does not change? Options: A. pressure B. shift C. speed D. direction
D
Question: What can be used to determine the mass of a quantity of material? Options: A. atomic masses B. molar masses C. gravitational mass D. inertial mass
B
Question: The thick skin, found only on the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet, has an extra what? Options: A. Skin B. outer C. surface D. layer
D
Question: What effect does tamiflu have on viruses and cells? Options: A. enhances cells B. reprograms viruses C. destroys all viruses D. inhibits spread of virus
D
Question: What is the main ingredient of mothballs? Options: A. ionized naphthalene B. stable naphthalene C. processed naphthalene D. hydrocarbon naphthalene
D
Question: What is the column of hot rock that continuously brings hot rock up from the mantle toward the crust? Options: A. flue B. hotspot C. mantle plume D. volcanic vent
C
Question: What color light is actually the absence of electromagnetic waves in the visible spectrum, for humans? Options: A. infrared light B. blue light C. black light D. ultraviolet light
C
Question: What type of seeds come from plants that were traditionally grown in human populations, as opposed to the seeds used for large-scale agricultural production? Options: A. modified seeds B. original seeds C. heirloom seeds D. old-fashioned seeds
C
Question: What is the organic material that comes from plants and animals that were recently living called? Options: A. chlorophyll B. contaminants C. biomass D. biofuels
C
Question: What is the simplest form of matter that has a unique set of properties? Options: A. quark B. element C. atom D. molecule
B
Question: At least 20 percent of the world’s people do not have a ready supply of what? Options: A. food B. clean drinking water C. oil D. clothing
B
Question: What simple machine consists of two connected rings or cylinders, one inside the other, which both turn in the same direction around a single center point? Options: A. spoke B. pully C. wheel and axle D. bloom and axle
C
Question: Birds have air sacs that store inhaled air and push it into their what? Options: A. abdomens B. beaks C. bones D. lungs
D
Question: What is in the soil that causes mars to look red? Options: A. iron B. sand C. garnet D. carbon
A
Question: Convection generally involves the transfer of what type of energy? Options: A. radioactive B. thermal C. sunlight D. magnetic
B
Question: What is the term for a push or a pull on an object? Options: A. force B. gravity C. effort D. action
A
Question: What term is used to describe the process of removing wastes and excess water from the body? Options: A. digestion B. excretion C. aeration D. diffusion
B
Question: Which disease occurs when there is not enough hemoglobin in the blood? Options: A. anemia B. Respiratory C. Pulmonary D. Diabetes
A
Question: In what state of matter are particles rigidly fixed in space and held tightly to neighboring particles? Options: A. liquids B. Gases C. solids D. energies
C
Question: What is a network solid and consists of carbon atoms covalently bonded to one another in a repeating three-dimensional pattern? Options: A. a diamond B. a zirconium C. an agate D. a ruby
A
Question: Linnaeus developed binomial nomenclature, which means each organism is assigned what? Options: A. complex name B. two-part name C. single name D. simple name
B
Question: What do we call the mathematical field of study credited to french mathematician-philosopher rene descartes? Options: A. Euclidean geometry B. calculus C. algebra D. cartesian geometry
D
Question: Where do skeletal muscles usually attach? Options: A. to cartilage B. end of bones C. to the spine D. to dendrites
B
Question: What do the cells in the front of a volvox typically develop to help swim towards light? Options: A. sunspots B. tumors C. eyespots D. vertebrates
C
Question: What bodily system handles taking in oxygen, getting rid of carbon dioxide, aiding in speech production and sensing odors? Options: A. respiratory system B. circulatory system C. pulmonary system D. nervous system
A
Question: The atom often (but not always) turns into a different what during the decay process? Options: A. aspect B. concept C. element D. reaction
C
Question: Females are not influenced by the male sex hormone testosterone during embryonic development because they lack what? Options: A. m chromosome​ B. z chromosome​ C. x chromosome​ D. y chromosome
D
Question: Pressure relationships inspiration (or inhalation) and expiration (or exhalation) are dependent on the differences in pressure between the atmosphere and these? Options: A. bones B. salts C. lungs D. enzymes
C
Question: Female monotremes share what external opening with reptiles and birds? Options: A. cloaca B. anus C. vagina D. urethra
A
Question: Collisions between hydrogen atoms demonstrate one form of what? Options: A. nuclear radiation B. nuclear fusion C. destructive fusion D. nuclear reaction
B
Question: Fluid-filled thylakoids are the site of glucose production in the second stage of what process? Options: A. measurements B. birth C. glycolysis D. photosynthesis
D
Question: What are the basic units of structure and function in living organisms? Options: A. lipids B. molecules C. proteins D. cells
D
Question: What concept can be applied to biology, because the structure of an organism, or part of an organism, depends on its function? Options: A. form follows use B. motion follows function C. form follows function D. attachment follows function
C
Question: Is sweat an exocrine or endocrine substance? Options: A. exocrine B. exocrine C. neither D. both
A
Question: Nuclei with even numbers of protons, neutrons, or both are more likely to be this? Options: A. unstable B. solid C. ionic D. stable
D
Question: Some prokaryotes form spores for survival called what? Options: A. buds B. endospores C. rhizomes D. gymnosperms
B
Question: What is the liquid inside the central vacuole called? Options: A. cell sap B. osmotic fluid C. cytoplasm D. chloroplasm
A
Question: Cancer cells take up glucose for what reason? Options: A. heating B. reproduction C. food D. energy
D
Question: Birds and insects perform what function for flowering plants? Options: A. vegetation B. irrigation C. condensation D. pollination
D
Question: Most carcinogens produce mutations in genes that control what? Options: A. proteins cycle B. digestive cycle C. ubiquitous cycle D. cell cycle
D
Question: What type of equations allows calculation of the wavelength of any moving object? Options: A. disc wave B. debroglie wave C. fluctuations wave D. develpoment wave
B
Question: Each new horizontal row of the periodic table corresponds to the beginning of a new period because a new principal energy level is being filled with what? Options: A. photons B. neutrons C. electrons D. protons
C
Question: What kind of energy is specifically defined as the energy that is available to do work? Options: A. new B. free C. old D. used
B
Question: Only a small percent of earth's water is what type, as opposed to saltwater? Options: A. runoff B. groundwater C. fresh D. rainwater
C
Question: The kidneys work with the urinary system to remove what? Options: A. ions B. water C. wastes D. nutrients
C
Question: What is asexual reproduction in which an egg develops without being fertilized called? Options: A. parthenogenesis B. budding C. binary fission D. metamorphosis
A
Question: What does water vapor in the atmosphere cool and condense into? Options: A. clouds B. rain C. oceans D. puddles
A
Question: Carbon-14 dating is a method of what kind of dating? Options: A. stratigraphy B. radiometric C. orbital D. metamorphic
B
Question: Friendly bacteria live mostly in the large intestine and part of the small intestine, because what organ is too acidic? Options: A. stomach B. rectum C. skin D. liver
A
Question: The addition of heat changes liquid water to what? Options: A. ice B. rainwater C. distilled water D. water vapor
D
Question: What is the most widely accepted theory explaining how muscle fibers contract? Options: A. sliding pigment theoery B. sliding tritium theory C. sliding filament theory D. sliding carbon theory
C
Question: Power in electricity is the voltage multiplied by what? Options: A. the current B. power C. amperes D. wattage
A
Question: What are the vertical columns of similar chemical properties on the periodic table? Options: A. Family B. Pods C. zones D. groups
D
Question: What forms the changing shapes of sand dunes? Options: A. magnetism B. temperature C. humidity D. wind
D
Question: What is the process in which one cell divides to form two new cells called? Options: A. cell division B. Cell Formation C. cell direction D. cell contribution
A
Question: What reaction is considered the reverse of photosynthesis? Options: A. cellular transfer B. cellular respiration C. cellular digestion D. cellular decay
B
Question: What are composed of an oxygen atom that forms single bonds with two carbon atoms? Options: A. sugars B. ethers C. acids D. solvents
B
Question: Where do cells come from? Options: A. mutations B. sexual reproduction C. nuclear fission D. preexisting cells
D
Question: What are the female gametes that form in the ovaries? Options: A. sperm B. genes C. eggs D. spermatozoa
C
Question: What are plants in the diploid generation called? Options: A. sporophytes B. keratinocytes C. monocots D. haplocytes
A
Question: Through what do moving particles transfer thermal energy? Options: A. fluid B. tissue C. plasma D. gas
A
Question: What is the name for the water-splitting step of photosynthesis? Options: A. peristalsis B. cellular respiration C. photolysis D. hydrolysis
C
Question: The entropy change is positive as the solid state changes into which state? Options: A. chemical B. gas C. mixture D. liquid
D
Question: The process when heat is released is referred to as what? Options: A. insular B. exothermic C. endothermic D. geothermal
B
Question: What is a large space that helps the organism digest & move nutrients around the cnidarian body? Options: A. vacuole B. abdominal wall C. gastrovascular cavity D. thorax
C
Question: An infection of the brain is called? Options: A. tuberculosis B. encephalitis C. syphilis D. influenza
B
Question: The converging of continental plates can form what kind of geological feature? Options: A. mountains B. plains C. shores D. streams
A
Question: Mammals generally lack a cloaca and have a separate opening for the what? Options: A. digestive tract B. physical tract C. urinary tract D. tissues tract
A
Question: Chordates are defined by a set of four characteristics that are shared by these animals at some point during their? Options: A. death B. birth C. response D. development
D
Question: What is produced during the light reactions in photosynthesis? Options: A. waste B. carbon C. oxygen D. nitrogen
C
Question: Nerves of the hands, arms, feet, legs, and trunk are part of what system? Options: A. peripheral nervous system B. circulatory system C. cardiovascular system D. urinary system
A
Question: Generally, momentum implies a tendency to continue on course—to move in the same direction—and is associated with great mass and speed. momentum, like energy, is important because it is what? Options: A. endless B. sequences C. invisible D. conserved
D
Question: Which types of muscles cause bones to move when they retract? Options: A. bone muscles B. skeletal muscles C. active muscles D. working muscles
B
Question: Which is the final step of cell division? Options: A. Mitosis B. genesys C. electrolysis D. cytokinesis
D
Question: What are xylem and phloem responsible for transporting to the cells of leaves? Options: A. water and minerals B. air and dirt C. water and blood D. light and gas
A