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Question: What are the two types of vascular plants? Options: A. ants and seed B. Water and spore C. dahlias and seed D. seedless and seed
D
Question: What type of flexion is the bending of the neck or body toward the right or left side? Options: A. ventral B. cylindrical C. lateral D. orbital
C
Question: Common wisdom has it that the temporal bone (temporal = “time”) is so named because this area of the head (the temple) is where hair typically first turns gray, indicating the passage of what? Options: A. wealth B. time C. ships D. birth
B
Question: Catenulids typically reproduce asexually by budding where? Options: A. their posterior end B. their neuronal end C. their anterior end D. their analogous end
A
Question: What gland secretes a fluid that mixes with sperm to help form semen? Options: A. thy·mus B. prostate gland C. testicle D. thyroid
B
Question: During an earthquake what causes seismic waves? Options: A. low tide B. Currents C. high winds D. rock displacement
D
Question: What term describes waves that travel through matter? Options: A. heat waves B. mechanical waves C. replaced waves D. water waves
B
Question: What type of radioactive decay is generally only dangerous when emitted inside the body? Options: A. ionic decay B. variant decay C. nucleus decay D. alpha decay
D
Question: Energy that is stored in a person or object is called? Options: A. potential energy B. vertical energy C. kinetic energy D. mechanical energy
A
Question: What is a sac filled with fluid or other material? Options: A. a cyst B. a receptacle C. Golgi apparatus D. a lesion
A
Question: What is released during an enthalpy reaction? Options: A. heat B. gold C. precipitation D. sound
A
Question: Solutions of ionic compounds and melted ionic compounds conduct what? Options: A. sound waves B. radiation C. light D. electricity
D
Question: Quantum mechanics involves the study of material at what level? Options: A. chemical B. atomic C. physical D. cellular
B
Question: What is the name of muscular blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart? Options: A. Aorta B. tubes C. arteries D. Veins
C
Question: He mass spectrometer measures the percent abundance of different what? Options: A. organisms B. isotopes C. reactions D. Proteins
B
Question: For what kind of animal is communication essential? Options: A. social animals B. anti-social animals C. migrating animals D. new born animals
A
Question: The wavelength of a wave is the distance between corresponding points on what? Options: A. spectrum B. basic waves C. distant waves D. adjacent waves
D
Question: Sandblasting a surface exemplifies what form of erosion? Options: A. water B. glacial C. abrasion D. wind
C
Question: How do fungus-like protists such as slime molds reproduce? Options: A. sexually B. photosynthesis C. with spores D. asexually
C
Question: Exchange occurs directly with the external environment in what type of organisms? Options: A. multicellular organisms B. unicellular organisms C. hematopoietic organisms D. cell clusters
B
Question: Which part of a neuron contains the nucleus and most of the major organelles? Options: A. simple body B. organ body C. retinal body D. cell body
D
Question: The oceans affect earth’s atmosphere and influence its what? Options: A. volcanoes B. climate C. mountains D. earthquakes
B
Question: What are surrounded by a cell wall consisting of peptidoglycan? Options: A. amoeba B. viruses C. protozoa D. bacteria
D
Question: Snake venom may join the class of drugs collectively known as thrombolytic agents, which can help speed up the degradation of an abnormal what? Options: A. clot B. bone C. bleed D. brain
A
Question: Thousands of receptor cells that detect the sex attractant equip each filament of what structure? Options: A. molecule B. optic nerve C. flagella D. antenna
D
Question: All solutions contain at least how many substances? Options: A. four B. one C. two D. three
C
Question: Life probably began where? Options: A. caves B. oceans C. rocks D. the Sun
B
Question: An enzyme is an organic catalyst produced by what? Options: A. living cell B. amino acid C. the liver D. DNA
A
Question: Gasoline is derived from which other liquid? Options: A. oil B. liquid propane C. carbon D. water
A
Question: What is the disease in which cells grow out of control and form abnormal masses? Options: A. bronchitis B. diabetes C. HIV D. cancer
D
Question: What travels at a rate of 300,000 kilometers per second, or nearly instantaneously? Options: A. gravity B. light C. air D. sound
B
Question: When atomic orbitals hybridize, the valence electrons occupy these? Options: A. expanded pathways B. newly developed orbits C. newly created orbitals D. newly created elements
C
Question: Roundworms feed on various things, one of them being decaying organic matter. doing this, they play an important role in what famous cycle? Options: A. life cycle B. water cycle C. carbon cycle D. soul cycle
C
Question: In preparation for phagocytosis, a portion of the inward-facing surface of the plasma membrane becomes coated with a protein called clathrin, which stabilizes this section of what? Options: A. membrane B. particles C. mitochondria D. nuclei
A
Question: What is the main form of energy storage in plants? Options: A. dioxide B. liquid C. nitrogen D. starch
D
Question: Something supplied by nature that helps support life, including ecosystems as well as minerals and fossil fuels, is called a what? Options: A. natural resource B. fluid resource C. artificial resource D. visible resource
A
Question: Initial substances are called reactants, and the final substances are called what? Options: A. reactors B. imports C. products D. exports
C
Question: What were the electrons initially called? Options: A. gamma rays B. polymer rays C. plasma rays D. cathode rays
D
Question: What is the type of energy that involves movement? Options: A. thermal energy B. mechanical energy C. light energy D. molecular energy
B
Question: What do sharks use to secrete salt to assist in osmoregulation? Options: A. bladder gland B. ceramic gland C. blood gland D. rectal gland
D
Question: Why do viruses not belong to any domain of life? Options: A. they are immortal B. they are nonliving C. they are too mature D. they are mortal
B
Question: What is a change in the sequence of bases in dna or rna called? Options: A. infection B. evolution C. radiation D. mutation
D
Question: Metallic solids are composed entirely of which atoms? Options: A. metallic B. metals C. organic D. toxic
A
Question: What compound gives tarnished copper it's green color? Options: A. brass B. bronze C. zinc D. copper carbonate
D
Question: As the population grows, competition for food does what? Options: A. decreases B. stagnates C. stays the same D. grows
D
Question: What is the property by which water molecules stick together? Options: A. cohesion B. tension C. vitality D. plasticity
A
Question: What is the main sex hormone in males called? Options: A. caffeine B. methane C. estrogen D. testosterone
D
Question: What is the name of the tube that joins the mouth to the digestive and respiratory tracts? Options: A. larynx B. fallopian tube C. esophagus D. pharynx
D
Question: Unlike bryophyte and fern spores (which are haploid cells dependent on moisture for rapid development of gametophytes), seeds contain a diploid embryo that will germinate into what? Options: A. gametophyte B. sperm C. sporophyte D. ovary
C
Question: Limestone is insoluble in water, so what can dissolve it? Options: A. dioxide B. acid C. calcium D. oxygen
B
Question: Monatomic ions have an oxidation number equal to their what? Options: A. cost B. length C. size D. charge
D
Question: Some flatworms are free-living carnivores that live mainly in which type of habitats? Options: A. freshwater B. Deciduous forest C. Desert D. aquatic
D
Question: Characterized by a short lifespan, what begin with production in the bone marrow under the influence of csfs and interleukins? Options: A. erythrocytes B. leukocytes C. solutes D. pathogens
B
Question: What force is perpendicular to velocity and causes uniform circular motion? Options: A. tangential force B. centripetal torque C. centripetal force D. circular friction
C
Question: What are physical properties that do not depend on the substance present called? Options: A. extensive properties B. multilateral properties C. intensive properties D. internal properties
C
Question: What does the secretion of the hormone cholecystokinin stimulate the release of? Options: A. pancreatic juices, bile B. urea C. insulin and pepsin D. sweat, saliva
A
Question: What term is used to describe the electrostatic process used by most copy machines? Options: A. microphotography B. electrography C. xerography D. titanomachy
C
Question: Symptoms of viral diseases result from what kind of response to a virus? Options: A. mutation B. pathogenic C. immune D. infection
C
Question: The most common carbon atoms have six protons and six neutrons in their what? Options: A. membrane B. neuron C. nuclei D. ribosomes
C
Question: What type of organisms have internal clocks that regulate cyclic processes? Options: A. fungi B. endogenous C. protozoa D. eukaryotic
D
Question: How often does condensation occur in your cells? Options: A. never B. weekly C. constantly D. daily
C
Question: Overharvesting is a serious threat particularly to which species? Options: A. aerial species B. amphibious species C. aquatic species D. terrestrial species
C
Question: What are the cells that break down inorganic molecules to supply energy for the cell, and use carbon dioxide as a carbon source? Options: A. fluctuations B. Sediments C. staurikosaurus D. chemoautotrophs
D
Question: Each type of electromagnetic radiation has a characteristic range of wavelengths. the longer the wavelength (or the more stretched out it appears), the less energy is carried. short, tight waves carry what? Options: A. most energy B. heat C. sound D. kinetic energy
A
Question: What are clouds on earth made of? Options: A. rain B. water vapor C. carbon dioxide gas D. ozone
B
Question: What do extensive properties depend on the amount of? Options: A. sample temperature B. experimental controls C. matter in a sample D. independent variables
C
Question: What is the term for the rate at which velocity changes? Options: A. compression B. stability C. acceleration D. transmission
C
Question: What determines which codon in the mrna the trna will bind to? Options: A. gene B. anticodon C. amnion D. exon
B
Question: What is the term for the complete set of genes and alleles within a population? Options: A. the chromosomal pool B. the biodiversity pool C. the gene pool D. the ancestral pool
C
Question: What unit of pressure is named for the scientist whose discoveries about pressure in fluids led to a law of the same name? Options: A. ohm B. newton C. joule D. pascal
D
Question: Oxygen and what are required for rust to form? Options: A. water B. carbon C. air D. pressure
A
Question: What is the process called in which a magnet loses its magnetic properties? Options: A. demagnetization B. polarization C. vectorization D. diffusion
A
Question: The earliest animals were which kind of invertebrates? Options: A. dinosaurs B. mammals C. insects D. aquatic
D
Question: A lake is an example of what type of biome? Options: A. organic biome B. wet biome C. freshwater biome D. natural biome
C
Question: What kinds of waves are composed of various oscillating electric and magnetic fields? Options: A. electromagnetic B. elastic C. seismic D. tidal
A
Question: When is the sun directly over the equator? Options: A. Midsummer B. equinox C. Fall D. Winter
B
Question: What does the base of a nucleotide within dna consist of? Options: A. nitrogen B. protein C. ribosomes D. hydrogen
A
Question: Which bones are flat and triangular and located at the back of the pectoral girdle? Options: A. scapulae B. cochlea C. vertebrae D. laminae
A
Question: What always has the same elements in the same ratio? Options: A. compound B. mitochondria C. cell D. component
A
Question: Prior to ovulation, ovarian steroid hormones stimulate the uterus to prepare for support of what? Options: A. fertilization B. childbirth C. embryo D. fetus
C
Question: All polar compounds contain what type of bonds? Options: A. polar B. strong C. weak D. balanced
A
Question: What often occurs on steep slopes in dry climates? Options: A. volcanoes B. tsunamis C. earthquakes D. landslides
D
Question: What kind of organisms have many different types of specialized cells with particular jobs? Options: A. intricate B. multicellular C. crude D. monocellular
B
Question: Part of the scientific process, these are statistical probabilities rather than certainties? Options: A. predictions B. assumptions C. results D. Hypothesis
A
Question: Ecology is a major branch of what higher-level "classification" of science? Options: A. physics B. chemistry C. geology D. biology
D
Question: What is necessary for organisms to survive in the deepest parts of the ocean? Options: A. competition B. mutation C. adaptations D. reflexes
C
Question: What is the process of larva becoming an adult called? Options: A. parthenogenesis B. evolution C. synthesis D. metamorphosis
D
Question: Capillaries rejoin to form venules, which convey blood to what? Options: A. glands B. extremities C. arteries D. veins
D
Question: Although it is not vital to humans, calcitonin is important for calcium homeostasis in adults of some species in what group characterized by backbones? Options: A. invertebrates B. vertebrates C. mammals D. reptiles
B
Question: What force holds planets in their orbits? Options: A. centrifuge B. gravity C. magnetism D. Big Bang
B
Question: The nature of what gives metals the properties of being ductile and malleable? Options: A. magneticism B. metallic bonds C. liquid bonds D. titanium bonds
B
Question: What are the special compartments that are surrounded by membranes inside eukaryotic cells called? Options: A. chloroplasts B. vacuoles C. ribosomes D. organelles
D
Question: Molds and casts usually form in which type of rock? Options: A. crystalline B. sedimentary C. igneous D. metamorphic
B
Question: What is a hole that is dug or drilled through the ground down to an aquifer called? Options: A. canal B. well C. moat D. ditch
B
Question: When is a moving car said to be in dynamic equilibrium? Options: A. at rest B. zero net force C. when accelerating D. at homeostasis
B
Question: Every chemical reaction between molecules involves breaking and forming of what? Options: A. atomic pathways B. ions C. bonds D. orbits
C
Question: The mass percentage of a solution component is defined as the ratio of the component’s mass to ________? Options: A. enough ’ s mass B. solvent's mass C. solution ’ s mass D. liquid's mass
C
Question: Harmful instances of what can result in errors in protein sequence that yield non-functional proteins? Options: A. bioaccumulation B. mutation C. radiation D. infection
B
Question: When dissolved in water, the base sodium hydroxide (naoh) produces sodium ions with what charge? Options: A. negative B. constant C. positive D. similar
C
Question: What precious resource allows us to grow food as well as materials we turn into clothing and medicine? Options: A. soil B. mercury C. petroleum D. gasoline
A