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Question: What is the first step in protein synthesis? Options: A. reproduction B. differentiation C. mutation D. transcription
D
Question: What branch of biology focuses on heredity? Options: A. genetics B. ontology C. Epidemiology D. semiotics
A
Question: Stars are born in clouds, and they form and grow dense due to what force? Options: A. gravity B. Big Bang theory C. kinetic energy D. coreolis effect
A
Question: What has atoms with unstable nuclei? Options: A. microwaves B. radionuclide C. hydrocarbon D. radioisotope
D
Question: What is the tissue beneath a mollusks' shell called? Options: A. skin B. mantle C. cartilage D. mucous
B
Question: What is formed from an alcohol that loses water? Options: A. Bonds B. amines C. alkenes D. alcohols
C
Question: What is the division of the body into multiple parts called? Options: A. transverse B. organ-level organization C. segmentation D. compression
C
Question: What reproductive method has two parents involved? Options: A. pollination B. sexually C. budding D. mitosis
B
Question: In many cases, the alkali metal amide salt (mnh2) is not very soluble in liquid ammonia and does what? Options: A. isolates B. precipitates C. evaporates D. settles
B
Question: An example of beta decay is the emission of an electron by a carbon-14 what? Options: A. nucleus B. molecules C. protons D. ion
A
Question: Which theory describes the distribution of electrons in molecules in much the same way that the distribution of electrons in atoms is described using atomic orbitals? Options: A. molecular orbital theory B. atomic orbital theory C. atomic distribution theory D. molecular distribution theory
A
Question: Oversecretion of insulin can cause what? Options: A. hypoxia B. inflammation C. hyperglycemia D. hypoglycemia
D
Question: The first few species to colonize a disturbed area are called what? Options: A. pioneer species B. colonization species C. producer species D. original species
A
Question: What are the two loops of blood flow in the cardiovascular system? Options: A. anabolic and metabolic B. aerobic and anaerobic C. pulmonary and systemic D. systolic and diastolic
C
Question: What is the name of a group of hereditary diseases that affect the body's ability to control blood clotting? Options: A. hypertension B. arithmya C. hemophilia D. anemia
C
Question: Protists which use their tails to eat are called what? Options: A. cycle - feeders B. flagellators C. swimmers D. filter-feeders
D
Question: What term is used to describe foods containing active cultures of beneficial bacteria? Options: A. carotenoids B. antibiotics C. sembiotic D. probiotic
D
Question: What helps control the muscles and maintain balance? Options: A. circulatory system B. muscular system C. nervous system D. lymphatic system
C
Question: What unit of power is equal to 1 joule of energy per second? Options: A. byte B. watt C. volt D. hertz
B
Question: What is just below the cerebrum and coordinates body movements? Options: A. hypothalamus B. spinal cord C. bloodstream D. cerebellum
D
Question: What part of blood releases clotting factors? Options: A. hemoglobin B. platelets C. erythrocytes D. white blood cells
B
Question: Adding carbon to iron makes what type of metal? Options: A. ions B. titanium C. steel D. plastic
C
Question: Which structure includes sugar-phosphate "backbones", composed of alternating phosphate groups and deoxyribose sugars, and nitrogenous bases? Options: A. dna double helix B. molecule double helix C. mulecular triplex D. dna triple helix
A
Question: In a hydrogen replacement reaction, the hydrogen in the acid is replaced by what? Options: A. water B. an active metal C. oxygen D. gas
B
Question: Mitosis and meiosis are both forms of division of the nucleus in these? Options: A. endogenous cells B. reproduction cells C. converts cells D. eukaryotic cells
D
Question: What is the last step in a scientific investigation? Options: A. retesting findings B. verifying findings C. documenting findings D. communicating findings
D
Question: Where is multiple fission more often observed? Options: A. among vertebrates B. among protists C. among animals D. among multi-celled organisms
B
Question: What type of invertebrates where the earliest animals? Options: A. aquatic invertebrates B. annelids C. arachnids D. cnidaria
A
Question: Unlike wood and glass, steel is an example of a material that responds to what force? Options: A. magnetic B. kinetic C. thermal D. electromagnetic
A
Question: Carefully controlling the speed of a fission reaction produces what kind of energy? Options: A. chemical B. thermal C. nuclear D. atomic
C
Question: When two electric contacts come together it completes a what? Options: A. atom B. charge C. cricuit D. breaker
C
Question: Pure nonpolar covalent bonds exist only between what? Options: A. two producing atoms B. two identical atoms C. three altered atoms D. two altered atoms
B
Question: The decay rate is measured in a unit called the what? Options: A. decay rate B. exponential decay C. radioactive decay D. half-life
D
Question: What is a condition in which a material called plaque builds up inside arteries? Options: A. fibrosis B. atherosclerosis C. arthritis D. scoliosis
B
Question: Quarks in the middle energy family are found in cosmic rays and are produced in what? Options: A. particle accelerators B. particle splicers C. cosmic accelerators D. particle processors
A
Question: What celestial body in the solar system makes up most of its total mass? Options: A. Andromeda B. Jupiter C. earth D. sun
D
Question: Free ear lobes, widow's peak and a dimpled chin are examples of what kind of traits in humans? Options: A. spontaneous mutations B. genetic disorders C. adaptations D. mendelian
D
Question: Producing light without heat is called what? Options: A. luminescence B. thermoluminescence C. bioluminescence D. osmosis
A
Question: What natural part of the water cycle can cause damage and death? Options: A. evaporation B. expiration C. clouds D. floods
D
Question: How many large eggs are generated during oogenesis? Options: A. 4 B. 2 C. one D. 3
C
Question: Gaseous nitrogen is converted into forms that can be used by plants during a process called what? Options: A. oxygen fixation B. nitrogen fixation C. plant fixation D. dioxide fixation
B
Question: What is an example of a disease that affects the blood? Options: A. rickets B. anemia C. scoliosis D. tuberculosis
B
Question: Name the term used to described prokaryotes that require oxygen. Options: A. hydrophylic B. mouth breathers C. aerobic D. anaerobic
C
Question: Many ionic compounds with relatively large cations and a 1:1 cation:anion ratio have this structure, which is called the what? Options: A. boron chloride structure B. cesium chloride structure C. analogous structure D. hydrocarbon structure
B
Question: What property increases as an object's mass increases, making a full box harder to push than an empty one? Options: A. inertia B. weight C. gravity D. magnetism
A
Question: What will happen to sea levels due to increased global temperatures? Options: A. rise B. Drop C. surge D. reverse
A
Question: Sea-lilies, sea cucumbers and sea stars fall into what class of organism? Options: A. echinoderms B. mollusks C. snakes D. crabs
A
Question: What kind of rock forms when material such as gravel, sand, silt or clay is compacted and cemented together? Options: A. ingenious B. craters C. limestone D. sedimentary
D
Question: In science, we need to make observations on various phenomena to form and test what? Options: A. assumptions B. theories C. hypotheses D. variations
C
Question: What do industries use water to generate? Options: A. electricity B. light C. refrigeration D. pollution
A
Question: Mammals are synapsids, meaning they have a single opening in what structure? Options: A. heart B. hip C. skull D. spine
C
Question: What are the properties of solutions called that depend only on the concentration of dissolved particles and not on their identity? Options: A. platyhelminth properties B. platyhelminth properties C. colligative properties D. platyhelminth properties​
C
Question: Liquids that mix with each other in all proportions are said to be miscible, maning they have infinite mutual what? Options: A. salinity B. solubility C. insolubility D. viscosity
B
Question: Which law relates the pressure, volume, and temperature of a gas? Options: A. combines gas law B. shifts gas law C. newton's law D. directions gas law
A
Question: Heat and light are forms of what, which refers to the ability to do work? Options: A. fuel B. waves C. energy D. food
C
Question: Volcano chains form as an oceanic plate moves over what? Options: A. melt spot B. Water spot C. dust spot D. hot spot
D
Question: What type of planet is jupiter? Options: A. a phantom B. a gas giant C. a red dwarf D. a noble gas
B
Question: What does antifreeze do to the freezing temperature of the water in car radiators? Options: A. raises it B. foresees it C. lowers it D. keeps it constant
C
Question: What process typically occurs to metal exposed to outside elements? Options: A. shrinkage B. explosion C. extraction D. corrosion
D
Question: The innermost layer of the sun is known as what? Options: A. photosphere B. core C. convective zone D. surface
B
Question: Motor neurons and sensory neurons are part of what nervous system? Options: A. central B. peripheral C. autonomic D. sensory-somatic
D
Question: What type of science is the study of matter and energy and includes chemistry and physics? Options: A. biology B. physical science C. Earth science D. genetics
B
Question: When plants lose their leaves in the fall, what chemical is produced less to cause the change? Options: A. carbonate B. oxygen C. chlorophyll D. pheromes
C
Question: In which kind of animals does parthenogenesis occur? Options: A. invertebrates B. mammals C. species D. tissues
A
Question: What is the name of the temporary organ that begins to form from the trophoblast layer of cells shortly after implantation? Options: A. uterus B. appendix C. placenta D. embryo
C
Question: What term is used to describe anything that takes up space and has mass? Options: A. matter B. opacity C. weight D. size
A
Question: What is the organ that senses sound? Options: A. eye B. skin C. nose D. ear
D
Question: What can be described in terms of size, density, and distribution? Options: A. populations B. biomes C. habitats D. dimensions
A
Question: What is the term for the simplest form of matter that has a unique set of properties? Options: A. an atom B. an electron C. an element D. a neutron
C
Question: What causes light to refract? Options: A. bending B. speeding up C. slowing down D. blinking
C
Question: Capacitors can be used to filter out low frequencies. for example, a capacitor in series with a sound reproduction system rids it of the 60 hz what? Options: A. vibration B. white noise C. echo D. hum
D
Question: What is made up of nerve cells that sense stimuli and transmit signals? Options: A. dependent tissue B. nervous tissue C. blood tissue D. muscle tissues
B
Question: Some animals prepare for the long winter by going into what? Options: A. pollination B. fermentation C. hibernation D. suspended animation
C
Question: It may seem as though burning destroys matter, but the same amount of what, still exists after a campfire as before? Options: A. concentrations B. mass C. termperature D. energy
B
Question: Different isotopes of an element have different mass numbers because they have different numbers of what? Options: A. nuclei B. neutrons C. electrons D. protons
B
Question: Density is defined as the mass of an object divided by its what? Options: A. growth B. volume C. size D. liquid
B
Question: What element is responsible for one-half of the osmotic pressure gradient that exists between the interior of cells and their surrounding environment? Options: A. sodium B. nitrogen C. calcium D. potassium
A
Question: What types of orbits do comets usually have? Options: A. spectral B. convex C. vertical D. elliptical
D
Question: What describes how close an estimate is to a known standard? Options: A. diversity B. accuracy C. precision D. frequency
B
Question: Canoe paddles, nutcracker, and hammer are examples of what type of simple machine? Options: A. pivot B. lock C. lever D. handle
C
Question: What do most species of monkeys have that no apes or humans do? Options: A. five fingers B. large brain C. tail D. fur
C
Question: What are joints in which the bones are connected by a band of connective tissue? Options: A. cartilaginous B. plane C. saddle D. syndesmoses
D
Question: What are the four stages of food processing? Options: A. ingestion, digestion, absorption, and reproduction B. ingestion, digestion, elimination and extinction C. ingestion, reproduction, absorption, and elimination D. ingestion, digestion, absorption, and elimination
D
Question: What are different forms of the same gene? Options: A. alleles B. genomes C. peptides D. nuerons
A
Question: What is the wheeled robot developed by nasa to explore the surface of mars? Options: A. mars driver B. mars rover C. mars SUV D. mars robot
B
Question: What effect does taking anabolic steroids have on testosterone production? Options: A. reduces it B. eliminates it C. does nothing D. increases it
A
Question: Living in a large colony requires good communication. ants communicate with chemicals called what? Options: A. pheromones B. alkalides C. hormones D. peptides
A
Question: What complex carbohydrates are the polymers of glucose? Options: A. fats B. starches C. fruits D. sugars
B
Question: What is the term for the shallow space above the zygomatic arch in a skull? Options: A. angular fossa B. distinct fossa C. Medium Fossa D. temporal fossa
D
Question: What is the inner layer of skin called? Options: A. the dermis B. connective layer C. the epidermis D. hypodermis
A
Question: Many european and asiatic elms are less susceptible to dutch elm disease than which elms? Options: A. african B. american C. rican D. caribbean
B
Question: What does a thermometer measure? Options: A. oxygen B. size C. temperature D. precipitation
C
Question: What are plant-like protists called? Options: A. algae B. sponge C. spores D. fungi
A
Question: What is a series of processes that remove unwanted substances from water called? Options: A. water cleaning B. water dilution C. water filtration D. water treatment
D
Question: Original atoms are called what type of isotopes? Options: A. component B. offspring C. product D. parent
D
Question: What do you call an area covered with water, or possessing very soggy soil, all or part of the year? Options: A. wetland B. island C. stream D. peninsula
A
Question: In which continent are meerkats most likely to be found? Options: A. Australia B. africa C. South America D. North America
B
Question: What is the name of the thin layer that acts as a boundary between the stratosphere and the mesosphere? Options: A. spirogyra B. ozone layer C. spicule D. stratopause
D
Question: What is the process of removing wastes and excess water from the body? Options: A. ingestion B. diffusion C. excretion D. depletion
C
Question: Which measure shows how individuals in a population are distributed, or spread throughout their area? Options: A. proportional distribution B. population phase C. geographical distribution D. population distribution
D