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Question: The remainder is transferred by contraction of what before the ventricles begin to contract? Options: A. the large intestine B. the arteries C. the atria D. the stomach
C
Question: Chromatin condenses into chromosomes during prophase, the first and longest phase of what process? Options: A. reproduction B. apoptosis C. mitosis D. meiosis
C
Question: What do plants lose the most of through the stomata? Options: A. water B. energy C. chlorophyll D. heat
A
Question: Unburned hydrocarbons can more easily be converted to carbon dioxide and water in the presence of a what? Options: A. temperature B. catalyst C. methane D. Ethanol
B
Question: What do plasmodesmata connect to in the plant cell? Options: A. pores B. cytoplasms C. nuclei D. sporozoans
B
Question: What are compounds composed of only two elements called? Options: A. kinetic compounds B. binary compounds C. symbiotic compounds D. digital compounds
B
Question: What type of gases trap heat in the atmosphere, causing earth to have a moderate temperature? Options: A. sulfuric gases B. greenhouse gases C. carbon monoxides D. ozone gases
B
Question: What system is the brain the control center of? Options: A. nervous B. circulatory C. fibrous D. adrenal
A
Question: Air pollution can cause disease of what system by affecting the health of your lungs? Options: A. respiratory B. cardiac C. excretory D. digestive
A
Question: Why does the body react to a loss of chloride ions? Options: A. decreased tricarbonate reabsorption B. increased bicarbonate reabsorption C. increased tricarbonate reabsorption D. decreased bicarbonate reabsorption
B
Question: The negatively charged electrons are attracted to the positively charged what? Options: A. ion B. nucleus C. atom D. axon
B
Question: Most of the gray matter is on the surface of the brain, surrounding what other type of matter? Options: A. dark matter B. white C. corrugated D. blue
B
Question: Cooling or evaporation of what from the sea surface makes surface water dense? Options: A. warm water B. fresh water C. dirty water D. salt water
B
Question: What is the term for reproductive cells, such as sperm and egg? Options: A. gametes B. spores C. nucleus D. parasites
A
Question: What material is regularly used in human hip and knee implants? Options: A. wood B. metal C. glass D. coal
B
Question: What are the most dramatic, sudden, and dangerous types of mass wasting? Options: A. landslides B. earthquakes C. monsoons D. volcanoes
A
Question: What current-carrying long coil of wire acts as a magnet? Options: A. igniter B. converter C. antenna D. solenoid
D
Question: In combination or synthesis reactions, two chemical species combine to produce a what? Options: A. mixture B. new compound C. fusion D. alloy
B
Question: The core of a star collapses during what event, forming a neutron star? Options: A. blast B. spark C. supernova D. gravitational
C
Question: What is the term used for a large body of air of the same temperature and moisture conditions? Options: A. air mass B. air group C. sky mass D. air pool
A
Question: The loss of oxygen to the heart muscle causes that part of the tissue to what? Options: A. beat erratically B. thrive C. beat harder D. die
D
Question: What system transports many substances to and from cells throughout the body? Options: A. nutritional B. cardiovascular C. physiological D. circulatory
B
Question: What consists of two or more elements and forms as a result of a chemical reaction? Options: A. protein B. molecule C. compound D. particle
C
Question: What is occasional chest pain known as? Options: A. angina pectoris B. cardiac arrest C. arrhythmia D. heart murmur
A
Question: In the cardiovascular system, where is the ultimate destination of the oxygen-poor blood? Options: A. lung B. brain C. liver D. heart
D
Question: What is the study of the energy transformations that occur in a collection of matter? Options: A. fluctuations B. geophysics C. kinetics D. thermodynamics
D
Question: Love canal was an infamous example of what type of pollution? Options: A. Land Pollution B. Visual Pollution C. thermal pollution D. industrial waste dumping
D
Question: What is a funnel-shaped cloud of whirling high winds known as? Options: A. hurricane B. tsunami C. tornado D. volcano
C
Question: Why do birds need a light-weight body? Options: A. to stay aloft B. for cooling C. water flotation D. food shortages
A
Question: Asthma, pneumonia, and emphysema are diseases of what system? Options: A. reproductive B. respiratory C. pulmonary D. digestive
B
Question: The “knee-jerk" motion that people involuntarily perform after being struck in the knee in a certain way is an example of what kind of behavior? Options: A. sensor B. spasm C. reflex D. reaction
C
Question: What are tiny, hair like projections? Options: A. cilia B. actin C. spinicles D. fuzz
A
Question: How long does it take for the earth to make a complete rotation of its axis? Options: A. one year B. one month C. 24.25 hours D. 24 hours
D
Question: Glaciers have been melting since what period? Options: A. stone age B. pleistocene ice age C. industrial age D. bronze age
B
Question: The transmission electron micrograph shows the cell walls where two cells do what? Options: A. disappear B. reproduce C. come together D. split apart
C
Question: What form does water take on the planet mars? Options: A. liquid B. gas C. ice D. plasma
C
Question: The simplest system is that of contractile vacuoles present in what? Options: A. microorganisms B. macroorganisms C. crystals D. parasites
A
Question: Water's very polar compound causes most solutes to do what? Options: A. dissolve B. gel C. combine D. repel
A
Question: Which plant group has vascular tissue, seeds, and flowers? Options: A. microbes B. spores C. angiosperms D. fungi
C
Question: The point in front of a mirror where the reflected rays intersect is known as what? Options: A. focal point B. reflective point C. boundary point D. periodic point
A
Question: Any unused energy in food, whether it comes from carbohydrates, proteins, or lipids, is stored in the body where? Options: A. kidneys B. bones C. spleen D. fat
D
Question: What helps determine the concentration of a species in a solution? Options: A. quantitative analysis B. technical analysis C. fundamental analysis D. qualitative analysis
A
Question: In order to survive and maintain what state, an organism must quickly adapt to changing environmental conditions? Options: A. acclimatization B. homeostasis C. ketosis D. regulation
B
Question: What crust is thinner and denser than continental crust? Options: A. land B. oceanic C. coastal D. asteroid
B
Question: What are the antibodies an animal produces after exposure to a microbial antigen? Options: A. monoclonal B. isolated C. polyclonal D. chimeric
C
Question: How does heat travel from the sun to the earth? Options: A. secondary radiation from the sun B. through light waves C. thermal radiation from the sun D. through sound waves
C
Question: What were the first life forms found on earth similar to? Options: A. ferns B. bacteria C. viruses D. mold
B
Question: Steel, bronze, and brass are examples of what? Options: A. chemicals B. oxides C. alloys D. compounds
C
Question: A pacemaker uses electrical shocks to stimulate the what to beat properly? Options: A. brain B. liver C. heart D. pancreas
C
Question: What is the cloud of brown dust-like power that escapes when a puffball fungus is touched? Options: A. ions B. spores C. seeds D. pollon
B
Question: What are the cone-like structures that contain sporangia called? Options: A. strobili B. medulla C. contrail D. gametes
A
Question: What are considered to be the smallest particles of matter? Options: A. ions B. cells C. molecules D. atoms
D
Question: The mechanics of dynein-based bending involve a process that resembles what? Options: A. standing B. jumping C. running D. walking
D
Question: What type of creature is a scallop? Options: A. mollusk B. insect C. vertabrate D. algae
A
Question: The risk of what is raised by overexposure to the sun? Options: A. flux cancer B. brain cancer C. skin cancer D. particle cancer
C
Question: Which artery enters the cranium through the carotid canal in the temporal bone? Options: A. external carotid B. internal carotid artery C. venal artery D. atrial artery
B
Question: How are aquatic biomes often classified? Options: A. amount of light B. amount of salt C. amount of life D. depth
B
Question: What is the most abundant type of biological entity on the earth? Options: A. viruses B. bacteria C. insects D. reptiles
A
Question: What is the most diverse and abundant group of organisms on earth, numbering in the millions of trillions? Options: A. pathogens B. viruses C. pests D. bacteria
D
Question: What kind of hormones are secreted by organs classified as gonads? Options: A. sex hormones B. anterior hormones C. cortisol hormones D. growth hormones
A
Question: An oxy-acetylene torch is an effective way to cut what? Options: A. plastic B. wood C. metal D. coal
C
Question: What are the infoldings of the inner membrane called? Options: A. brickle B. lineage C. ceranae D. cristae
D
Question: A channel protein is an example of what type of protein? Options: A. choice proteins B. hemoglobin protein C. component proteins D. transport proteins
D
Question: Eight of the hottest years on record have occurred since what year? Options: A. 1991 B. 2002 C. 1998 D. 1997
C
Question: Average acceleration is the rate of change of what? Options: A. direction B. speed C. displacement D. velocity
D
Question: What is studied to understand gene expression patterns in cells? Options: A. mutations B. protein C. dna D. rna
D
Question: Ribosomes are produced in the nucleolus, and then transported to the what? Options: A. cytoplasm B. nucleus C. cerebellum D. cytoskeleton
A
Question: Ecosystem dynamics include more than the flow of energy and recycling of matter. ecosystems are also dynamic because they? Options: A. stay the same B. never move C. recreate exactly alike D. change through time
D
Question: Muscle contraction requires repeated cycles of binding and what? Options: A. push B. twisting C. release D. lunging
C
Question: An important chemical compound, which supplies living things with the energy they need to survive, is composed of carbon, oxygen and atoms of what other element? Options: A. magnesium B. hydrogen C. nitrogen D. calcium
B
Question: What are the glands that secrete milk in a woman's breasts? Options: A. lactic acids B. primordial glands C. pituitary glands D. mammary glands
D
Question: Like a thick cap covering the brain, the dura mater is a tough outer covering. the name comes from the latin for? Options: A. difficult mother B. tough mother C. back mother D. protecting mother
B
Question: Which organisms get their energy source and carbon source from organic sources? Options: A. herbivores B. chemoheterotrophs C. ectomorphs D. sporozoans
B
Question: What natural disaster is california most linked with? Options: A. fires B. earthquakes C. hurricanes D. volcanoes
B
Question: Small crustaceans exchange gases across thin areas of the cuticle; larger species have what to accomplish this? Options: A. noses B. gills C. pores D. lungs
B
Question: The superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava are veins that return blood lacking what to the heart? Options: A. oxygen B. hemoglobin C. carbon dioxide D. nitrogen
A
Question: There are only four possible bases that make up each dna nucleotide: adenine, guanine, thymine, and? Options: A. taurine B. guarine C. phenylalanine D. cytosine
D
Question: What affects the boiling point of water? Options: A. heat source B. latter pressure C. internal pressure D. external pressure
D
Question: The average length of a woman’s menstrual cycle is what? Options: A. 19 days B. 5 days C. 28 days D. 16 days
C
Question: Water leaves ponds and lakes through evaporation and also as what? Options: A. mid flow B. outflow C. inflow D. influx
B
Question: What is a biochemical compound that is a chain of amino acids called? Options: A. DNA B. proteins C. hormones D. lipids
B
Question: Each what is made of two identical sister chromatids? Options: A. chromosome B. gene C. helix D. genome
A
Question: Amino groups are found within amino acids, nicknamed the building blocks of what? Options: A. carbohydrates B. lipids C. protons D. proteins
D
Question: What is the name of earth’s only natural satellite? Options: A. titan B. moon C. sun D. venus
B
Question: Which is the lightest of the widely used structural metals? Options: A. calcium B. Metal C. magnesium D. potassium
C
Question: When lava flows over a large area and cools, it creates a large, flat surface of what type of rock? Options: A. tidal B. metamorphic C. sedimentary D. igneous
D
Question: Examples of what process are evident in many biological systems because cells are surrounded by semipermeable membranes? Options: A. apoptosis B. osmosis C. photosynthesis D. reproduction
B
Question: What does cartilage lack compared to bones, making it softer and less rigid? Options: A. protein B. magnesium C. calcium D. potassium
C
Question: What three forms does frozen precipitation take? Options: A. vapor, fog, ice B. blizzard, frost, fog C. snow, sleet, freezing rain D. hail, wind, typhoon
C
Question: What is a stream of moving water that flows through the ocean? Options: A. creek B. tidal wave C. current D. waterfall
C
Question: The elbow is an example of a what type of joint? Options: A. toe joint B. hinge joint C. pipe joint D. frame joint
B
Question: The first leaves of most ferns appear curled up into what? Options: A. fiddleheads B. nanotubes C. petals D. volatiles
A
Question: Electrophiles have a strong tendency to react with what? Options: A. neutrons B. nucleophiles C. resistors D. acids
B
Question: What layered form of carbon is used as a lubricant and in pencils? Options: A. graphite B. lead C. carbonite D. copper
A
Question: What kind of solids have particles that are arranged in a regular repeating pattern? Options: A. metabolic solids B. carbon-based solids C. salts D. crystalline solids
D
Question: During what in the small intestine do rings of smooth muscle repeatedly contract and then relax? Options: A. segmentation B. mitosis C. compression D. contraction
A
Question: Acetyl-coa is formed from the breakdown of carbohydrates, lipids, and what else? Options: A. proteins B. hydrocarbons C. hormones D. acids
A
Question: Juvenile hormone modulates the activity of what? Options: A. estrogen B. ecdysteroid C. reproduction D. growth
B
Question: What causes the red color of laterite soils? Options: A. iron oxides B. toxins C. erosion D. oxygen
A
Question: The scientific process of collecting data outside the lab (in the "wild") is known as what kind of work? Options: A. experimentation B. scientific investigation C. track work D. field work
D