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Question: What part of an atom is electrically neutral? Options: A. neutrons B. electrons C. protons D. newtons
A
Question: Bar, circle, and line are all types of what? Options: A. maps B. algorithms C. theories D. graphs
D
Question: Unlike eukaryotic cells, dna and rna synthesis in prokaryotic cells occurs together with synthesis of what? Options: A. fruit B. membrane C. mutation D. protein
D
Question: What type of bacteria are sometimes used as weapons of bioterrorism? Options: A. carcinogenic B. avian C. hypothermic D. pathogenic
D
Question: What is the name of a joint in which one bone rotates in relation to another bone? Options: A. pivot joint B. ball and socket C. hinge D. gliding
A
Question: Cirrus, stratus, and cumulus are types of what? Options: A. clouds B. plants C. storms D. slopes
A
Question: What is a buildup of electric charges on objects? Options: A. potential B. static C. conduction D. wattage
B
Question: Where do you find the greatest biodiversity? Options: A. in shallow lakes B. at the poles C. in the tundra D. in the tropics
D
Question: The ostwald process is the commercial method for producing what? Options: A. nitric acid B. citric acid C. chlorine D. deoxyribonucleic acid
A
Question: What includes the bones and cartilage? Options: A. lungs B. skull C. fossil D. skeleton
D
Question: What type of constraints are placed on technological design? Options: A. physical and social B. legal and social C. moral and legal D. physical and legal
A
Question: What cycle is the second stage of cellular respiration? Options: A. sodium potassium pump B. krebs cycle C. electron transport chain D. glycolysis
B
Question: What phenomenon can cause a protein in an organism to be made incorrectly? Options: A. allele B. mutation C. heredity D. evolution
B
Question: What are mid-wavelength electromagnetic waves commonly referred to as? Options: A. electricity B. light C. x-rays D. gamma rays
B
Question: Bronchial tubes in the lungs branch into ever-smaller structures, finally ending in alveoli. the alveoli act like what? Options: A. tiny bubbles B. filters C. springs D. bellows
A
Question: What can be used to accelerate the rate at which chemical reactions occur? Options: A. protein B. enzymes C. hormones D. components
B
Question: Air temperature changes as what increases? Options: A. salinity B. density C. altitude D. pressure
C
Question: What happens to energy in a closed system? Options: A. is destroyed B. is conserved C. is wasted D. is replicated
B
Question: What are magnetites naturally attracted to? Options: A. glass B. stone C. iron D. aluminum
C
Question: The visceral senses are most often below the limit of conscious perception because they are involved in this? Options: A. homeostatic manipulation B. subtle regulation C. sensory balance D. homeostatic regulation
D
Question: The ideal gas law does not require that the properties of what? Options: A. liquid change B. gas change C. copper change D. transit change
B
Question: Vertebrates lacking what structures often use lungs for gas exchange? Options: A. pores B. spores C. nostrils D. gills
D
Question: What "kind" of water may take longer to become contaminated than surface water, while the natural cleaning process may take longer? Options: A. groundwater B. spring water C. dam water D. lake water
A
Question: Long-term storage of what element occurs when matter from living organisms is buried deep underground and becomes fossilized? Options: A. hydrogen B. Nitrogen C. oxygen D. carbon
D
Question: Electron configurations are a shorthand method of indicating what subshells electrons occupy in these? Options: A. molecules B. solutions C. acids D. atoms
D
Question: Light emitted by atoms is polychromatic—containing more than one of these? Options: A. wavelength B. gravity C. filter D. weight
A
Question: What fatty material inside arteries can restrict blood flow in the artery? Options: A. plaque B. collagen C. marble D. cholesterol
A
Question: What is used to record seismic waves? Options: A. seismograph B. topometer C. transmitter D. odometer
A
Question: What does a solar power plant turn sunlight into? Options: A. electricity B. mechanical energy C. batteries D. machinery
A
Question: Moving electrons have a form of kinetic energy called what? Options: A. potential energy B. electromagnetism C. deformed energy D. electrical energy
D
Question: Sunlight contains many different wavelengths, which you see when they separate into what? Options: A. sounds B. shadows C. charges D. rainbow
D
Question: The study of how organisms develop is known as? Options: A. ethology B. embryology C. physics D. botany
B
Question: What type of force always opposes the direction of motion? Options: A. kinetic friction B. harmonic friction C. binary friction D. strong force
A
Question: What kind of energy is released when the nucleus of an atom is split? Options: A. microwave B. kinetic C. atomic D. nuclear
D
Question: When did we learn there was a hole in the ozone layer? Options: A. 1980s B. 1950s C. 1990's D. 1970s
A
Question: What type of generators use electromagnetic induction to change kinetic energy to electrical energy? Options: A. radiators B. thermal generators C. conductors D. electric generators
D
Question: In the simple cubic system, the atoms or ions are located in which part of the cell? Options: A. walls B. plasma C. corners D. mitochondria
C
Question: What are the earliest and simplest vertebrates? Options: A. bears B. birds C. fish D. whales
C
Question: Behaviors are responses to stimuli. they can either be instinctual/innate behaviors, which are not influenced by the environment, or learned behaviors, which are influenced by this? Options: A. osmosis B. inheritance C. spontaneous mutation D. environmental changes
D
Question: Gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria are distinguished by thickness of what? Options: A. cell wall B. cell length C. cell weight D. cell membrane
A
Question: What is common in muscles that have become exhausted by use? Options: A. lactic acid fermentation B. clumps acid fermentation C. vibration acid fermentation D. Blood Acid Fermentation
A
Question: What is another term for the early larval stage of a frog? Options: A. tadpole B. young C. ovary D. egg
A
Question: The release of an egg from an ovary, is part of what cycle? Options: A. life B. menstrual C. fetal D. stomach
B
Question: Which part of the body shows does horner's syndrome affect? Options: A. the tongue B. the mouth C. one eye D. the nose
C
Question: In which way to vertebrates reproduces? Options: A. asexually B. biologically C. sexually D. anally
C
Question: What contains more calcium than any other organ? Options: A. bones B. lungs C. fingernails D. gall bladder
A
Question: One of the main features all vetebrates have in common is what? Options: A. hard shell B. brain C. backbone D. skeleton
C
Question: Cytoplasmic determinants are distributed how in unfertilized eggs? Options: A. unevenly B. symmetrically C. from left to right D. evenly
A
Question: What relatively new addition to and highest level of the system of taxonomic classification includes just three divisions, the eukarya, the archaea, and the bacteria? Options: A. element B. domain C. branch D. content
B
Question: What is only effective if ventilation is matched to blood flow through alveolar capillaries? Options: A. iron lung B. assisted breathing C. breathing control D. blood pressur control
C
Question: What sprouts up on stalks from the bed of moss gametophytes? Options: A. sporophytes B. fibroblasts C. monocots D. stomata
A
Question: Like all chordates, vertebrates are animals with four defining traits, at least during which stage? Options: A. larval B. pupal C. adult D. embryonic
D
Question: What occurs when two waves combine and cancel each other out? Options: A. primitive interference B. terrible interference C. molecular interference D. destructive interference
D
Question: What occurs when the crests of one wave overlap the troughs, or lowest points, of another wave? Options: A. constructive interference B. destructive interference C. random interference D. harmful interference
B
Question: What system in both males and females consists of structures that produce reproductive cells, or gametes, and secrete sex hormone? Options: A. reproductive B. circulatory system C. digestion D. immune system
A
Question: What type of creature is noted for having its eyes at the tips of stalks or tentacles that emerge from its head? Options: A. gastropods B. arthropods C. corals D. arachnids
A
Question: What were the first animals to have true lungs and limbs for life on land? Options: A. reptiles B. mammals C. birds D. amphibians
D
Question: What do they call 2,2,4-trimethylpentane in the gasoline industry? Options: A. methane B. isooctane C. spirogyra D. xerophyte
B
Question: What do we call any way that animals act, either alone or with other animals. Options: A. animal communication B. animal behavior C. animal habits D. typical behavior
B
Question: When waves of two different frequencies interfere, what phenomenon occurs? Options: A. making B. opening C. soaking D. beating
D
Question: Further transformation occurs during organogenesis, the formation of what? Options: A. muscles B. organs C. arteries D. bones
B
Question: Each antibody can bind with just one specific type of what, resulting in a signal for a phagocyte to destroy them? Options: A. immunogen B. adhesion C. antigen D. pathogen
C
Question: What kind of surface temperature is found on venus? Options: A. a little hot B. extremely high C. cool D. cold
B
Question: What type of resource is limited in supply and cannot be replaced except over millions of years? Options: A. renewable energy B. natural resource C. human resources D. capital resources
B
Question: The name of the cation comes first, followed by the name of the anion, in what kind of compound? Options: A. ionic compound B. covalent bonds C. magnetic compound D. localized compound
A
Question: Electromagnetic radiation is a form of what? Options: A. fusion B. energy C. wave D. fuel
B
Question: What are the cells or structures that detect sensations? Options: A. membranes B. hormones C. receptors D. proteins
C
Question: What artificial process involves making an exact copy of a gene? Options: A. material cloning B. gene cloning C. candidate cloning D. ribosome cloning
B
Question: Deer ticks are the vectors for what disease that affects humans? Options: A. dengue fever B. ringworm C. lyme disease D. malaria
C
Question: A highway that switches back and forth as it climbs up a steep hillside, yeilding a much gentler slope, is an example of what simple machine? Options: A. inclined plane B. lever C. pulley D. wheel
A
Question: The loss of too much blood may lead to shock of what system? Options: A. heart B. nervous C. circulatory D. Circular
C
Question: What is the tectonic zone called where two plates come together? Options: A. lateral boundary B. paralleled boundary C. precursors boundary D. convergent boundary
D
Question: The mild oxidation of thiols gives compounds called what? Options: A. carbonates B. halides C. disulfides D. dioxides
C
Question: What is the structure in a diploid sporophyte that undergoes meiosis to form haploid spores? Options: A. dikaryotic B. hymenium C. hyphae D. sporangium
D
Question: Gene expression and what else are usually considered the same molecular process? Options: A. protein synthesis B. photosynthesis C. subtractive synthesis D. organism synthesis
A
Question: Centipedes have what on their foremost trunk segment, used to paralyze prey and aid in defense? Options: A. animal claws B. poison claws C. board claws D. diploid claws
B
Question: What paired organs together receive about 25 percent of cardiac output and are protected in the retroperitoneal space by the renal fat pad and overlying ribs and muscle? Options: A. kidneys B. brain C. hands D. lungs
A
Question: The diversity of life on earth today is the result of what? Options: A. mass extinction B. evolution C. spontaneous mutation D. generation
B
Question: In science, coefficients are used to balance what kind of equations? Options: A. isolated B. chemical C. mineral D. liquid
B
Question: What connection is required for a newborn baby to begin breathing? Options: A. connection to a heat source B. connection to the placenta C. connection to a ventilator D. connection to the father
B
Question: How is population density expressed? Options: A. per arable land B. number per household C. number per area D. arable land per capita
C
Question: Type 1 diabetes results in the pancreas not being able to make what ? Options: A. hemoglobin B. glucose C. sugar D. insulin
D
Question: Photosynthesis produces oxygen as a byproduct, and respiration produces what as a byproduct? Options: A. nitrogen B. carbon dioxide C. carbon monoxide D. ozone
B
Question: Volcanoes are termed active, dormant, or extinct depending on the possibility of the presence of what in chamber structures? Options: A. coal B. sulpher C. magma D. water
C
Question: Ciliary muscles control the shape of the lens, which bends light and focuses it on what? Options: A. the vitreous fluid B. the cornea C. the pupil D. the retina
D
Question: Convection in which part of the earth drives the movement of the plates of lithosphere over the earth’s surface? Options: A. mantle B. upper crust C. atmosphere D. ocean
A
Question: Simple eyes, like the human eye, have how many lenses? Options: A. four B. one C. none D. two
B
Question: What are the most advanced group of seedless vascular plants called? Options: A. conifers B. grasses C. shrubs D. ferns
D
Question: What is a rigid layer that surrounds the plasma membrane of a plant cell? Options: A. the cell center B. the nucleic wall C. mitochondria D. the cell wall
D
Question: A tropism where light is the stimulus is known as what? Options: A. phototropism B. Thermotropism C. Atropism D. Geotropism
A
Question: What is transmitted that makes up the electromagnetic spectrum? Options: A. light waves of different wavelengths B. electromagnetic radiation in different wavelengths C. sound waves of different frequencies D. gamma rays
B
Question: Rust is an example of the reaction of oxygen with what? Options: A. carbon B. fuel C. iron D. coal
C
Question: When the sun is below the horizon and thus not visible on a direct line, the light path will bend slightly and thus make the sun visible by what? Options: A. infrared B. reflection C. thermal D. refraction
D
Question: What term describes a drug that has an effect on the central nervous system? Options: A. steroidal drug B. nonaddictive drug C. elemental drug D. psychoactive drug
D
Question: What is the physical area where a specie lives? Options: A. ecosystem B. habitat C. farmland D. marine biome
B
Question: Where does most geologic activity take place? Options: A. asthenosphere B. plate boundaries C. inner core D. outer core
B
Question: What type of winds move the same way as mountain and valley breezes? Options: A. pyroclastic winds B. katabatic winds C. planetary winds D. prevailing winds
B
Question: What is the term for the length of the route between two points? Options: A. length B. distance C. trajectory D. area
B
Question: An individual with down's syndrome has 47 of what instead of the normal 46? Options: A. chromosomes B. ribosomes C. prokaryotes D. mitochondria
A
Question: Where is the fruiting body normally produced in relation to the food source? Options: A. at the root B. underneath the surface C. at the surface D. in the soil
C