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Question: Abundant in unpolluted ponds and streams, planarians prey on smaller animals or feed on? Options: A. algae B. fungi C. unidentified animals D. dead animals
D
Question: What does parasitic mean? Options: A. lives in host B. mutual benefit C. symbiotic D. welcome guest
A
Question: What scientist constructed a tree diagram, separating living organisms into three domains? Options: A. CT Fletcher B. Gibbs C. Mendel D. carl woese
D
Question: Most of the genes in the eukaryotic cell are found where? Options: A. the vacuoles B. the mitochondria C. the cell wall D. the nucleus
D
Question: What are known as the building blocks of proteins? Options: A. bases B. protein acids C. organism acids D. amino acids
D
Question: What are the three types of muscle tissue in the body? Options: A. proliferating , cardiac , smooth B. skeletal, cardiac, smooth C. topography , cardiac , smooth D. spongy, cardiac, skeletal
B
Question: The white mountains in new hampshire are part of what province? Options: A. montreal B. appalachian C. geologic D. antarctic
B
Question: What is the ratio of the uncertainty to the measured value, multiplied by one-hundred called? Options: A. percent uncertainty B. variable uncertainty C. amount uncertainty D. percent inconsistency
A
Question: What is produced by the sebaceous glands? Options: A. pheromone B. sperm C. progesterone D. sebum
D
Question: What do you call vesicle transport into the cell? Options: A. endocytosis B. passive transport C. metastasis D. dialysis
A
Question: What are daily changes in the level of ocean water called? Options: A. waves B. floods C. currents D. tides
D
Question: What is the name of the narrow tube that begins at the stomach and ends at the large intestine? Options: A. small stomach B. small intestine C. pancreas D. small tissues
B
Question: What is the term for how close a measurement is to the true value? Options: A. frequency B. accuracy C. validity D. correctness
B
Question: What are the two most abundant elements in the universe? Options: A. hydrogen and oxygen B. nitrogen and carbon C. oxygen and carbon D. hydrogen and helium
D
Question: What is the term for a close relationship between two species in which at least one species benefits. Options: A. extosis B. endosymbiosis C. symbiosis D. candiasis
C
Question: Atomic emission spectra are produced when excited electrons return to what state? Options: A. work state B. side state C. orbital state D. ground state
D
Question: The lungs perform gas exchange using air and what fluid, which is coming and going from the heart? Options: A. saliva B. blood C. water D. mucus
B
Question: In addition to glucose, what gas is used during cellular respiration? Options: A. oxygen B. hydrogen C. methane D. nitrogen
A
Question: Which germ layers are essential for animal embryos to grow and develop into a body? Options: A. histone and melatonin B. endoderm, ectoderm, mesoderm C. cytoplasm and chloroplasm D. keratinocytes , ectoderm , mesoderm
B
Question: Scrubbers and catalytic converters are examples of technologies that change what into harmless compounds? Options: A. toxins B. contaminants C. pollutants D. mutations
C
Question: What is the weighted average of the masses of all isotopes of an element called? Options: A. atomic mass B. light mass C. cell mass D. weight mass
A
Question: The ability of a water spider to walk across a body of water is an example of what? Options: A. high density B. low gravity C. surface tension D. magnetism
C
Question: What are compounds with the same molecular formula but different structures and properties called? Options: A. monomers B. substrates C. polymers D. isomers
D
Question: What happens when the blood cannot reach the heart because a blood vessel is blocked? Options: A. pass out B. fast heart beat C. heart burn D. heart attack
D
Question: What kind of solid is characterized by an unorganized and unpredictable structure? Options: A. porous B. aqueous C. amorphous D. magnetic
C
Question: An object with more mass has greater thermal energy than an object with less mass because it has more what? Options: A. gravity B. atoms C. molecules D. ions
B
Question: Ether molecules have an oxygen atom and can engage in hydrogen bonding with which other molecules? Options: A. carbon dioxides B. lipids C. proteins D. water
D
Question: What basic structures of the nervous system innervate the muscles of the respiratory system and are responsible for controlling and regulating pulmonary ventilation? Options: A. enzymes B. ions C. neurons D. toxins
C
Question: Pollutants in surface water can filter into the ground and enter a what? Options: A. turbine B. groundwater aquifer C. hydro plant D. combustion aquifer
B
Question: What is the most common cause of dwarfism? Options: A. achondroplasia B. retinopathy C. deformity D. hypothyroidism
A
Question: What describes how much matter is in a certain amount of space? Options: A. mass B. viscosity C. volume D. density
D
Question: Axons pass what on to other cells? Options: A. nerve impulses B. calcium impulses C. synthesis impulses D. myelin impulses
A
Question: Sister chromatids separate and move to opposite poles of the cell in the third phase of what process? Options: A. meiosis B. cytokinesis C. mitosis D. epistasis
C
Question: What is the distance that sound waves travel in a given amount of time called? Options: A. speed of sound B. velocity of sound C. force of sound D. momentum of sound
A
Question: What would you call a relationship where the bacteria benefit and and the other organism is harmed? Options: A. parasitism B. pathology C. symbiotic D. fungi
A
Question: What is the supply of water to land or crops to help growth called? Options: A. absorbtion B. drainage C. precipitation D. irrigation
D
Question: What form of matter has neither a definite shape nor a definite volume? Options: A. gas B. solid C. liquid D. plasma
A
Question: Which stage has already been completed by the time sea urchin eggs are released from the female? Options: A. fetus B. mitoses C. meiosis D. secondary
C
Question: Unlike pure substances, mixtures have a what? Options: A. complex composition B. efficient composition C. unique composition D. variable composition
D
Question: What process does not cause a rock to melt completely, instead causing the minerals to change by heat or pressure? Options: A. metamorphism B. oxidation C. igneous extrusion D. sedimentation
A
Question: A disaccharide is a pair of monosaccharides. disaccharides are formed via dehydration synthesis, and the bond linking them is referred to as a glycosidic bond (glyco- = “sugar”). three disaccharides (shown in figure 2.19) are important to humans. these are sucrose, commonly referred to as table sugar; lactose...
B
Question: At what age is skeletal maturity reached by humans? Options: A. 15 B. 20 C. 40 D. 30
B
Question: What is most of earth's surface covered with? Options: A. sand B. silicon C. water D. insects
C
Question: What is the sac-like organ of the body that is important for both mechanical and chemical digestion? Options: A. stomach B. spleen C. kidney D. gall bladder
A
Question: All chemical reactions require what to get started? Options: A. spiked energy B. primary energy C. activation energy D. conductivity energy
C
Question: Mitosis is nuclear division during which duplicated chromosomes are segregated and distributed into what? Options: A. father nuclei B. daughter nuclei C. long nuclei D. woman nuclei
B
Question: Movement of water and minerals in the xylem solutes, pressure, gravity, and matric potential are all important for what? Options: A. plant water transport B. increase water transport C. Moving Water Transport D. produce water transport
A
Question: The temperature of the box is related to the average speed of what? Options: A. air B. molecules C. light D. earth
B
Question: What are organisms that eat just one type of food? Options: A. hedonists B. gluttons C. devotees D. specialists
D
Question: Mechanisms for establishing cellular asymmetries include morphogen gradients, localized determinants, and what other type of interactions? Options: A. reductive B. inductive C. conductive D. electromagnetic
B
Question: Biodiversity hot spots are prime candidates for protection because they are prone to what species fate? Options: A. mutation B. reduction C. extinction D. accumulation
C
Question: What are single-celled or colonial organisms that do not have membranebound nuclei? Options: A. viruses B. prokaryotes C. eukaryotes D. arthropods
B
Question: Differences in density between water and air lead to differences in what? Options: A. sound B. resistance C. pressure D. energy
C
Question: What organizational tool, arguably the best in all of science, lists all the known chemical elements, arranged by atomic number? Options: A. periodic table B. logic table C. tide table D. spreadsheet
A
Question: Solvation involves surrounding ions with what? Options: A. proteins B. solvent particles C. passive particles D. molecules
B
Question: The appendicular skeleton includes all bones of the upper and lower limbs, plus the bones that attach each limb to the what? Options: A. compressed skeleton B. axial skeleton C. literal skeleton D. dynamic skeleton
B
Question: Cow manure can have a second life as a source of what gas? Options: A. hydrogen B. freon C. ethanol D. methane
D
Question: Eggs reside in the mesohyl, but sperm are carried out of the sponge by what? Options: A. water current B. phloem C. ion channels D. air current
A
Question: Population size influences the chances of a species surviving, with very small populations generally at greatest risk of what fate? Options: A. mutation B. adaptation C. accumulation D. extinction
D
Question: Sound is the transfer of energy from a vibrating object in waves that travel through what? Options: A. light B. matter C. time D. water
B
Question: Sterols are a subgroup of what? Options: A. nuclides B. nutrients C. steroids D. antibiotics
C
Question: Cardiac muscle is only found where? Options: A. heart B. abdomen C. brain D. lung
A
Question: What process provides over 99 percent of the energy for life on earth? Options: A. fracking B. glycolysis C. farming D. photosynthesis
D
Question: Unlike energy, what doesn’t need to be constantly added to ecosystems because it is recycled through ecosystems? Options: A. matter B. nutrients C. water D. vapor
A
Question: A colloid is a homogeneous mixture with medium-sized what? Options: A. solutions B. molecules C. particles D. atoms
C
Question: What causes rivers to always flow downhill? Options: A. diffusion B. gravity C. slope D. pressure
B
Question: What elements do water and hydrogen peroxide consist of? Options: A. hydrogen and helium B. calcium and oxygen C. hydrogen and oxygen D. carbon and oxygen
C
Question: Name the virus that causes cold sores. Options: A. herpes virus B. AIDS C. Epstein-Barr D. eboli
A
Question: Cardiac veins parallel the small cardiac arteries and generally drain into what sinus? Options: A. heart B. coronary C. Veins D. lungs
B
Question: What is a dip slip fault where the dip of the fault plane is vertical? Options: A. reverse slip B. strike - theory C. incline slip D. strike-slip
D
Question: The major entrance and exit for the respiratory system is which facial orifice? Options: A. mouth B. pore C. nose D. ear
C
Question: Sexual reproduction is the combination of (usually haploid) reproductive cells from two individuals to form a third (usually diploid) unique offspring. sexual reproduction produces offspring with novel combinations of what? Options: A. cells B. genes C. features D. phenotypes
B
Question: What kind of reproduction involves just one parent and produces offspring genetically identical to each other and to the parent? Options: A. organic reproduction B. microscopic reproduction C. asexual reproduction D. sexual reproduction
C
Question: What do you call the hard case that surrounds the soft parts of some animals? Options: A. muscles B. exoskeleton C. shell D. membrane
B
Question: Choosing to not smoke and using sunscreen are examples of lifestyle choices that help prevent forms of what disease? Options: A. cancer B. bacterial disease C. viral disease D. pnemonia
A
Question: What is said about the speed of rotation in systems that create tornadoes? Options: A. it is magnetic B. it is slow C. it is unchanged D. it is fast
B
Question: In gas exchange, oxygen flows into the blood, and what flows out? Options: A. naturally dioxide B. carbon monoxide C. carbon dioxide D. liquid dioxide
C
Question: What happens during the process of digestion? Options: A. regurgitation B. cell division C. excretion of food D. breakdown of food
D
Question: What do you call the folded layers of rock where geologists look for oil? Options: A. crests B. oscillations C. synclines D. anticlines
D
Question: Cutting forests and clearing land has also increased the amount of what in the atmosphere? Options: A. oxygen B. smog C. pesticides D. carbon dioxide
D
Question: Microevolution occurs in a population when what frequencies change over time? Options: A. eukaryote B. antenna C. molecule D. allele
D
Question: What is the alkaline hydrolysis reaction of an ester called? Options: A. resorption B. saponification C. fermentation D. instantiation
B
Question: What is the time interval required for one complete wave to pass a point called? Options: A. period B. cycle C. minute D. half-life
A
Question: Plant-like protists are autotrophs, meaning they make their own what? Options: A. food B. molds C. spores D. flowers
A
Question: In what form do plants and animals store sugar for later use? Options: A. processing polysaccharides B. management polysaccharides C. carrying polysaccharides D. storage polysaccharides
D
Question: What forces the fetus out of the uterus? Options: A. delayed childbirth B. biological clock C. deep breathing D. continuous strong contractions
D
Question: The large and small intestine are both divided into how many parts? Options: A. 6 B. 8 C. 2 D. 3
D
Question: If everything in a system stays the same but the pressure deceases, gas bubbles will change in what way? Options: A. they get smaller B. they get bigger C. they pop D. they multiply
B
Question: What do you call the transfer of thermal energy? Options: A. humidity B. precipitation C. heat D. formation
C
Question: The outer layer of what anatomical structure is so tough that it keeps out most pathogens? Options: A. skin B. liver C. steel D. bark
A
Question: The process of a liquid becoming a gas is called boiling, while the process of a solid becoming a gas is called what? Options: A. Boiling B. Melting C. sublimation D. vaporization
C
Question: How does the nucleus divide during nuclear fission? Options: A. evenly B. biochemically C. asymmetrically D. equally
C
Question: How do heavy alkanes affect the skin? Options: A. damage the skin B. form a protective layer C. color the skin D. they do not affect the skin
B
Question: If an electric current passes through water, water molecules break down into molecules of what? Options: A. oxygen and methane B. carbon and oxygen C. hydrogen and carbon D. hydrogen and oxygen
D
Question: What makes luminous dials glow in the dark? Options: A. devil substances B. phosphorescent substances C. eerie substances D. polymer substances
B
Question: What liquid is referred to as the "universal solvent"? Options: A. water B. bromine C. blood D. gasoline
A
Question: What is the active ingredient in cloves? Options: A. eugenol B. thiamine C. methyl D. nicotine
A
Question: What term means the adjusting of systems within a cell in order to restore balance or maintain equilibrium? Options: A. homeostatic regulation B. systemic regulation C. aftertouch regulation D. gaseous regulation
A
Question: What is the name of the formation that regulates sleep and arousal? Options: A. gelechioidea formation B. epithelial formation C. reticular formation D. sleep-arousal formation
C
Question: What do the gonadotropins regulate? Options: A. mitosis B. temperature C. gametogenesis D. epigenesis
C