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Question: Rh antibodies can prove dangerous if they cross what barrier in pregnancy? Options: A. fungal B. embryo C. placental D. stomach
C
Question: Galaxies can be spiral, elliptical, or which other type? Options: A. irregular B. simple C. oblong D. vertical
A
Question: What often involves the loss of hydrogen, the gain of oxygen, or the loss of electrons? Options: A. precipitation B. oxidation C. carbonation D. decomposition
B
Question: Luster, malleability, ductility, and conductivity are all properties of which kind of material? Options: A. ores B. nonmetals C. metals D. wood
C
Question: Anosmia, the loss of what sense, is often the result of the olfactory nerve being severed? Options: A. smell B. balance C. taste D. general sensitivity
A
Question: Which planet is the kuiper belt closest to? Options: A. Jupiter B. neptune C. Mars D. Venus
B
Question: Does warm air sit above or below cooler air in the troposphere? Options: A. above B. below C. near D. adjacent
B
Question: What is the name for the stratospheric gas layer that protects living things from uv radiation? Options: A. ozone layer B. carbon layer C. atmospheric layer D. toposphere
A
Question: All atoms have equal numbers of what two particles? Options: A. electrons and neutrons B. nuclei and neutrons C. photons and protons D. electrons and protons
D
Question: What is the only planet that rotates clockwise as viewed from its north pole? Options: A. uranus B. mars C. venus D. earth
C
Question: Most radioactive emissions that people are exposed to are on the order of a few dozen what? Options: A. millirems B. ticks C. millivolts D. micrograms
A
Question: What decay produces helium nuclei? Options: A. duo decay B. alpha decay C. Beta Decay D. radiative decay
B
Question: Instead of wood, what do some fireplaces use? Options: A. acetylene B. kerosene C. propane D. gasoline
C
Question: What is the sum of all biochemical reactions in cells called? Options: A. respiration B. diffusion C. metabolism D. evolution
C
Question: What process is magnesium important to? Options: A. dna replication B. photosynthetic C. carbon cycle D. absorption
B
Question: What type of shots do people with allergy get? Options: A. nasal shots B. booster shots C. flu shots D. allergy shots
D
Question: Where do polychaete worms live? Options: A. digestive tract B. the ocean floor C. lakes D. garden soil
B
Question: What kind of material that might otherwise go to a landfill can serve as the source of biomass power? Options: A. reactive waste B. mechanical waste C. organic waste D. microscopic waste
C
Question: What was the appendix used for in the past but is no longer needed for? Options: A. fight infection B. produce food C. sense danger D. digest food
D
Question: Dermal, vascular, and ground tissue make up what part of a plant, which bears the leaves, flowers and fruits? Options: A. stem B. leaves C. root D. flowers
A
Question: What term is used to describe the conditions in the sky on any particular day? Options: A. temperature B. weather C. forecast D. humidity
B
Question: What does the human body produce to help digest food? Options: A. enzymes B. carbohydrates C. vitamins D. fiber
A
Question: What is a coil of wire with electric current flowing through it called? Options: A. carrier valve B. tectonic valve C. hydraulic valve D. a solenoid
D
Question: What type of young do scorpions produce? Options: A. live B. twins C. guppies D. identical
A
Question: The chloroplast integrates the two stages of what process? Options: A. breathing B. defacation C. polarization D. photosynthesis
D
Question: What is the name for the amount of water vapor in the air? Options: A. ambient B. humidity C. heat D. viscosity
B
Question: What is the body system that digests food mechanically and chemically and absorbs nutrients? Options: A. metabolism system B. ingestion system C. internal system D. digestive system
D
Question: What is measured with a personal dosimeter? Options: A. internal temperature B. blood insulin C. alcohol concentration D. exposure to radioactivity
D
Question: Which plants sometimes colonize areas by disrupting interactions between native organisms? Options: A. denser exotic plants B. carnivorous exotic plants C. bacteria exotic plants D. invasive exotic plants
D
Question: What are electromagnetic waves with the longest wavelengths called? Options: A. infrared waves B. channel waves C. sound waves D. radio waves
D
Question: Resonance has been used in what kind of human-made recreational objects since prehistoric times? Options: A. toys B. musical instruments C. paintbrushes D. arrows
B
Question: What is the strength of an earthquake called? Options: A. force B. waves C. magnitude D. power
C
Question: What organs need constant pressure to filter the blood? Options: A. dialysis B. arteries C. kidneys D. lungs
C
Question: After an infection has been brought under control and most cytotoxic t cells die off, a few remain as what? Options: A. natural killer cells B. b cells C. control cells D. memory cells
D
Question: How do lancelets reproduce? Options: A. sexually B. parthenogenesis C. asexually D. aerobically
A
Question: What is the storage form of glucose in humans and other vertebrates? Options: A. fructose B. placenta C. neurons D. glycogen
D
Question: What two factors influence the pressure of fluids? Options: A. depth and density B. depth and gravity C. time and temperature D. temperature and density
A
Question: Although it is the easiest to observe, what property is not ideal as a sole way to identify minerals? Options: A. temperature B. color C. composition D. density
B
Question: Where are bile acids, needed to emulsify lipids, stored in the body? Options: A. womb B. cerebellum C. liver D. gallbladder
D
Question: What type of molecule is first broken down in cellular respiration? Options: A. fructose molecule B. oxygen molecule C. hydrogen molecule D. glucose molecule
D
Question: The rate at which the body uses food energy to sustain life and to do different activities is called the what? Options: A. metabolic rate B. calorie rate C. hormonal rate D. life cycle
A
Question: How many valence electrons does carbon have? Options: A. one B. four C. five D. two
B
Question: What word describes a molecule that repels polar water? Options: A. monophobic B. hydrophobic C. hydrophonic D. soluble
B
Question: Which pollution can cause lung cancer and can also make asthma and other diseases worse? Options: A. water pollution B. climate pollution C. air pollution D. air pollination
C
Question: Counterweights and diagonal steel beams are used in buildings to hold down what? Options: A. traction B. inertia C. sway D. gravity
C
Question: The major component of what cellular structures is the phospholipid bilayer? Options: A. ribosomes B. nuclei C. cell membranes D. cytoplasm
C
Question: The cytoskeleton crisscrosses the cytoplasm, this gives what to the cell? Options: A. internal framework B. external framework C. internal passageway D. external passageway
A
Question: Initiation, elongation, and termination are the three steps of what? Options: A. differentiation B. mutation C. respiration D. transcription
D
Question: What do we call the most widely accepted cosmological explanation of how the universe formed? Options: A. big bang theory B. big light theory C. big crunch theory D. singularity theory
A
Question: Angiosperms possess reproductive structures that attract animals that perform what role? Options: A. isolation B. vegetation C. pollination D. evolution
C
Question: What kind of tissue consists of trabeculae and forms the inner layer of all bones? Options: A. flotsam bone tissue B. denser bone tissue C. spongy bone tissue D. corregated bone tissue
C
Question: What is the most important factor in determining the type of soil that forms in a particular area? Options: A. landscape B. climate C. altitude D. migration
B
Question: Energy constantly changes back and forth between kinetic and what type of energy? Options: A. potential B. mechanical C. physical D. practical
A
Question: The tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion is called what? Options: A. stabilization B. isolation C. inertia D. kenetic force
C
Question: When land used for mining or other purposes is restored to its natural state, what do you call the process, which is often mandated by law? Options: A. urban renewal B. irrigation C. reclamation D. removal
C
Question: There are how many visual clues to indicate a chemical reaction? Options: A. seven B. four C. five D. three
B
Question: Genetic traits are characteristics encoded in what? Options: A. nuclei B. rna C. bacteria D. dna
D
Question: In 1802, charles and gay-lussac both proposed that for a fixed amount of gas at a constant pressure, what is directly proportional to its absolute temperature? Options: A. air B. density C. liquid D. volume
D
Question: What material is transported in a process called longshore drift? Options: A. grass B. boats C. foods D. sediment
D
Question: What has has revolutionized biological and biomedical research and applications? Options: A. Compound chain reaction B. polymerase chain reaction C. synthesis chain reaction D. organism chain reaction
B
Question: Electrons are organized into shells and subshells about the nucleus of this? Options: A. compound B. atom C. molecule D. element
B
Question: What is the double-membrane structure that constitutes the outermost portion of the nucleus? Options: A. nuclear fold B. nuclear envelope C. energy fold D. energy envelope
B
Question: Each daughter cell represents one outcome of all possible combinations of maternal and paternal what? Options: A. genes B. chromosomes C. alleles D. traits
B
Question: What is the science of classifying the many organisms on earth called? Options: A. taxonomy B. general classification C. terminology D. methodology
A
Question: Platelets play a role in what cascade of reactions that converts plasma fibrinogen to fibrin? Options: A. bleeding B. hemophilia C. blood clotting D. sickle cell anemia
C
Question: What force includes forces of attraction and repulsion? Options: A. gravitational force B. molecular force C. magnetic force D. centripetal force
C
Question: How many atoms of oxygen does silicon dioxide contain? Options: A. two B. three C. one D. six
A
Question: A transformer has two coils, electrically insulated from each other. one coil is called the primary coil and the other is called the what? Options: A. young coil B. quadratic coil C. tertiary coil D. secondary coil
D
Question: What state of matter is characterized by tiny particles separated by large distances, which do not experience any force of attraction or repulsion with each other? Options: A. emissions B. gas C. steam D. liquids
B
Question: Where are unsaturated fatty acids commonly found? Options: A. oil B. animal products C. fish D. butter
A
Question: Why is gingko biloba planted in public spaces? Options: A. resistant to pollution B. self-pollinating C. self-containing D. for xeriscaping
A
Question: What term means a representation of an object, system, or process? Options: A. presentation B. icon C. pattern D. model
D
Question: What makes metals shiny? Options: A. light energy B. light expansion C. light reflection D. light characterization
C
Question: What are materials that have high resistance to electric current called? Options: A. electric insulators B. power insulators C. cooling insulators D. motion reducers
A
Question: Which system in your body stores urine and is controlled by the nervous system? Options: A. cardiovascular system B. muscular system C. digestive system D. urinary system
D
Question: Which type of isomers generally have lower boiling and melting points than straight-chain isomers? Options: A. branched-chain isomers B. branched - solar isomers C. branched-looping isomers D. straight-chain isomers
A
Question: Which temperature scale is commonly used in science? Options: A. celsius B. ph scale C. centigrade D. kelvin scale
D
Question: What is required for both the synthesis and breakdown of molecules? Options: A. mixing B. energy C. sunlight D. heating
B
Question: Parasites usually harm their hosts (or they wouldn't be parasites), but what do they usually stop short of doing? Options: A. benefiting their hosts B. mutating their hosts C. reproducing with hosts D. killing their host
D
Question: What basic structures are the site of all the life functions of an organism? Options: A. genes B. cells C. lipids D. proteins
B
Question: From where have the earliest ocean plants thought to have evolved? Options: A. simple coral ancestor B. simple alga ancestor C. green alga ancestor D. green pepinia ancestor
C
Question: The liver has three main components: hepatocytes, bile canaliculi, and this? Options: A. blood sinusoids B. coronary sinusoids C. tissue sinusoids D. hepatic sinusoids
D
Question: What bone is is one of a pair that together form the upper jaw, much of the hard palate, the medial floor of the orbit, and the lateral base of the nose? Options: A. mandibular bone B. mastoid process C. maxillary bone D. nasal bone
C
Question: When a rock is altered by heat from a nearby magma, what occurs? Options: A. form metamorphism B. evaporation C. contact metamorphism D. sublimation
C
Question: Which is one of the most complicated parts of gene regulation in eukaryotic cells? Options: A. start of transcription B. middle of transcription C. aftermath of transcription D. end of transcription
A
Question: How is thermal energy transferred in every-day, real life situations, such as holding a warm cup? Options: A. conduction B. oxidation C. decomposition D. condensation
A
Question: What consists of all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and their interactions? Options: A. habitat B. macroevolution C. community D. ecosystem
D
Question: What is the theory scientists use to explain the matter in the universe and how it's held together? Options: A. original model B. organic model C. standard model D. specific model
C
Question: In what group of animals several forms of asexual reproduction are found? Options: A. invertebrates B. arthropods C. crustaceans D. insects
A
Question: After the amino acid molecule has been bound to its what, protein synthesis can take place? Options: A. base B. dna molecule C. trna carrier D. RNA receptor
C
Question: The conversion of food that is consumed to nutrients involves what two major processes: Options: A. absorption and excretion B. untangling and absorption C. secrete and absorption D. digestion and absorption
D
Question: What is the unsorted pile of material dropped by glaciers called? Options: A. icy deposit B. glacial till C. landfill D. glacial runoff
B
Question: Each proton has how many units of positive charge? Options: A. zero B. two C. three D. one
D
Question: Because charges must have an unbroken path to follow, electric current cannot flow through a material unless it forms what? Options: A. closed loop B. closed area C. total loop D. complete loop
A
Question: In living systems, diffusion of substances into and out of cells is mediated by the what membrane? Options: A. gas B. ferment C. plasma D. fluid
C
Question: Ancient greeks mistook what simple sedentary animals for plants? Options: A. fungi B. sponges C. corals D. parasites
B
Question: What trimester is associated with rapid fetal growth? Options: A. third trimester B. fourth trimester C. second trimester D. first trimester
A
Question: What are all scientific explanations and interpretations based on? Options: A. theories B. controls C. facts D. changes
C
Question: What is the process in which an atom becomes an ion known as? Options: A. ionization B. evaporation C. electrification D. oxidation
A
Question: What are two examples of lipids? Options: A. vitamins and fatty acid B. adipose tissue and olive oil C. fats and oils D. defects and oils
C