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Question: How many continents do birds breed on? Options: A. 4 B. 2 C. 3 D. 7
D
Question: Dna consists of how many long chains of nucleotides? Options: A. three B. one C. two D. zero
C
Question: What is the transition from liquid to gas is called? Options: A. melting B. boiling C. freezing D. condensing
B
Question: What is inside the plasma membrane of a prokaryotic cell? Options: A. alkaline B. electron C. protoplasm D. cytoplasm
D
Question: When the helium is gone, the stars become what? Options: A. comets B. yellow dwarfs C. red giants D. white dwarfs
D
Question: What is the change of state from a solid to a gas without passing through the liquid state? Options: A. neutralization B. speciation C. sublimation D. vaporization
C
Question: What type of cells are gametes? Options: A. cardiac B. reproductive C. proteins D. immune
B
Question: What is the touch response in plants called? Options: A. sensitivity B. thigmotropism C. pollenation D. phototropism
B
Question: Humans have an estimated 20,000 to 22,000 of what units of heredity? Options: A. eggs B. chromosomes C. genes D. cells
C
Question: What is defined as the amount of force acting on a given area? Options: A. energy B. pressure C. resistance D. power
B
Question: What system consists of glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream? Options: A. Respiratory system B. the endocrine system C. nervous system D. Muscular system
B
Question: Where are the oceans most polluted? Options: A. on the ocean floor B. along coasts C. in warmer waters D. along reefs
B
Question: What organelles are known as the energy "powerhouses" of the cells? Options: A. proteins B. carbohydrates C. mitochondria D. atoms
C
Question: What is the effect on pressure when the area of applied force is very concentrated? Options: A. pressure increases B. direction increases C. pressure disperses D. pressure reduces
A
Question: What two elements primarily make up the sun? Options: A. calcium and helium B. oxygen and hydrogen C. hydrogen and helium D. nitrogen and argon
C
Question: Adipose is a connective tissue made up of cells called what? Options: A. keratinocytes B. adipocytes C. hepatocytes D. oocytes
B
Question: Where are about 75% of the tar sands in the world located? Options: A. venezuela and onatrio,canada B. alberta, canada and peru C. china and onatrio, canada D. venezuela and alberta, canada
D
Question: Does pressure increase or decrease when gas particles heat up? Options: A. stays constant B. increase C. stagnates D. decreases
B
Question: What are the two most common vision problems? Options: A. colorblindness and farsightedness B. glaucoma and nearsightedness C. nearsightedness and farsightedness D. colorblindness and nearsightedness
C
Question: What is the pair of bean-shaped organs that filters blood and produces urine? Options: A. lungs B. arteries C. heart D. kidneys
D
Question: Met, asn, trp, and gln connect together like beads on a necklace and are an example of what type of acids? Options: A. polymer acids B. organism acids C. peptic acids D. amino acids
D
Question: What is a carbon-based compound that is found in living things called? Options: A. biological compound B. organic compound C. biochemical compound D. genetic compound
C
Question: What do you call a mirror shaped like the inside of a bowl? Options: A. concave B. curved C. circular D. convex
A
Question: Ions that contain fewer electrons than protons have a net positive charge and are called what? Options: A. anions B. particles C. oxides D. cations
D
Question: What factors consist of parts of the environment that are or were alive, and their remains? Options: A. xerophytic factors B. abiotic factors C. decomposition factors D. biotic factors
D
Question: What is another name for a reasonable explanation for something that might be formed near the beginning of a scientific inquiry into a problem? Options: A. hypothesis B. theory C. experiment D. conclusion
A
Question: What is the logarithmic scale that measures the largest jolt of energy released by an earthquake called? Options: A. Geiger counter B. Shake scale C. tremor scale D. richter scale
D
Question: Polarization occurs between a charged and what other object? Options: A. obsolete B. molecular C. neutral D. motionless
C
Question: Glucose, fructose, and other sugars that have six carbons are called what? Options: A. hexoses B. catalysts C. fluxes D. alcohols
A
Question: What is precipitation that flows over the surface of the land? Options: A. storm surge B. runoff C. blizzard D. seawater
B
Question: What is the method that is a plan for asking questions and testing possible answers called? Options: A. scientific investigation B. independent variable C. forecasting D. sample size
A
Question: What branch of physics deals with the smallest units of elements and compounds? Options: A. oxygen B. atomic C. gravity D. quantum
B
Question: What kinds of acids are proteins made out of? Options: A. protein acids B. amino acids C. acetic acids D. sequence acids
B
Question: Whisk ferns have yellow sporangia and no what? Options: A. flowers B. leaves C. roots D. stems
B
Question: Do tropical regions have very high or very low rates of immigration? Options: A. very high B. too high C. medium D. low
A
Question: What type of experiment involves two identical experiments carried out side-by-side, with and without an independent variable? Options: A. trial run B. controlled experiment C. blind test D. defined experiment
B
Question: How does the core of the sun radiate energy? Options: A. electrical radiation B. carbon radiation C. nuclear fission D. nuclear fusion
D
Question: What is the concentration of gas molecules in the mesosphere? Options: A. high density B. very low density C. medium density D. low density
B
Question: What type of energy causes erosion at the shore? Options: A. potential B. kinetic C. tidal D. wave
D
Question: Long distance runners try to maintain constant velocity with very little acceleration or deceleration to conserve what? Options: A. momentum B. energy C. pressure D. fuel
B
Question: What is the smallest particle of an element that still has the element’s properties? Options: A. an atom B. an ion C. a nucleus D. an electron
A
Question: A biofilm is a colony of what that is stuck to a surface such as a rock or a host’s tissues? Options: A. prokaryotes B. eukaryotes C. vacuoles D. insects
A
Question: The stem of a horsetail is characterized by the presence of joints, or nodes: hence the name arthrophyta, which means this? Options: A. elongated plant B. molted plant C. jointed plant D. solid plant
C
Question: What do power plants burn to generate electricity? Options: A. timber B. fossil fuels C. biofuel D. nuclear fuel
B
Question: What organ lets us understand what we see, hear, or sense in other ways, and allows us to use language, learn, think, and remember? Options: A. heart B. bone C. brain D. Kidneys
C
Question: What is the more common term for ethanoic acid, the active substance in vinegar? Options: A. amino acid B. methyl acid C. polymer acid D. acetic acid
D
Question: What type of pollution results from the contaminants that enter a waterway or water body through a single site? Options: A. simple source pollution B. point source pollution C. targeted source pollution D. liquid source pollution
B
Question: What are the "chemical messenger" molecules used by the endocrine system? Options: A. hormones B. enzymes C. axons D. acids
A
Question: Many innovative farming methods can prevent what type of erosion, which is especially important in agriculture? Options: A. plains erosion B. soil erosion C. vegetable erosion D. fertilizer erosion
B
Question: As the atoms approach one another, their electron clouds gradually begin to do what? Options: A. overlap B. shrink C. magnetize D. disappear
A
Question: What force holds together both types of star clusters? Options: A. inertia B. weight C. magnetism D. gravity
D
Question: What are the rod-like structures made of short microtubules that play an important part in cellular division? Options: A. cilia B. mitochondria C. centrioles D. fibrils
C
Question: Vertebrates with four limbs are also called what? Options: A. Mammals B. tetrapods C. Birds D. Amphibians
B
Question: What is the name of the disorder of the arteries in which cholesterol and other materials are deposited on the interior of the arterial wall? Options: A. paralysis B. anemia C. atherosclerosis D. arthritis
C
Question: What is defined as a close relationship between organisms of different species in which at least one of the organisms benefits? Options: A. endosymbiosis B. parasitic C. co-operative D. symbiosis
D
Question: What do you call the force identified by a north and south pole? Options: A. magnetism B. normal force C. gravity D. buoyancy
A
Question: The voltage of a voltaic cell can be determined by the reduction potentials of what? Options: A. old reactions B. thermal reactions C. half reactions D. full reactions
C
Question: What type of fatty acids have bent chains? Options: A. saturated fatty acids B. cholesterol C. lipids D. unsaturated fatty acids
D
Question: All seed plants and a few seedless vascular plants are what? Options: A. heterosporous B. zygotes C. protozoans D. homosporous
A
Question: The three segments of arthropods are the head, thorax and what? Options: A. appendages B. antennae C. abdomen D. chest
C
Question: A notochord has in common with what vertbrate structure? Options: A. spinal cord B. rip chord C. trichord D. rib cage
A
Question: Most members of what mammalian order possess opposable thumbs? Options: A. marsupials B. rodents C. primates D. amphibians
C
Question: What refers to a group of individual organisms of the same species that live closely together? Options: A. a enviroment B. a habitat C. a colony D. a flock
C
Question: The rise in greenhouse gases has what effect on the temperature of earth? Options: A. it increases B. no effect C. it drops D. more moderate
A
Question: What two types of atoms bond to form sulfate minerals? Options: A. oxygen and sulfur B. carbon and sulfur C. oxygen and calcium D. oxygen and carbon
A
Question: Where does groundwater primarily come from? Options: A. evaporation B. erosion C. sediment D. precipitation
D
Question: What determines sex in animals? Options: A. cell structure B. cell density C. sex chromosomes D. ribosomes
C
Question: The joints of the carpal bones in the wrist are examples of what type of joints? Options: A. filter joints B. isojoints C. planar joints D. digit joints
C
Question: If a unit is named after a person it needs to be? Options: A. forgotten B. short C. squandered D. capitalized
D
Question: What is the name for the inner lining of the uterus? Options: A. cuticle B. the endometrium C. the uterine shell D. the epidermis
B
Question: What is it called when currents keep reversing direction? Options: A. alternating current B. emitting current C. circle current D. stream current
A
Question: What is the name given to anything that has mass and takes up space? Options: A. matter B. molecule C. organism D. vacuum
A
Question: What is the upper most level of earth's layers called? Options: A. surface B. volcanic C. mantle D. crust
D
Question: What are secreted into the gi tract by organs of the gi tract or from a nearby gland named the pancreas? Options: A. digestive enzymes B. stomach acid C. insulin and pepsin D. bile
A
Question: In what organ does pepsin help break down proteins? Options: A. kidney B. liver C. skin D. stomach
D
Question: What begins when a neuron receives a chemical stimulus? Options: A. a induce impulse B. a nerve impulse C. a metabolism impulse D. nerve reaction
B
Question: Pink snapdragons are an example of what? Options: A. cloning B. nh3 hybridization C. incomplete dominance D. grafting
C
Question: Air quality is a measure of what in the air? Options: A. water B. clouds C. pollutants D. gases
C
Question: What do solar cells convert the energy in sunlight into? Options: A. subsequent energy B. experimental energy C. electrical energy D. free energy
C
Question: Both endotherms and ectotherms control what through behavioral responses to changes in the environment? Options: A. hormones B. gas temperature C. sleep cycles D. body temperature
D
Question: What occurs when the bronchioles swell and the muscles around the bronchioles contract? Options: A. asthma B. bronchitis C. nausea D. allergies
A
Question: What giant planet is far away from and much less dense than earth? Options: A. jupiter B. venus C. mars D. uranus
A
Question: Bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa are examples of what, the term for a disease-causing microorganism? Options: A. microbe B. germ C. fungus D. pathogen
D
Question: Newton’s third law of motion describes what property of forces that means balance? Options: A. symmetry B. acceleration C. gravity D. magnetism
A
Question: Translation is the second part of the central dogma of what? Options: A. molecular biology B. string theory C. molecular gastronomy D. relativity
A
Question: What helps us see rainbows in the sky? Options: A. visible light B. myopia C. spectral light D. prism
A
Question: How the individuals in a population are spread throughout their habitat is referred to as what? Options: A. population distribution B. population habitation C. habitual distribution D. population spread
A
Question: The passenger pigeon, the dodo bird, and the woolly mammoth represent individual cases of what fate? Options: A. compression B. accumulation C. extinction D. isolation
C
Question: Both fats and oils are made up of long chains of carbon atoms that are bonded together. what are these chains called? Options: A. nucleic acids B. fatty acids C. metabolic acids D. amino acids
B
Question: What adds phosphate groups to receptor proteins at the surface of the cell? Options: A. protein kinases B. receptor kinases C. brain kinases D. nitrogen kinases
B
Question: Cold fronts in winter may bring what type of storm? Options: A. showers B. monsoon C. typhoon D. snow storm
D
Question: What is added to alcohol and used as an antiseptic? Options: A. chloride B. arsenic C. chlorine D. iodine
D
Question: Excretion of ions occurs mainly through what organ? Options: A. Heart B. kidneys C. tissues D. lungs
B
Question: Acids can also react with metals, and when they do they produce what? Options: A. rust B. potassium gas C. alloys D. hydrogen gas
D
Question: Convection is the transfer of what type of energy by particles moving through a fluid? Options: A. Nuclear B. Chemical C. atmospheric D. thermal
D
Question: Foresters commonly inoculate pine seedlings with a type of what to promote growth? Options: A. yeast B. soil C. proteins D. fungi
D
Question: What are animal fats and oils such as olive and vegetable oil classified as? Options: A. inorganic compounds B. proteins C. lipids D. amino acids
C
Question: What type of alloys are used in musical instruments? Options: A. copper B. bronze C. brass D. plastics
C
Question: Osteoclasts and osteoblasts play key roles in repair of what? Options: A. liver B. bone C. brain D. heart
B
Question: What is the general shape of centrioles? Options: A. oval B. arc C. rod D. spherical
C