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Terminal pods are located at the end of what? A. leaves B. spines C. stems D. fruits Answer:
C
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What forms when the spores from two parents fuse during sexual reproduction? A. spirogyra B. xerophyte C. zygospore D. monospore Answer:
C
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What is the name of the galaxy we live in? A. milky way B. Centaurus A C. Bode's Galaxy D. Andromeda Answer:
A
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What are the most common seedless vascular plants? A. ferns B. grasses C. trees D. weeds Answer:
A
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In a monogamous pairing, a male individual is generally paired with what other type of individual in a sexual relationship? A. drone B. female C. male D. worker Answer:
B
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What is a mass spectrometer used to measure? A. relative atomic masses B. subatomic masses C. optical atomic masses D. partial atomic masses Answer:
A
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What combines sets of genes from two different parents leading to genetically diverse offspring? A. cellular reproduction B. sexual destruction C. subject reproduction D. sexual reproduction Answer:
D
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Global warming will raise ocean levels due to melt water from glaciers and the greater volume of what? A. warmer water B. rainforests C. rain D. greenhouse gases Answer:
A
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What are groups of young stars loosely held together by gravity called? A. constellations B. open clusters C. galaxies D. closed clusters Answer:
B
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What does a pollinator pick up from its body and carry directly to another plant of the same species? A. pathogen B. seed C. pollen D. spore Answer:
C
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What is formed when an oxygen atom picks up a pair of hydrogen ions from a solution? A. liquid B. turpentine C. water D. ammonia Answer:
C
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What does the driving of turbines by the heating of water to steam accomplish? A. absorption of electricity B. depletion of electricity C. diffusion of electricity D. generation of electricity Answer:
D
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What is a device that changes kinetic energy to electrical energy through electromagnetic induction? A. a windmill B. a battery C. a diesel engine D. an electric generator Answer:
D
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How many naturally occurring elements are known on earth? A. 87 B. 90 C. 60 D. 85 Answer:
B
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What are the two types of vesicle transport called? A. endocytosis and exocytosis B. dielectric and exocytosis C. eptocytosis and exocytosis D. epithelium and exocytosis Answer:
A
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What do you call a species that has died out in the past? A. inhabit B. remnant C. endangered D. extinct Answer:
D
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Where does the embryo develop in a plant? A. inside the stem after fertilization B. inside the female plant after fertilization C. inside the male plant after fertilization D. outside the female plant after fertilization Answer:
B
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What is the method of setting or correcting a measuring device by matching it to known measurement standards called? A. distortion B. parallax C. calibration D. precision Answer:
C
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What property of warm air causes it to rise above cold air? A. greater density B. lower density C. greater pressure D. higher temperature Answer:
B
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Which branch of biology studies animal behavior? A. microbiology B. embryology C. ethology D. anthropology Answer:
C
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What unit of measure is equal to the amount of work a horse can do in 1 minute? A. joule B. torque C. watt D. horsepower Answer:
D
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What organism is characterized by an incomplete digestive system and a single, tentacled opening? A. sponges B. cnidarians C. prokaryotes D. annelids Answer:
B
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What term is not the same as energy, but means the energy per unit charge? A. frequency B. mass C. speed D. voltage Answer:
D
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What specific part of the african violet is used to propagate other plants? A. leaves B. roots C. petals D. spores Answer:
A
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What are fibers that depend on aerobic respiration called? A. hydrogen fibers B. evaporative fibers C. fragile fibers D. oxidative fibers Answer:
D
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Which form of electromagnetic waves have more energy: low frequency wave or high frequency waves? A. high frequency waves B. neither C. low frequency waves D. the same Answer:
A
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Something that has all of the characteristics of life is considered to be what? A. ecosystem B. organism C. alive D. molecule Answer:
C
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What do the letters in our blood types represent? A. genomes B. proteins C. iron levels D. alleles Answer:
D
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The two stages of photosynthesis are the light reactions and what? A. digestive cycle B. respiratory cycle C. reproductive cycle D. calvin cycle Answer:
D
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What do living things need to survive? A. heat B. nutrients C. oxygen D. molecules Answer:
B
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The denser regions of the electron cloud are called what? A. cores B. isotopes C. lattices D. orbitals Answer:
D
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In studying energy, what term do scientists use to refer to the matter and its environment involved in energy transfers? A. ecosystem B. world C. system D. molecule Answer:
C
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To measure what changes that occur in chemical reactions, chemists usually use a related thermodynamic quantity, calledenthalpy? A. evaporation B. energy C. entropy D. ion exchange Answer:
B
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A system in what state cannot spontaneously change, and therefore can do no work? A. equality B. stability C. balance D. equilibrium Answer:
D
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What is a species that plays an especially important role in it's community called? A. complement B. keystone C. Invasive D. Leader Answer:
B
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What term that shows how fast a population is growing includes new members added to the population over a given period, as well as old members removed from the population? A. emigration B. population density C. birth rate D. growth rate Answer:
D
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The rings of what planet can be easily seen from earth? A. jupiter B. saturn C. Neptune D. Venus Answer:
B
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What planet is a blue green color? A. Mercury B. sirius C. uranus D. Mars Answer:
C
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The simplest class of organic compounds is the what? A. particles B. gas C. hydrocarbons D. Phenols Answer:
C
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Some meteorites are made of iron and nickel and are thought to be very similar to what part of the earth? A. core B. shelf C. mantel D. crust Answer:
A
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Which pathway carries somatosensory information from the face, head, mouth, and nasal cavity? A. posterior pathway B. cranial pathway C. dual pathway D. trigeminal pathway Answer:
D
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The amount of kinetic energy in a moving object depends directly on its mass and what else? A. velocity B. volume C. density D. direction Answer:
A
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Cycling, shoveling snow and cross-country skiing are examples of what kind of heart-strengthening activity? A. anaerobic B. exercise C. aerobic D. metabolism Answer:
C
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What take the shape of their container, and are relatively easy to compress? A. fluids B. gases C. molecules D. semi-fluids Answer:
B
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What is moving air called? A. humidity B. wind C. steam D. clouds Answer:
B
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What property makes bone marrow cells ideal for gene therapy? A. Matching B. irreversible reproduction C. lifelong reproduction D. behavior reproduction Answer:
C
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What is the name of the two metalloids in the carbon group called? A. silicon and germanium B. silicon and gold C. silver and gold D. titantium and copper Answer:
A
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What is the name of the zone where water is deeper than 200 meters called? A. aphotic zone B. euphotic zone C. eccentric zone D. transition zone Answer:
A
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Diagnosing and treating cancer is a beneficial use of what potentially dangerous energy? A. radiation B. mechanical C. thermal D. solar Answer:
A
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Many adults and some children suffer from a deficiency of lactase. these individuals are said to be lactose intolerant because they cannot digest the lactose found in what? A. milk B. meat C. fruit D. peanuts Answer:
A
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Three-prong plugs, circuit breakers, and gfci outlets are safety features that recognize the danger of what? A. gravity B. electricity C. heat D. magnetism Answer:
B
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Catabolic reactions break down large organic molecules into smaller molecules, releasing the energy contained in what? A. molecular bonds B. chemical bonds C. liquid bonds D. crystals bonds Answer:
B
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In qualitative analysis, reagents are added to an unknown chemical mixture in order to induce what? A. precipitation B. erosion C. sunlight D. motion Answer:
A
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While climate change in earth history was due to natural processes, what is primarily to blame for recent global warming? A. volcanos B. factories C. wars D. human actions Answer:
D
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What is the simplest life cycle? A. diploid life cycle B. metamorphic cycle C. binary life cycle D. haploid life cycle Answer:
D
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What keeps the moon orbiting earth? A. the Sun B. axial tilt C. Coriolis effect D. gravity Answer:
D
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What are formed by the attraction between oppositely charged ions? A. magnetic bonds B. soluble bonds C. ionic bonds D. inept bonds Answer:
C
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What produces hormones that directly regulate body processes? A. pancreas B. lymph glands C. hypothalamus D. hippocampus Answer:
C
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Comparing anatomy, and characterizing the similarities and differences, provides evidence of what process? A. devolution B. emergence C. regression D. evolution Answer:
D
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What is the second most abundant element in the earth's crust? A. carbon B. silicon C. helium D. nitrogen Answer:
B
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Which kind of genetics approach involves mutating or deleting genes provides researchers with clues about gene function? A. possible genetics B. inverse genetics C. impossible genetics D. reverse genetics Answer:
D
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More than half of all known organisms are what? A. mammals B. enzymes C. insects D. spiders Answer:
C
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For what purpose does liver use the excess carbohydrate? A. to synthesize glycogen B. convert starches C. process sugar D. dilute carbohydrates Answer:
A
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Saturn is made mostly of helium and what else? A. hydrogen B. hydrogen C. nitrogen D. carbon Answer:
A
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What are alkenes organic compounds that contain one or more double or triple bonds between carbon atoms described as? A. saturated B. strong C. unsaturated D. insulated Answer:
C
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Electrons in covalent compounds are shared between the two atoms, unlike the case in what type of bonds? A. horizontal bonds B. ionic bonds C. weak bonds D. soluble bonds Answer:
B
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What is the resistance of a liquid to flow called? A. viscosity B. elasticity C. turbulence D. permeability Answer:
A
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The mass of atoms is based on the number of protons and neutrons in what? A. components B. molecules C. nucleus D. electrons Answer:
C
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Where do polychaete worms live? A. in tide pools B. in coral reefs C. the ocean floor D. attached to marine life Answer:
C
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What is the study of how and why plants and animals live where they do? A. biogeography B. heredity C. lithography D. geomorphology Answer:
A
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Muscles that position the pectoral girdle are located either on the anterior thorax or on this? A. inferred thorax B. analogous thorax C. posterior thorax D. posterior thorax Answer:
C
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What are the two major types of seed plants called? A. flowers and fruits B. deciduous and evergreen C. perennials and annuals D. gymnosperms and angiosperms Answer:
D
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What do we call the energy-rich product of photosynthesis? A. insulin B. glucose C. sugar D. chloride Answer:
B
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How is oxygen transferred into the bloodstream? A. hard diffusion B. simple diffusion C. brain diffusion D. mean diffusion Answer:
B
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Ringworm and athlete's foot are human diseases caused by what simple organisms? A. insects B. bacteria C. fungi D. viruses Answer:
C
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What is the measure of the change in the velocity of a moving object called? A. pressurization B. compression C. transmission D. acceleration Answer:
D
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What is the usual treatment for acute bronchitis? A. pesticides B. antibiotics C. surgery D. physical therapy Answer:
B
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What are generally divided into prosimian and non-prosimian? A. rodents B. insects C. carnivores D. primates Answer:
D
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The creation and destruction of oceanic crust is the reason what moves? A. oceans B. animals C. continents D. planets Answer:
C
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What is the concept by which two species within the same area to coexist by adapting by developing different specializations? A. character concept B. feature displacement C. character development D. character displacement Answer:
D
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A turbine that spins a generator will produce? A. solar energy B. light C. electricity D. magnetic fields Answer:
C
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Meiosis in the sporophyte produces haploid cells called what? A. fibers B. seeds C. spores D. ions Answer:
C
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In this type of reaction, an element replaces another element in a compound, and the element is in any state of matter but is not an ion? A. polar reaction B. double-replacement reaction C. replication reaction D. single-replacement reaction Answer:
D
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What are the two distinct types of cells found in the animal kingdom? A. bacteria and eukaryotes B. prokaryotes and eukaryotes C. chromosomes and eukaryotes D. DNA and Eukaryotes Answer:
B
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What category of elements are chacterized by their ability to reflect light, called luster, their high electrical and thermal conductivity, their high heat capacity, and their malleability and ductility? A. metals B. noble gases C. halogens D. nonmetals Answer:
A
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Angiosperms are also known as what? A. dry plants B. dead plants C. flowering plants D. uncommon plants Answer:
C
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An estimated 100 trillion of these live in the gut of an average person? A. bacteria B. algae C. pathogens D. viruses Answer:
A
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The ability to regulate what, which is possessed by mammals, was an advantage as earth’s climate went through sudden and dramatic changes? A. reflex behaviors B. hair growth C. body temperature D. mutations Answer:
C
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What is the term for very large arrays of tandemly repeating, non-coding dna? A. addition dna B. satellite dna C. recombinant dna D. models dna Answer:
B
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What kind of map can show the features of the bottom of a body of water? A. basic B. bathymetric C. country D. topographic Answer:
B
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What evolved, adapted response to resource availability is the long-range seasonal movement of animals? A. Stagnation B. regulating C. migration D. changing Answer:
C
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When animals get rid of their gaseous waste, what is exhaled through their mouth and nose? A. oxygen B. carbon dioxide C. carbon monoxide D. hydrogen Answer:
B
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What is another name for composite volcanos? A. stratovolcanoes B. fjords C. fault lines D. seismic giants Answer:
A
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Fossil records support the idea that periods of little change may be interrupted by bursts of rapid change, an evolutionary model contrasted by what? A. elitism B. darwinian C. gradualism D. minimalism Answer:
C
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What type of winds occur when air is forced over a mountain range? A. chinook winds B. trade winds C. doldrums D. local winds Answer:
A
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What do clouds trap into the atmosphere at night? A. seawater B. light C. smog D. heat Answer:
D
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A nerve cell that carries messages is called a? A. platelet B. stem cell C. mitochondria D. neuron Answer:
D
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What group of animals are the largest arthropods? A. insects B. spiders C. birds D. fish Answer:
A
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What term describes a collection of similar cells that had a common embryonic origin? A. plasma B. organ-level organization C. nucleus D. tissue Answer:
D
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Most biochemical molecules are macromolecules, meaning that they are what? A. very abundant B. very small C. very dense D. very large Answer:
D
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