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What causes lightning during a thunderstorm? A. difference in temperature B. difference in charge C. difference in wind D. difference in elevation Answer:
B
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The human heart is located within what cavity? A. thoracic B. spinal C. abdominal D. pelvic Answer:
A
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What is the name of the symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits while the other species is not affected? A. pollenation B. commensalism C. mutualism D. differentiation Answer:
B
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Living things need to take in nutrients so that they can grow and create what? A. plasma B. energy C. hydrogen D. protein Answer:
B
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Common forms of what include light, chemical and heat, along with kinetic and potential? A. energy B. fuel C. pressure D. reactions Answer:
A
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What is the job of hemoglobin in the body? A. transports oxygen B. become scabs C. transports neurons D. infects oxygen Answer:
A
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What are the most numerous and diverse biochemical compounds? A. proteins B. acids C. lipids D. vitamins Answer:
A
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Loss of what eventually threatens other species not impacted directly, because of their interconnectedness; as species disappear from an ecosystem others are threatened by changes in available resources? A. technology B. biodiversity C. oxygen D. climate Answer:
B
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How many centimeters are in a meter? A. 50 B. 200 C. 100 D. 1000 Answer:
C
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What is the term of a phase change if solid water has it's average kinetic energy increased to change it to liquid water? A. melting B. freezing C. boiling D. evaporation Answer:
A
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What type of animals are known for being playful and frisky? A. snakes B. giant tortoises C. sea otters D. cows Answer:
C
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Virtually all of the effects of pregnancy can be attributed in some way to the influence of what? A. acids B. enzymes C. proteins D. hormones Answer:
D
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A mass suspended by a wire is a simple type of what and undergoes simple harmonic motion for amplitudes less than about 15 degrees? A. pendulum B. variation C. weight D. gravity Answer:
A
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The structure of the gas carbon dioxide consists of one atom of carbon and two atoms of what? A. methane B. oxygen C. Helium D. sulfur Answer:
B
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What type of numerical figure is important in considering the precision and accuracy of a number? A. component B. significant C. insignificant D. exponent Answer:
B
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What rod provides stiffness to counterbalance the pull of muscles? A. notochord B. mesoderm C. vertebrae D. spinal cord Answer:
A
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What type of cell does the sperm cell fertilize? A. bacteria B. egg C. fat D. protein Answer:
B
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Where does the most important monsoon in the world occur? A. northern africa B. the atlantic ocean C. southern asia D. eastern aisa Answer:
C
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What is the earliest reptile? A. hylonomus B. sporozoans C. pliosaur D. staurikosaurus Answer:
A
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Which side of the heart does blood from the lungs enter into? A. right ventricle B. left ventricle C. right atrium D. left atrium Answer:
D
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Smog is a visible form of what? A. water pollution B. oxidation C. condensation D. air pollution Answer:
D
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Which therapy uses viruses to genetically modify diseased cells and tissues? A. digestive therapy B. oxygen therapy C. viral therapy D. chemotherapy Answer:
C
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Radiotherapy is effective against cancer because cancer cells reproduce rapidly and, consequently, are more sensitive to this? A. destruction B. radiation C. UV light D. separation Answer:
B
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What type of cells are multiple small spaces located in the right and left sides of the ethmoid bone? A. ethmoid air cells B. alveoli C. amniotic sacs D. ethmoid vacuoles Answer:
A
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When what element - whose name means "light bringing" - was first isolated, scientists noted that it glowed in the dark and burned when exposed to air? A. phosphorus B. mercury C. neon D. oxygen Answer:
A
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Digestive enzymes secreted in the acidic environment (low ph) of the stomach help break down what? A. particles B. proteins C. molecules D. cells Answer:
B
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The majority of solids are what in nature? A. gases B. crystalline C. complex D. liquids Answer:
B
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What are the most abundant unicellular algae in the oceans? A. sporozoans B. chryosophytes C. chlorella D. staurikosaurus Answer:
B
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What term is used to describe the cellular structures responsible for protein synthesis? A. ribosomes B. chromosomes C. nuclei D. chloroplasts Answer:
A
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What is the sun classified as on the main sequence? A. yellow dwarf B. red dwarf C. gas giant D. shrinking star Answer:
A
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The term science comes from a latin word that means? A. having information B. having knowledge C. only knowledge D. were knowledge Answer:
B
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Lymph vessels, like veins, have what objects that prevent the backflow of fluid? A. pumps B. pores C. valves D. fibers Answer:
C
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Veins subdivide repeatedly and branch throughout what? A. stroma B. epidermis C. periosteum D. mesophyll Answer:
D
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What is the term for heat being transferred from molecule to molecule? A. decomposition B. oxidation C. convection D. conduction Answer:
D
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What is a group of organs that work together to do the same job? A. an organ colony B. an organ battery C. an organ assembly D. an organ system Answer:
D
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What are specialized cells that are capable of sending electrical as well as chemical signals? A. enzymes B. hormones C. ions D. neurons Answer:
D
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What did sir isaac newton's famous law help people understand? A. light B. radio waves C. gravity D. motion Answer:
C
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Compounds containing an atom of what element, bonded in a hydrocarbon framework, are classified as amines? A. ammonia B. hydrogen C. nitrogen D. oxygen Answer:
C
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What line of latitude is an equal distance from both the north and south poles? A. mid-part B. meridian C. equator D. divider Answer:
C
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What type of graph is useful for showing percents of a whole? A. bar graphs B. gnomic graphs C. circle graphs D. shift graphs Answer:
C
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What substances affect the brain and influence how a person feels, thinks, or acts? A. H2 blockers B. psychoactive drugs or drugs C. primeval drugs or drugs D. amphetamines Answer:
B
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The reaction rate usually increases as the concentration of what increases? A. mutations B. complexes C. reactants D. generators Answer:
C
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Atoms are composed of negatively charged electrons and a positively charged what? A. nucleus B. bond C. neutron D. DNA segment Answer:
A
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Communication is any way that animals share what? A. information B. genes C. food D. water Answer:
A
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What do the muscles of the gastrointestinal tract do? A. stop digestion B. secrete stomach acid C. keep food moving D. break down food Answer:
C
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What is the fan-like superior region that forms the largest part of the hip bone and is united to the sacrum at the largely immobile sacroiliac joint? A. septum B. spine C. ilium D. pica Answer:
C
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What do jellyfish lack in their nervous system? A. true brain B. stimulus C. Cortex D. Response Answer:
A
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Ingestive protists extend their cell wall and cell membrane around the food item, forming a what? A. protective bubble B. fuel vacuole C. food vacuole D. food pocket Answer:
C
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What type of flowers offer no reward, such as nectar, to a male wasp? A. vines B. perennials C. roses D. ophrys Answer:
D
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If an abnormal cell is not prevented from dividing and it divides uncontrollably, what forms? A. cyst B. inflammation C. tumor D. edema Answer:
C
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Vertebrates have evolved more complex digestive systems, with some species having multi-chambered types of what organ? A. respiratory B. heart C. skin D. stomach Answer:
D
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A trait controlled by a single gene that has two alleles is given what name, after the scientist who studied inheritance? A. darwinian trait B. rosilin trait C. mendelian trait D. carlinian trait Answer:
C
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What law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed? A. difference of energy B. deposit of energy C. conservation of force D. conservation of energy Answer:
D
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How do mammals generate heat? A. running around fast B. maintaning low metabolism C. eating spicy foods D. maintaining high metabolism Answer:
D
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What are small, icy objects that have very elliptical orbits around the sun? A. asteroids B. comets C. meteors D. craters Answer:
B
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Is the most basic what is the most basic of the sciences, concerning itself with energy, matter, space and time, and their interactions? A. genetics B. biology C. experiments D. physics Answer:
D
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Which is the active ingredient of cereal crop disease, ergot? A. lysergic acid B. amino acid C. pixelation acid D. byblis acid Answer:
A
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What type of structures evolved to do the same job by unrelated organisms? A. symmetrical structures B. primal structures C. analogous structures D. dioxide structures Answer:
C
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What explains the spherical shape of ceres, once thought to be the largest asteroid? A. low gravity B. high gravity C. orbital plane D. space debris Answer:
B
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What measures the height of the largest seismic wave or earth quakes? A. magnitude scale B. tremor scale C. richter scale D. The EF Scale Answer:
C
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What type of winds are created when more solar energy strikes the equator than the polar regions? A. arctic winds B. domestic winds C. equatorial winds D. global winds Answer:
D
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Reptiles and birds are the only known living descendants of what? A. dragons B. mammals C. dinosaurs D. fossils Answer:
C
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Organism's changing over time is called? A. heterogenicity B. evolution C. generation D. variation Answer:
B
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The law of conservation mass states that matter cannot be created or what? A. changed B. destroyed C. moved D. observed Answer:
B
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What help should you use for disposing hazardous products? A. first aid kit B. biohazard unit C. guidelines on label D. call poison control Answer:
C
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Although surface waves are slowest, they do most of the damage of what event? A. volcano B. hurricane C. earthquake D. tsunami Answer:
C
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Fruit begins to ripen because what gas is released? A. chloride B. sulfur C. ethylene D. hydrogen Answer:
C
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Winter storms develop from what, which form at high altitudes and are associated with hurricanes as well? A. cyclones B. droughts C. fronts D. currents Answer:
A
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Fungi absorb nutrients from the environment through what? A. spores B. apothecia C. mycelia D. hymenium Answer:
C
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What do you call any process in which excess water or wastes are removed from the body? A. depletion B. digestion C. diffusion D. excretion Answer:
D
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Earth's temperature will increase further as more of what colorfully nicknamed gases are put into the atmosphere? A. green dioxide gases B. blue dioxide gases C. greenhouse gases D. bluehouse gases Answer:
C
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What happens to cells in a hypertonic solution as water leaves the cell via osmosis? A. shrinkage B. get larger C. evaporation D. self destruction Answer:
A
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Digestion and respiration are both facilitated by the pharynx, more commonly called the what? A. esophagus B. throat C. nose D. sinus Answer:
B
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What muscle is found only in the walls of the heart? A. cardiac muscle B. respiratory muscle C. skeletal muscle D. abdominal muscle Answer:
A
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The wave on a guitar string is transverse. the sound wave rattles a sheet of paper in a direction that shows the sound wave is what? A. lateral B. magnetic C. longitudinal D. obtuse Answer:
C
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How do leaves export sugar to roots and other nonphotosynthetic parts of the plant? A. chloroplasts B. glands C. stems D. veins Answer:
D
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Some metals, such as gold and platinum, do not corrode easily because they are very resistant to what? A. evaporation B. oxidation C. heat D. precipitation Answer:
B
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What are floods a source of on a floodplain? A. acids B. salt C. nutrients D. minerals Answer:
C
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Which process helps deaminate amino acids? A. transamination B. bromination C. deactivation D. caramelization Answer:
A
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What is each half of the cerebrum called? A. a hemisphere B. a describe C. a biplane D. demisphere Answer:
A
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During interphase, the cell undergoes normal growth processes while also preparing for what, by accumulating energy and building blocks of dna? A. cell division B. technology division C. proteins division D. chromosome division Answer:
A
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What type of species have a large effect on the balance of organisms in an ecosystem? A. secondary consumers B. decomposers C. producers D. keystone Answer:
D
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Which type of skeleton supports the animal, protects internal organs, and allows for movement? A. mechanical B. external C. shell D. internal Answer:
D
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After cell division what are the two new cells called? A. offspring cells B. production cells C. daughter cells D. step cells Answer:
C
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What are bacteria and archaea examples of? A. eukaryotes B. fungi C. plants D. prokaryotes Answer:
D
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What gives a coil of copper wire the ability to conduct electricity well? A. metallic ions B. metallic bonds C. metallic electrons D. optical bonds Answer:
B
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Blood helps maintain homeostasis by stabilizing ph, temperature, osmotic pressure, and by eliminating this? A. water B. toxins C. acid D. excess heat Answer:
D
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During sexual reproduction, the macronucleus dissolves and is replaced by what? A. fluctuations B. micronucleus C. sporozoans D. chromosomes Answer:
B
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When naming this type of ion the ending of the element’s name is dropped and replaced with the – ide suffix? A. cations B. oxides C. amines D. anions Answer:
D
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What is a random change in an organism's genes? A. accumulation B. meiosis C. mutation D. infection Answer:
C
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Osseous tissue - the connective tissue that includes specialized cells, mineral salts, and collagen fibers - makes up what? A. ligaments B. spine C. bone D. muscles Answer:
C
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What is the name of the hollow nerve cord along the back of chordates? A. mesoderm B. phloem C. notochord D. zetacord Answer:
C
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What term is used to describe the amount of space occupied by a sample of matter? A. liquid B. growth C. mass D. volume Answer:
D
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What are responsible for the bending movements of the organelle? A. sporozoans B. muscles C. dyneins D. pores Answer:
C
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What are formed when primary pollutants interact with sunlight, air, or each other? A. typical pollutants B. cross pollutants C. secondary contaminants D. secondary pollutants Answer:
D
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The first reaction of the body to tissue damage or infection is called the what response? A. harmful B. inflammatory C. retaliatory D. defensive Answer:
B
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Because these components of the endocrine system are transported via blood, they get diluted and are present in low concentrations when they act on their target cells. A. antibodies B. enzymes C. minerals D. hormones Answer:
D
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Which theory explains how populations of organisms can change over time? A. intelligent selection B. evolution by natural selection C. free by natural selection D. changes by natural selection Answer:
B
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What forms when the dna in the nucleus wraps around proteins? A. genes B. chromosomes C. rna D. ribosomes Answer:
B
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What is the condition called where pimples form on the skin? A. acne B. cramping C. blushing D. dermatitis Answer:
A
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