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Living organisms release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere by what method? A. cellular respiration B. major respiration C. genomic respiration D. widespread respiration Answer:
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Excretory organs that conserve what essential substance help terrestrial animals to avoid desiccation? A. metabolytes B. food C. air D. water Answer:
D
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Venus rotates slowly in a direction opposite to the direction of what? A. its orbit B. the sun C. the Earth's orbit D. the orbit of Mars Answer:
A
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What is the ph of pure water? A. 2 B. 4 C. 7 D. 5 Answer:
C
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The volume of a gas is comprised of about 10% matter. what is the rest? A. empty space B. normal space C. open space D. instead space Answer:
A
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Heterotrophs is another name for what group? A. producers B. autotrophs C. consumers D. omnivores Answer:
C
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What is dna transcribed into after being replicated? A. diploid chromosomes B. gene C. rna D. protein Answer:
C
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What is name of the phenomenon where similar traits evolve independently in species that do not share a common ancestry? A. equation evolution B. convergent evolution C. divergent evolution D. coalescence evolution Answer:
B
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The flow of water through the sponge is unidirectional, driven by the beating of what? A. fin B. cilia C. flagella D. antennae Answer:
C
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What is the process for developing knowledge called? A. science B. evolution C. theory D. creationism Answer:
A
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Arteries, veins, and capillaries are the three main types of what? A. blood vessels B. blood shapes C. blood pathways D. cell structures Answer:
A
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Amphibians may attract mates with what? A. only scents B. only calls C. neither D. calls or scents Answer:
D
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What type of bounded nucleus do protists have? A. Mitochondrion B. membrane C. Endoplasmic reticulum D. Ribosomes Answer:
B
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Which body part is unsuitable for animals living on land? A. feet B. hands C. lungs D. gills Answer:
D
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Which inducer turns on the expression of the lac genes? A. glucose B. allolactose C. galactose D. xerophyte Answer:
B
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What is the most common type of brain injury? A. Diffuse Axonal B. concussion C. Anoxic Event D. Contusion Answer:
B
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Changing the shape of an elastic material gives it what type of energy? A. thermal B. practical C. initial D. potential Answer:
D
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What type of traits are features that are passed from one generation to the next called? A. inherited traits B. generational traits C. genetic traits D. familial traits Answer:
A
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What is your body made up of? A. trillions of cells B. skin C. millions of elements D. energy Answer:
A
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Hemoglobin is responsible for transporting what within our blood? A. nitrogen B. dioxide C. water D. oxygen Answer:
D
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How do bipedal creatures walk? A. on four legs B. on twelve legs C. on six legs D. on two legs Answer:
D
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Any sample of matter that has the same physical and chemical properties throughout the sample is called what? A. molecule B. substance C. element D. type Answer:
B
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What is a measure of both speed and direction of motion? A. distance B. acceleration C. velocity D. intensity Answer:
C
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What do fish eggs hatch to form? A. unfertilized eggs B. tadpoles C. adolescent fish D. fish eggs hatch to form larvae Answer:
D
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Commensalism, mutualism, and parasitism are known as what type of relationships? A. various B. simple C. symbiotic D. peculiar Answer:
C
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The modern model of the atom, which scientists call the quantum mechanical model, is based on what scientist's work on orbitals? A. schrödinger B. Bohr C. Sagan D. Newton Answer:
A
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Time, mass, length, and temperature are considered to be what kinds of units? A. unitary B. base C. support D. measurement Answer:
B
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What does the heat energy affect in the atmosphere? A. winds and weather B. gravity and precipitation C. density and humidity D. erosion and condensation Answer:
A
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What are the taste receptors found as tiny bumps on the tongue called? A. taste buds B. ear buds C. fat buds D. hard buds Answer:
A
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What is the chemical formula for a glucose molecule? A. a5 h12 o6 B. d5 h12 o6 C. c6 h12 o6 D. H2 C3 NA6 Answer:
C
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In physics, the number of waves that pass a fixed point in a given amount time is referred to as what ? A. creation frequency B. wave count C. wave frequency D. combination frequency Answer:
C
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The reactions between alkali metals and water are particularly vigorous and include the rapid production of large quantities of what gas? A. helium B. carbon C. oxygen D. hydrogen Answer:
D
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Batteries produce voltage through what type of reaction? A. magnetic B. radiation C. thermal D. chemical Answer:
D
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The speed of a particle in what state is directly proportional to the temperature of the system? A. frozen B. gas C. liquid D. solid Answer:
B
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Acne results from a blockage of sebaceous glands by what? A. sebum B. mucous C. progesterone D. fat Answer:
A
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Just as millions of different words are spelled with our 26-letter english alphabet, millions of different proteins are made with the 20 common what? A. mutation acids B. enzymes C. peptides D. amino acids Answer:
D
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Anaerobic respiration takes place without what? A. carbon B. oxygen C. movement D. nitrogen Answer:
B
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Which other planet in the solar system is the easiest to observe from earth? A. mars B. Mercury C. Jupiter D. Pluto Answer:
A
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What is in the inside of your mouth and nose instead of skin? A. mucous membranes B. cuticle layer C. scales D. gums Answer:
A
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While matter is recycled, ecosystems need a constant input of what? A. food B. heating C. light D. energy Answer:
D
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What is term for the smallest particle of an element that still has the properties of said element? A. atom B. molecule C. proton D. nucleus Answer:
A
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What is the protein that carries iron that binds with oxygen in red blood cells? A. potassium B. hemoglobin C. insulin D. keratin Answer:
B
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What branch of science is based on the modern atomic theory, which states that all matter is composed of atoms? A. biology B. chemistry C. physics D. psychology Answer:
B
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Why do sharks sense low levels of electricity? A. to sleep B. to locate prey C. to locate mates D. to reproduce Answer:
B
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What membrane is populated by two types of photosystems that cooperate in the light reactions of photosynthesis? A. choroid B. thylakoid C. chloroplasts D. subcutaneous Answer:
B
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At what point can nutrients enter or exit an ecosystem? A. Largest Population Point B. any point C. Hottest Point D. Longest Point Answer:
B
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B cells and t cells are examples of what type of cells? A. heart cells B. cancer cells C. skin cells D. white blood cells Answer:
D
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There are three different types of rna. all three types are needed to make what? A. proteins B. acids C. lipids D. Blood Answer:
A
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Niche and habitat are concepts related to what broader term? A. ecosystem B. community C. biome D. population Answer:
A
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What do opposite charges do to one another? A. strengthen B. weaken C. attract D. repel Answer:
C
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What is the name for the sinking of the dense, salty seawater in cold climates? A. tidal activity B. cyclones C. downwelling D. jet stream Answer:
C
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When gas particles heat up and gain energy, what do they do? A. move faster B. stop C. go up D. move slower Answer:
A
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Ion pumps, the biological machines responsible for the selective transport of metal ions, are complex assemblies of what? A. proteins B. acids C. minerals D. cells Answer:
A
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Lack of proper food over a period of time can lead to what condition, where the body is not getting enough nutrients to grow and stay healthy? A. malnutrition B. bulimia C. anemia D. mortality Answer:
A
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Two water molecules contain 4 hydrogen atoms and how many oxygen atoms? A. 6 B. 2 C. 1 D. 4 Answer:
B
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The carrying angle is larger in females to accommodate their what? A. broader shoulders B. cranium C. wider pelvis D. narrower pelvis Answer:
C
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Examples of organ systems in a human include the skeletal, nervous, and what? A. affecting systems B. immune systems C. nervous systems D. reproductive systems Answer:
D
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Most hormones are controlled by what type of feedback, which causes the hormone to decrease its own production? A. unusual B. positive C. neutral D. negative Answer:
D
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What is the stage called for babies that are in the first year of life after birth? A. adolescence B. infancy C. original stage D. primary stage Answer:
B
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What forms a barrier between the cytoplasm and the environment outside the cell? A. epidermis B. cell wall C. plasma membrane D. cuticle Answer:
C
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Over time, what changes solid rock into pieces? A. metamorphosis B. leaching C. weathering D. creep Answer:
C
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Eukaryotic cells undergo what kinds of divisions that more primitive cells do not? A. homologous B. budding C. mitosis D. meiosis Answer:
C
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The orbicularis oris is a circular muscle that moves the lips, and the orbicularis oculi is a circular muscle that does what? A. moisturizes the eye B. closes the eye C. pressure the eye D. opens the eye Answer:
B
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What may have developed to help our ancestors distinguish between ripe and unripe fruits? A. acute hearing B. color vision C. night vision D. fine motor skills Answer:
B
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Which stage is specialized for dispersal & reproduction? A. cocoon stage B. adult stage C. fetal stage D. larval stage Answer:
B
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What three parameters do seismographs measure? A. height, width and distance B. trouble , length and distance C. strength, length and distance D. aging , length and distance Answer:
C
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What topographic feature does a circle with inward hatches represent on a contour map? A. a depression B. a mountain C. a lake D. vegetation Answer:
A
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Which temperatures cause particles of reactants to have more energy? A. lower B. higher C. reducing D. non-existant Answer:
B
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Not all cells of a leaf carry out photosynthesis. cells within the middle layer of a leaf have chloroplasts, which contain the photosynthetic what? A. wires B. pipes C. structure D. apparatus Answer:
D
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What is the advantage of selecting for certain genetic traits for crops? A. promotes productivity B. improves taste C. Faster growth D. protection from pests Answer:
A
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What is given off from plants and taken in by animals? A. methane B. sulfur C. nitrogen D. oxygen Answer:
D
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What is the simplest unit that has the fundamental chemical properties of an element? A. neutron B. cell C. nucleus D. atom Answer:
D
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Bacteria are what kind of cell? A. eukaryotes B. prokaryotes C. blood D. protists Answer:
B
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What is the first stage of cellular respiration? A. decarboxylation B. glycolysis C. Krebs cycle D. gluconeogenesis Answer:
B
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Who study volcanoes to be able to predict when a volcano will erupt? A. volcanologists B. virologists C. vocologists D. ornithologists Answer:
A
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What is the term for electric current that keeps reversing direction? A. magnetic current B. alternating current C. direct current D. AC/DC Answer:
B
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How many alleles comes from each parent? A. none B. three C. one D. two Answer:
C
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How close a measurement is to the correct value for that measurement is known as what? A. accuracy B. rate C. temperature D. frequency Answer:
A
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What pigment is required for photosynthesis to occur? A. carotene B. chroma C. chlorophyll D. xanthophyll Answer:
C
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What begins approximately six weeks after fertilization in an embryo? A. elongation B. calcification C. incubation D. ossification Answer:
D
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What do you call the energy that must be overcome in order for a chemical reaction to occur, or the minimum energy required to start a chemical reaction? A. kinetic energy B. activation energy C. expression energy D. phase energy Answer:
B
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Frogs and toads, salamanders and newts, and caecilians are the three orders of what group of animals? A. amphibians B. mammals C. marsupials D. reptiles Answer:
A
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What are vesicles made of? A. phospholipids B. membranes C. cells D. filaments Answer:
A
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Deoxyribonucleic acid (dna) is nucleotide that stores what type of information? A. mononucleus B. variation C. genetic D. mutation Answer:
C
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What two basic types of feather does a bird have? A. up and down B. carrying and down C. flight and down D. flight and landing Answer:
C
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Which fuels provide most of the world’s energy? A. fossil fuels B. artificial fuels C. coal fuels D. pattern fuels Answer:
A
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The cathode and anode collectively are the electrodes of what? A. switch cell B. photo cell C. circuit cell D. voltaic cell Answer:
D
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What part of the sweet potato store sugar from photosynthesis as starch? A. plants B. skin C. shrubs D. roots Answer:
D
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What is the ratio of charge on a capacitor to potential difference across it called? A. capacitance B. electromagnetism C. resonance D. velocity Answer:
A
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What substances that primarily comprise plasma membranes form a bilayer? A. enzymes B. steroids C. amino acids D. phospholipids Answer:
D
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What type of friction is friction that acts on objects when they are sliding over a surface? A. sliding friction B. rolling friction C. spreading friction D. static friction Answer:
A
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Billions of what inside the human digestive tract help us digest food, make vitamins and play other important roles? A. neurons B. red blood cells C. viruses D. bacteria Answer:
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In a controlled scientific study, what do you call a factor that can take on different values? A. vector B. input C. variable D. output Answer:
C
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What is a group of similar ecosystems with the same general abiotic factors and primary producers called? A. ecoculture B. biome C. population D. ecological environment Answer:
B
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Since 1900, four of the five earthquakes of the greatest magnitude occurred near what appropriately nicknamed pacific location? A. seismic zone B. ring of fire C. shower of fire D. quake epicenter Answer:
B
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All chemical changes involve a transfer of what? A. oxygen B. fuel C. pressure D. energy Answer:
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What is the most common type of capillary? A. continuous B. large C. channels D. ending Answer:
A
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What is the bending of waves around a corner called? A. reflection B. diffraction C. absorption D. propulsion Answer:
B
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In what kind of bond does one atom contribute both of the electrons in the shared pair? A. an ionic bond B. a covalent bond C. a metallic bond D. a valence bond Answer:
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Mirrors and lenses are used in optical instruments to reflect and refract what? A. mass B. gravity C. light D. electricity Answer:
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