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What do cells do in order to replace damaged or worn out cells? A. divide B. replicate C. fold D. die Answer:
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What kind of agriculture destroyed about 10% of madagascar's native plants? A. slash-and-burn B. hybridization C. fertilizer use D. crop rotation Answer:
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Chloroplasts are the little green particles in plants made up of what colorful pigment? A. chlorophyll B. carbonate C. melanin D. verdigris Answer:
A
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What is the largest organ of the human body? A. your blood B. your brain C. your skin D. your lungs Answer:
C
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What kind of charge does a proton have? A. negative B. constant C. ionic D. positive Answer:
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What are boggy regions with thick layers of peat called? A. meadows B. tropics C. peatlands D. wetlands Answer:
C
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What type of compounds make up the cells and tissues of living things? A. proximal B. microbial C. hormonal D. biochemical Answer:
D
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Anything that has mass and takes up space is considered what? A. energy B. light C. matter D. power Answer:
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What will you see if you look at a star through a prism? A. spots B. kaleidoscope C. spectrum D. rainbow Answer:
C
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Where is most digestion completed? A. the duodenum B. the stomach C. the esophagus D. the cavity Answer:
A
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Explosive eruptions associated with what can be tens of thousands of times as powerful as an atomic bomb? A. earthquakes B. hurricanes C. volcanoes D. forest fires Answer:
C
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What gland secretes its products directly into the urethra through several small ducts A. thyroid B. adrenal C. pituitary D. prostate Answer:
D
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The complete combustion of alkanes to carbon dioxide is an extremely __________ reaction. A. geothermal B. reactive C. hydrolic D. exothermic Answer:
D
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What is the study of structure, properties, and interactions of matter? A. petrology B. chemistry C. biology D. geology Answer:
B
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Because several genes, each with more than one allele, contribute to determining height in humans, height is considered what kind of trait? A. maladaptive B. epigenetic C. adaptive D. polygenic Answer:
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A basidium is the fruiting body of a mushroomproducing fungus, and it forms four what? A. schizonts B. tunnels C. fossiliferous D. basidiocarps Answer:
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Traditional classification of mammals are based on similarities in what two things? A. density & function B. structure & function C. Density and Structure D. solution & function Answer:
B
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The rest of the energy stored in glucose is lost as what? A. volume B. humidity C. mass D. heat Answer:
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Water that is lost through the skin through evaporation from the skin surface without overt sweating and from air expelled from the lungs is known as what? A. osmotic process B. logical water loss C. insensible water loss D. dehydration Answer:
C
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What are the only innate behaviors in humans? A. insight behaviors B. inherited traits C. reflex behaviors D. learned behaviors Answer:
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What occurs when a parent organism breaks into fragments, or pieces, and each fragment develops into a new organism? A. sollution B. absorption C. fragmentation D. erosion Answer:
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What does the triploid cell develop into during fertilization? A. endosperm B. zygote C. membrane D. tubers Answer:
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The law of conservation of matter, which says that matter cannot be created or this? A. destroyed B. stopped C. damaged D. abandoned Answer:
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Which particle of an atom has a positive electric charge? A. nutron B. electron C. proton D. nucleus Answer:
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How is a reaction described when the given conditions favor formation of products? A. fluctuations B. planned C. spontaneous D. instantaneous Answer:
C
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What does an electric field surround? A. neutral particles B. negative particle C. charged ions D. a charged particle Answer:
D
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Lack of what mineral causes rickets? A. zinc B. calcium C. potassium D. magnesium Answer:
B
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What do we call the energy of motion? A. kinetic energy B. electromagnetic energy C. binary energy D. harmonic energy Answer:
A
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Earthquakes and visible light are examples of what? A. winds B. currents C. geological phenomena D. waves Answer:
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There is always a slightly negative pressure within what cavity, helping keep the airways of the lungs open? A. anal B. cervical C. thoracic D. spinal Answer:
C
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What property allows cut logs to float on water? A. heat B. polarity C. precipitation D. density Answer:
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Different interatomic distances produce different lattice what? A. qualities B. energies C. surfaces D. weights Answer:
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What organs filter blood and form urine? A. the appendix B. the spleen C. the kidneys D. the liver Answer:
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A chain of what structures form as an oceanic plate moves over a hotspot? A. outcrops B. earthquakes C. ridges D. volcanoes Answer:
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What is responsible for many properties of covalent compounds, which have relatively low boiling points, cannot conduct electricity, and may not dissolve in water? A. ionic charge B. covalent bonds C. atomic weight D. accretion bonds Answer:
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Tanning salons claim to use a “safe” form of what light, with a longer wavelength than that in sunlight? A. X rays B. infrared C. uv (ultraviolet) D. microwave Answer:
C
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Respiratory therapists or respiratory practitioners evaluate and treat patients diseases affecting what part of the body? A. heart, lungs, stomach B. lung, heart, and blood vessels C. byproduct , heart , and blood vessels D. brain, stomach, heart Answer:
B
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Within each sporangium, hundreds of what kind of spores develop and are dispersed through the air? A. polyploid B. diploid C. infertile D. haploid Answer:
D
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What delivers power to the chemical factory chloroplasts? A. water B. oxygen C. chlorophyll D. the sun Answer:
D
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Which type of bryophytes are named for their horn-like sporophytes? A. flatworms B. arthropods C. tapeworms D. hornworts Answer:
D
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What do you call a carnivore that eats mainly insects? A. pescatorian B. predator C. insectivores D. omnivores Answer:
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Oxygen has the second highest electronegativity of any element; consequently, it prefers to share or accept electrons from other elements. only with fluorine does oxygen form compounds in this? A. positive oxidation states B. liquid oxidation states C. negative Oxidation States D. chemical oxidation states Answer:
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What component of cells is present in plant and bacterial cells but not animal cells? A. nucleus B. plasma C. mitochondria D. cell wall Answer:
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Energy cannot be created or destroyed - it can only change what? A. kind B. form C. fluid D. shape Answer:
B
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Most fungi can reproduce in which 2 ways? A. binary fission and fusion B. sexually and binary fusion C. sexually and autonomously D. asexually and sexually Answer:
D
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What is a pair of valence electrons in a bonded atom that does not participate in bonding called? A. lone pair B. opposite pair C. isolated pair D. hostile pair Answer:
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When a metal is oxidized and a nonmetal is reduced in a redox reaction, what is the resulting compound called? A. alloy B. soluble compound C. magnetic compound D. ionic compound Answer:
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A biofilm is a colony of prokaryotes that is stuck to what? A. the bottom B. the middle C. surface D. skin Answer:
C
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What is the part of the flower that produces pollen? A. leaves B. stigma C. stamen D. cones Answer:
C
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What neutralizes the acidity of chyme and acts as a buffer? A. the chloride B. bile C. the bicarbonate D. the small intestine Answer:
C
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What type of stress causes horizontal motions in strike-slip faults? A. blunt B. cold C. shear D. hot Answer:
C
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The structure of the boeing 787 has been described as essentially one giant macromolecule, where everything is fastened through cross-linked chemical bonds reinforced with this? A. nitrogen fiber B. carbon fiber C. metal-metal bonds D. non-covalent interaction Answer:
B
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What is the term for the process in which two atomic nuclei fuse together to make a single nucleus? A. fission B. fusion C. binding D. absorption Answer:
B
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In human beings, when a female becomes pregnant, what is fertilized and then embedded in the uterus? A. dna B. egg C. sperm D. follicle Answer:
B
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What has increased the greenhouse effect? A. human actions B. climate change C. temperature changes D. ozone depletion Answer:
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How many pairs of chromosomes are there? A. 24 B. 23 C. 25 D. 16 Answer:
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What structure passes oxygen and nutrients to a growing fetus in mammals? A. placenta B. uterus C. vas deferens D. spinal cord Answer:
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Light from a distant galaxy can travel different paths to the earth because it is bent around an intermediary galaxy by what? A. gravity B. variation C. radiation D. strength Answer:
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What is the fruiting body that occurs after two hyphae mate and form a mycelium with sporangia? A. yeast B. mold C. fungus D. mushroom Answer:
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What branch of science aims to understand all about our planet and its environments? A. immunology B. earth science C. petrology D. biology Answer:
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Prokaryotes are successful because of the ________ of reproduction in favorable environments A. order B. speed C. cycle D. volume Answer:
B
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Where do benthos live in oceans? A. On the ocean surface B. In deep water C. In coral reefs D. on the ocean floor Answer:
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Hundreds of organelles called myofibrils, made up of two types of protein filaments, are contained in each fiber of what? A. bone B. muscle C. hair D. cartilage Answer:
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What is the largest known virus? A. influenza virus B. pneumonia virus C. mimivirus D. polyomavirus Answer:
C
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The temperature at which something melts is refered to as what? A. evaporation point B. melting point C. precipitation point D. boiling point Answer:
B
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Solid bedrock vibrates less and therefore does less of what to bedrock? A. block B. butress C. dampen D. damage Answer:
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What branch of science is defined as the study of matter? A. geology B. biology C. astrophysics D. chemistry Answer:
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What are animals that live with tiny zooxanthellae that also photosynthesize? A. coral B. bacteria C. worms D. fungi Answer:
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What usually causes fractures on a bone? A. excessive bending stress B. compressive stress C. shear stress D. extra weight Answer:
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What is the magnetic field traditionally referred to as? A. bfield B. charged field C. spicule D. m-field Answer:
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What can ultimately result when species are introduced to a new place and prey on other species? A. depletion B. elimination C. extinction D. over population Answer:
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In humans, what is the first organ to form and become functional? A. pancreas B. liver C. brain D. heart Answer:
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What is used to classify tornadoes? A. wind speed, damage B. damage, snowfall C. humidity, rain D. seismograph Answer:
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What do you call materials that have high resistance to electric current? A. electric insulators B. semiconductors C. conductors D. destructive insulators Answer:
A
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What term is used to describe the development of new technology? A. variation design B. technological design C. Smart Design D. evident design Answer:
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Cell walls, plastids, and a large central vacuole distinguish plant cells from what? A. phloem cells B. animal cells C. eukaryotic cells D. parenchyma cells Answer:
B
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Snails, scallops, and squids are what type of invertebrate? A. crustacean B. mollusk C. arthropod D. algae Answer:
B
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Humans create different breeds of organisms using what kind of selection? A. speciation B. artificial selection C. biased selection D. natural selection Answer:
B
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The word antibiotic comes from the greek anti, meaning “against,” and bios, meaning this? A. life B. bacteria C. germ D. virus Answer:
A
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What are sudden and dramatic losses of biodiversity called? A. mass extinction B. explosive extinction C. normal extinction D. life extinction Answer:
A
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The ions in ionic compounds are arranged in rigid three-dimensional patterns called what? A. crystal lattices B. core lattices C. pattern lattices D. lattice groups Answer:
A
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Where was the distinction between total distance traveled and displacement first noted? A. uncertainty principle B. string theory C. Newton's first law D. one-dimensional kinematics Answer:
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What science is the study of the shape and arrangement of cells in tissue? A. cellology B. genetics C. methodology D. histology Answer:
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What forms when a sperm fertilizes and egg? A. cytoplasm B. proton C. zygote D. crystals Answer:
C
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The field of organic chemistry studies the structure and reactivity of compounds containing what element? A. hydrogen B. carbon C. oxygen D. nitrogen Answer:
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Where does growth in length occur, above the root cap? A. primary tuber B. apical meristem C. vascular cambrium D. primary meristem Answer:
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Asci are used by mycelia for what kind of reproduction? A. asexual reproduction B. cloning C. mitosis D. sexual Answer:
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What is the term used to describe the liquid that moves through the vessels and includes plasma and the cells and sell fragments called platelets? A. pus B. bacteria C. water D. blood Answer:
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The density of bone is, in part, related to the amount of what mineral in one’s diet? A. barium B. nitrogen C. calcium D. potassium Answer:
C
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What is the sum of the masses of the atoms in a molecule? A. molecular mass B. atomic energy C. compound mass D. mass effect Answer:
A
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Chloroplasts, leucoplasts and chromoplasts are found in what type of cells? A. nitrogen cells B. man-made cells C. plant cells D. animal cells Answer:
C
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Salt in seawater causes it to have greater what, which is also affected by temperature and pressure? A. density B. mass C. area D. volume Answer:
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What is the name of a long and low hill of sediments which have been deposited by a glacier? A. a drumlin B. a floodplain C. a crag D. a mountain Answer:
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The temperature of the products is typically lower than the temperature of the reactants in what type of reaction? A. parabolic B. autotrophic C. exothermic D. endothermic Answer:
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What is the most common type of cancer in adult females? A. bone B. breast C. lung D. skin Answer:
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Green plants known as producers provide basic food supply for what besides themselves? A. minerals B. air C. water D. animals Answer:
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The lipids that are connected to the glucose pathways are cholesterol and triglycerides. cholesterol is a lipid that contributes to cell membrane flexibility and is a precursor of this? A. ammonia hormones B. Somatostatin C. Thrombopoietin D. steroid hormones Answer:
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What chemical reaction is the opposite of oxidation? A. mutation B. evaporation C. condensation D. reduction Answer:
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What structure is a larger assembly of several polypeptide chains that are now referred to as subunits of the protein? A. quaternary structure B. pyramid structure C. digital structure D. geological structure Answer:
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The punnett square shows the possible what, and their most likely ratios? A. genotypes B. chromosomes C. receptors D. phenotypes Answer:
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