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A hydrostatic skeleton is a skeleton formed by a fluid-filled compartment within the body, called what? A. clamon B. endosperm C. coelom D. thallus Answer:
C
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Sharks are an example of an animal with sharp vision that is nonetheless unable to distinguish what? A. color B. contrast C. shapes D. depth Answer:
A
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What performance-enhancing drugs are synthetic versions of the male sex hormone, testosterone? A. progesterone B. anabolic steroids C. estrogen D. catabolic steroids Answer:
B
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What bonds cause water to have a high boiling point, leaving most water on earth in a liquid state rather than in a gaseous state? A. potassium bonds B. carbon bonds C. helium bonds D. hydrogen bonds Answer:
D
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Each root is made of dermal, ground, and what type of tissue? A. circulatory B. thermal C. vascular D. organic Answer:
C
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What is the measure of the change in velocity of a moving object called? A. inclination B. stimulation C. force D. acceleration Answer:
D
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What is the name for medical doctors that specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the heart? A. physicists B. Doctors C. surgeons D. cardiologists Answer:
D
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Any place at which two bones are joined is called a what? A. articulation B. modification C. expression D. constriction Answer:
A
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In mammals, hair or fur help conserve bodily what? A. heat B. energy C. food D. water Answer:
A
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Echinoderms are marine organisms that make up which phylum? A. echinodermata B. cnidaria C. chordata D. annelida Answer:
A
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What kind of membrane do prokaryotic cells have? A. plasma membrane B. plasma wall C. cell wall D. cellulose Answer:
A
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What is the name of the cell that results when a sperm nucleus fuses with a egg nucleus? A. a cytoplasm B. a filament C. t cell D. a zygote Answer:
D
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What makes a complete orbit around the earth once every 29 1/2 days? A. Mars B. Gemini C. the Sun D. the moon Answer:
D
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What general property of an earthquake is used to describe its relative strength? A. amplitude B. magnitude C. resonance D. latitude Answer:
B
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What is a three dimensional snycline? A. a gorge B. a basin C. a peak D. a crust Answer:
B
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Rather than being dead, dry, and brittle, what support structures of the human body consist of living tissues and are supplied with blood and nerves? A. feet B. lungs C. hearts D. bones Answer:
D
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The entire range of light that can be seen by the human eye without aid is known as what kind of light? A. infrared light B. white light C. colored light D. visible light Answer:
D
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An endocrine disease usually involves the secretion of too much or not enough hormone by which gland? A. Thyroid B. endocrine C. Pancreas D. Pituitary Answer:
B
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What are the four well-known states of matter? A. solid , imine , gas , and plasma B. solid, liquid, gas, and plasma C. solid, liquid, gas, and wave D. solid, liquid, plasma, and metal Answer:
B
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What is the term for plants that produce flowers and fruit? A. endosperms B. gymnosperms C. angiosperms D. spores Answer:
C
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Why did people stop adding lead to gasoline? A. to expensive B. explosions C. bad smell D. environmental pollution Answer:
D
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Osseous tissue is the tissue that makes up what? A. brain B. liver C. bone D. muscle Answer:
C
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What is the initial stage of scienetific investigations? A. asking questions B. observation C. forming hypothesis D. making predictions Answer:
B
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The radiation exposure is determined by the number of what times the quality factor of the radiation? A. rads B. units C. pounds D. beacons Answer:
A
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What is the smallest class of elements? A. synthetics B. metalloids C. noble gases D. halogens Answer:
B
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What is friction that acts on objects that are moving through a fluid? A. fluid friction B. fluid catalyst C. mass friction D. fluid temperature Answer:
A
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The sun’s gravity is relatively strong because the force of gravity between two objects is directly proportional to their what? A. Liquids B. rocks C. tissues D. masses Answer:
D
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What do aquatic arthropods use to exchange gases with the water? A. pores B. lungs C. nostrils D. gills Answer:
D
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How many groups of leaves does poison ivy typically have? A. four B. six C. ten D. three Answer:
D
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This knocks electrons from atoms and turns them into ions? A. evaporation B. chemical reactions C. radiation D. convection Answer:
C
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What do you call an incomplete outer shell of an atom? A. helium shell B. nucleic shell C. motile shell D. valence shell Answer:
D
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What are the specialized cells of sponges called? A. helper cells B. collar cells C. plant cells D. t cells Answer:
B
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What organ system is comprised of your heart, blood, and blood vessels all working together? A. cardiovascular system B. thoraxic system C. nervous system D. digestive system Answer:
A
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What type of cells capture light energy, and use carbon dioxide as their carbon source? A. chloroplasts B. blood cells C. sporozoans D. photoautotrophs Answer:
D
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When drinking water is treated, what is the term for when chemicals cause solids in the water to clump together? A. oxidation B. clumping C. coagulation D. plasma Answer:
C
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What does the urea cycle process? A. oxygen B. nitrogen C. calcium D. urine Answer:
B
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When using a microscope we do not see the entire extent of the sample. depending on the eyepiece and objective lens we see a restricted region which we say is this? A. peripheral view B. focal point C. field of view D. tunnel vision Answer:
C
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Sickle cell diseas is caused by what? A. posterior allele B. bronchiole allele C. receccisve allele D. anterior allele Answer:
C
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What are the most successful organisms on earth? A. trees B. bacteria C. pests D. humans Answer:
B
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The temperature of an object is a measure of what type of energy? A. chemical B. density C. thermal D. magnetic Answer:
C
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The chromosomal theory of inheritance proposed that what reside on chromosomes? A. molecules B. rna C. genes D. atoms Answer:
C
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What process occurs around day 14 of a 28-day menstrual cycle, triggered by the lh surge? A. ovulation B. menstruation C. fertilization D. sedimentation Answer:
A
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What term refers to a change in species over time? A. mutation B. spontaneous change C. generation D. evolution Answer:
D
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The nitrogen cycle moves nitrogen back and forth between the atmosphere and what? A. organisms B. Ocean C. Ozone Layer D. sediments Answer:
A
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Eutrophication, or high levels of nutrients, can cause conditions that deprive fish of what vital gas? A. dioxide B. hydrogen C. nitrogen D. oxygen Answer:
D
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What ancestors did caecillians evolve from? A. tetrapod B. ornithopod C. arthropod D. hominid Answer:
A
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The surfaces of the bones at the joints are covered with a smooth layer of cartilage, which reduces what force between the bones when they move? A. friction B. expulsion C. gravity D. vibration Answer:
A
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The infection-fighting complement system consists of roughly 30 proteins in? A. blood plasma B. stomach acid C. stool D. fats Answer:
A
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In how many ways ca a living organism obtain chemical energy A. seven B. three C. four D. two Answer:
D
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What stage in human males lasts from about ages 12 to 18 years and is controlled by hormones? A. adolescence B. puberty C. childhood D. maturity Answer:
B
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Elasticity is the ability of a material to return to its original shape after being stretched or? A. compressed B. Contained C. combustion D. correlated Answer:
A
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Many parasites have complex life cycles involving multiple ? A. hosts B. viruses C. diseases D. features Answer:
A
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What type of light is composed of many rays having random polarization directions? A. reflected light B. diffracted light C. unpolarized light D. polarized light Answer:
C
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How do yeasts reproduce? A. preferentially B. asexually C. bisexual D. homosexual Answer:
B
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In science, what can be described as a set of steps that help us to answer questions? A. scientific controls B. hypothesis C. scientific method D. theory Answer:
C
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What does the body derive from the breakdown of the carbohydrate-containing foods and drinks we consume? A. glucose B. insulin C. lipids D. amino acids Answer:
A
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A mitotic spindle forms from the centrioles and passes through the nuclear membrane, which remains intact. chromosomes attach to the mitotic spindle, which separates the chromosomes and does what? A. migrates the cell B. manipulates the cell C. destroys the cell D. elongates the cell Answer:
D
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Substances produced by a reaction are known as? A. products B. solutions C. minerals D. compounds Answer:
A
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What happens to the core of a star when it begins to run low on hydrogen? A. it explodes B. it expands C. it disappears D. it contracts Answer:
D
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What occurs when air masses meet? A. fronts B. earthquakes C. currents D. tides Answer:
A
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What's the name for a cluster of genes, where one promoter serves adjacent genes? A. proton B. plasma C. nucleus D. opteron Answer:
D
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The diversity of alleles and genotypes within a population is known as genetic what? A. variance B. density C. group D. variable Answer:
A
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What does temperature measure? A. lowest kinetic energy of molecules B. highest potential energy of molecules C. average kinetic energy of molecules D. average potential energy of molecules Answer:
C
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What is the term for when the water of the ocean slowly rises and falls? A. tides B. dew C. waves D. currents Answer:
A
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Female monotremes lack a uterus and vagina. instead they have what? A. placenta B. endometrium C. urethra D. cloaca Answer:
D
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Pigments are substances that absorb what? A. synthetic light B. natural light C. artificial light D. visible light Answer:
D
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What class of oxygencontaining compounds is formed by the dehydration of alcohols? A. ethers B. nethers C. reagents D. sugars Answer:
A
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Group 16 is called the oxygen group. what is the only metalloid in this group? A. beryllium B. gallium C. tellurium D. cadmium Answer:
C
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In his work with pea plants, mendel performed what, which involves mating two true-breeding individuals that have different traits? A. hybridization B. mutations C. assimilation D. cross-breeding Answer:
A
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What type of minerals form when salt water evaporates? A. carbonate B. fermite C. halide D. sulfide Answer:
C
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What are identified by the azimuthal quantum number? A. sub-energy levels B. radioactivity - energy levels C. covalent bonds D. ionic-energy level Answer:
A
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Desert plants have special stems and leaves to conserve what? A. habitat B. air C. food D. water Answer:
D
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What substance causes oxidation by accepting electrons? A. solvents B. oxidizing agent C. thermal agent D. enzymes Answer:
B
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Angiosperm success is a result of two novel structures that ensure reproductive success: flowers and this? A. food B. ants C. glass D. fruit Answer:
D
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Squamata is the largest order of what broad animal group, and includes lizards and snakes? A. reptiles B. spiny fishes C. mammals D. amphibians Answer:
A
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Animals that have been modified to express recombinant dna are called what? A. transgenic animals B. aquatic animals C. reproducing animals D. mammalian animals Answer:
A
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In a medium, the closer the distribution of the material gets to what state, the slower the rate of diffusion becomes? A. equilibrium B. erosion C. elastic D. gas Answer:
A
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When substances pass through the cell membrane without needing any energy what is it called? A. energetic transport B. active transport C. kinetic transport D. passive transport Answer:
D
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Elements that do not need to conduct electricity are known as what? A. silicates B. nonmetals C. carbonates D. alloys Answer:
B
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What does the moon not have to protect it from extreme temperatures? A. atmosphere B. oceans C. oxygen D. metals Answer:
A
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What happens between particles with opposite charges? A. they attract B. they become static C. they repel D. they oppose Answer:
A
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Which generation of a plant is generally larger and longer-lived? A. alpha generation B. effective generation C. main generation D. dominant generation Answer:
D
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Mammals belong to which class of vertebrates? A. endothermic B. chondrichthyes C. agnathas D. placoderms Answer:
A
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Animals that have feeding patterns that are somewhere between that of herbivores and carnivores can be called what? A. omnivores B. nematodes C. insectivores D. megavores Answer:
A
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What organs produce eggs? A. ovaries B. testes C. kidneys D. glands Answer:
A
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What kind of reaction adds water to an organic molecule and breaks the large molecule into smaller molecules? A. hydration reaction B. aerobic reaction C. supplementation reaction D. heat reaction Answer:
A
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How much larger can the most powerful light microscropes make an image? A. 2000 times B. 500 times C. 100 times D. 10 times Answer:
A
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In mammals, air is warmed and humidified in what? A. stomach B. lungs C. nasal cavity D. esophagus Answer:
C
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What is the specialized tissue that transports water and nutrients throughout the plant and allows these plants to grow taller? A. dioxide tissue B. blood vessels C. vascular tissue D. fiber tissue Answer:
C
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What is the term for the method of sending out ultrasound waves to determine the locations of objects? A. morphology B. catabolism C. echolocation D. magnetism Answer:
C
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In autosomal dominant inheritance only one "affected" what is necessary to result in an "affected" phenotype? A. molecule B. cells C. allele D. trait Answer:
C
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When the nucleus divides, the two chromatids that make up each chromosome separate from each other and move to opposite poles of the cell during this process? A. spawning B. meiosis C. cytokinesis D. mitosis Answer:
D
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What is the layer above the troposphere? A. thermosphere B. mesosphere C. troposphere D. stratosphere Answer:
D
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Which system consists of organs that break down food and absorb nutrients such as glucose? A. digestive system B. excretory system C. urinary system D. circulatory system Answer:
A
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What part of the eye controls the size of the pupil? A. debis B. iris C. avis D. lens Answer:
B
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Depending on a tumor’s location, for example, cancer surgeons may be unable to remove it. radiation and chemotherapy are difficult, and it is often impossible to target only the cancer cells. the treatments inevitably destroy this? A. carcinogens B. fertility C. host cells D. healthy cells Answer:
D
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Sodium is an example of what sort of thing that cannot exist by itself in nature? A. aspect B. compound C. concept D. element Answer:
D
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What type of resource is water power? A. nonrenewable B. geothermal C. biological D. renewable Answer:
D
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Which part of the plant is responsible for seed production? A. root B. flower C. leaf D. pistil Answer:
B
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The two main agents of soil erosion are water and what else? A. steam B. humidity C. glaciers D. wind Answer:
D
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