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Why does the body react to a loss of chloride ions? A. increased tricarbonate reabsorption B. increased bicarbonate reabsorption C. decreased bicarbonate reabsorption D. decreased tricarbonate reabsorption Answer:
B
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The negatively charged electrons are attracted to the positively charged what? A. atom B. ion C. nucleus D. axon Answer:
C
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Most of the gray matter is on the surface of the brain, surrounding what other type of matter? A. corrugated B. white C. dark matter D. blue Answer:
B
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Cooling or evaporation of what from the sea surface makes surface water dense? A. fresh water B. warm water C. salt water D. dirty water Answer:
A
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What is the term for reproductive cells, such as sperm and egg? A. nucleus B. parasites C. spores D. gametes Answer:
D
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What material is regularly used in human hip and knee implants? A. coal B. metal C. glass D. wood Answer:
B
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What are the most dramatic, sudden, and dangerous types of mass wasting? A. monsoons B. volcanoes C. landslides D. earthquakes Answer:
C
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What current-carrying long coil of wire acts as a magnet? A. antenna B. converter C. solenoid D. igniter Answer:
C
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In combination or synthesis reactions, two chemical species combine to produce a what? A. fusion B. alloy C. new compound D. mixture Answer:
C
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The core of a star collapses during what event, forming a neutron star? A. supernova B. blast C. spark D. gravitational Answer:
A
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What is the term used for a large body of air of the same temperature and moisture conditions? A. air pool B. air mass C. sky mass D. air group Answer:
B
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The loss of oxygen to the heart muscle causes that part of the tissue to what? A. beat erratically B. die C. thrive D. beat harder Answer:
B
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What system transports many substances to and from cells throughout the body? A. nutritional B. cardiovascular C. physiological D. circulatory Answer:
B
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What consists of two or more elements and forms as a result of a chemical reaction? A. protein B. particle C. compound D. molecule Answer:
C
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What is occasional chest pain known as? A. heart murmur B. cardiac arrest C. arrhythmia D. angina pectoris Answer:
D
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In the cardiovascular system, where is the ultimate destination of the oxygen-poor blood? A. brain B. lung C. liver D. heart Answer:
D
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What is the study of the energy transformations that occur in a collection of matter? A. geophysics B. thermodynamics C. kinetics D. fluctuations Answer:
B
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Love canal was an infamous example of what type of pollution? A. industrial waste dumping B. thermal pollution C. Visual Pollution D. Land Pollution Answer:
A
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What is a funnel-shaped cloud of whirling high winds known as? A. tsunami B. volcano C. hurricane D. tornado Answer:
D
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Why do birds need a light-weight body? A. food shortages B. water flotation C. for cooling D. to stay aloft Answer:
D
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Asthma, pneumonia, and emphysema are diseases of what system? A. pulmonary B. digestive C. reproductive D. respiratory Answer:
D
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The “knee-jerk" motion that people involuntarily perform after being struck in the knee in a certain way is an example of what kind of behavior? A. reflex B. reaction C. spasm D. sensor Answer:
A
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What are tiny, hair like projections? A. spinicles B. actin C. cilia D. fuzz Answer:
C
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How long does it take for the earth to make a complete rotation of its axis? A. 24 hours B. one year C. 24.25 hours D. one month Answer:
A
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Glaciers have been melting since what period? A. pleistocene ice age B. industrial age C. stone age D. bronze age Answer:
A
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The transmission electron micrograph shows the cell walls where two cells do what? A. disappear B. reproduce C. split apart D. come together Answer:
D
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What form does water take on the planet mars? A. liquid B. plasma C. ice D. gas Answer:
C
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The simplest system is that of contractile vacuoles present in what? A. crystals B. microorganisms C. parasites D. macroorganisms Answer:
B
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Water's very polar compound causes most solutes to do what? A. gel B. dissolve C. repel D. combine Answer:
B
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Which plant group has vascular tissue, seeds, and flowers? A. angiosperms B. fungi C. spores D. microbes Answer:
A
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The point in front of a mirror where the reflected rays intersect is known as what? A. reflective point B. focal point C. boundary point D. periodic point Answer:
B
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Any unused energy in food, whether it comes from carbohydrates, proteins, or lipids, is stored in the body where? A. fat B. kidneys C. bones D. spleen Answer:
A
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What helps determine the concentration of a species in a solution? A. qualitative analysis B. technical analysis C. fundamental analysis D. quantitative analysis Answer:
D
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In order to survive and maintain what state, an organism must quickly adapt to changing environmental conditions? A. acclimatization B. ketosis C. homeostasis D. regulation Answer:
C
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What crust is thinner and denser than continental crust? A. oceanic B. coastal C. land D. asteroid Answer:
A
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What are the antibodies an animal produces after exposure to a microbial antigen? A. chimeric B. isolated C. monoclonal D. polyclonal Answer:
D
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How does heat travel from the sun to the earth? A. thermal radiation from the sun B. through light waves C. secondary radiation from the sun D. through sound waves Answer:
A
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What were the first life forms found on earth similar to? A. ferns B. mold C. bacteria D. viruses Answer:
C
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Steel, bronze, and brass are examples of what? A. compounds B. oxides C. chemicals D. alloys Answer:
D
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A pacemaker uses electrical shocks to stimulate the what to beat properly? A. brain B. pancreas C. liver D. heart Answer:
D
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What is the cloud of brown dust-like power that escapes when a puffball fungus is touched? A. seeds B. ions C. spores D. pollon Answer:
C
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What are the cone-like structures that contain sporangia called? A. gametes B. strobili C. contrail D. medulla Answer:
B
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What are considered to be the smallest particles of matter? A. cells B. ions C. atoms D. molecules Answer:
C
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The mechanics of dynein-based bending involve a process that resembles what? A. running B. standing C. jumping D. walking Answer:
D
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What type of creature is a scallop? A. mollusk B. vertabrate C. algae D. insect Answer:
A
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The risk of what is raised by overexposure to the sun? A. particle cancer B. skin cancer C. brain cancer D. flux cancer Answer:
B
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Which artery enters the cranium through the carotid canal in the temporal bone? A. venal artery B. external carotid C. internal carotid artery D. atrial artery Answer:
C
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How are aquatic biomes often classified? A. amount of life B. amount of light C. amount of salt D. depth Answer:
C
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What is the most abundant type of biological entity on the earth? A. viruses B. insects C. reptiles D. bacteria Answer:
A
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What is the most diverse and abundant group of organisms on earth, numbering in the millions of trillions? A. pathogens B. viruses C. pests D. bacteria Answer:
D
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What kind of hormones are secreted by organs classified as gonads? A. growth hormones B. sex hormones C. cortisol hormones D. anterior hormones Answer:
B
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An oxy-acetylene torch is an effective way to cut what? A. wood B. plastic C. coal D. metal Answer:
D
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What are the infoldings of the inner membrane called? A. ceranae B. lineage C. brickle D. cristae Answer:
D
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A channel protein is an example of what type of protein? A. choice proteins B. hemoglobin protein C. component proteins D. transport proteins Answer:
D
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Eight of the hottest years on record have occurred since what year? A. 1997 B. 1998 C. 1991 D. 2002 Answer:
B
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Average acceleration is the rate of change of what? A. velocity B. displacement C. direction D. speed Answer:
A
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What is studied to understand gene expression patterns in cells? A. rna B. dna C. mutations D. protein Answer:
A
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Ribosomes are produced in the nucleolus, and then transported to the what? A. cytoskeleton B. cytoplasm C. cerebellum D. nucleus Answer:
B
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Ecosystem dynamics include more than the flow of energy and recycling of matter. ecosystems are also dynamic because they? A. recreate exactly alike B. change through time C. stay the same D. never move Answer:
B
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Muscle contraction requires repeated cycles of binding and what? A. push B. lunging C. twisting D. release Answer:
D
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An important chemical compound, which supplies living things with the energy they need to survive, is composed of carbon, oxygen and atoms of what other element? A. magnesium B. calcium C. nitrogen D. hydrogen Answer:
D
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What are the glands that secrete milk in a woman's breasts? A. mammary glands B. lactic acids C. primordial glands D. pituitary glands Answer:
A
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Like a thick cap covering the brain, the dura mater is a tough outer covering. the name comes from the latin for? A. tough mother B. back mother C. protecting mother D. difficult mother Answer:
A
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Which organisms get their energy source and carbon source from organic sources? A. ectomorphs B. chemoheterotrophs C. sporozoans D. herbivores Answer:
B
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What natural disaster is california most linked with? A. hurricanes B. earthquakes C. volcanoes D. fires Answer:
B
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Small crustaceans exchange gases across thin areas of the cuticle; larger species have what to accomplish this? A. gills B. pores C. noses D. lungs Answer:
A
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The superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava are veins that return blood lacking what to the heart? A. carbon dioxide B. hemoglobin C. oxygen D. nitrogen Answer:
C
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There are only four possible bases that make up each dna nucleotide: adenine, guanine, thymine, and? A. taurine B. guarine C. phenylalanine D. cytosine Answer:
D
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What affects the boiling point of water? A. external pressure B. internal pressure C. latter pressure D. heat source Answer:
A
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The average length of a woman’s menstrual cycle is what? A. 19 days B. 5 days C. 28 days D. 16 days Answer:
C
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Water leaves ponds and lakes through evaporation and also as what? A. inflow B. influx C. outflow D. mid flow Answer:
C
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What is a biochemical compound that is a chain of amino acids called? A. DNA B. hormones C. lipids D. proteins Answer:
D
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Each what is made of two identical sister chromatids? A. helix B. gene C. genome D. chromosome Answer:
D
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Amino groups are found within amino acids, nicknamed the building blocks of what? A. protons B. lipids C. carbohydrates D. proteins Answer:
D
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What is the name of earth’s only natural satellite? A. venus B. moon C. sun D. titan Answer:
B
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Which is the lightest of the widely used structural metals? A. Metal B. magnesium C. calcium D. potassium Answer:
B
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When lava flows over a large area and cools, it creates a large, flat surface of what type of rock? A. tidal B. sedimentary C. metamorphic D. igneous Answer:
D
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Examples of what process are evident in many biological systems because cells are surrounded by semipermeable membranes? A. osmosis B. apoptosis C. photosynthesis D. reproduction Answer:
A
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What does cartilage lack compared to bones, making it softer and less rigid? A. protein B. magnesium C. calcium D. potassium Answer:
C
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What three forms does frozen precipitation take? A. hail, wind, typhoon B. vapor, fog, ice C. snow, sleet, freezing rain D. blizzard, frost, fog Answer:
C
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What is a stream of moving water that flows through the ocean? A. waterfall B. tidal wave C. current D. creek Answer:
C
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The elbow is an example of a what type of joint? A. frame joint B. toe joint C. pipe joint D. hinge joint Answer:
D
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The first leaves of most ferns appear curled up into what? A. nanotubes B. fiddleheads C. volatiles D. petals Answer:
B
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Electrophiles have a strong tendency to react with what? A. acids B. resistors C. neutrons D. nucleophiles Answer:
D
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What layered form of carbon is used as a lubricant and in pencils? A. graphite B. copper C. lead D. carbonite Answer:
A
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What kind of solids have particles that are arranged in a regular repeating pattern? A. metabolic solids B. carbon-based solids C. salts D. crystalline solids Answer:
D
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During what in the small intestine do rings of smooth muscle repeatedly contract and then relax? A. contraction B. compression C. segmentation D. mitosis Answer:
C
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Acetyl-coa is formed from the breakdown of carbohydrates, lipids, and what else? A. acids B. hydrocarbons C. hormones D. proteins Answer:
D
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Juvenile hormone modulates the activity of what? A. growth B. estrogen C. ecdysteroid D. reproduction Answer:
C
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What causes the red color of laterite soils? A. erosion B. iron oxides C. oxygen D. toxins Answer:
B
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The scientific process of collecting data outside the lab (in the "wild") is known as what kind of work? A. track work B. experimentation C. scientific investigation D. field work Answer:
D
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Red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and plasma are all components of what fluid? A. blood B. heart C. Vessals D. brain Answer:
A
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Who created the idea of an evolutionary tree to represent the relationships between different species and their common ancestors? A. Scopes B. Isaac Newton C. charles darwin D. Carl Sagan Answer:
C
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What organs absorb water and nutrients from the soil? A. flowers B. leaves C. roots D. buds Answer:
C
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What does magma that cools underground form? A. chambers B. new crust C. instrusions D. fluctuations Answer:
C
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Which season is moist, causing the most thunderstorms? A. winter B. spring C. autumn D. summer Answer:
D
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What are the two hormones primarily responsible for maintaining homeostasis of blood glucose levels? A. insulin and glucagon B. anabolic and metabolic C. dopamine and melanin D. insulin and estrogen Answer:
A
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What important process takes place in specialized tissue inside plant leaves? A. mitosis B. reproduction C. pollination D. photosynthesis Answer:
D
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What type of plants were the first to evolve? A. nonvascular B. kilocalorie C. cocklebur D. vascular Answer:
A
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In multicellular organisms, specialized cells may be organized into what, which in turn may be organized into organs? A. muscles B. blood cells C. tissues D. nutrients Answer:
C
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