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Hormones produced by what gland in the neck increase the rate of metabolism in cells throughout the body? A. thymus B. thyroid C. kidney D. pituitary Answer:
B
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When the ventricles begin to contract, pressure within the ventricles rises and blood flows toward the area of lowest pressure, which is initially in the atria. this backflow causes the cusps of the tricuspid and mitral (bicuspid) valves to close. these valves are tied down to the papillary muscles by these? A. chordae tendineae B. photoreactive tendineae C. choanocyte tendineae D. chollphyide tendineae Answer:
A
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What is the skin of most reptiles covered with? A. hairs B. pores C. scales D. cuticle Answer:
C
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Gasoline, natural gas, fuel oil, diesel fuel, jet fuel, coal, kerosene, and propane are examples of what type of fule? A. nuclear fue B. electrolysis fuel C. polymerization fuel D. hydrocarbon fuel Answer:
D
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Nearly all life processes depend on what substance, which is involved in biochemical reactions? A. food B. hydrocarbons C. water D. air Answer:
C
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What has increased in the atmosphere throughout the history of the earth? A. carbon B. oxygen C. nitrogen D. wind Answer:
B
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Which two states of matter have definite volumes? A. bacteria and liquids B. solids and liquids C. contrasts and liquids D. GAS AND LIQUIDS Answer:
B
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Tendon, cartilage, and bone are examples of what type of tissue that supports and binds other tissues of the body? A. muscular tissue B. untreated tissue C. connective tissue D. repetitive tissue Answer:
C
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What is the sac-like organ at the end of the esophagus? A. appendix B. larynx C. stomach D. rectum Answer:
C
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Which class of acids acetic acid (ch 3 cooh) belongs to? A. organic acids B. strong acids C. common acids D. anorganic acids Answer:
A
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What happens to the total energy of the system when heat is positive? A. it increases B. nothing C. it decreases D. it remains constant Answer:
A
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What type of species can alternate between medusa and polyp forms? A. mollusks B. cnidarian C. chordata D. crocodilian Answer:
B
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Extensive and intensive are categories of properties that apply to what? A. height B. weight C. matter D. volume Answer:
C
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The vertebrate circulatory system enables blood to deliver ________ and remove wastes throughout the body. A. oxygen and nutrients B. acid and nutrients C. fluid and nutrients D. hydrogen and nutrients Answer:
A
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By what kind of change can a chemical change be reversed? A. another carbon change B. another thermal change C. another radioactive change D. another chemical change Answer:
D
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Earthquakes at convergent plate boundaries mark the location of the what? A. subducting lithosphere B. shorting lithosphere C. speeding lithosphere D. abducting lithosphere Answer:
A
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New seafloor forms when what object cools? A. debris B. ash C. lava D. rain Answer:
C
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What are groups of atoms that behave as a single unit called? A. particles B. ions C. molecules D. protons Answer:
C
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Hormones cause cellular changes by binding to receptors on these? A. fighter cells B. able cells C. target cells D. reach cells Answer:
C
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Food provides what type of energy needed by organisms, which is stored in bonds? A. calories B. chemical energy C. radiation energy D. caffeine Answer:
B
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Catabolic reactions involve breaking what? A. molecules B. bonds C. levels D. metals Answer:
B
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Scientists explain the world based on what? A. observations B. patterns C. theories D. changes Answer:
A
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What is the general name for saturated hydrocarbons? A. alkanes B. petrolatums C. enzymes D. halides Answer:
A
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Changing electric and mnagnetic fields radiate outward when? A. charged particles accelerate B. particles multiply C. firing particles accelerate D. particles lose their charge Answer:
A
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What significant part of the cell do prokaryotic cells lack? A. mitochondrial dna B. a cell wall C. a ribosome D. a nucleus Answer:
D
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Where do ectotherms get most of their heat? A. external sources B. internally C. food D. metabolism Answer:
A
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What layer is above the mesosphere? A. ionosphere B. stratosphere C. exosphere D. thermosphere Answer:
D
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What is produced by leydig cells in the embryonic testis and stimulates the development of male sexual organs? A. androgen B. estrogen C. insulin D. testosterone Answer:
D
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What is a continuous flow of electric charges called? A. electric current B. magnetic current C. circuit D. electricity Answer:
A
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What causes high winds and monsoon storms in the desert? A. low winter temperature B. and-12 summer temperature C. moderate spring temperature D. high summer temperature Answer:
D
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What are the three most common protective devices? A. fuses , circuit breaks & surge claws B. tranistors, resistors & diodes C. fuses, circuit breaks & surge protectors D. fuses , fabrication breaks & surge protectors Answer:
C
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Which veins return oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the heart? A. pulmonary B. respiratory C. varicose D. jugular Answer:
A
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Makemake and pluto are classified as what type of celestial object? A. nebula B. gas giants C. black holes D. dwarf planets Answer:
D
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What do you call the entire range of wavelengths of electromagnetic waves? A. molecular spectrum B. electric spectrum C. gaseous spectrum D. electromagnetic spectrum Answer:
D
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Joules and calories are the units of what? A. energy and heat B. heat and velocity C. mass and potential D. weight and energy Answer:
A
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The brain and spinal cord are part of what system? A. immune system B. central nervous system C. cardiovascular system D. digestive system Answer:
B
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The two parathyroid glands are located behind what gland? A. pituitary gland B. thyroid C. thymus D. hypothalmus Answer:
B
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Fission is a method of what type of reproduction exhibited by some planarians? A. sexual B. asexual C. propagation D. spawning Answer:
B
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The best method for preparing pure phosphorous acid is by hydrolyzing what? A. phosphorus trichloride B. dioxide phosphat C. dioxide trichloride D. carbon trichloride Answer:
A
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What bonds result from the overlap of atomic orbitals? A. valent B. hydrogen C. covalents D. metallic Answer:
C
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What is a cluster of neuron cell bodies in the pns called? A. ganglion B. gangnem C. crystals D. groupilion Answer:
A
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Unlike the passive form, the sodium-potassium pump uses what type of transport? A. phase B. Low C. active D. High Answer:
C
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On insects, what are the openings on the sides of the abdomen that allows respiration to occur? A. spiracles B. wings C. gills D. chloroplasts Answer:
A
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Salts of weak acids or bases can affect the acidity or what of their aqueous solution? A. ductility B. compound C. atomicity D. basicity Answer:
D
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Flowers, double fertilization, and fruits are unique features of what life cycle? A. angiosperm B. dinoflagellate C. early lifehood D. protozoa Answer:
A
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What is most often the cause of encephalitis? A. calcium buildup B. viruses C. bacterial infections D. parasites Answer:
B
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Why do microwaves have a higher energy than radio waves? A. higher decibel B. higher resonance C. lower frequency D. higher frequency Answer:
D
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What is cytology. A. the study of atomic structure B. the study of cell structure C. the study of plants D. the study of cancers Answer:
B
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When solids change to gasses, they generally pass through what other state? A. liquid B. carbon C. frozen D. chemical Answer:
A
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What is the structure which hangs from a newly hatched salmon larva? A. liquid sac B. stomach sac C. yolk sac D. air sac Answer:
C
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What is made up of the pinna, ear canal, and eardrum? A. the epidermis B. the nervous system C. the outer ear D. the inner ear Answer:
C
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What type of solvents is glucose insoluble in? A. polar B. acidic C. alkaline D. nonpolar Answer:
D
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What organ is divided into the duodenum, the jejunum, and the ileum? A. large intestine B. kidney C. lung D. small intestine Answer:
D
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Ectotherms undergo a variety of changes at the cellular level to acclimatize to shifts in what? A. precipitation B. oxygen C. temperature D. air pressure Answer:
C
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A comet striking the earth may have caused mass extinction, this would have decreased sunlight, which would have effected what plant process reducing food? A. photosynthesis B. decomposition C. fertilization D. glycolysis Answer:
A
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Normal body temperature is ideal for most of what type of reactions? A. theoretical B. gas C. plasma D. biochemical Answer:
D
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What separates and strongly unites bodies of adjacent vertebrae? A. synovial fluid B. interstitial fluid C. collagen fibers D. intervertebral disc Answer:
D
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About 20 percent of carbon dioxide is bound by hemoglobin and is transported where? A. brain tissues B. bones C. intestines D. lungs Answer:
D
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Which outermost secondary xylem layers transport water? A. the farthest B. the oldest C. the youngest D. the narrowest Answer:
C
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What did volcanic gases help to form on earth? A. water B. atmosphere C. plants D. rocks Answer:
B
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What is formed when the ceiling of an underground cave collapses? A. hill B. mountain C. groundwater D. sinkhole Answer:
D
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What type of muscle makes up most of the heart? A. heart muscle B. respiratory muscle C. chest muscles D. cardiac muscle Answer:
D
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What measures the amount of water in the air? A. cloud cover B. humidity C. fire index D. temperature Answer:
B
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Most terrestrial vertebrates have what type of lungs? A. mechanical B. external C. extra D. internal Answer:
D
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What process joins two haploid gametes into a diploid zygote? A. fusion B. embryo C. fertilization D. migration Answer:
C
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Planets are held by the force of gravity in elliptical orbits around what? A. mars B. earth C. sun D. jupitor Answer:
C
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What is the fastest land animal? A. greyhound B. ostrich C. rhino D. cheetah Answer:
D
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What is the process by which the remains of living things become fossils? A. decomposition B. sublimation C. petrification D. fossilization Answer:
D
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Meters, such as those in analog fuel gauges on a car, are a common application of magnetic torque on a current-carrying what? A. circuit B. arc C. dial D. loop Answer:
D
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What causes reduction of elasticity in all organs? A. weight gain B. age C. radiation D. low vitamin D Answer:
B
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How many protons and electrons each do carbon atoms have? A. five B. nine C. six D. two Answer:
C
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What thickens the cortex around the inner edge of a cell? A. vacuoles B. plasma membrane C. microfilaments D. mitochondria Answer:
C
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What value of dissolved substances is higher than that of their corresponding precipitate? A. entropy B. binary C. negentropy D. ordiny Answer:
A
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Is an acid lower or higher than 7 on the ph scale? A. lower than 7 B. exactly 7 C. twice as much as 7 D. higher than 7 Answer:
A
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Although what biochemicals circulate throughout the body and come into contact with many different cell types, they only affect cells that possess the necessary receptors? A. hormones B. Cells C. organs D. enzymes Answer:
A
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The right atrium receives all of the systemic venous return. most of the blood flows into either the superior vena cava or this? A. identical vena cava B. exterior vena cava C. inferior vena cava D. resulted vena cava Answer:
C
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Tissue is made up of layers of tightly packed cells that line the surfaces of the body, such as skin. A. resultant tissue B. epithelial tissue C. neural tissue D. weak tissue Answer:
B
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Most lipid hormones are derived from what? A. fat B. cholesterol C. protein D. tissue Answer:
B
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A fact or question is only considered science if it has what property? A. it is mineral B. it is believable C. it is interesting D. it is testable Answer:
D
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Which branch of science is the study of energy, matter, and their interactions? A. meteorology B. physics C. biology D. geology Answer:
B
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What is the smallest unit capable of life known as? A. living thing B. a cell C. insect D. organism Answer:
B
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Making associations between experiences is often a part of what activity? A. sleeping B. dying C. learning D. eating Answer:
C
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The spectrum is made up of discrete lines representing transitions of the hydrogen electron between specific energy levels within what? A. the atom B. the molecule C. an element D. a rainbow Answer:
A
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In the field of biodiversity, "richness" and "abundance" are used to describe different what? A. densities B. species C. nutrients D. water sources Answer:
B
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Nitrogen is an important macronutrient because it is part of nucleic acids and proteins. atmospheric nitrogen, which is the diatomic molecule n2, or dinitrogen, is the largest pool of nitrogen in these? A. terrestrial ecosystems B. aquatic ecosytems C. desert biomes D. gas planets Answer:
A
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What is the term for rotation of a bone toward the midline of the body? A. interior rotation B. visual rotation C. medial rotation D. lateral rotation Answer:
C
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What cause rabies, measles, diarrheal diseases, hepatitis, polio, and cold sores? A. viruses B. parasites C. bacteria D. contaminants Answer:
A
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What are the two methods in which mutations arise in dna? A. produced or spontaneous B. accelerated or random C. induced or spontaneous D. accelerated or spontaneous Answer:
C
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Water follows where sodium ions lead, due to what process? A. hydration B. osmosis C. absorption D. electrolysis Answer:
B
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What group of simple organisms recycles nutrients and has been on earth since long before multicellular life appeared? A. eukaryotes B. protists C. prokaryotes D. bacteria Answer:
C
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What is the term for dry climate regions at higher altitudes that have short grasses and low bushes? A. deserts B. fringes C. steppes D. prairie Answer:
C
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Changing the frequency of sound waves, will change the _________ of the sound of a musical instrument? A. distance B. velocity C. direction D. pitch Answer:
D
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What does the term porifera means? A. poreless B. pore-clogging C. pore - signifying D. pore-bearing Answer:
D
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What zone is the narrow strip along the coastline that is covered by water at high tide and exposed to air at low tide? A. disturbance zone B. intertidal zone C. aquifer zone D. astrolabe zone Answer:
B
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Integral and peripheral proteins are associated with what fatty bilayer? A. cartilage B. carbohydrate C. protein D. lipid Answer:
D
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What effect describes how earth’s rotation steers winds and surface ocean currents? A. Big Bang theory B. coriolis C. dorsalis D. centripetal force Answer:
B
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What type of shape does sodium chloride have? A. oblong B. trianguler C. round D. cubic Answer:
D
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In what form of matter is hydrogen at room temperature? A. liquid B. gas C. dissolved D. solid Answer:
B
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What is the smallest contractile portion of a muscle? A. filaments B. capillary C. cell D. sarcomere Answer:
D
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Which is the fourth planet from the sun? A. mars B. mars C. jupiter D. earth Answer:
A
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