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What goes through different larval stages? A. octopuses B. sponges C. crustaceans D. plants Answer:
C
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What is the major cause of chronic respiratory disease as well as cardiovascular disease and cancer? A. exercise B. smoking C. drinking D. diet Answer:
B
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Monotremes, marsupials, and placental mammals are subclasses of what? A. birds B. amphibians C. reptiles D. mammals Answer:
D
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What type of mammal gives birth to young that need to develop further in the mother's pouch after birth? A. marsupials B. humans C. whales D. aborigines Answer:
A
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What is the measure of how closely molecules are packed together? A. density B. length C. volume D. frequency Answer:
A
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What is the leading cause of lung cancer? A. chewing tobacco B. tuberculosis C. tobacco smoke D. heredity Answer:
C
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The golgi removes some sugar monomers and substitutes others, producing a large variety of what? A. fats B. proteins C. carbohydrates D. electrolytes Answer:
C
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Parenchymal, collenchymal, and sclerenchymal cells are associated with what types of living things? A. fungi B. plants C. parasites D. primates Answer:
B
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What is the name of the location in which a stream or river starts? A. spring B. source C. mouth D. shore Answer:
B
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What disease occurs when cells in the breast grow out of control and form a tumor? A. muscle cancer B. adult breast growth C. breast cancer D. muscular cyst Answer:
C
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What process refers to the changes that occur in populations of living organisms over time? A. variation B. adaptation C. evolution D. spontaneous mutation Answer:
C
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Alkenes can react with what to form alcohols? A. sugars B. proteins C. air D. water Answer:
D
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Wind blown sand contributes to what type of erosion? A. abrasion B. filtration C. sedimentary D. vegetation Answer:
A
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Bases are ionic compounds consisting of hydroxide ions and a what? A. cinion B. carbonate C. cation D. sulfate Answer:
C
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What causes the menstrual cycle to be repeated? A. gravity B. lack of fertilization C. ovaries D. uteris Answer:
B
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What happens when turgid cells in a nonwoody tissue push against each other? A. the tissue stiffens B. the tissue dies C. the tissues merge D. the tissue melts Answer:
A
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What is the waxy substance that epidermal cells secrete? A. bile B. saliva C. cuticle D. cellulose Answer:
C
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What is the length of the route between two points? A. speed B. distance C. direction D. velocity Answer:
B
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According to the first law of thermodynamics, what can neither be created nor destroyed? A. light B. fuel C. food D. energy Answer:
D
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What are the three primary pigment colors? A. green, orange, purple B. red, green, blue C. red, white, blue D. cyan, yellow, magenta Answer:
D
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How do organophostbate pesticides work? A. inhibiting reticulum B. inhibiting cryptosporidium C. inhibiting testosterone D. inhibiting acetylcholinesterase Answer:
D
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In the case of a light bulb, electricity is converted to light and what kind of energy? A. abstract B. nuclear C. chemical D. thermal Answer:
D
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Where in relation to the home, are levels of vocs found to be higher? A. outdoors B. indoors C. in Fields D. On slopes Answer:
B
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Density and pressure of air decreases with what? A. temperature B. horizontal distance C. altitude D. humidity Answer:
C
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Energy is absorbed in the process of converting a liquid at its boiling point into a what? A. mesh B. gas C. solid D. plasma Answer:
B
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Images in what type of mirror are reversed left and right but not reversed top and bottom? A. convex B. virtual C. plane mirror D. concave Answer:
C
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What do cells produce as they age? A. oxidants B. wrinkles C. proto-oncogenes D. carcinogens Answer:
C
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The body of the simplest sponges takes the shape of a cylinder with a large central cavity, called? A. spirogyra B. vacuole C. spongocoel D. spicule Answer:
C
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Laid on dry land by reptiles, amniotic eggs have what that prevents them from drying out? A. oil coating B. waterproof membranes C. double yolks D. double shells Answer:
B
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What three rs represent the steps that you personally can take to conserve our natural resources and minimize waste? A. reduce, reuse, recycle B. remove, reduce, reuse C. reduce, reuse, re-educate D. rinse, reuse, recycle Answer:
A
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What is the process that allows organisms with better traits to survive and produce? A. succession B. adaptation C. natural selection D. spontaneous mutation Answer:
C
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What is the term for a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction but is not changed or used up in the reaction? A. an acid B. a catalyst C. a mechanism D. a contribute Answer:
B
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What type of compounds can form crystals? A. molecular compounds B. magnetic compounds C. ionic compounds D. integral compounds Answer:
C
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In grazing, a predator partially eats but does not kill what? A. prey B. pack C. time D. predators Answer:
A
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Bone tissues include compact bone, spongy bone, bone marrow, and? A. epithelium B. periosteum C. esophagus D. cartilage Answer:
B
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What type of bacteria causes the disease called tuberculosis? A. streptococcus B. E. coli C. staphylococcus D. mycobacterium Answer:
D
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Studies have shown that not only does reproduction have a cost as far as how long male fruit flies live, but also fruit flies that have already mated several times have limited amounts of this? A. sperm B. chromosomes C. dna D. eggs Answer:
A
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What are the two most common causes of diseases? A. nutritional deficiencies B. bacteria and viruses C. bacteria and protazoa D. viruses and protazoa Answer:
B
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Organic compounds are defined as covalently bonded compounds containing carbon, excluding carbonates and what else? A. gases B. crystals C. oxides D. acids Answer:
C
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What drives the turbine in a thermonuclear reactor? A. magnets B. heated water or steam C. heated oil D. wind energy Answer:
B
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What is the term for physicians and scientists who research and develop vaccines and treat and study conditions ranging from allergies to aids? A. endocrinologists B. immunologists C. virologists D. vaccinologists Answer:
B
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Where are temperatures the lowest? A. over the oceans B. in asia C. at the equator D. at the poles Answer:
D
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Protecting the surface of metal prevents what? A. evaporation B. extraction C. diffusion D. corrosion Answer:
D
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What type of tissues are major barriers to the entry of pathogens into the body? A. skin B. mucosal C. vascular D. nasal Answer:
B
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Trash that gets into fresh and saltwater waterways is called what type of debris? A. water B. pollution C. aquatic D. ocean Answer:
C
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What is the term for genes that control the expression of other genes within specific regions of cells in the developing organism? A. data genes B. expression genes C. gap genes D. age genes Answer:
C
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In vertebrates, what tissue is a type of connective tissue that supports the entire body structure? A. blood B. bone C. cartilage D. collagen Answer:
B
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Red blood cells don't have a nucleus. this allows them to do what? A. carry more oxygen B. heal faster C. be redder D. move faster Answer:
A
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The number of electron pairs that hold two atoms together is called? A. bond order B. electron order C. nuclear order D. proton order Answer:
A
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What occurs when the immune system makes an inflammatory response to a harmless antigen? A. asthma attack B. allergies C. antibodies D. immunity Answer:
B
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What energy source, now making a comeback, has helped propel ships and pump water for many years? A. wind energy B. geothermal energy C. solar energy D. weather energy Answer:
A
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What is it called when the nucleus of an atom splits into two smaller nuclei? A. nuclear fission B. nuclear fusion C. cell division D. complex fission Answer:
A
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The curie (ci) is one measure of the rate of what? A. division B. spin C. growth D. decay Answer:
D
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A unique type of organism is also known as what? A. element B. taxonomy C. parasites D. species Answer:
D
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Snakes use what anatomical structure to smell scents in the air? A. forked tongue B. forked tails C. branched tongue D. forked eyes Answer:
A
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What chemical element helps forms strong bones and teeth in humans? A. magnesium B. potassium C. calcium D. iron Answer:
C
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The limit to how much solute will dissolve in a given amount of solvent is called what? A. potency B. solubility C. strength D. density Answer:
B
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What occurs when hot magma transforms rock that it contacts? A. existence metamorphism B. changing metamorphism C. form metamorphism D. contact metamorphism Answer:
D
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What term refers to entities, events or powers regarded as being beyond nature, and cannot be explained by scientific means? A. natural B. supernatural C. hypothetical D. fictional Answer:
B
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What causes an elastic force in springs? A. velocity B. momentum C. freezing D. stretching or compressing Answer:
D
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What effect is responsible for flight paths looking curved? A. volumetric effect B. resonant effect C. tonal effect D. coriolis effect Answer:
D
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Wetlands are environments in which the soil is either permanently or periodically saturated with what? A. oil B. water C. spores D. hydrogen Answer:
B
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When the ground absorbs the water and it settles below the surface it is called what? A. precipitation B. wastewater C. glacier D. groundwater Answer:
D
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Some metabolic pathways release what by breaking down complex molecules to simpler compounds? A. fat B. water C. hydrogen D. energy Answer:
D
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What is the smallest portion of a crystal lattice? A. element cell B. ionic cell C. unit cell D. function cell Answer:
C
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What is one major cause of skin cancer? A. sunscreen B. visible light C. ultraviolet light D. infrared light Answer:
C
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Which important decomposers are known to live just about anywhere on earth? A. viruses B. archeans C. sporozoans D. protazoas Answer:
B
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In the scientific method, what is the initial, unproven explanation for why something is occurring? A. concepts B. idea C. theories D. hypothesis Answer:
D
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What is the name of an element with a different number of neutrons? A. isotope B. reaction C. mineral D. solution Answer:
A
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Nitrogen and sulfur oxides form what type of rain? A. toxic rain B. heavy rain C. acid rain D. common rain Answer:
C
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Polyester fabric's resistance to wrinkling comes from the cross-linking of what? A. algae strands B. wool strands C. polymer strands D. velocity strands Answer:
C
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What term refers to the sequence of community and ecosystem changes after a disturbance? A. ecological succession B. disturbance succession C. physiological succession D. progressions Answer:
A
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What is the network of fibers that organizes structures and activities in the cell called? A. enzymes B. cytoskeleton C. cytoplasm D. DNA Answer:
B
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Decreasing the volume of a gas and keeping everything else the same will cause its pressure to change in what way? A. increase B. heat up C. decrease D. lower Answer:
A
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What evolutionary strategy enables substantial activity during sleep for some animals? A. adaptation B. mutation C. hibernation D. reproduction Answer:
A
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The cells of the blastocyst form an inner cell mass called the what? A. xerophyte B. blastocyst C. chloroplast D. embryoblast Answer:
D
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How do all musical instruments create sound? A. conduction B. stimulation C. vibration D. condensation Answer:
C
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What system disorders include kidney stones, kidney failure, and urinary tract infections? A. urinary system B. nervous system C. digestive system D. renal system Answer:
A
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What type of respiration has the advantage of releasing more energy? A. kinetic B. elastic C. aerobic D. anaerobic Answer:
C
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Major climate types are based on what two things? A. environment & precipitation B. oxygen & precipitation C. temperature & precipitation D. topography & temperature Answer:
C
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When amino acids bind together, they form a long chain called what, which is an essential component of protein? A. lipids B. polypeptide C. enzyme D. peptide Answer:
B
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What type of cells does meiosis produce? A. diploid daughter cells B. haploid daughter cells C. mutated cells D. child cells Answer:
B
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Organisms that lack both a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles are known as what, in general? A. barren B. trophic C. prokaryotic D. photosynthetic Answer:
C
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What happens to most of the energy in a trophic level as it passes to the next higher level? A. it increases B. it stays the same C. it is lost D. it is transferred Answer:
C
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What is the name for a specific amount of solute that can dissolve in a given amount of solvent? A. humidity B. concentration C. viscosity D. solubility Answer:
D
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What is freshwater below the earth's surface called? A. precipitation B. sediment C. geyser D. groundwater Answer:
D
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What forms when crystals precipitate out from a liquid? A. plasma sedimentary rocks B. liquid sedimentary rocks C. chemical sedimentary rocks D. plants sedimentary rocks Answer:
C
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What do people build to protect areas from floods? A. drains B. dams C. reinforced walls D. sewers Answer:
B
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What system of the body is responsible for ultimately ridding it of waste and excess water? A. respiratory system B. circulatory system C. digestive system D. excretory system Answer:
D
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What's it called when there's a sudden flow of mud? A. avalanche B. dirt bath C. sediment D. mudflow Answer:
D
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Which zone is located below 200 meters from the surface? A. aphotic zone B. mesopelagic C. epipelagic D. observable zone Answer:
A
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Food chewed evenly during mastication moisten and lubricate the lining of the mouth and this? A. trachea B. pharynx C. esophagus D. larynx Answer:
B
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Photosynthesis is initiated by what hitting plants? A. moisture B. air C. sunlight D. dirt Answer:
C
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What is the process of drawing general conclusions based on many pieces of evidence? A. quantum reasoning B. experimental reasoning C. inductive reasoning D. primitive reasoning Answer:
C
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Name the fibrous joint in which two parallel bones are united to each other by fibrous connective tissue. A. cartilage B. syndesmosis C. suture D. gomphosis Answer:
B
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What's the best way humans can conserve water? A. use more B. salt it C. boil it D. use less Answer:
D
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Although fewer in number than chemical synapses, what type of synapses are found in all nervous systems and play important and unique roles? A. beginning synapses B. duplicating synapses C. dual synapses D. electrical synapses Answer:
D
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What consists of a nitrogen atom bonded to some combination of carbons and hydrogens? A. an alkali B. a chloride C. a metalloid D. an amine Answer:
D
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When do hammerhead sharks usually hunt? A. at night B. summer C. winter D. in the day Answer:
A
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What types of glands do only female mammals have? A. respiratory B. thyroid C. pituitary D. mammary Answer:
D
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