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What type of gases are the least reactive of all elements? A. noble B. brave C. humble D. lucky Answer:
A
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The cells of most eukaryotic and many prokaryotic organisms can carry out what type of respiration? A. kinetic B. anaerobic C. aerobic D. energetic Answer:
C
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What kind of rock's makeup is changed by heat and or pressure? A. tectonic B. igneous C. basaltic D. metamorphic Answer:
D
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Most scientists think that ordinary matter makes up how much of the total matter in the universe? A. more than half B. less than half C. about half D. greater than half Answer:
B
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In machines that increase force, such as ramps and doorknobs and nutcrackers, what is the relation between output and input force? A. output is smaller B. output is greater C. drop is greater D. input is greater Answer:
B
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What type of galaxies are oval shaped, red or yellow, and contain mostly old stars? A. mutant ellipses B. typical elliptical C. unique elliptical D. ovoid anomalies Answer:
B
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What is the term for something in the environment that causes a reaction in an organism? A. crisis B. stimulus C. climate D. pollution Answer:
B
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What is the mildest type of brain injury? A. blunt trauma B. dementia C. concussion D. hydrocephalus Answer:
C
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Isobaric expansion is a process occurring without a change in what? A. direction B. energy C. pressure D. temperature Answer:
C
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What is the term for the process of exposing a person to a pathogen on purpose in order to develop immunity? A. vaccination B. priming C. evacuation D. ramping Answer:
A
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Why will water balloons launched into the air eventually burst? A. heat B. expansion C. momentum D. friction Answer:
B
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What type of behaviors do not have to be learned or practiced? A. innate behaviors B. acquired behaviors C. diverse behaviors D. protective behaviors Answer:
A
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Terrestrial biomes are classified by the climate and their what? A. pollution B. habitat C. geography D. biodiversity Answer:
D
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A flower's colors come from what part of the plant? A. vacuole B. Internode C. Petiole D. glycogen Answer:
A
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What stages in the life of a cell does the cell cycle include? A. intermediate stages B. all C. adult stages D. both Answer:
B
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What do you call the type of molecular signals that include insulin and that help regulate a number of biochemical processes? A. hormones B. acids C. nerves D. enzymes Answer:
A
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What type of device uses electromagnetic induction to change the voltage of electric current? A. hot transformer B. electronic transformer C. radioactive transformer D. mechanical transformer Answer:
B
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Mutations cannot be passed on to offspring if they occur in what type of cells? A. blood cells B. kept cells C. put cells D. body cells Answer:
D
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What layer high in the atmosphere protects living things from most of the sun’s harmful uv rays? A. stratosphere B. Mesosphere C. troposphere D. ozone layer Answer:
D
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What occurs over a large area when a rock is buried or compressed? A. metamorphic diffusion B. landslide C. regional metamorphism D. cavern system Answer:
C
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The uterus has an external opening known as what? A. cervix B. ovaries C. vulva D. fallopian tubes Answer:
C
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Plants face two types of enemies: herbivores and what else? A. erosion B. pathogens C. water D. carnivores Answer:
B
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What organism carries out only fermentation or anaerobic respiration? A. obligate anaerobes B. aldehydes C. aerobicc enzymes D. metabolites Answer:
A
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What are the smallest type of blood vessel? A. capillaries B. arteries C. spider veins D. varicose veins Answer:
A
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What type of behavior is most flexible? A. innate behavior B. adaptation C. learned behavior D. reflex behavior Answer:
C
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In the water molecule, two of the electron pairs are lone pairs rather than what? A. bonding pairs B. acid pairs C. bonding ions D. ions pairs Answer:
A
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What are the basic building blocks of the human body? A. vitamins B. proteins C. cells D. minerals Answer:
C
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What is the medial bone of the forearm that runs parallel to the radius? A. ulna B. radius C. humerus D. fibula Answer:
A
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The animal kingdom can also be divided into two basic groups, what are they? A. invertebrates and vertebrates B. aquatic and land C. sponges and vertebrates D. mammals and fish Answer:
A
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These microorganisms are abundant in the human digestive track and serve many roles. what are they? A. bacteria B. tumors C. pathogens D. antioxidants Answer:
A
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When both objects have a positive charge what will the force be between them? A. polar B. expressive C. repulsive D. attractive Answer:
C
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What are ocean waves mainly caused by? A. humidity B. gravity C. wind D. tides Answer:
C
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What type of archaea live in salty environments? A. sporozoans B. halophiles C. arthropods D. amphibians Answer:
B
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What can be thought of as the fundamental unit of life? A. cell B. electron C. atom D. ion Answer:
A
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What type of organism is a bacteria? A. paramecium B. single-celled prokaryotic C. fungi D. multicellular organism Answer:
B
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What chemical element is required for a combustion reaction ? A. nitrogen B. oxygen C. carbon D. helium Answer:
B
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What do wind turbines turn wind energy into? A. electricy B. oxygen C. carbon D. hydrogen Answer:
A
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A simple sugar such as fructose or glucose is also called a what? A. monosaccharide B. disaccharide C. galactose D. carbohydrate Answer:
A
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The fossilized skeleton of archaeopteryx looks like that of a dinosaur, but it had what structures modified for flight, a trait associated only with birds among modern animals? A. fingers B. claws C. beaks D. feathers Answer:
D
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Blood volume increases substantially during pregnancy, so that by childbirth, it exceeds its preconception volume by 30 percent, or approximately what? A. 2-3 liters B. 1-2 liters C. 0-1 liters D. 3-5 liters Answer:
B
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All of the land drained by a river system is called its basin, or what "wet" term? A. groundwater B. river bank C. watershed D. wetlands Answer:
C
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What does the gizzard in birds contain that allows them to grind food? A. acid B. teeth C. bile D. swallowed stones Answer:
D
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Equal and oppositely directed forces produce what kind of acceleration? A. faster acceleration B. greater acceleration C. no acceleration D. steady acceleration Answer:
C
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Organs are groups of what working together? A. tendons B. bones C. tissues D. muscles Answer:
C
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Deep water filling a void caused by surface winds blowing water north and south is known as? A. upwelling B. divergence C. surface current D. downwelling Answer:
A
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What devices do astronomers use to see objects at wavelengths all across the electromagnetic spectrum? A. telescopes B. levels C. spectrographs D. microscopes Answer:
A
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What type of winds blow only over a limited area? A. periodic B. Planetary C. local D. trade Answer:
C
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What is the term for the spacing of individuals within a population? A. dispersion B. population density C. equilibrium D. suspension Answer:
A
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What is the minimum number of pulleys needed for a compound pulley? A. 2 B. zero C. 4 D. 1 Answer:
A
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Magnetic force is always perpendicular to what? A. sunlight B. velocity C. length D. speed Answer:
B
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What is the region in the center back of the eye that is responsible for acute vision? A. fovea B. lens C. pupil D. cornea Answer:
A
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What is it called when a human has an extra autosome? A. polysomy B. trisomy C. monosomy D. mosaicism Answer:
B
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Carboxylic acids can form what with alcohols? A. ketones B. esters C. aldehydes D. lipids Answer:
B
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What are the two types of semiconductors? A. o-type and p-type B. n-type and m-type C. a-type and b-type D. n-type and p-type Answer:
D
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What is the term for organisms that live in extremely hot environments? A. thermophobes B. hydrophylic C. thermophiles D. exothermic Answer:
C
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What is a capillary bed that filters blood principally based on particle size? A. glomerulus B. buds C. plexus D. vein Answer:
A
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Minerals form when they precipitate from hot fluids that have done what? A. cooled down B. heated up C. accelerated down D. dried out Answer:
A
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Mass spectrometry today is used extensively in chemistry and biology laboratories to identify chemical and biological substances according to their ratios of what? A. mass to volume B. ph to charge C. mass-to-charge D. volume to charge Answer:
C
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What helps treat bacterial infections in people? A. rest B. respiratory drugs C. antibiotic drugs D. vaccines Answer:
C
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Which has more electrons, neon or fluorine? A. fluorine B. the same C. neither D. neon Answer:
D
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What kind of process occurs naturally under certain conditions, unlike its opposite, which will not take place unless it is “driven” by the continual input of energy from an external source? A. spontaneous process B. noticeable process C. activation process D. controlled process Answer:
A
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Gradual degradation of a material due to its exposure to the environment is known as what? A. metabolism B. erosion C. destruction D. corrosion Answer:
D
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What is the name for a matter that has a fixed volume and a fixed shape? A. stable B. solid C. gas D. liquid Answer:
B
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German doctor rudolf virchow first discovered what process when studying living cells under a microscope? A. photosynthesis B. radiation C. evolution D. cell division Answer:
D
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What was the first mass extinction that occurred on earth? A. paleozoic mass extinction B. late Devonian mass extinction C. proterozoic mass extinction D. precambrian mass extinction Answer:
D
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What type of habitat do ferns need to grow? A. moist B. elevated C. cold D. dry Answer:
A
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G2 and s are phases in what process that is important in cell division? A. osmosis B. mitosis C. cytokinesis D. tissues Answer:
B
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Solar energy travels in what? A. photons B. electrons C. neurons D. ions Answer:
A
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What type of joint is the knee joint? A. hinge joint B. ball joint C. pivot joint D. condyloid joint Answer:
A
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What state of matter takes the shape and volume of whatever container it occupies? A. mixture B. liquid C. gas D. solid Answer:
C
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What is a high concentrated solution typically referred to as? A. share solution B. saline sollution C. percent solution D. stock solution Answer:
D
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The joints that are between the bones that make up the skull are what kind of joints? A. immovable joints B. Ball and socket joints C. Gliding ioints D. Interphalangeal joints Answer:
A
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What weather phenomenon increases the rate of weathering in rock and soil? A. rainfall B. earthquake C. temperature D. landslide Answer:
A
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What is pluto now called? A. asteroid B. dwarf planet C. meteor D. planet Answer:
B
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Tidal volume, expiratory reserve volume, inspiratory reserve volume, and residual volume are all types of what kind of measurement? A. emitted volume B. breathing volume C. lung volume D. respiratory volume Answer:
C
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What kind of a relationship do plants and soil have? A. one-way relationship B. dimorphic relationship C. two-way relationship D. contentious relationship Answer:
C
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What is the process of generating electric current with a magnetic field? A. pole induction B. electromagnetic induction C. mechanical induction D. molecular induction Answer:
B
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The adrenal cortex directly influences the function of what organs through the production of the hormone aldosterone to stimulate sodium reabsorption? A. heart B. kidneys C. tumors D. lungs Answer:
B
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What type of direction does a phase change depend on? A. power transfer B. weight transfer C. humidity transfer D. heat transfer Answer:
D
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The strength of what depends on the concentration of hydrogen ions it produces when dissolved in water? A. electricity B. the base C. the solution D. acid Answer:
D
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What are the largest phylum in the animal kingdom? A. crustaceans B. mammals C. cephalopods D. arthropods Answer:
D
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What kind of organisms are yeasts? A. bacteria B. single-celled C. protozoa D. viruses Answer:
B
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What kind of bond consists of one sigma bond and one pi bond? A. covalent bond B. beta bond C. double bond D. ionic bond Answer:
C
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What is the purpose of utilizing careful farming practices such as rotating crops or planting nutrient rich crops? A. improve photosynthesis quality B. improve soil quality C. improve soil texture D. improve sediment quality Answer:
B
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What do communication satellites carry and use to provide energy during their missions? A. batteries B. infrared panels C. solar panels D. geothermal panels Answer:
C
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What is the biogeochemical cycle that recycles water called? A. Liquid Cycle B. Water Table C. water theory D. water cycle Answer:
D
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What type of behavior is frogs croaking or deer clashing antlers an example of? A. learned behavior B. instincts C. mating D. courtship Answer:
D
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An atom can be classified as a particular element based solely on its what? A. light number B. atomic number C. spectrum D. ability Answer:
B
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In the body, what essential substance is pumped from the heart into arteries and then eventually into capillaries? A. lymphatic Fluid B. blood C. spinal fluid D. water Answer:
B
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What (nh3) is one of the few thermodynamically stable binary compounds of nitrogen with a nonmetal? A. ammonia B. nitrous oxide C. acetic acid D. liquid nitrogen Answer:
A
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What does increased temperature cause the volume to do in a gas? A. disappear B. decrease C. increase D. halve Answer:
C
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Which effect causes winds to strike the polar front at an angle? A. axial tilt B. centrifugal effect C. coriolis effect D. Lake Effect Answer:
C
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Birds evolved from what type of ancestor? A. reptile B. apes C. fish D. insect Answer:
A
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Which blood cells serve to defend the body in various ways? A. blue blood cells B. helper blood cells C. white blood cells D. red blood cells Answer:
C
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Eutherian mammals possess a specialized structure called the corpus callosum that links what hemispheres? A. spatial B. appendages C. cerebral D. cortical Answer:
C
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Which part of the brain secretes hormones that tell the pituitary gland either to secrete or to stop secreting its hormones? A. cerebrum B. hippocampus C. hypothalamus D. thalamus Answer:
C
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Most reptile eggs can be laid on land, not in water and they are called what? A. Transitional B. amniotic C. umbilical D. aqueous Answer:
B
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What do you call a small whole number placed in front of a formula in an equation in order to balance it? A. divisible B. correlation C. function D. coefficient Answer:
D
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Because the earth is covered with vegetation, cellulose is the most abundant of all what? A. rocks B. vegetables C. carbohydrates D. impurities Answer:
C
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The energy of a photon is directly proportional to the frequency of the electromagnetic what? A. convection B. absorption C. evaporation D. radiation Answer:
D
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