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An unknown genotype can be determined by observing what, the term for characteristics of the resulting offspring? A. chromosonal variations B. clusters C. abnormalities D. phenotypes Answer:
D
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Wind power, solar power, hydropower, and geothermal power are called renewable sources of energy or what other term? A. specific energy B. mandatory energy C. alternative energy D. conservative energy Answer:
C
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How much electricity is generated by an average car battery? A. ten volts B. six volts C. twelve volts D. eight volts Answer:
C
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What is the term for a cellular "scaffolding" that crisscrosses the cytoplasm? A. protoskeleton B. collagen C. cellulose D. cytoskeleton Answer:
D
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What common code do all known living organisms use? A. genetic B. code of ethics C. Morse code D. biochemical Answer:
A
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What are 2 common growth patterns of population? A. exponential and economical B. exponential and logistic C. organic and inorganic D. migratory and logistic Answer:
B
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Solutions to schrödinger’s equation involve four special numbers called what? A. quantum numbers B. linear numbers C. light numbers D. gravity numbers Answer:
A
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What is the only human cell with flagella? A. Feces B. sperm C. saliva D. egg Answer:
B
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What can be described as a tiny male gametophyte enclosed in a tough capsule? A. seed B. cell C. grain of pollen D. dna Answer:
C
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What is the largest artery in the body called? A. carotid B. aorta C. ventricular D. radial Answer:
B
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Fertilization occurs if a sperm enters the egg while it is passing through what tube? A. vaginal B. fallopian C. anterior D. ovarian Answer:
B
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When the smooth muscle relaxes, the arterioles dilate, allowing blood to enter the what? A. bones B. capillaries C. arteries D. veins Answer:
B
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What to tadpoles develop into? A. mosquitos B. toads C. frogs D. snakes Answer:
C
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What part of the body do fish use to absorb oxygen? A. dorsal fin B. tail fin C. under belly D. gills Answer:
D
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The electrons in a water molecule are more concentrated around the more highly charged oxygen nucleus than around this? A. carbon nuclei B. hydrogen nuclei C. helium nuclei D. peroxide nuclei Answer:
B
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What is the layer of ground below the surface that is always frozen, even in the summer? A. tundra B. upper crust C. permafrost D. bedrock Answer:
C
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What is usually the prey of a protist? A. proteins B. bacteria C. pathogens D. algae Answer:
B
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What concentrates wave energy or disperses it? A. wave diffusion B. wave reflection C. wave refraction D. a prism Answer:
C
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In plants and algae, photosynthesis takes place in which organelles? A. chloroplasts B. stems C. cells D. fibroblasts Answer:
A
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What produces sound waves that travel outward in all directions in water? A. echo sounders B. echo chamber C. amplifiers D. ultrasound machines Answer:
A
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The roots of a plant take in nutrients and what vital substance? A. Ash B. air C. water D. Soil Answer:
C
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Carbon fixation is the first step of what cycle involving light reactions? A. life cycle B. calvin cycle C. sun cycle D. water cycle Answer:
B
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What are the attractive forces that occur between polar molecules called? A. induced-dipole forces B. ion-dipole forces C. dipole-dipole forces D. particle - dipole forces Answer:
C
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The production of multiple copies of a single gene is called? A. gene cloning B. gene variation C. gene change D. cell cloning Answer:
A
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Fossil fuels are made out of what two objects? A. soil and animals B. plants and animals C. gases and animals D. plants and water Answer:
B
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Amoebas and paramecia are examples of what? A. protozoa B. protists C. bacteria D. vertebrates Answer:
A
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Name the bacteria that make food through photosynthesis and release oxygen into the air? A. phytoplankton B. fusobacteria C. algae D. cyanobacteria Answer:
D
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What simple machine consists of a bar that rotates around a fixed point called the fulcrum? A. battering ram B. lever C. catapult D. rotor Answer:
B
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Which carbohydrate is produced by photosynthesis? A. insulin B. sugar C. glucose D. protein Answer:
C
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What term is used to describe the line of latitude right in the middle of the planet? A. orbital B. pole C. Prime Meridian D. equator Answer:
D
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What is the opening formed between adjacent vertebrae for the exit of a spinal nerve called? A. spinous process B. intervertebral foramen C. inferior vertebral notch D. sympathetic ganglion Answer:
B
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What two planets is the asteroid belt found between? A. mars and jupiter B. saturn and uranus C. earth and venus D. mars and venus Answer:
A
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Neon is an example of what kind of gas? A. inert B. noble C. ideal D. natural Answer:
B
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Many organisms look very similar to other organisms because they may be from the same what? A. area B. nutrients C. species D. parasites Answer:
C
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What type of compound is hydrogen chloride? A. metal B. covalent C. ionic D. polar Answer:
B
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What kind of volcanic eruptions are less deadly? A. non-dormant B. non-explosive C. serial eruptions D. explosive Answer:
B
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Where do most ecosystems get their energy from? A. heat B. sun C. earth D. water Answer:
B
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When a solute dissolves into a solvent what is that called? A. mixing B. solubility C. viscosity D. enthalpy Answer:
D
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The smallest part of an element that maintains the identity of that element is called what? A. nucleus B. lattice C. neutron D. atom Answer:
D
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Varves form in lakes covered by what? A. bridges B. ice C. soot D. coral reef Answer:
B
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Speed takes distance and what else into account? A. energy B. matter C. time D. gravity Answer:
C
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Which division of the autonomic nervous system controls processes like digestion, heartbeat, and breathing? A. dopaminergic B. synaptic C. endocrine D. parasympathetic Answer:
D
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What does the ovule develop into after fertilization? A. zygote B. pollen C. seed D. germ Answer:
C
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What is a key factor in the growth of populations? A. immigration B. gentrification C. legislation D. assimilation Answer:
A
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Air is said to reach what point, a term used by meteorologists, when humidity increases or temperature decreases? A. bubble point B. its dip point C. freezing point D. its dew point Answer:
D
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In neurons, what often involves gated sodium channels? A. excitation B. polarization C. fermentation D. depolarization Answer:
D
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Line graphs are especially useful for showing changes over what? A. velocity B. time C. space D. energy Answer:
B
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After a massive eruption what will a mountain collapsing above an empty chamber create? A. valley B. caldera C. crater D. cavern Answer:
B
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The posterior half of the foot is formed by seven tarsal bones. the most superior of these bones is called? A. metatarsal B. calcareous C. patella D. talus Answer:
D
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What helps to regulate consciousness, arousal, and sleep states? A. cerebral cortex B. thalamus C. hypothalamus D. hippocampus Answer:
B
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Some fish will be over-fished to the point that their species ceases to exist, which is also known as what? A. endangered B. accumulation C. abundance D. extinction Answer:
D
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Not surprisingly, what is the function of the most developed part of a bird's brain? A. controlling thought B. controlling digestion C. controlling breeding D. controlling flight Answer:
D
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What type of roots enable a plant to grow on another plant? A. epiphytic B. Sickness C. endemic D. mites Answer:
A
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What is the distance north or south of the equator called? A. elevation B. latitude C. circumference D. longitude Answer:
B
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In response to a cut, mast cells secrete histamines that cause nearby capillaries to do what? A. narrow B. dilate C. harden D. constrict Answer:
B
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What is the term for an ionic compound that produces positive hydrogen ions when dissolved in water? A. hydrocarbon B. sulfur C. base D. acid Answer:
D
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The stems of all vascular plants get longer through primary growth. this occurs in primary meristem at the tips and ______ of the stems. A. bottoms B. edges C. layers D. nodes Answer:
D
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What kind of waves are electromagnetic waves? A. transverse B. inverse C. curved D. amplitude Answer:
A
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What process is involved in the formation of a waterfall, when a stream flows from an area of harder to softer rock? A. calcification B. erosion C. evaporation D. migration Answer:
B
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Meissner’s corpuscles are not as plentiful in the palms as they are in the what other part of the hand? A. fingertips B. fingernails C. cuticles D. bones Answer:
A
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What are the two types of earth crust? A. amorphous and continental B. oceanic and continental C. micro and continental D. reflective and continental Answer:
B
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What is determined by the energy of the disturbance that causes the wave? A. wavelength B. wave amplitude C. frequency D. Ohm Answer:
B
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What is made from the minerals in rocks known as bauxite? A. coins B. titanium C. glass D. aluminum Answer:
D
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What is a defining feature of deformed sedimentary rocks? A. not solid B. not horizontal C. only horizontal D. not magnetic Answer:
B
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Resemblance to other species can serve as protection to what category of species? A. predator B. producer C. prey D. consumer Answer:
C
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What type of cells make up the epidermis of a leaf? A. mesophyll B. endothermic cells C. dermal cells D. chloroplasts Answer:
C
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What carries warm or cold water throughout the world’s oceans? A. ocean currents B. gravity C. earth rotation D. pipes Answer:
A
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What type of resource cannot be replaced as easily as it is consumed? A. untapped B. nonrenewable C. biological D. renewable Answer:
B
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What substances are involved in most of the chemical reactions that take place in organisms, including digestion? A. hormones B. vitamins C. enzymes D. proteins Answer:
C
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What occurs when the immune system is not working properly? A. allergy B. cancer C. anemia D. immunodeficiency Answer:
D
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The force that a magnet exerts on certain materials is called what? A. velocity force B. magnetic force C. stellar force D. centripetal force Answer:
B
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What is applied to a rock to make it bend and flow? A. weathering B. stress C. acid D. phosphorus Answer:
B
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What is the function of chloroplasts that are found in plant and algal cells? A. spermatogenesis B. mitosis C. photosynthesis D. glycolysis Answer:
C
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What passes through the prostate gland immediately inferior to the bladder before passing below the pubic symphysis? A. urethra B. vagina C. cerebellum D. rectum Answer:
A
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Terrestrial animals lose water by evaporation from their skin and which surfaces? A. anaerobic B. respiratory C. digestive D. pulmonary Answer:
B
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What color are leukocytes blood cells? A. black B. blue C. red D. white Answer:
D
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What is something that all machines must overcome? A. stress B. work C. friction D. temperature Answer:
C
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The conservation of momentum principle can be applied to systems as different as a comet striking earth and a gas containing huge numbers of atoms and these? A. molecules B. ions C. protons D. particles Answer:
A
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What are the small units that comprise nucleic acids? A. filaments B. nucleotides C. genes D. chromosomes Answer:
B
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Minerals that are not pure elements are made of what? A. isotopes B. metalloids C. chemical compounds D. noble gases Answer:
C
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What can be classified as monoprotic or polyprotic based on the number of acidic hydrogens they contain? A. cations B. acids C. salts D. ions Answer:
B
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What is the top part of water able to receive enough sunlight for photosynthesis called? A. fantasmic zone B. thymic zone C. synthesis zone D. photic zone Answer:
D
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Different media affect what property of light? A. temperature B. speed C. density D. color Answer:
B
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Signals from rods and cones can follow several different pathways in what structure of the eye? A. aperture B. aqueous humor C. retina D. lens Answer:
C
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What is the term for getting used to something after being consistently exposed to it? A. acceptance B. dissociation C. modification D. habituation Answer:
D
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What element do nuclear power plants use in fuel rods? A. boron B. magnesium C. plutonium D. uranium Answer:
D
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Where on earth do bacteria live? A. skin B. water C. blood D. all environments Answer:
D
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What type of waves radiate energy out from an earthquake's focus? A. volcanic B. abnormal C. seismic D. Microwaves Answer:
C
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What is a popular treatment for kidney failure? A. psychotherapy B. electrolysis C. metastasis D. dialysis Answer:
D
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What is critical for the formation of hemoglobin? A. platelets B. iron ions C. proteins D. salts Answer:
B
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Which hormones work together to control the level of glucose in the blood? A. testosterone and insulin B. serotonin and glucagon C. insulin and estrogen D. insulin and glucagon Answer:
D
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What are the two basic parts that all flowering plants have in common? A. blade and petiole B. stalk and petiole C. leaf and petiole D. metal and petiole Answer:
A
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Salts are important in maintaining what balance of the blood? A. homeostasis B. osmotic C. kinetic D. pulmonary Answer:
B
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What do some animals grow to protect themselves in winter? A. thin skin B. scales C. antennae D. thicker fur Answer:
D
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What weather phenomenon can raise sea level as much as 25 feet when low pressure pulls water upward? A. storm surge B. storm rise C. earthquake surge D. cloud formation Answer:
A
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The action of sunlight on the skin triggers the body to produce what vitamin? A. metabolic d B. tissue d C. Vitamin A D. vitamin d Answer:
D
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What is heard when sound waves bounce back from a surface that they can't pass through? A. echo B. loop C. ultrasound D. radio Answer:
A
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What is hole that is dug or drilled through the ground down to an aquifer? A. big hole B. elevator C. well D. cave Answer:
C
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What protective substance covers the skin of most reptiles? A. feathers B. hairs C. pores D. scales Answer:
D
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What step, involving placement of a substance on the stigma, precedes fertilization? A. pollination B. hibernation C. mitosis D. spawning Answer:
A
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