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What is the wavelength of light expressed in? A. vatts B. millimeters C. nanometers (nm) D. nanoseconds Answer:
C
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What is found inside the pores of spongy bone? A. liquid marrow B. bone marrow C. green marrow D. rupture marrow Answer:
B
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The strength of an acid depends on how many of which ions it produces when it dissolves in water? A. carbon B. silicon C. helium D. hydrogen Answer:
D
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How many oxygen ions make up an ozone molecule? A. three B. one C. five D. eight Answer:
A
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While light travels at different speeds in different kinds of matter, the speed of light is constant in what condition? A. under water B. outer space C. vacuum D. through glass Answer:
C
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What kind of solution might cause animal cells to burst? A. monatomic B. eutrophic C. hypotonic D. Acid Solution Answer:
C
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Transition metals are superior conductors of heat as well as what else? A. radiation B. light C. cold D. electricity Answer:
D
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Our digestive system breaks down starch to what? A. Salts B. simple sugars C. Waste D. pattern sugars Answer:
B
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What happens to a tectonic plate when it subducts? A. it sinks B. it warms C. it cracks D. it melts Answer:
D
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A monosaccharide is the simplest carbohydrate and cannot be hydrolyzed to produce a smaller what? A. carbohydrate molecule B. amino acid C. glucose atom D. quark Answer:
A
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What is the term for if multiple sperm fuse with an egg? A. fraternization B. polyspermy C. pollenation D. in vitro fertilization Answer:
B
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As air pressures inside and outside of the ear equalize, what phenomenon is produced? A. throat scratching B. eyes blinking C. ear popping D. heart skipping Answer:
C
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How many pairs of chromosomes are there? A. 2 B. 23 C. 13 D. 17 Answer:
B
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Food is broken into smaller particles by mastication, a process involving action by what structures? A. tonsils B. cilia C. proteins D. teeth Answer:
D
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Cell communication that occurs over short distances is known as what? A. cell echo B. contraposition signaling C. paracrine signaling D. hypersignaling Answer:
C
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Triggering a blink when something touches the surface of the eye, the corneal reflex is what type of reflex? A. dendritic B. sensory C. orgasmic D. somatic Answer:
D
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Vascular disorders involve problems with the flow of what? A. mucus B. bacteria C. saliva D. blood Answer:
D
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In eukaryotes, mrna may be modified before leaving what? A. epidermis B. ribosome C. mitochondria D. nucleus Answer:
D
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Velocity affects what type of energy more than mass does? A. harmonic energy B. mechanical energy C. kinetic energy D. magnetic energy Answer:
C
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In which way do vertebrates reproduce? A. asexually B. unisexually C. sexually D. bisexually Answer:
C
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Neutrons and protons reside in which part of the atom? A. vacuoles B. nucleus C. nucleolus D. molecules Answer:
B
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What are the two best known baryons? A. protons and neutrons B. flux and neurons C. electrons and neutrons D. shafts and neutrons Answer:
A
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Mutation creates new genetic variation in what? A. gene pool B. disease pool C. form pool D. mutation pool Answer:
A
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What hormone controls milk production in mammary glands? A. pepsin B. dopamine C. prolactin D. melanin Answer:
C
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Cellular respiration brings hydrogen and oxygen together to form what? A. Salt B. water C. cold D. air Answer:
B
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What are the two components of the autonomic nervous system? A. crystallisation and sympathetic B. parasympathetic and sympathetic C. neurons and sympathetic D. empathetic and sympathetic Answer:
B
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Where do lancelets live? A. deep sea caves B. on land C. shallow ocean water D. riverbeds Answer:
C
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What is caused when circulating blood puts pressure on the walls of blood vessels? A. atherosclerosis B. blood pressure C. aneurysm D. high cholesterol Answer:
B
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What is the most common bacterial sti in the u. s.? A. tuberculosis B. chlamydia C. influenza D. diarrhea Answer:
B
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In what unit is heat measured in? A. thermals B. amperes C. velocities D. joules Answer:
D
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In which type of cells are most organelles not found? A. eukaryotic cells B. heterogeneous cells C. prokaryotic cells D. endoplasmic cells Answer:
C
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Which three colors are called the primary colors of light? A. black, white, red B. blue, green, violet C. red, green, blue D. red, blue, yellow Answer:
C
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Water dissolving minerals out of rocks makes ocean water what? A. salty B. muddy C. sweet D. bitter Answer:
A
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Like the energy content in food, the energy expenditures of exercise are also reported in what units? A. kilocalories B. gigabytes C. ironies D. grams Answer:
A
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What's the term for an allele that's always expressed over another? A. recessive B. mutated C. prevalent D. dominant Answer:
D
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Series and parallel circuits are two basic types of what? A. electric circuits B. chemical circuits C. mechanical circuits D. mutual circuits Answer:
A
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Transport of water and solutes in plants water potential is a measure of the difference in potential energy between a water sample and this? A. green water B. pure water C. salty water D. dirty water Answer:
B
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Three distinct layers or tunics form the walls of what structures; the first is a smooth, inner lining of endothelial cells in contact with the red blood cells? A. alveoli B. white blood cells C. lungs D. blood vessels Answer:
D
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Groundwater does what to the rock beneath the ground surface? A. erodes it B. boosts it C. accelerates it D. creates it Answer:
A
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Technetium is named after the greektechnikos, meaning “artificial,” because all its isotopes are what? A. rare B. neutral C. radioactive D. plastic Answer:
C
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What is a galvanic process that can be prevented using cathodic protection? A. sublimation B. vaporization C. corrosion D. explosion Answer:
C
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What are drumlins, eskers, and kettle lakes formed by? A. glaciers B. earthquakes C. meteors D. tsunamis Answer:
A
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What is the vector sum of all the torques acting on the object called? A. total torque B. gross torque C. critical torque D. net torque Answer:
D
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An electric current flows in a path called what? A. electric ring B. fuse C. electric course D. electric circuit Answer:
D
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What gas can be generated by reacting sodium bromide with elemental chlorine? A. gaseous bromine gas B. Molecular Bromine Gas C. elemental bromine gas D. photons bromine gas Answer:
C
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What is a close relationship between two species in which at least one species benefits? A. symbiosis B. endosymbiosis C. parasitism D. morphogenesis Answer:
A
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Over many generations, the resulting genetic diversity provides valuable raw material for what? A. natural selection B. characteristic selection C. intelligent selection D. coral selection Answer:
A
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What pulls skydivers towards the earth? A. inertia B. gravity C. momentum D. impact Answer:
B
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What occurs when a gas passes through an opening that is smaller than the mean free path of the particles? A. effusion B. dissipation C. precipitation D. malformation Answer:
A
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What are the preserved remains of animals, plants, and other organisms called? A. basalt B. rocks C. skulls D. fossils Answer:
D
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What group of elements cannot conduct electricity? A. carbonates B. nonmetals C. metals D. phosphates Answer:
B
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What is the name of a tough, fibrous membrane which protects the outer layer of bone? A. cartilage B. marrow C. the epithelium D. the periosteum Answer:
D
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Bond lengths are intermediate between covalent single bonds and what? A. gravitational double bonds B. wavefunction double bonds C. covalent double bonds D. trivalent bonds Answer:
C
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Under a microscope, salt crystals are what shape? A. circles B. triangles C. cubes D. squares Answer:
C
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Where part of the atmosphere is the uppermost mantle? A. lithosphere B. troposphere C. thermosphere D. isosphere Answer:
A
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In a heat map, what color represents the hottest temperatures? A. bright red B. pink C. orange D. bright yellow Answer:
D
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All living things require what, which most ecosystems obtain from the sun? A. energy B. oxygen C. heat D. water Answer:
A
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Kelvin is a temperature measure in which the lowest temperature is what? A. definitive zero B. absolute zero C. anomalous zero D. accurate zero Answer:
B
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The basic fabric of most biological membranes is a double layer of _________ and other lipids? A. liquids B. solids C. phospholipids D. antibodies Answer:
C
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What is the name for the organs behind the head of a fish that absorb oxygen from water? A. pores B. lungs C. alveoli D. gills Answer:
D
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What system gets less effective with age, that generally makes older people more disease susceptible? A. reproductive system B. nervous system C. infectious system D. immune system Answer:
D
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Which type of tides are created when the sun and moon's tides match? A. spring tides B. Neap tides C. low tides D. weak tides Answer:
A
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What is the process of creating an exact genetic replica of an organism called? A. copying B. reproducing C. converting D. cloning Answer:
D
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An example of hydrolysis working within our bodies is the process of what? A. absorption B. digestion C. breathing D. filtration Answer:
B
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What theory can explain virtually all the properties of metals? A. formation theory B. property law theory C. band theory D. bonding theory Answer:
C
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Serious imbalances, cancer and other diseases can result when expression of what goes awry? A. ribosomes B. genes C. proteins D. gametes Answer:
B
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Which organ's diseases include kidney stones, infections, and kidney failure due to diabetes? A. lungs B. pancreas C. kidney D. heart Answer:
C
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What single-celled organism can be either a predator, decomposer, herbivore, or parasite in the food chain? A. mites B. vertebrates C. protozoa D. Diatoms Answer:
C
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What layer, made of hot, solid rock, is beneath the earth's crust? A. mantle B. core C. magma D. marble Answer:
A
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Some bacteria can contaminate food and cause what illness? A. natural poisoning B. bacterial poisoning C. food poisoning D. bacterial spoilage Answer:
C
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The enzyme pepsin works only in the presence of what? A. carbohydrates B. oxygen C. sodium D. acid Answer:
D
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What organisms known as decomposers break down wastes and dead organisms into smaller molecules? A. trees B. consumers C. herbivores D. bacteria Answer:
D
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Both flukes and tapeworms are parasites with what kind of host? A. insect B. cells C. trees D. vertebrate Answer:
D
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What is the transfer of information from rna to dna called? A. reverse differentiation B. reverse transcription C. forward transcription D. confront transcription Answer:
B
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In science, anything that has mass and volume is considered what? A. matter B. an element C. renewable D. visible Answer:
A
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Cells with different functions often differ in what physical property? A. weight B. density C. shape D. size Answer:
C
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Wich disorder arises when defective valves allow blood to accumulate within the veins? A. cataracts veins B. bulging veins C. vascular disease D. varicose veins Answer:
D
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Ocean water has what property because water dissolves minerals out of rocks? A. salty B. fizzy C. sweet D. muddy Answer:
A
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What term refers to patterns of stars seen from earth? A. astronomers B. constellations C. astrology D. horoscope Answer:
B
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What gives the plant cell strength and protection? A. a cell wall B. the protons C. the genes D. the cell nucleus Answer:
A
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If pollination occurs, what does the zygote develop into? A. a sperm B. an egg C. an embryo D. an ovum Answer:
C
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Hiv has proteins called what, internal to the envelope, which help stabilize virion shape? A. reduction proteins B. sphere proteins C. matrix proteins D. step proteins Answer:
C
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What are two basic types of pollutants in the air? A. pesticides and smog B. smog and coal C. primary and secondary pollutants D. organic and inorganic Answer:
C
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How do humans learn behaviors? A. Verbal pressure B. conditioning C. pressure D. Aural pressure Answer:
B
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Just about all life processes depend on what? A. carbon B. water C. air D. meat Answer:
B
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During labor, what do contractions of the muscular walls of the uterus cause? A. spontaneous abortion B. premature birth C. excretion D. cervical dilation Answer:
D
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How is communication initiated and maintained with spacecraft? A. radio waves B. sonar C. telegraph D. wi-fi Answer:
A
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Dna replication is the first step in what process for both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells? A. cell division B. cell growth C. cell transfer D. cell death Answer:
A
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The prostate is formed of both muscular and which other tissues? A. nonvascular tissue B. scar C. glandular D. cartilage tissue Answer:
C
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A mammal that reproduces by laying eggs is called what? A. mammal B. monotreme C. maidenhair D. cactaceae Answer:
B
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Adaptations that go along with the active, carnivorous lifestyle of sharks are known as? A. acute senses B. Relative traits C. acute parameters D. similar senses Answer:
A
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What is considered to be the control center for homeostatic mechanisms? A. thyroid B. adrenal cortex C. hypothalamus D. hippocampus Answer:
C
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What molecules with a nitrogen base are the basic components of nucleic acids? A. nuclides B. nucleiotides C. sporozoans D. enzymes Answer:
B
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What were the first vertebrates to evolve? A. trees B. fish C. snail D. shark Answer:
B
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What is defined as the rate of energy transferred? A. pressure B. power C. capacity D. charge Answer:
B
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The cochlea and vestibul make up what part of the ear? A. middle B. inner C. upper D. outer Answer:
B
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An individual with the appropriate number of what for their species is called euploid; abnormalities in this number include trisomy and monosomy? A. chromosomes B. genes C. neutrons D. ribosomes Answer:
A
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A, t, g, and c pairs are associated with what substance that is important in genetics? A. dna B. plasma C. blood D. bacteria Answer:
A
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What female flower structure, which is part of the pistil, receives the pollen grains and passes them to the ovary? A. sepal B. stigma C. ovary D. style Answer:
B
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What is used by sensitive systems to detect even low levels of radiation? A. radars B. electrons C. ions D. crystals Answer:
D
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