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What is the most abundant living thing on earth that can be found in almost any environment? A. bacteria B. pests C. viruses D. pathogens Answer:
A
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Oxidation does not necessarily require heating. which is the common and natural method of oxidation? A. ageing B. fermentation C. rusting D. boiling Answer:
C
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Toward the late stages of pregnancy, a drop in progesterone and stretching forces from the fetus lead to increasing uterine irritability and prompt labor. contractions serve to dilate the cervix and expel this? A. uteris B. blood C. tissues D. newborn Answer:
D
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Light bends when it passes in from what to what? A. water to air B. air to water C. product to water D. air to ground Answer:
B
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Photosynthesis uses solar energy, carbon dioxide, and water to produce energy-storing carbohydrates.what is produced as a waste product? A. calcium B. methane C. oxygen D. sulfur Answer:
C
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What is the basic unit of computer memory? A. Megabyte B. byte C. Bit D. Teraybte Answer:
B
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What is the first part of the large intestine, where wastes enter from the small intestine? A. the cecum B. stomach C. bowel D. esophagus Answer:
A
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Burning fossil fuels produces air pollution and what? A. oxygen B. carbon dioxide C. acid rain D. liquid dioxide Answer:
B
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Monosaccharides, particularly glucose, are major nutrients for what? A. proteins B. photosynthesis C. cells D. lipids Answer:
C
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Covalent solids are formed by networks or chains of atoms or molecules held together by what? A. bail bonds B. gravitational bonds C. covalent bonds D. ionic bonds Answer:
C
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In response to high blood osmolarity, which can occur during dehydration or following a very salty meal, the osmoreceptors signal the posterior pituitary to release this? A. salt B. antidiuretic hormone (adh) C. oxygen D. adrenaline Answer:
B
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The grasp reflex in humans is an example of what kind of behavior? A. trait B. inclination C. habit D. innate Answer:
D
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Antibiotics can cure most infections that are caused by what? A. bile B. bacteria C. bacterium D. algae Answer:
B
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Hydrocarbons are made up of carbon and what else? A. nitrogen B. helium C. silicon D. hydrogen Answer:
D
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Archaeal cell walls contain a variety of polysaccharides and proteins but lack what? A. RNA B. S-layers C. peptidoglycan D. DNA Answer:
C
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What are lipids' function in relation to nerves? A. transportation B. reproduction C. conservation D. protection Answer:
D
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What's the name for the point reached at a ph of 7? A. acidic point B. constriction point C. analogous point D. equivalence point Answer:
D
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Crystallization separates mixtures based on differences in what, which usually increases with temperature? A. density B. humidity C. viscosity D. solubility Answer:
D
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Pure substances have a constant composition and can only be changed through what? A. dissolution B. heating C. chemical reactions D. liquid reactions Answer:
C
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Which water from the equator mixes with cold water from the poles? A. spring water B. warm C. ice water D. hot Answer:
B
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In order to determine its molecular formula, it is necessary to know what about the compound? A. molar mass B. polar mass C. lipid mass D. protons mass Answer:
A
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What is the term for much bigger evolutionary changes that result in new species? A. regression B. breaking away C. recalibration D. macroevolution Answer:
D
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What are the effects of light on plant morphology called? A. Microsporogenesis B. Megasporogenesis C. electrogenesis D. photomorphogenesis Answer:
D
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In a magnet, what are the regions called that are the strongest? A. poles B. negatives C. plates D. positives Answer:
A
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What kind of muscle cells undergo twitch-type contractions with long refractory periods followed by brief relaxation periods, allowing the heart to fill with blood for the next cycle? A. skeletal muscle B. cardiac muscle C. smooth muscle D. nervous muscle Answer:
B
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What is a factor in determining weight but not mass? A. gravity B. location C. function D. material Answer:
B
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What occurs when two nonpolar liquids are mixed? A. polar-nonpolar interactions B. refracted - nonpolar interactions C. sediment - nonpolar interactions D. nonpolar-nonpolar interactions Answer:
D
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Although much of the heart's basic structure is complete by the end of the fifth week, what fetal structures remain until birth or shortly after? A. blood shunts B. umbilical arteries C. heart shunts D. renal arteries Answer:
A
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Because sound waves must move through a medium, there are no sound waves in a what? A. vacuum B. liquid C. gas D. solid Answer:
A
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Bicarbonate is the second most abundant anion in the blood. its principal function is to maintain your body’s acid-base balance by being part of these? A. curb systems B. compound systems C. buffer systems D. stream systems Answer:
C
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What process involves two cell divisions and produces four haploid cells? A. mutations B. Klerokinesis C. Mitosis D. meiosis Answer:
D
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What happens to a chain of amino acids after it reaches a stop codon? A. digestion stops B. released from the ribosome C. metabolism begins D. stays in ribosome Answer:
B
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How many electrons can be accommodated in the first electron shell's orbital? A. none B. 1 C. 2 D. 3 Answer:
C
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Species distributions are a consequence of both ecological and evolutionary what? A. fluctuations B. interactions C. isolation D. particles Answer:
B
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What is the name of the mineral that contains calcium, carbon and oxygen? A. quartz B. granite C. cobalt D. calcite Answer:
D
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What medical emergency occurs when a blood clot blocks blood flow to part of the brain, causing death of brain cells? A. epileptic seizure B. stroke C. heart murmur D. cardiac arrest Answer:
B
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What are the strongest magnets made? A. polarized magnets B. electromagnets C. natural magnets D. permanent magnets Answer:
B
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What vessels supply blood to the myocardium and other components of the heart? A. rapid arteries B. coronary arteries C. specialized arteries D. surface arteries Answer:
B
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An endocrine disease usually involves the secretion of too much or not enough of what? A. neurotransmitter B. protein C. hormone D. metabolism Answer:
C
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What is it called when a gene at one location (locus) alters the phenotypic expression of a gene at another locus? A. spontaneous mutation B. epistasis C. exogenous D. epigenesis Answer:
B
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Called the powerhouses of the cell, what organelles are the site of cellular energy production? A. cell wall B. mitochondria C. mitosis D. nucleus Answer:
B
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What is the name of the major sex hormone in females? A. estrogen B. testosterone C. glucose D. insulin Answer:
A
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What is the smallest unit of a living thing? A. proton B. electron C. cell D. organ Answer:
C
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What kind of metals have perplexing patterns of electron distribution that don’t always follow the electron filling rules? A. variating B. solution C. transition D. transformation Answer:
C
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The fact that water in a reservoir is elevated above the ground means that it has what kind of energy? A. potential B. kinetic C. excessive D. nuclear Answer:
A
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Rich in protein and nutrients, what abundant group of organisms is being touted as an important human dietary source? A. insects B. fungus C. fruits D. primates Answer:
A
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In contrast to metals, electrical insulators are materials that conduct electricity poorly because their valence bands are what? A. large B. full C. empty D. half-full Answer:
B
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What model postulates that electrons orbit the nucleus at fixed energy levels? A. bohr B. atomic model C. coreolis D. Newton's model Answer:
A
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In the case of the wheelbarrow, the output force or load is between the pivot and the what? A. velocity force B. input force C. density force D. Driving Force Answer:
B
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What type of electrons are attracted to the positive nucleus? A. negative electrons B. particular electrons C. passive electrons D. turbulent electrons Answer:
A
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Present-day plants that have a complex vascular tissue system are called what kind of plants? A. vasculated plants B. cirulatory plants C. pinworm plants D. vasuluar plants Answer:
D
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What tool, used to locate underwater objects, utilizes ultrasound in a way that is similar to echolocation? A. scanning B. GPS C. radar D. sonar Answer:
D
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What kind of competition often leads to extinction because the species that is less well adapted gets fewer of the resources that both species need? A. parasitism B. intraspecific competition C. mutualism D. interspecific competition Answer:
D
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A nephrologist studies and deals with diseases of what organ? A. stomach B. brains C. kidneys D. lungs Answer:
C
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Where is the potential energy of a river the highest at? A. the ocean B. the bank C. the source D. the middle Answer:
C
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What are the most numerous and diverse biochemical compounds? A. Carbohydrates B. acids C. lipids D. proteins Answer:
D
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Where are most plants firmly rooted? A. rock B. grass C. mineral D. soil Answer:
D
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What type of rain dissolves limestone and marble? A. acid B. natural C. sulfur D. carbon Answer:
A
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What are materials that have a low resistance to electrical current called? A. fast conductors B. electrical conductors C. resistors D. electrons Answer:
B
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What mammalian feature serves functions such as filtration and keeping the body warm? A. hair B. sensory organs C. shivering D. sweat Answer:
A
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Higher pressures increase the solubility of what? A. molecules B. gases C. fuels D. bases Answer:
B
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What is an important level of organization in ecology and the unit of microevolution? A. system B. macro C. organization D. population Answer:
D
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When hot water gently rises to the surface, it creates a what? A. hot spring B. volcano C. steam cloud D. fissure Answer:
A
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What is the final stage of aerobic respiration, when energy from the krebs cycle is transferred to atp? A. cytoplasm transport B. electron transport C. glycolysis D. acetyl-CoA Answer:
B
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What state of matter has a definite volume, but not a definite shape? A. mixture B. solid C. gas D. liquid Answer:
D
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Blood leaves the left ventricle via the what? A. atrium B. dorsal chamber C. capillary D. aorta Answer:
D
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What type of animal can be found on every continent except antarctica? A. amphibians B. reptiles C. mammals D. insects Answer:
B
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Though viruses are not considered living, they share two important traits with living organisms: they have genetic material and they can undergo what process? A. sexual reproduction B. generation C. learning D. evolution Answer:
D
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What is our sun's next stage called? A. super nova B. red giant C. blue giant D. white giant Answer:
B
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What type of molecule is carbon dioxide (co2)? A. planar B. non-linear C. linear D. filter Answer:
C
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Trimethylamine is one of the substances responsible for the what of spoiled fish? A. appearance B. smell C. feel D. decay Answer:
B
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Making ultrasonic clicks is a clever way that some moths respond to attacks by what flying mammals? A. bees B. bats C. birds D. locusts Answer:
B
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What do plants respond to in their environment? A. changes in metal or water B. changes in sunlight or pressure C. changes in sunlight or water D. changes in temperature or water Answer:
C
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Bone marrow is found inside many bones and produces what? A. sugar B. tumors C. apoptosis D. lymphocytes Answer:
D
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One species benefits while the host species is harmed in what type of relationship? A. parasitism B. mutualism C. fungal D. amensalism Answer:
A
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What is a compound in which all of the atoms are connected to one another by covalent bonds? A. compound metal B. covalent bond element C. covalent network solid D. covalent mixture Answer:
C
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What kind of lakes form when volcanic eruptions create massive holes that fill with water? A. eruption bowls B. volcanic cavities C. crater lakes D. lava lakes Answer:
C
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The ovaries produce estradiol and progesterone, which cause secondary sex characteristics and prepare the body for? A. breathing B. movement C. childbirth D. adulthood Answer:
C
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Ions move through what to maintain electrical neutrality in the cell? A. the substrate B. the protein C. the plasma D. the membrane Answer:
D
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What are the messenger molecules of the endocrine system? A. enzymes B. acids C. neurons D. hormones Answer:
D
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What do you call any substance that opposes coagulation? A. toxin B. antibodies C. anticoagulant D. dissolvent Answer:
C
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What controls every aspect of plant growth and development to some degree? A. hormones B. acids C. pesticides D. chlorophyll Answer:
A
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Making a specific prediction based on a general principle is known as what type of reasoning? A. common sense reasoning B. logical reasoning C. validating reasoning D. deductive reasoning Answer:
D
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Ripe fruits are usually red, orange, yellow, or what? A. blue B. white C. purple D. black Answer:
C
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What are the lines of force in the electric field around a charged particle called? A. voltage lines B. field lines C. terrain lines D. ionic zone Answer:
B
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An electric transformer connects two circuits with an iron core that becomes what? A. actuator B. inductive C. radioactive D. electromagnet Answer:
D
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What structure connects the pharynx to the trachea? A. sternum B. thyroid C. aorta D. larynx Answer:
D
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The resultant solution will contain the same amount of solute but a greater amount of what? A. liquid B. solvent C. calcium D. pigment Answer:
B
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The thin scale-like or flat shape of what cells fits their primary function, to provide a smooth and protective surface? A. simple epithelium B. kind epithelium C. basic epithelium D. technique epithelium Answer:
A
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During what phase of breathing does the pressure inside the lungs drops to below atmospheric pressure? A. ingestion B. exhalation C. inhalation D. conduction Answer:
C
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What type of climates is malaria commonly found in? A. tropic and arctic B. tropical and subtropical C. arid and arctic D. tropical and permafrost Answer:
B
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Plants that live in the desert are called? A. xerophytes B. heatophiles C. xerozoans D. sporozoans Answer:
A
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Dolphins are what type of animal? A. fish B. reptile C. whale D. mammal Answer:
D
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What is the energy of moving matter? A. binary energy B. residual energy C. potential energy D. kinetic energy Answer:
D
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The two parts of photosynthesis photosynthesis takes place in two stages: the light-dependent reactions and which cycle? A. dark cycle B. klein cycle C. calvin cycle D. colors cycle Answer:
C
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In an atom, what two major types of particles are located in the nucleus? A. ions and electrons B. protons and neutrons C. electrons and neutrons D. molecules and neutrons Answer:
B
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What is the first part of the large intestine, where wastes enter from the small intestine? A. spleen B. cecum C. tectum D. sacrum Answer:
B
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Each pollen grain has two coverings: the exine (thicker, outer layer) and the what? A. cytoplasm B. intine C. pollen tube D. tube nucleus Answer:
B
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In stars like our sun, hydrogen atoms join together to create what? A. water molecule B. helium atom C. oxygen atom D. iron atom Answer:
B
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How do bacteria reproduce? A. natural fission B. binary fission C. residual fission D. multiple fission Answer:
B
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