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Why does the body react to a loss of chloride ions? A. increased tricarbonate reabsorption B. increased bicarbonate reabsorption C. decreased bicarbonate reabsorption D. decreased tricarbonate reabsorption Answer:
B
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The negatively charged electrons are attracted to the positively charged what? A. axon B. ion C. atom D. nucleus Answer:
D
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Most of the gray matter is on the surface of the brain, surrounding what other type of matter? A. white B. dark matter C. blue D. corrugated Answer:
A
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Cooling or evaporation of what from the sea surface makes surface water dense? A. dirty water B. salt water C. fresh water D. warm water Answer:
C
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What is the term for reproductive cells, such as sperm and egg? A. spores B. parasites C. nucleus D. gametes Answer:
D
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What material is regularly used in human hip and knee implants? A. metal B. glass C. coal D. wood Answer:
A
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What are the most dramatic, sudden, and dangerous types of mass wasting? A. landslides B. volcanoes C. monsoons D. earthquakes Answer:
A
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What current-carrying long coil of wire acts as a magnet? A. antenna B. igniter C. converter D. solenoid Answer:
D
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In combination or synthesis reactions, two chemical species combine to produce a what? A. mixture B. alloy C. fusion D. new compound Answer:
D
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The core of a star collapses during what event, forming a neutron star? A. supernova B. spark C. gravitational D. blast Answer:
A
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What is the term used for a large body of air of the same temperature and moisture conditions? A. air group B. air pool C. sky mass D. air mass Answer:
D
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The loss of oxygen to the heart muscle causes that part of the tissue to what? A. die B. beat erratically C. thrive D. beat harder Answer:
A
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What system transports many substances to and from cells throughout the body? A. cardiovascular B. nutritional C. circulatory D. physiological Answer:
A
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What consists of two or more elements and forms as a result of a chemical reaction? A. compound B. particle C. molecule D. protein Answer:
A
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What is occasional chest pain known as? A. angina pectoris B. heart murmur C. cardiac arrest D. arrhythmia Answer:
A
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In the cardiovascular system, where is the ultimate destination of the oxygen-poor blood? A. lung B. liver C. heart D. brain Answer:
C
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What is the study of the energy transformations that occur in a collection of matter? A. geophysics B. thermodynamics C. kinetics D. fluctuations Answer:
B
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Love canal was an infamous example of what type of pollution? A. Land Pollution B. Visual Pollution C. industrial waste dumping D. thermal pollution Answer:
C
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What is a funnel-shaped cloud of whirling high winds known as? A. tornado B. volcano C. tsunami D. hurricane Answer:
A
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Why do birds need a light-weight body? A. to stay aloft B. food shortages C. water flotation D. for cooling Answer:
A
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Asthma, pneumonia, and emphysema are diseases of what system? A. reproductive B. pulmonary C. digestive D. respiratory Answer:
D
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The “knee-jerk" motion that people involuntarily perform after being struck in the knee in a certain way is an example of what kind of behavior? A. reaction B. sensor C. reflex D. spasm Answer:
C
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What are tiny, hair like projections? A. spinicles B. actin C. fuzz D. cilia Answer:
D
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How long does it take for the earth to make a complete rotation of its axis? A. 24.25 hours B. one year C. 24 hours D. one month Answer:
C
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Glaciers have been melting since what period? A. bronze age B. pleistocene ice age C. stone age D. industrial age Answer:
B
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The transmission electron micrograph shows the cell walls where two cells do what? A. disappear B. reproduce C. come together D. split apart Answer:
C
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What form does water take on the planet mars? A. gas B. ice C. plasma D. liquid Answer:
B
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The simplest system is that of contractile vacuoles present in what? A. parasites B. macroorganisms C. microorganisms D. crystals Answer:
C
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Water's very polar compound causes most solutes to do what? A. combine B. repel C. dissolve D. gel Answer:
C
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Which plant group has vascular tissue, seeds, and flowers? A. angiosperms B. spores C. fungi D. microbes Answer:
A
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The point in front of a mirror where the reflected rays intersect is known as what? A. boundary point B. periodic point C. focal point D. reflective point Answer:
C
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Any unused energy in food, whether it comes from carbohydrates, proteins, or lipids, is stored in the body where? A. spleen B. kidneys C. bones D. fat Answer:
D
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What helps determine the concentration of a species in a solution? A. technical analysis B. quantitative analysis C. fundamental analysis D. qualitative analysis Answer:
B
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In order to survive and maintain what state, an organism must quickly adapt to changing environmental conditions? A. homeostasis B. acclimatization C. ketosis D. regulation Answer:
A
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What crust is thinner and denser than continental crust? A. coastal B. land C. oceanic D. asteroid Answer:
C
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What are the antibodies an animal produces after exposure to a microbial antigen? A. polyclonal B. isolated C. chimeric D. monoclonal Answer:
A
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How does heat travel from the sun to the earth? A. through sound waves B. thermal radiation from the sun C. through light waves D. secondary radiation from the sun Answer:
B
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What were the first life forms found on earth similar to? A. viruses B. bacteria C. ferns D. mold Answer:
B
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Steel, bronze, and brass are examples of what? A. compounds B. chemicals C. alloys D. oxides Answer:
C
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A pacemaker uses electrical shocks to stimulate the what to beat properly? A. brain B. liver C. heart D. pancreas Answer:
C
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What is the cloud of brown dust-like power that escapes when a puffball fungus is touched? A. seeds B. pollon C. spores D. ions Answer:
C
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What are the cone-like structures that contain sporangia called? A. medulla B. contrail C. strobili D. gametes Answer:
C
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What are considered to be the smallest particles of matter? A. ions B. atoms C. molecules D. cells Answer:
B
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The mechanics of dynein-based bending involve a process that resembles what? A. running B. standing C. jumping D. walking Answer:
D
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What type of creature is a scallop? A. mollusk B. algae C. insect D. vertabrate Answer:
A
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The risk of what is raised by overexposure to the sun? A. particle cancer B. brain cancer C. skin cancer D. flux cancer Answer:
C
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Which artery enters the cranium through the carotid canal in the temporal bone? A. venal artery B. atrial artery C. external carotid D. internal carotid artery Answer:
D
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How are aquatic biomes often classified? A. amount of light B. amount of life C. depth D. amount of salt Answer:
D
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What is the most abundant type of biological entity on the earth? A. insects B. bacteria C. reptiles D. viruses Answer:
D
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What is the most diverse and abundant group of organisms on earth, numbering in the millions of trillions? A. bacteria B. pathogens C. viruses D. pests Answer:
A
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What kind of hormones are secreted by organs classified as gonads? A. growth hormones B. anterior hormones C. sex hormones D. cortisol hormones Answer:
C
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An oxy-acetylene torch is an effective way to cut what? A. wood B. metal C. plastic D. coal Answer:
B
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What are the infoldings of the inner membrane called? A. lineage B. brickle C. ceranae D. cristae Answer:
D
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A channel protein is an example of what type of protein? A. hemoglobin protein B. choice proteins C. transport proteins D. component proteins Answer:
C
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Eight of the hottest years on record have occurred since what year? A. 2002 B. 1998 C. 1991 D. 1997 Answer:
B
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Average acceleration is the rate of change of what? A. velocity B. displacement C. speed D. direction Answer:
A
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What is studied to understand gene expression patterns in cells? A. protein B. dna C. rna D. mutations Answer:
C
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Ribosomes are produced in the nucleolus, and then transported to the what? A. cytoplasm B. cytoskeleton C. nucleus D. cerebellum Answer:
A
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Ecosystem dynamics include more than the flow of energy and recycling of matter. ecosystems are also dynamic because they? A. change through time B. recreate exactly alike C. never move D. stay the same Answer:
A
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Muscle contraction requires repeated cycles of binding and what? A. twisting B. push C. lunging D. release Answer:
D
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An important chemical compound, which supplies living things with the energy they need to survive, is composed of carbon, oxygen and atoms of what other element? A. hydrogen B. calcium C. magnesium D. nitrogen Answer:
A
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What are the glands that secrete milk in a woman's breasts? A. mammary glands B. pituitary glands C. lactic acids D. primordial glands Answer:
A
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Like a thick cap covering the brain, the dura mater is a tough outer covering. the name comes from the latin for? A. protecting mother B. back mother C. tough mother D. difficult mother Answer:
C
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Which organisms get their energy source and carbon source from organic sources? A. herbivores B. chemoheterotrophs C. sporozoans D. ectomorphs Answer:
B
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What natural disaster is california most linked with? A. earthquakes B. hurricanes C. fires D. volcanoes Answer:
A
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Small crustaceans exchange gases across thin areas of the cuticle; larger species have what to accomplish this? A. pores B. lungs C. noses D. gills Answer:
D
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The superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava are veins that return blood lacking what to the heart? A. nitrogen B. oxygen C. hemoglobin D. carbon dioxide Answer:
B
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There are only four possible bases that make up each dna nucleotide: adenine, guanine, thymine, and? A. taurine B. cytosine C. guarine D. phenylalanine Answer:
B
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What affects the boiling point of water? A. heat source B. external pressure C. latter pressure D. internal pressure Answer:
B
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The average length of a woman’s menstrual cycle is what? A. 19 days B. 5 days C. 16 days D. 28 days Answer:
D
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Water leaves ponds and lakes through evaporation and also as what? A. inflow B. influx C. outflow D. mid flow Answer:
C
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What is a biochemical compound that is a chain of amino acids called? A. lipids B. hormones C. DNA D. proteins Answer:
D
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Each what is made of two identical sister chromatids? A. gene B. genome C. chromosome D. helix Answer:
C
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Amino groups are found within amino acids, nicknamed the building blocks of what? A. carbohydrates B. lipids C. protons D. proteins Answer:
D
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What is the name of earth’s only natural satellite? A. moon B. titan C. venus D. sun Answer:
A
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Which is the lightest of the widely used structural metals? A. calcium B. potassium C. magnesium D. Metal Answer:
C
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When lava flows over a large area and cools, it creates a large, flat surface of what type of rock? A. sedimentary B. metamorphic C. igneous D. tidal Answer:
C
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Examples of what process are evident in many biological systems because cells are surrounded by semipermeable membranes? A. photosynthesis B. apoptosis C. osmosis D. reproduction Answer:
C
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What does cartilage lack compared to bones, making it softer and less rigid? A. protein B. calcium C. magnesium D. potassium Answer:
B
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What three forms does frozen precipitation take? A. hail, wind, typhoon B. vapor, fog, ice C. snow, sleet, freezing rain D. blizzard, frost, fog Answer:
C
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What is a stream of moving water that flows through the ocean? A. tidal wave B. waterfall C. current D. creek Answer:
C
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The elbow is an example of a what type of joint? A. pipe joint B. hinge joint C. frame joint D. toe joint Answer:
B
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The first leaves of most ferns appear curled up into what? A. nanotubes B. fiddleheads C. petals D. volatiles Answer:
B
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Electrophiles have a strong tendency to react with what? A. nucleophiles B. acids C. neutrons D. resistors Answer:
A
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What layered form of carbon is used as a lubricant and in pencils? A. copper B. lead C. graphite D. carbonite Answer:
C
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What kind of solids have particles that are arranged in a regular repeating pattern? A. crystalline solids B. metabolic solids C. salts D. carbon-based solids Answer:
A
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During what in the small intestine do rings of smooth muscle repeatedly contract and then relax? A. mitosis B. compression C. segmentation D. contraction Answer:
C
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Acetyl-coa is formed from the breakdown of carbohydrates, lipids, and what else? A. proteins B. hormones C. hydrocarbons D. acids Answer:
A
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Juvenile hormone modulates the activity of what? A. ecdysteroid B. estrogen C. reproduction D. growth Answer:
A
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What causes the red color of laterite soils? A. iron oxides B. toxins C. oxygen D. erosion Answer:
A
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The scientific process of collecting data outside the lab (in the "wild") is known as what kind of work? A. track work B. scientific investigation C. experimentation D. field work Answer:
D
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Red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and plasma are all components of what fluid? A. heart B. blood C. Vessals D. brain Answer:
B
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Who created the idea of an evolutionary tree to represent the relationships between different species and their common ancestors? A. Scopes B. Carl Sagan C. charles darwin D. Isaac Newton Answer:
C
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What organs absorb water and nutrients from the soil? A. leaves B. roots C. flowers D. buds Answer:
B
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What does magma that cools underground form? A. chambers B. instrusions C. new crust D. fluctuations Answer:
B
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Which season is moist, causing the most thunderstorms? A. autumn B. spring C. winter D. summer Answer:
D
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What are the two hormones primarily responsible for maintaining homeostasis of blood glucose levels? A. dopamine and melanin B. insulin and glucagon C. anabolic and metabolic D. insulin and estrogen Answer:
B
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What important process takes place in specialized tissue inside plant leaves? A. reproduction B. mitosis C. pollination D. photosynthesis Answer:
D
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What type of plants were the first to evolve? A. nonvascular B. cocklebur C. kilocalorie D. vascular Answer:
A
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In multicellular organisms, specialized cells may be organized into what, which in turn may be organized into organs? A. muscles B. tissues C. nutrients D. blood cells Answer:
B
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