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The job of the nucleolus is to build what? A. electrons B. ribosomes C. cells D. chromosomes Answer:
B
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For many decades, scientists have known that atoms consist of electrons and other particles called protons and? A. neutrons B. nanoparticles C. waves D. rods Answer:
A
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Patients with familial hypercholesterolemia have life-threatening levels of cholesterol because their cells cannot clear what particles from their blood? A. iron (Fe) B. low-density lipoprotein (ldl) C. oxygen (O) D. high - density lipoprotein (hdl) Answer:
B
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What action, performed multiple times daily, is the single biggest use of water in the home? A. flushing the toilet B. watering plants C. washing clothes D. taking showers Answer:
A
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What is a form of mechanical energy that starts with a vibration in matter? A. industrial energy B. sound energy C. solar energy D. electrical energy Answer:
B
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What's caused by damaged capillaries in the kidneys so the nephrons can no longer filter blood? A. bacteria failure B. kidney failure C. sponge failure D. colon failure Answer:
B
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What do roots bring in from the soil into the plant? A. hormones and fertilizer B. pesticides and chlorophyll C. water and nutrients D. dirt and minerals Answer:
C
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In addition to spiral cleavage, protostomes also undergo which other form of cleavage? A. determinate B. diagonal C. dispersive D. straight Answer:
A
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What term is used to describe animals with three germ layers? A. multilayer B. triplegerm C. sporozoans D. triploblasts Answer:
D
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Due to similar function, the wings of bats and birds are referred to as what type of structures? A. analogous structures B. Identical structures C. symmetrical structures D. matching structures Answer:
A
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If the amount of force of that is applied is increased, what happens to the work that a machine is producing? A. it is easier B. it's variable C. it's unchanged D. it is harder Answer:
A
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What is the name for speed with a direction? A. acceleration B. trajectory C. velocity D. distance Answer:
C
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How many types of mechanical waves are there? A. nine B. three C. one D. five Answer:
B
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What is required for a decay chain to end? A. unstable end-product B. stable end-product C. stable half-life D. radioactive cascade Answer:
B
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What do you call the process that results in an animal producing offspring? A. adoption B. differentiation C. creationism D. reproduction Answer:
D
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What do voltmeters measure? A. voltage drop across a resistor B. current drop across a resistor C. voltage increase across a resistor D. current increase across a resistor Answer:
A
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Distinct from a suspension, a solution is considered what type of mixture? A. continuous B. heterogeneous C. gaseous D. homogeneous Answer:
D
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What is the largest and most complex algae A. open algae B. green algae C. brown algae D. strange algae Answer:
C
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Scientists around the world study speciation, documenting observations both of living organisms and those found in the fossil record. as their ideas take shape and as research reveals new details about how life evolves, they develop models to help explain what? A. food chains B. spontaneous mutation C. rates of speciation D. creation theory Answer:
C
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How long do the long-lived isotopes require to decay to a safe level in a nuclear reactor? A. millions of years B. hundreds of years C. thousands of years D. tens of years Answer:
C
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The production of light by living things is called what? A. attenuation B. bio-glow C. bioluminescence D. apoptosis Answer:
C
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Animals that live in groups with other members of their species are called what? A. energetic animals B. present animals C. social animals D. common animals Answer:
C
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Teeth in the back of the mouth are used for what? A. tearing food B. grinding food C. cutting food D. swallowing food Answer:
B
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Compared to red light, blue light has a shorter what? A. life span B. wavelength C. gravity D. absorption Answer:
B
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The most common substance on earth, water, is primarily present in what state? A. freshwater B. gas C. solid D. liquid Answer:
D
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What kind of respiration allows rapid production of atp in low oxygen situations? A. anabolic B. anaerobic C. aerobic D. enzymatic Answer:
B
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What two forces tend to keep an animal stationary and thus oppose locomotion? A. workload and gravity B. thickness and gravity C. friction and gravity D. stength and gravity Answer:
C
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What are membrane-bound organelles with their own dna called? A. plastids B. chromosomes C. vacuoles D. ribosomes Answer:
A
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What kind of atomic molecule is oxygen gas? A. dramatic B. aromatic C. symbiotic D. diatomic Answer:
D
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Why can't fungi make their own food like plants do? A. no chloroplasts B. no cells C. no organelles D. no hydrogen Answer:
A
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The vestibulocochlear nerve is responsible for the senses of hearing and what else? A. awareness B. smell C. sight D. balance Answer:
D
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What is an alloy of copper and tin? A. zinc B. silver C. gold D. bronze Answer:
D
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What spreads sti during sexual contact? A. viruses B. blood C. pathogens D. parasites Answer:
C
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How many amino acids are arranged like "beads on a string" to form proteins? A. 15 B. 25 C. 35 D. 20 Answer:
D
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What do refrigerator magnets contain that make them stick to a refrigerator door? A. copper B. iron C. steel D. zinc Answer:
B
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When does most amphibians' parenting end? A. never B. once eggs have been laid C. once offspring reach adulthood D. after adolescence Answer:
B
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What helps an insectivorous plant attract and digest insects? A. specialized flowers B. special seeds C. specialized leaves D. spines Answer:
C
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E. coli uses how many enzymes to take up and metabolize lactose? A. 3 B. 2 C. 4 D. 11 Answer:
A
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What forms as a result of decomposition when n2o is heated? A. nitrogen and oxygen B. ammonia and nitrogren C. nitrogen and hydrogen D. calcium and oxygen Answer:
A
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Biomass can also be processed to make what kind of fuel? A. biofuel B. gasoline C. fossil D. hydrogen fuel Answer:
A
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What is produced when an egg is fertilized by a sperm in a fallopian tube? A. fetus B. uterus C. ovaries D. zygote Answer:
D
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What structures receive blood from the atria and pump it out of the heart? A. valves B. Vascular Fibers C. ventricles D. muscles Answer:
C
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What are modified leaves that bear sporangia? A. spines B. sporozoans C. sporophylls D. neutrophils Answer:
C
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The reverse process of moving material into a cell is the process of what? A. proteolysis B. endocytosis C. osmosis D. exocytosis Answer:
D
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Constriction and dilation allow the circulatory system to change the amount of blood flowing to which body parts? A. arteries B. tissues C. muscles D. organs Answer:
D
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Focused on evolution, the studies of what man have reshaped and influenced all aspects of biology? A. charles darwin B. scopes C. Linnaeus D. Albert Einstein Answer:
A
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Are cnidarians typically found in ocean or fresh water habitats? A. rivers B. ocean C. freshwater D. lakes Answer:
B
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Increasing the pressure on a gas has what effect on its solubility? A. increase B. slow C. halt D. decrease Answer:
A
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What type of fertilization do most reptiles have? A. budding B. spawning C. internal D. external Answer:
C
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The vertebrate endoskeleton is made of bone and what tough, flexible tissue? A. cartilage B. collagen C. cuticle D. synovial tissue Answer:
A
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What has hot days and cool nights, and are typically covered with sand dunes or sparse but hardy plants? A. arctic B. rain forest C. tundra D. deserts Answer:
D
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In addition to insects, what large invertebrate phylum includes animals such as spiders, centipedes, and lobsters? A. onychophora B. ostracods C. arthropoda D. fungi Answer:
C
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Monatomic cations have the same name as their parent element. what happens to monatomic anions? A. ends in - be B. ends in - se C. ends in - fe D. ends in - de Answer:
D
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What part of the body do hookworms infest? A. skin B. intestines C. lungs D. brain Answer:
B
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Parasitic leeches feed off of what? A. brain B. tumor C. tissue D. blood Answer:
D
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The mars rover collected round clumps of crystals that, on earth, usually form in what? A. rocks B. air C. water D. volcanoes Answer:
C
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Attraction of a material by a magnet is an example of what type of property? A. transitive B. thermal C. physical D. chemical Answer:
C
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What phenomenon is essential in order for evolution to occur because it increases genetic variation and the potential for individuals to differ? A. radiation B. replication C. mutation D. natural selection Answer:
C
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The two types of glaciers are continental and what other kind? A. macro B. valley C. rolling D. micro Answer:
B
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In dioecious animals, females generally produce what contribution to reproduction? A. milk B. warmth C. eggs D. intelligence Answer:
C
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The cells of all protists have a what? A. protons B. nucleus C. cell walls D. argon Answer:
B
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What type of organism causes many common diseases such as strep throat and food-borne illnesses? A. prion B. bacteria C. parasite D. virus Answer:
B
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What type of current do generators in cars use? A. alternating current B. polar current C. direct current D. magnum current Answer:
A
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What is the movement of plates called? A. plate tectonics B. fracking C. migration D. volcanic activity Answer:
A
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Name a carbonyl in which the carbon atom is bonded to one carbon atom and one hydrogen atom (or two hydrogen atoms). A. acetylcholine B. aldehyde C. ketone D. ester Answer:
B
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The color of an object is determined by the what of it's reflected light? A. absorption B. variation C. luminosity D. wavelength Answer:
D
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The process in which dna is copied is called what? A. dna duplication B. dna replication C. dna transfer D. dna splicing Answer:
B
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What type of seismic waves do the most damage? A. gravity B. sunlight C. surface D. tension Answer:
C
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Which continent is the only one that reptiles don't inhabit? A. Europe B. Africa C. antartica D. South America Answer:
C
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What is responsible for the foul smell of rancid butt? A. Fatty Acid B. butyric acid C. affixed acid D. ibogaine acid Answer:
B
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The carbon cycle can be thought of in terms of two interdependent cycles - cellular respiration and what else? A. glycolysis B. pollination C. spermatogenesis D. photosynthesis Answer:
D
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What is the term for the green pigment in leaves that captures energy from the sun? A. ammonia B. carbonate C. chlorophyll D. verdye Answer:
C
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Evolutionary adaptation is evidenced by different shapes of what structures in birds with different food preferences? A. necks B. claws C. Stomach D. beaks Answer:
D
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Amino acids contain both a carboxylic acid group and what other group? A. amine B. compounds C. fatty D. lipid Answer:
A
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What is an alloy of both tin and copper? A. Cobalt B. silver C. bronze D. Aluminium Answer:
C
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What is the option to remove kidney stones other than surgery? A. ultrasound treatments B. skin treatments C. glandular treatments D. pump treatments Answer:
A
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What does a theory need to be supported by? A. many observations B. scientists C. facts D. peer reviewed journals Answer:
A
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What happens when antibodies are transferred to a person who has never been exposed to the pathogen? A. acquired immunity B. passive immunity C. active disease D. allergic reaction Answer:
B
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What is the name for electrons closer to the nucleus that do not participate in bonding? A. core electrons B. surface electrons C. odd electrons D. radical electrons Answer:
A
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Which acid releases nitrates into soil? A. citric B. lactic C. sulfuric D. uric Answer:
D
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What instrument made it possible to study pressure quantitatively? A. seismograph B. anemometer C. barometer D. thermometer Answer:
C
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What asymmetrical organ has four chambers and, in humans, is about the size of a clenched fist? A. heart B. brain C. liver D. kidney Answer:
A
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Geiger counters can be used to detect what, in general? A. convection B. radiation C. seismic load D. evaporation Answer:
B
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What term is used to describe the energy of matter in motion? A. frictional energy B. emotional energy C. kinetic energy D. gravitational energy Answer:
C
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What do you call the illness that occurs when harmful bacteria enter the digestive system in food? A. food poisoning B. meat poisoning C. nutrition poisoning D. bacteria poisoning Answer:
A
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Herbivores and omnivores have longer alimentary canals compared to what? A. mammals B. centipedes C. arthropods D. carnivores Answer:
D
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What do tadpoles turn into? A. snakes B. frogs C. insects D. fish Answer:
B
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The heat capacity of an object depends on its chemical composition and what other property? A. weight B. volume C. concentrations D. mass Answer:
D
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Human skin color is primarily due to the presence of what pigment in the skin? A. melatonin B. melanin C. cytoplasm D. tannin Answer:
B
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What is pollution that enters water at just one point called? A. point supply pollution B. point supply pollution C. point source pollution D. entry point pollution Answer:
C
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The various sensory organs are part of what organ system? A. digestive B. respiratory C. nervous D. lymphatic Answer:
C
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Down syndrome is caused by having three copies of what, a condition known as trisomy? A. DNA B. genome C. variation D. chromosome Answer:
D
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What kind of weathering changes the size of a mineral or rock but does not change its chemical composition? A. chemical reaction B. radiation C. molecular weathering D. mechanical weathering Answer:
D
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What do waves do when they are unable to pass through an object? A. reflect off B. Roll over. C. produce off D. develop off Answer:
A
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What is used to date older fossils? A. litmus testing B. search engines C. electron microscopes D. radioactive isotopes Answer:
D
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What external feature in human beings is responsible for balance? A. ears B. brain C. hands D. tails Answer:
A
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What branch of science is the study of human origins? A. biology B. palaeobiology C. pharmacology D. paleoanthropology Answer:
D
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Skeletal muscle cells and cardiac muscle cells share what property, which is not shared by smooth muscle cells? A. filaments B. striations C. surfaces D. overlap Answer:
B
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Latitude affects the amount of what received by an area, which in turn affects the temperature of a region? A. current radiation B. geothermal radiation C. solar radiation D. chemical radiation Answer:
C
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What do you call an abnormal mass formed when cells divide uncontrollably? A. infection. B. inflammation C. layer D. tumor Answer:
D
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