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Insect wings are part of the exoskeleton and attached to the what? A. thorax B. neck C. head D. spines Answer:
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What was the informal female name given to the adult fossil found in ethiopia and thought to be over 3 million years old? A. aunt B. lucy C. alice D. linda Answer:
B
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What is the term for a formula that shows the elements in a compound in their lowest whole-number ratio? A. Dwarf Formula B. empirical formula C. intrinsic formula D. measured formula Answer:
B
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What is defined as the spreading of white light into its full spectrum of wavelengths? A. combustion B. immersion C. dispersion D. saturation Answer:
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What is used in the growth, development, functioning and reproduction of all known living organisms and many viruses? A. viruses B. dna C. bacteria D. enzymes Answer:
B
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When methane burns, what is produced along with carbon dioxide? A. oxygen B. water C. hydrogen D. nitrogen Answer:
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What helps pumice float in water? A. large mass B. gas bubble holes C. gravity D. high density Answer:
B
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What land mammal has the longest gestation period? A. Rhino B. african elephant C. Giraffe D. Asian elephant Answer:
B
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What sustains the fetus while it grows inside the mother’s uterus? A. placenta B. endometrium C. mitochondria D. bacteria Answer:
A
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Two kinds of sex hormones are of particular importance in females: progesterone, which prepares the uterus for pregnancy and prevents the further release of eggs from the ovaries during pregnancy, and the estrogens, which are mainly responsible for the development of female secondary sexual characteristics, such as breast development and increased deposition of this? A. fat B. blood C. bone D. muscle Answer:
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Zoonotic pathogens are transferred from what to what? A. animals to humans B. humans to humans C. animals to animals D. humans to animals Answer:
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Restriction enzymes or restriction endonucleases are prokaryotic enzymes that recognize and cut what at specific sequences? A. rna B. mitochondria C. dna D. bacteria Answer:
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What are chemical reactions represented by? A. carbon equations B. chemical equations C. liquid equations D. nuclear equations Answer:
B
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The length of the sloped surface of a ramp is referred to as what? A. output distance B. furlong C. input distance D. accumulation distance Answer:
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Producers, primary consumers, higher-level consumers, and decomposers are levels in what? A. food flowchart B. food model C. energy chain D. food chain Answer:
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Parthenogenis in komodo dragons is an example of what kind of reproduction, whereby offspring are created from just one parent? A. asexual reproduction B. natural reproduction C. organic reproduction D. benthic reproduction Answer:
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The value that occurs most often in a data set is called the? A. mode B. type C. median D. mean Answer:
A
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Over time, deposited sediments may harden into what? A. deltas B. coral C. fossils D. rocks Answer:
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What is the most useful quantity for counting particles? A. the coefficient B. the mole C. the periodic table D. the vector Answer:
B
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What is the failure of replicated chromosomes during meiosis to separate known as? A. pollenation B. nondisjunction C. regression D. separation Answer:
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In angiosperms, flowers and fruits are adaptations essential for what process? A. reproduction B. variation C. photosynthesis D. death Answer:
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Through what part do exocrine glands discharge their contents? A. capillaries B. follicles C. urethra D. tubular ducts Answer:
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Where do plankton, nekton, and benthos live? A. forests B. deserts C. in the oceans D. arctic Answer:
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What gland is a butterfly-shaped organ located in the neck anterior to the trachea? A. thyroid gland B. pineal gland C. pituitary gland D. adrenal gland Answer:
A
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What cause the rippled surface of the ocean? A. earthquakes B. winds C. tides D. waves Answer:
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What small glands are abundant within the mucous membranes of the mouth and tongue? A. salivary glands B. retinal glands C. hypothalamus glands D. localized glands Answer:
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What is the term for the development of an embryo inside an egg within the mother’s body until it hatches? A. ovovivipary B. asexual reproduction C. pregnancy D. spawning Answer:
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Where does carbohydrate digestion begin in the body? A. mouth B. throat C. intestines D. stomach Answer:
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When did new plants start sprouting after the forest fire? A. two days later B. two months later C. two weeks later D. five months later Answer:
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What are the largest known proteins called? A. titins B. aminos C. sporozoans D. obscures Answer:
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Metals, fossil fuels, and water are all examples of what type of resource? A. ores B. renewable resources C. natural resources D. recyclables Answer:
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What is the force that causes centripetal acceleration? A. pressure B. Tension Force C. gravity D. centripetal force Answer:
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Pressure and ________ are directly proportional at a constant volume? A. heating B. temperature C. speed D. precipitation Answer:
B
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What is the process by which plants capture the energy of sunlight and use carbon dioxide from the air (and water) to make their own food called? A. atherosclerosis B. photosynthesis C. photochemistry D. spermatogenesis Answer:
B
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Categorized based on how they produce their mrna using the baltimore classification method, what consist of a nucleic acid core surrounded by a protein capsid with or without an outer lipid envelope? A. amphibians B. bacteria C. viruses D. parasites Answer:
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Primary alcohols are oxidized to form what? A. aldehydes B. alloys C. enzymes D. oxides Answer:
A
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Where does electric power originate? A. coal mines B. the Sun C. power plants D. magnets Answer:
C
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What type of fertilization do most reptiles use to reproduce? A. external B. internal C. mechanical D. asexual Answer:
B
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Visible light is part of what spectrum? A. electromagnetic spectrum B. molecular spectrum C. eclipse spectrum D. mechanical spectrum Answer:
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Amino acids are made by which kind of plastid? A. sporozoans B. glucoplasts C. leucoplasts D. neuroplasts Answer:
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The amount of power passed through transmission lines can be calculated by multiplying voltage by what? A. current B. amplification C. induction D. resistance Answer:
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When a balloon is rubbed against hair, they attract each other because of a difference in what? A. Force B. charges C. Friction D. actions Answer:
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The cell starting meiosis is called a what? A. secondary oocyte B. primary oocyte C. primary gamete D. zygote Answer:
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A wave is the transfer of energy through what else? A. air B. liquid C. gas D. matter Answer:
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What nest of cells protect the egg as it matures in the ovary? A. the follicle B. the epidermis C. the tube D. the clump Answer:
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Why do beer brewers add yeast to the wort? A. to make alcohol B. increase longevity C. reduce alcohol D. add carbonation Answer:
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Amino acids broken down by metabolic process are mostly recycled into new what? A. hormones B. enzymes C. lipids D. proteins Answer:
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What type of logic can lead to important conclusions from the collecting and analyzing of observations? A. inductive reasoning B. gravitational reasoning C. primitive reasoning D. conductive reasoning Answer:
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Screws move objects to a higher elevation by increasing what? A. force applied B. kinetic energy C. velocity D. torque Answer:
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What is the second state of photosynthesis? A. Phillip cycle B. glover cycle C. morton cycle D. calvin cycle Answer:
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What is the only amphibian without legs? A. frogs B. newts C. alligators D. caecilians Answer:
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Most organisms could not survive without what being present to speed up biochemical reactions? A. enzymes B. lipids C. vitamins D. hormones Answer:
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Metabolic cooperation between different prokaryotic species often occurs in surface-coating colonies. what are these colonies called? A. lichens B. eukaryotes C. biofilms D. plankton Answer:
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What word describes a carbonyl where the carbon atom makes single bonds with two others? A. ketones B. ions C. acetone D. photons Answer:
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The concentration of hydronium ions in a solution is known as what? A. akaline B. base C. pH value D. acidity Answer:
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What do we call structures that are similar in related organisms because they were inherited from a common ancestor? A. filamentous B. polylogous C. monogamous D. homologous Answer:
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What is continually released during childbirth through a positive feedback mechanism and prompts uterine contractions to fetal head toward the cervix? A. oxytocin B. insulin C. hemoglobin D. vasopressin Answer:
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What is the addition of nucleotides to the mrna strand? A. elevation B. insertion C. elongation D. axons Answer:
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Wave amplitude and wavelength are two important measures of what? A. wave harmfulness B. wave sound C. wave speed D. wave size Answer:
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What is the color of mercury(ii) oxide? A. copper B. blue C. green D. red Answer:
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How many hydrogen atoms does a nitrogen atom of a primary amine have? A. two B. ten C. four D. six Answer:
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What ultimately results in the cycling of nutrients in ecosystems? A. chemical bonds B. digestion C. molecules between organisms D. interactions between organisms Answer:
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Platforms, arches, and sea stacks are all landforms created by what? A. erosion B. sediment C. volcanic activity D. debris Answer:
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The state of matter - solid, liquid, or gas - is also considered what type of property? A. physical B. mechanical C. chemical D. thermal Answer:
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Panting allows dogs to get rid of what? A. excess body heat B. fur balls C. calories D. accumulated toxins Answer:
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What is the standard unit for mass? A. kilogram B. pound C. ounce D. meter Answer:
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The planets orbit around what celestial body? A. sun B. horizon C. moon D. earth Answer:
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What kind of behaviors are adaptive because they are flexible, capable of changing if the environment changes? A. passed behavior B. studied behavior C. learned behavior D. human Answer:
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What is the term for a galaxy that is a rotating disk of stars and dust? A. nebula B. Milky Way C. spiral galaxy D. cosmic galaxy Answer:
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What occurs when a former inhabited area gets disturbed? A. tertiary succession B. primary succession C. secondary succession D. tropical succession Answer:
C
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The chloroplasts contained within the green algal endosymbionts still are capable of what process associated with plants? A. reproduction B. respiration C. photosynthesis D. germination Answer:
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What do seismic waves prove about the inner core? A. it is solid B. it is layered C. it is hot D. it is liquid Answer:
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What is divided during cytokinesis? A. cytoskeleton B. cytoplasm C. nucleus D. chromosomes Answer:
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Materials such as metals have low resistance to electric current, what are they called? A. electric conductors B. electric channels C. electric conduit D. electric channel Answer:
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An alloy is a mixture of what with one or more other substances? A. metal B. acid C. protein D. water Answer:
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A can of warm soda will fizz more because increasing the temperature decreases the what of a gas? A. solubility B. humidity C. Acidity D. viscosity Answer:
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What branch of biology studies animal behavior? A. ethology B. geology C. microbiology D. embryology Answer:
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What does the esophagus connect to at its bottom end? A. the colon B. the large intestine C. the stomach D. the larynx Answer:
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Hair is a component of which bodily system? A. circulatory B. integumentary system C. trypeta system D. relatable system Answer:
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What type of electrons are electrons that are not confined to the bond between two atoms? A. delocalized B. virtualized C. internalized D. detached Answer:
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Electrons flow through wires to create what? A. electromagnetism B. hydroelectric power C. electric current D. balanced reaction Answer:
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The ileocecal valve, a sphincter, is usually in a constricted state, but when motility in the ileum increases, this sphincter relaxes, allowing food residue to enter the first portion of what? A. liver B. small intestine C. colon D. large intestine Answer:
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A sequence of amino acids in single polypeptide is the primary structure for what? A. lipids B. dna C. cells D. proteins Answer:
D
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What type of chemicals do ants communicate with? A. pheromones B. pesticides C. hormones D. Alkanes Answer:
A
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The age of a rock in years is its? A. geological age B. chemical age C. full age D. absolute age Answer:
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What organ eliminates solid wastes that remain after the digestion of food? A. the large intestine B. the spleen C. the bladder D. the appendix Answer:
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What is the term for when a species no longer exists? A. reproduction B. survival C. extinction D. endangered Answer:
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What is the jelly-like material in which the contents of the cell are suspended? A. cytosol B. jam C. mitochondrial D. cortisol Answer:
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What is the release of energy in the form of high energy electromagnetic waves? A. x-ray emission B. normal emission C. transient emission D. gamma emission Answer:
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Today, new elements are usually named after famous scientists. the names of the elements can be cumbersome to write in full, especially when combined to form the names of compounds. therefore, each element name is abbreviated as a one- or two-letter chemical this? A. notation B. symbol C. shorthand D. title Answer:
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An infection may be intracellular or extracellular, depending on this? A. pathogen B. bacteria C. pollen D. microbes Answer:
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Like all tetrapods except birds and mammals, frogs possess a heart with what structure? A. four chambers B. three chambers C. One Chamber D. eight chambers Answer:
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Energy is the capacity to do work or to produce what? A. humidity B. vibration C. heat D. light Answer:
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In mammals, sound waves are collected by the external, cartilaginous part of the ear called the pinna, then travel through the auditory canal and cause vibration of the thin diaphragm called the tympanum or this? A. speaker drum B. microphone drum C. ear drum D. head drum Answer:
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Unlike ionic compounds, covalent compounds do not have freely moving what? A. atoms B. electrons C. Nuclei. D. neutrons Answer:
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How do seed plants benefit from herbivores? A. consumption of seeds B. dispersal of seeds C. radiation of seeds D. rainfall of seeds Answer:
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What is the process in which cells make proteins called? A. factor synthesis B. protein synthesis C. light synthesis D. gas synthesis Answer:
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How do you decrease errors in an experiment? A. ask God B. write about it C. decrease measurements D. take many measurements Answer:
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What term describes scientists who debate the origin of the earliest plants? A. protobotanists B. paleobotanists C. archaebotanists D. specialists Answer:
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What anatomical system is made up of neurons and glia? A. nervous system B. digestive system C. lymphatic system D. reproductive system Answer:
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