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In a chemical reaction, the amounts of reactants and products will be constant when what state is attained?
[ "saturation", "homogeneity", "peak", "equilibrium" ]
D
What protects a developing flower while it is still a bud?
[ "lobes", "shell", "sepals", "petals" ]
C
What is the term for the force of attraction between things that have a mass?
[ "magnetism", "motion", "gravity", "weight" ]
C
What are the long, thin protein extensions in most prokaryotic cells called?
[ "cingulum", "neutrons", "flagellum", "analyte" ]
C
Dialysis is a treatment for failure of what organs?
[ "liver", "kidneys", "spleen", "lungs" ]
B
What preventive measure can protect even young children against diseases such as viral meningitis?
[ "vaccination", "nutrition", "surgical intervention", "malnutrition" ]
A
Renal plasma flow equals the blood flow per minute times the what?
[ "leukocytes", "hemoglobin", "erythrocytes", "hematocrit" ]
D
What does lattice energy of an ionic solid measure the strength of?
[ "atoms", "electrons", "metals", "bonds" ]
D
How many different types of taste can be detected by taste buds?
[ "hundreds", "three", "five", "two" ]
C
What species do humans belong to?
[ "homo sapiens", "homo erectus", "monkeys", "hominids" ]
A
Titration is a method to determine what in acids or bases?
[ "alkalinity", "concentration", "glucose", "maturation" ]
B
How many different amino acids make up proteins.
[ "30", "25", "14", "20" ]
D
What are sores in the lining of the stomach or duodenum that are usually caused by bacterial infections or acidity?
[ "lesions", "ulcers", "hernia", "clots" ]
B
In some species, what has led to the evolution of alternative male mating behavior and morphology?
[ "similar selection", "sexual process", "distributive selection", "sexual selection" ]
D
What structure is made from dna and protein molecules coiled together?
[ "chromosome", "bacterium", "atoms", "enzymes" ]
A
What renewable energy source converts energy from the sunlight into electricity?
[ "geothermal energy", "geophysical energy", "solar energy", "hydrostatic energy" ]
C
The radial artery and which artery parallel their namesake bones, giving off smaller branches until they reach the wrist, or carpal region?
[ "humerus", "biceps", "ulnar", "triceps" ]
C
The bones of the skull are connected by what type of joints?
[ "immovable", "adjustable", "pivoting", "semi-mobile" ]
A
What is the lowest layer of the atmosphere?
[ "ionosphere", "lithosphere", "chromosphere", "troposphere" ]
D
What is the name of the type of plant tissue consisting of undifferentiated cells that can continue to divide and differentiate?
[ "bundle sheth cell", "meristem", "guard cell", "cuticle" ]
B
Phosphate-containing ocean sediments form primarily from the bodies of ocean organisms and from their what?
[ "skeletons", "blood", "excretions", "ancestors" ]
C
What does erosion do to pieces of broken rock?
[ "Smooth them", "moves them", "Cancel Them", "lead them" ]
B
The passing of traits from parents to offspring is done through what?
[ "blood", "egg", "dna", "sperm" ]
C
In a glass of sweet tea the sugar is known as the solute and the water is known as what?
[ "solvent", "calcium", "solid", "pigment" ]
A
A few earthquakes take place away from plate boundaries, these are called what?
[ "outer earthquakes", "distant earthquakes", "intraplate earthquakes", "deformation earthquakes" ]
C
Red litmus paper turns what color when placed in a basic solution?
[ "blue", "white", "pink", "orange" ]
A
The difference between the theoretical half-reaction reduction potential and the actual voltage required is called what?
[ "excess", "resistance", "overpotential", "overcharge" ]
C
While the egg is developing, other changes are taking place in the uterus. it develops a thick lining that is full of what?
[ "large arteries", "amniotic fluid", "tiny blood vessels", "white blood cells" ]
C
The neural plate undergoes a series of cell movements where it rolls up and forms a tube called what?
[ "cell tube", "occular tube", "peripheral tube", "neural tube" ]
D
Due to the __________ nature of the lipids that make up cell membranes, polar molecules (such as water) and ions cannot easily diffuse across the cell membrane.
[ "catalytic", "hydrophobic", "hydrophylic", "saturated" ]
B
In what way do all vertebrates reproduce?
[ "mitosis", "asexually", "sexually", "biologically" ]
C
First, high temperature denatures proteins and does what to cells?
[ "exposes them", "finds them", "kills them", "develops them" ]
C
What term is used to describe a collection of molecules surrounded by a phospholipid bilayer that is capable of reproducing itself?
[ "atom", "organism", "cell", "proteins" ]
C
By allowing blood levels of a hormone to be regulated within a narrow range, feedback loops contribute to maintaining what state?
[ "hypothesis", "hibernation", "consciousness", "homeostasis" ]
D
Collagen fibers, elastic fibers, and reticular fibers comprise what type of tissue?
[ "intestine tissue", "skin tissue", "connective tissue", "nucleus tissue" ]
C
What the name of the disease where some of the alveoli of the lungs fill with fluid so they can no longer exchange gas?
[ "emphysema", "lung cancer", "leukemia", "pneumonia" ]
D
What occurs when groups from the same species stop mating because of something other than physical or geographic separation?
[ "sympatric speciation", "extinction", "complementary speciation", "invasive speciation" ]
A
What environment do animals with gills live in?
[ "air", "underground", "cold", "water" ]
D
What is the boiling and freezing point of water in celcius?
[ "100 degrees c and 32 degrees c", "100 degrees c and 0 degrees c", "212 degrees c and 32 degrees c", "212 degrees c and 0 degrees c" ]
B
What are living things that obtain glucose by eating self feeders called?
[ "heterotrophs", "viruses", "producers", "chimeras" ]
A
Virtually every task performed by living organisms requires this?
[ "mineral", "solids", "energy", "metals" ]
C
The binding of what helps eliminate antigens by phagocytosis and complement-mediated lysis
[ "proteins", "amino acids", "fats", "antibodies" ]
D
What muscles are used to pump water over the gills?
[ "muscles and pharynx", "pharynx and tonsils", "lungs and pharynx", "jaws and pharynx" ]
D
Compounds like sodium chloride form structures called what?
[ "crystals", "ions", "microorganisms", "hydrocarbons" ]
A
What are made of long chains consisting almost solely of carbon and hydrogen?
[ "lipids", "enzymes", "proteins", "nucleic acids" ]
A
When a series of measurements is precise but not what, the error is usually systematic?
[ "velocity", "color", "length", "accurate" ]
D
Inserting copies of normal genes into a patient with defective genes is known as?
[ "gene therapy", "pattern therapy", "chromosome treatment", "cloning" ]
A
What type of reproduction usually occur during times of environmental stress?
[ "internal reproduction", "hysterical reproduction", "asexual reproduction", "sexual reproduction" ]
D
All forms of energy can be interconverted. three things can change the energy of an object: the transfer of heat, work performed on or by an object, or some combination of what?
[ "heat and work", "humidity and work", "temperature and work", "cold and energy" ]
A
What science includes many fields of science related to our home planet?
[ "zoology", "biology", "meteorology", "earth science" ]
D
What are alloys that are mostly composed of mercury known as?
[ "compounds", "halogens", "amalgams", "fillings" ]
C
What are made from highly reflective metal that is applied to a curved or flat piece of glass?
[ "prisms", "lenses", "kaleidoscopes", "mirrors" ]
D
What do ranchers fear will happen if wolves return?
[ "vegetation predation", "loss of environment", "livestock predation", "human predation" ]
C
How many types of surface waves are there?
[ "six", "two", "over a hundred", "three" ]
B
What is the rigid layer that is found outside the cell membrane and surrounds the cell?
[ "cell wall", "cell barrier", "cell root", "cell shield" ]
A
Surface tension of alveolar fluid, which is mostly water, creates an inward pull of the tissue of what organ?
[ "lung", "brain", "spleen", "heart" ]
A
What type of tumor mostly does not cause serious problems and can be completely removed by surgery?
[ "toxic", "malignant", "benign", "persistent" ]
C
What supports and protects the soft organs of the body?
[ "Skin", "skeleton", "Muscle", "skull" ]
B
What celestial body is the earth’s main source of energy?
[ "ocean", "sun", "rivers", "moon" ]
B
What do you call the horizontal stems of a strawberry plant that run over the ground surface?
[ "root volunteers", "sprouts", "climbing vines", "stolons" ]
D
Glaciers are incredibly powerful agents of what?
[ "erosion", "extinction", "insulation", "climate change" ]
A
What type of pressure is the pressure exerted by gas particles in earth’s atmosphere as those particles collide with objects?
[ "vertical pressure", "atmospheric pressure", "adjacent pressure", "adjacent pressure" ]
B
What helps the plasma membrane keep its shape?
[ "cytoplasm", "molecules of oxygen", "molecules of cholesterol", "molecules of carbohydrates" ]
C
What type of reproduction only involves one parent?
[ "primitive", "organic", "asexual", "binary" ]
C
What is defined as a repeating series of events that include growth, dna synthesis, and cell division?
[ "photosynthesis", "cell cycle", "puberty", "meiosis" ]
B
How metalloids behave in chemical interactions with other elements depends mainly on the number of what, in the outer energy level of their atoms?
[ "electrons", "positrons", "protons", "neutrons" ]
A
What distinguishing characteristic of annelid anatomy shows specialization and adaptation?
[ "asymmetry", "segmentation", "compression", "beautiful" ]
B
The spermatids are transported from the testes to where?
[ "Duodenum", "vas", "abdominis", "epididymis" ]
D
How does water from roots reach the leaves?
[ "water - combining cells", "water-phobic cells", "water - raising cells", "water-conducting cells" ]
D
As a polycrystalline material solidifies, grains with irregular shapes form. the interfaces between grains constitute grain what?
[ "waves", "obstacles", "patterns", "boundaries" ]
D
Motors are the most common application of magnetic force on current-carrying wires. motors have loops of wire in this?
[ "electrical circuit", "capacitors", "magnetic field", "spark plugs" ]
C
What makes and stores pigments that give petals and fruit their orange and yellow colors?
[ "chromoplasts", "pores", "protozoa", "sporozoans" ]
A
What term is used to describe when a liquid is the temperature at which its equilibrium vapor pressure is equal to the pressure exerted on the liquid by its gaseous surroundings?
[ "boiling point", "evaporating point", "freezing point", "burning point" ]
A
When electrons return to a lower energy level, they emit the excess energy in the form of what?
[ "weight", "electricity", "energy", "light" ]
D
What is another term for nearsightedness?
[ "myopia", "hypoxia", "glaucoma", "anemia" ]
A
What are the areas located at fixed distances from the nucleus of the atom?
[ "energy levels", "molar levels", "atomic regions", "orbit points" ]
A
In which state of matter do particles take the shape of their container, but cannot expand to fill it?
[ "liquid", "gas", "mixture", "chemical" ]
A
Runoff is likely to cause more what if the land is bare?
[ "sediment", "weathering", "abrasion", "erosion" ]
D
Cations have what type of charge?
[ "neutral", "constant", "negative", "positive" ]
D
What organ is subdivided into ascending, descending, transverse and sigmoid parts?
[ "colon", "lungs", "heart", "uterus" ]
A
Ammonia, urea, and uric acid are examples of what kind of waste?
[ "nitrogenous", "sulphurous", "carbonous", "oxygenous" ]
A
What are variants of genes called?
[ "mutations", "alleles", "antigens", "allergens" ]
B
Mushrooms are an example of what type of organism, which includes beneficial and toxic specimens?
[ "bacteria", "fungi", "seeds", "spores" ]
B
Comparing what sequences provides clues to evolution and development?
[ "DNA", "genes", "organisms", "genome" ]
D
What is a measure of the average amount of energy of motion, or kinetic energy, a system contains called?
[ "temperature", "size", "variation", "precipitation" ]
A
What is the minimum mass capable of supporting sustained fission called?
[ "particular mass", "concentrated mass", "critical mass", "baseline mass" ]
C
Many hydrocarbons are cyclic and adopt specific three-dimensional structures that influence their physical and what properties?
[ "chemical", "radiation", "liquid", "electrical" ]
A
The secondary wall contains _________ , a secondary cell component in plant cells that have completed cell growth/expansion.
[ "cellulose", "lignin", "cytoplasm", "glucogen" ]
B
What does the cell cycle do?
[ "only divide cells", "divide and reproduce cells", "only reproduce cells", "create new cells" ]
B
Inside the nasal area of the skull, the nasal cavity is divided into halves by the what?
[ "cell wall", "nasal septum", "cerebral cortex", "cytoplasm" ]
B
Bacteria can be chemotrophs, which obtain what by breaking down chemical compounds in their environment?
[ "energy", "chemials", "food", "waste" ]
A
Habitat loss, introduced species, overharvesting, and global change are major threats to what?
[ "biodiversity", "transportation", "the earth's gravity", "the sun" ]
A
What "plumbing" structures inside the veins maintain a unidirectional flow of blood despite the low blood pressure?
[ "tubes", "pumps", "valves", "funnels" ]
C
What do we call the cartilaginous structure that surrounds the notochrod?
[ "osteocytes", "clavicle", "membrane", "arcualia" ]
D
What is the process of the transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma in angiosperms called?
[ "evolution", "wind", "pollination", "grabation" ]
C
Despite its small size, an erythrocyte contains about 250 million molecules of what?
[ "plasma", "hemoglobin", "potassium", "calcium" ]
B
How many variables are used to describe the condition of a gas?
[ "four", "three", "five", "one" ]
A
What is a suggested explanation for a phenomenon or a suggested explanation for a relationship between many phenomena called?
[ "system", "query", "hypothesis", "process" ]
C
Land plants are classified into two major groups according to the absence or presence of what tissue?
[ "root", "bacterial", "vascular", "disease" ]
C
What type of treatment is necessary for anaphylaxis?
[ "emergency", "intensive care", "allergy shot", "outpatient" ]
A