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What is the term for a random change in allele frequencies that occurs in a small population? | [
"genetic drift",
"speciation",
"mutation",
"evolution"
] | A |
Aerobic exercise helps improve the cardiovascular system, while what exercise causes muscles to get bigger and stronger? | [
"anaerobic",
"skeletal",
"enzymatic",
"endurance"
] | A |
An excessive posterior curvature of the thoracic region is also known as what? | [
"lordosis",
"osmosis",
"babesiosis",
"kyphosis"
] | D |
What are the two main divisions of the human nervous system? | [
"somatic and autonomic",
"central and identical",
"left and right",
"central and peripheral"
] | D |
What is composed of two strands of nucleotides in a double-helical structure? | [
"dna",
"molecule",
"bacteria",
"RNA"
] | A |
The body is made up of how many types of tissue? | [
"four",
"five",
"seven",
"six"
] | A |
The great astronomer edwin hubble discovered that all distant galaxies are receding from our milky way galaxy with velocities proportional to their what? | [
"paths",
"dimensions",
"masses",
"distances"
] | D |
What is friction that acts on objects while it is rolling over a surface called? | [
"blowing friction",
"surface friction",
"opposing friction",
"rolling friction"
] | D |
Traditionally, mammals were divided into groups based on what? | [
"their behaviors",
"their sizes",
"their characteristics",
"their colors"
] | C |
What type of bonds do alkanes only contain? | [
"hydrogen-carbon bonds",
"hydrogen bonds",
"carbon-hydrogen bonds",
"carbon-carbon single bonds"
] | D |
Which part of the wave helps make the wave bend and cause refraction? | [
"bright part",
"shallow part",
"heavy part",
"dense part"
] | B |
What are passed from one generation to the next so species can survive? | [
"selections",
"adaptatioins",
"mutations",
"fluctuations"
] | B |
What kind of lines does a diffraction grating produce? | [
"randomly spaced lines",
"evenly spaced lines",
"nearly spaced lines",
"properly spaced lines"
] | B |
Which type of ferns have yellow sporangia and no leaves? | [
"whisk ferns",
"Ostrich fern",
"Hothouse fern",
"Boston fern"
] | A |
Ice masses, acquifers, and the deep ocean are examples of water what? | [
"reservoirs",
"seas",
"lakes",
"fields"
] | A |
This heat is used to convert water into steam, which is then used to turn a turbine, thus generating what? | [
"solar power",
"electrical power",
"heating power",
"radiation power"
] | B |
What atmospheric layer lies above the highest altitude an airplane can go and below the lowest altitude a spacecraft can orbit? | [
"mesosphere",
"stratosphere",
"troposphere",
"thermosphere"
] | A |
Where are sensors for thermoregulation concentrated in the brain? | [
"medulla",
"thyroid",
"the hypothalamus",
"pituitary gland"
] | C |
What is the first step in the breakdown of glucose to extract energy for cellular metabolism? | [
"mutation",
"photosynthesis",
"mitosis",
"glycolysis"
] | D |
What charge do atoms carry? | [
"neutral",
"negative",
"positive",
"static"
] | A |
The pleura that surrounds the lungs consists of how many layers? | [
"one",
"three",
"four",
"two"
] | D |
Organisms that obtain food from outside themselves (i.e. they don't make their own food) are known as what? | [
"fungi",
"heterotrophs",
"autotrophs",
"zygotes"
] | B |
In scientific investigations, descriptive statistics are useful for summarizing the characteristics of large what? | [
"samples",
"organisms",
"questions",
"tissues"
] | A |
The process of the cytoplasm splitting apart and the cell pinching in two is known as what? | [
"cytokinesis",
"budding",
"mitosis",
"electrolysis"
] | A |
What kind of mountainous formation can often be found near trenches? | [
"craters",
"volcanoes",
"caves",
"earthquakes"
] | B |
Because it can be controlled intentionally, skeletal muscle is also called what type of muscle? | [
"involuntary",
"automatic",
"voluntary",
"necessary"
] | C |
What effect in the atmosphere ensures that the earth maintains the correct temperature to support life? | [
"coriolis effect",
"smog effect",
"ozone effect",
"greenhouse effect"
] | D |
Felsic, intermediate, mafic, and ultramafic are types of composition of what rock group? | [
"igneous",
"asteroids",
"Sedimentary",
"metamorphic"
] | A |
What is the base of nearly all food chains on earth? | [
"glycolysis",
"photosynthesis",
"synthesis",
"atherosclerosis"
] | B |
The skull is a part of a vertebrate endoskeleton that encloses and protects what organ? | [
"brain",
"heart",
"lung",
"nervous system"
] | A |
The global pattern of precipitation is influenced by movements of what? | [
"clouds",
"air valleys",
"air masses",
"pollution masses"
] | C |
What is the name of the region of a magnet that has the most pull? | [
"grid",
"center",
"pole",
"tail"
] | C |
How many major forces of elevation cause allele frequencies to change? | [
"three",
"four",
"five",
"one"
] | B |
Where in the atom is a neutron found? | [
"orbit",
"proton",
"electron",
"the nucleus"
] | D |
In physics, what is defined as the average kinetic energy of the particles of matter? | [
"density",
"magnetism",
"temperature",
"friction"
] | C |
What organelles are known as the "power plants" of the cell? | [
"flagella",
"plastid",
"mitochondria",
"golgi body"
] | C |
Dalton's law and henry's law both describe aspects of what type of exchange? | [
"electron",
"energy",
"liquid",
"gas"
] | D |
What vesicles store neurotransmitters? | [
"hydrophobic",
"synaptic",
"dendritic",
"Golgi apparatus"
] | B |
What temperature scale is obtained by adding 273 degrees from the corresponding celsius temperature? | [
"seismic scale",
"ph scale",
"kelvin scale",
"whittle scale"
] | C |
Hemoglobin is a large molecule made up of proteins and iron. it consists of four folded chains of a protein called this? | [
"peptide",
"histone",
"insulin",
"globin"
] | D |
A new species is said to have evolved if separated members of a species evolve genetic differences that prevent what from occurring with the original members?? | [
"evolution",
"extinction",
"re-population",
"interbreeding"
] | D |
What term describes the orientation of a body lying face-down? | [
"Supine",
"prone",
"Diagnal",
"Under"
] | B |
What happens to energy when an atom gains an electron? | [
"it is released",
"it is used",
"it increases",
"it is folded"
] | A |
What is the name of the second most electronegative element? | [
"oxygen",
"carbon",
"Hydrogen",
"nitrogen"
] | A |
What is the term for species evolving together? | [
"coevolution",
"specmutation",
"conjuration",
"interconnection"
] | A |
Where do the eggs develop? | [
"the ovaries",
"the uterus",
"the follicles",
"the glands"
] | A |
What's the other term for your wind pipe? | [
"cochlea",
"trachea",
"cornea",
"esophagus"
] | B |
When food is scarce, starving cells secrete a molecule that stimulates neighboring cells to do what? | [
"compete",
"hoard energy",
"aggregate",
"die off"
] | C |
What do cells secrete that binds to receptors? | [
"endorphans",
"proteins",
"stress",
"factor"
] | D |
What is the term for the tube that carries sound waves into the ear? | [
"tone canal",
"flap canal",
"ear canal",
"sound canal"
] | C |
In the cardiovascular system, what blood vessels carry blood away from the heart? | [
"capillaries",
"veins",
"cilia",
"arteries"
] | D |
Molecules in the gas phase can collide with the liquid surface and reenter the liquid via what? | [
"condensation",
"fermentation",
"combustion",
"liquidation"
] | A |
What guards the opening between the right atrium and the right ventricle? | [
"brachiocephalic trunk",
"superior vena cava",
"aorta",
"tricuspid valve"
] | D |
The water cycle involves movement of water between air and what? | [
"animals",
"land",
"tree",
"air"
] | B |
When we consider a chemical reaction, we need to take into account both the system and what? | [
"sorroundings",
"time",
"date",
"fluctuations"
] | A |
What is a layer of tissue that lies between the shell and the body? | [
"mantle",
"stem",
"node",
"silt"
] | A |
In what country can some of the largest natural crystals be found? | [
"germany",
"spain",
"mexico",
"canada"
] | C |
What are the primary producers in terrestrial biomes? | [
"soil",
"plants",
"animals",
"gases"
] | B |
Where are aerofoils found? | [
"birds and cars",
"airplanes and plants",
"birds and airplanes",
"birds and busses"
] | C |
What is the si unit for pressure? | [
"le",
"laurent",
"pascal",
"watt"
] | C |
Marine fishes take in divalent ions by incessantly drinking what? | [
"sand",
"seawater",
"oxygen",
"algae"
] | B |
The simplest and smallest particle of matter that still has chemical properties of the element is called? | [
"an atom",
"a nucleus",
"a molecule",
"an isotope"
] | A |
Frequency and intensity are two measurable properties of what? | [
"lines",
"heat",
"troughs",
"wave"
] | D |
While most mammals give birth to live young, monotremes can do what? | [
"steal eggs",
"reproduce asexually",
"lay eggs",
"adopt offspring"
] | C |
What happens to old oceanic crust at convergent boundaries? | [
"dissolves",
"created",
"destroyed",
"emerges"
] | C |
When electrons are shared between two atoms, they make a bond called a what? | [
"ionic bond",
"hydrogen bond",
"covalent bond",
"metallic bond"
] | C |
What happens to the temperature of matter as light is absorbed? | [
"it triples",
"it stays the same",
"it drops",
"it increases"
] | D |
By shocking ocean water, earthquakes can cause what deadly ocean waves? | [
"typhoons",
"ebb tides",
"deep currents",
"tsunamis"
] | D |
Where are the desmosome found in a cell? | [
"coating",
"neuron",
"epithelium",
"epithelial"
] | C |
An action potential that starts at the axon hillock moves along the axon only toward what? | [
"the synaptic terminals",
"ionic pathways",
"polar synapses",
"nerve endings"
] | A |
Fission is a type of radioactivity in which large nuclei spontaneously break apart into what? | [
"faster nuclei",
"light nuclei",
"smaller nuclei",
"active nuclei"
] | C |
Bones are the main organs of what system, which also includes cartilage and ligaments? | [
"lymphatic system",
"skeletal system",
"digestive system",
"endocrine system"
] | B |
Most waves strike the shore at an angle. this causes what? | [
"fontaine drift",
"tide",
"longshore drift",
"erosion"
] | C |
What is the difference between the daily high and the daily low? | [
"margin of error",
"sunrise and sunset",
"weather forecast",
"tidal change"
] | D |
Spermatogonia are the stem cells of what male sex organs? | [
"ovaries",
"testes",
"Epididymis",
"Prostate"
] | B |
Sensory neurons transmit nerve impulses from sense organs and internal organs to the brain via the? | [
"nerve endings",
"spinal cord",
"nervous system",
"spinal column"
] | B |
Sexually reproducing organisms alternate between which stages? | [
"binary and haploid",
"diploid and traploid",
"binary and diploid",
"haploid and diploid"
] | D |
Acids turn blue litmus paper which color? | [
"purple",
"red",
"grey",
"white"
] | B |
The development of a head region is called what? | [
"spore",
"cocklebur",
"cephalization",
"trichina"
] | C |
Which hormone helps cells absorb sugar from the blood? | [
"insulin",
"estrogen",
"cortisol",
"adrenaline"
] | A |
What is the number of electrons equal to in every electrically neutral atom? | [
"molecules",
"protons",
"Electrons",
"nucleus"
] | B |
Does climate change have a positive or negative effect on reproductive success? | [
"negative",
"positive",
"neither",
"both"
] | A |
What is the most common form of dwarfism in humans? | [
"achondroplasia",
"anemia",
"alopecia",
"malnutrition"
] | A |
What is the term for groups of three successive nucleotide bases in dna? | [
"tertiary bases",
"triads",
"triplets",
"triple play"
] | C |
The coccyx, or tailbone, results from the fusion of four small what? | [
"alangulam vertebrae",
"rib vertebrae",
"arsine vertebrae",
"coccygeal vertebrae"
] | D |
What is a pure substance that cannot be separated into any other substances called? | [
"Cells",
"light",
"Spears",
"element"
] | D |
How many different types of stresses are there? | [
"five",
"three",
"seven",
"four"
] | D |
A molecule has two structures that can be generated. what is this called? | [
"isomerism",
"resonance hybrids",
"congruence",
"ethnocentrism"
] | A |
An antigen is a molecule that reacts with some component of the what response? | [
"hormones",
"digestion",
"fight or flight",
"immune"
] | D |
What bodily system is primarily responsible for fighting pathogens in the body? | [
"digestion",
"Cardiovascular",
"immune",
"Muscular"
] | C |
Displacement, velocity, acceleration, and force are examples of what type of quantity that has magnitude and direction? | [
"wave",
"frequency",
"cycles",
"vector"
] | D |
Gases such as co2 and methane can trap what energy in earth's atmosphere, before radiating it into space? | [
"mechanical energy",
"potential energy",
"thermal energy",
"sunlight energy"
] | C |
What happens when heated water is released into a body of water? | [
"geysers",
"thermal pollution",
"crystalline pollution",
"gaseous pollution"
] | B |
What term is used to describe a chemical released by an animal that affects the behavior or physiology of animals of the same species? | [
"amino",
"pheromone",
"isolate",
"enzyme"
] | B |
Producers at the base of ecological food webs are also known as? | [
"symbiotic",
"mutualistic",
"endoscopic",
"autotrophic"
] | D |
What is the term for the gas in smog that can damage plants? | [
"ozone",
"sulphur",
"carbon",
"dioxide"
] | A |
What must happen for two ions to form an ionic bond? | [
"two ions need to have opposite charges",
"Two ions need to be the same size",
"two ions need to have the same charge",
"two ions need to have neutral charges"
] | A |
What is the study of the similarities and differences in the embryos of different species? | [
"comparative embryology",
"example embryology",
"diversified embryology",
"prenatal biology"
] | A |
What are the main organs of the respiratory system? | [
"lungs",
"kidneys",
"intestines",
"ovaries"
] | A |
What do you call the traits that allow a plant, animal, or other organism to survive and reproduce in its environment? | [
"settings",
"additions",
"adaptations",
"advantages"
] | C |
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