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Question: The paired bones of the skull are the palatine, zygomatic, nasal, lacrimal, inferior nasal conchae bones, and what else? Options: A. maxilla B. ventral C. elongated D. minilla Answer:
A
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Question: Protists are the simplest of what? Options: A. prokaryotes B. eukaryotes C. fungi D. plants Answer:
B
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Question: What is the term for the average number of individuals in a population for a given area? Options: A. population density B. result density C. Area Density D. population structure Answer:
A
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Question: What is another term for movable joints? Options: A. sesamoidal B. fibrous C. synovial D. interstitial Answer:
C
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Question: Where on a jellyfish is the mouth opening located? Options: A. left side B. right side C. top D. underside Answer:
D
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Question: What disease is given as an example of a sex-linked trait? Options: A. emphysema B. arthritis C. hypertension D. hemophilia Answer:
D
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Question: Fermat's principle states that what will always take the path that takes the least amount of time? Options: A. wind B. light C. electricity D. sound Answer:
B
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Question: What is the general name for a wave that travels along the surface of a medium? Options: A. surface wave B. speed wave C. light wave D. stack wave Answer:
A
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Question: What can renewable resources can be replaced by? Options: A. natural processes B. human processes C. change processes D. fossil fuels Answer:
A
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Question: The glass hydrometer is filled with air and weighted with lead at the bottom. it floats highest in the densest fluids and has been calibrated and labeled so that you can read this from it? Options: A. volume B. specific gravity C. density D. mass Answer:
B
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Question: About how many thunderstorms are there each year worldwide? Options: A. 17 million B. 21 million C. 14 million D. 23 million Answer:
C
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Question: What are the only regions of space that electrons can occupy? Options: A. inside nuclei B. inside protons C. galaxies D. orbits Answer:
D
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Question: When pumping blood, the hearts of animals with very long necks must overcome what force? Options: A. erosion B. friction C. gravity D. evolution Answer:
C
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Question: What causes most ocean waves? Options: A. Gravity B. tides C. winds D. rains Answer:
C
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Question: What in the skin dilates, or widens, in order to increase blood flow to the bodys surface? Options: A. blood vessels B. veins C. pores D. tear ducts Answer:
A
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Question: Gametes are products through meiosis in which organs? Options: A. kidneys B. cones C. gonads D. hormones Answer:
C
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Question: What happens when a sperm and an egg cell combine? Options: A. stimulation B. fertilization C. migration D. manipulation Answer:
B
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Question: What holds together adenine and thymine? Options: A. potassium bonds B. hydrogen bonds C. helium bonds D. covalent bonds Answer:
B
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Question: What mineral is made of one silicon atom and two oxygen atoms? Options: A. pumice B. quartz C. cobalt D. glass Answer:
B
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Question: Known for its beautiful rings, what is the second largest planet in the solar system? Options: A. saturn B. Venus C. jupiter D. Mars Answer:
A
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Question: Cardiac muscle is only found where? Options: A. brain B. heart C. lung D. abdomen Answer:
B
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Question: Iridescent green beetles, known as jewel beetles, change color because of the light-reflecting properties of the cells that make up this? Options: A. their hairs B. their external skeleton C. their scales D. their wings Answer:
B
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Question: Which organ is a wide tube connecting the small intestine with the anus? Options: A. large intestine B. jejunum C. rectum D. stomach Answer:
A
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Question: The rising and sinking of warm and cooler material is called what? Options: A. depression B. diffusion C. insulation D. convection Answer:
D
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Question: What do you call the point at which the entire weight of a body may be considered to be concentrated? Options: A. center of earth B. complex of gravity C. center of gravity D. direction of gravity Answer:
C
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Question: Stomata are special pores that allow gasses to enter and exit what? Options: A. the leaf B. the flower C. the skin D. the soil Answer:
A
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Question: Because their embryos are surrounded by a thin membrane, reptiles are considered what? Options: A. lineages B. amniotes C. vertebrates D. carnivorous Answer:
B
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Question: What is the term for a galaxy that is a rotating disk of stars and dust? Options: A. spiral galaxy B. nebula C. Milky Way D. cosmic galaxy Answer:
A
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Question: What does bowman's capsule form by surrounding the glomerulus? Options: A. pores B. ions C. lipids D. lumen Answer:
D
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Question: What is the nickname of the best-known geyser in the world, which erupts reliably every 90 minutes? Options: A. victoria falls B. old energetic C. old consistent D. old faithful Answer:
D
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Question: What is the term for the average number of individuals in a population per unit of area or volume? Options: A. population diameter B. population density C. population structure D. Density group Answer:
B
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Question: What are flightless birds that are strong swimmers and spend much of their time in the water? Options: A. penguins B. Ostriches C. Emus D. Cassowaries Answer:
A
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Question: What do jellyfish lack in their nervous system? Options: A. Response B. Cortex C. stimulus D. true brain Answer:
D
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Question: The upper portion of the septum is formed by the perpendicular plate of which bone? Options: A. duodenum bone B. concomitant bone C. ethmoid bone D. colossal bone Answer:
C
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Question: Properties of matter can be considered physical or? Options: A. gas B. mineral C. liquid D. chemical Answer:
D
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Question: Where in the periodic table of elements are the nonmetals located? Options: A. top right B. top left C. bottom left D. bottom right Answer:
A
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Question: What organism is an important pioneer on cleared rock and soil surfaces, such as volcanic flows and burned forests? Options: A. pigment B. algae C. cysts D. lichen Answer:
D
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Question: Around 97% of all water on earth is what type of water? Options: A. fresh water B. salt water C. excess water D. rivers water Answer:
B
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Question: The dna is wound around proteins called what? Options: A. leptons B. nucleotides C. histones D. pepsins Answer:
C
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Question: Where do the steps in the water cycle begin? Options: A. sky B. rivers C. the ocean D. clouds Answer:
C
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Question: The structure of the boeing 787 has been described as essentially one giant macromolecule, where everything is fastened through cross-linked chemical bonds reinforced with this? Options: A. metal-metal bonds B. nitrogen fiber C. carbon fiber D. non-covalent interaction Answer:
C
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Question: Water is allowed to flow downhill into a large turbine to harness power. what helps the turbine spin? Options: A. polar energy B. electrostatic energy C. kinetic energy D. residual energy Answer:
C
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Question: What adaptation helps prey hide and predators sneak up on prey? Options: A. variation B. claws C. scent D. camouflage Answer:
D
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Question: In physics, the number of waves that pass a fixed point in a given amount time is referred to as what ? Options: A. wave frequency B. combination frequency C. wave count D. creation frequency Answer:
A
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Question: What produces hormones referred to as thymosins, which contribute to the development of the immune response in infants? Options: A. heart B. thymus C. receptors D. pancreas Answer:
B
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Question: All new alleles are formed by what types of mutations? Options: A. systemic B. ordinary C. chaotic D. random Answer:
D
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Question: The lens and other parts of the eye work together to focus a real image on what eye structure? Options: A. iris B. pupil C. cornea D. retina Answer:
D
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Question: How are the major families of organic compounds characterized? Options: A. their visual groups B. Their optic groups C. their functional groups D. their thermal groups Answer:
C
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Question: In how many states does water exist on earth? Options: A. three matter states B. eight matter states C. two matter states D. one matter states Answer:
A
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Question: The process where eroded material is dropped somewhere is called? Options: A. diffusion B. deposition C. diffusion D. maturation Answer:
B
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Question: What type of feedback intensifies a change in the body’s physiological condition rather than reversing it? Options: A. susceptible feedback B. positive feedback C. neutral feedback D. negative feedback Answer:
B
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Question: Who discovered that the andromeda nebula is over 2 million light years away Options: A. edwin hubble B. richter hubble C. mills hubble D. smith hubble Answer:
A
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Question: What do you call a growing mass of cancerous cells that pushes into nearby tissues? Options: A. tumor B. pallet C. calcium D. bacteria Answer:
A
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Question: What are objects that are launched into the air called? Options: A. booms B. shoots C. projectiles D. stones Answer:
C
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Question: A comet striking the earth may have caused mass extinction, this would have decreased sunlight, which would have effected what plant process reducing food? Options: A. glycolysis B. decomposition C. photosynthesis D. fertilization Answer:
C
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Question: What types of glands do only female mammals have? Options: A. respiratory B. mammary C. pituitary D. thyroid Answer:
B
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Question: What is the circular center of a hurricane better known as? Options: A. the eye B. the nose C. the focus D. the epicenter Answer:
A
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Question: What is the leading cause of skin cancer? Options: A. dehydration B. artificial light C. sunlight D. smoking Answer:
C
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Question: During a human pregnancy, which trimester exhibits the greatest growth of the fetus and culminates in labor and delivery? Options: A. third trimester B. fourth trimester C. second trimester D. first trimester Answer:
A
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Question: Bones are made up of different types of what? Options: A. cartilage B. blood cells C. fiber D. tissue Answer:
D
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Question: What is the term for a structure within the cytoplasm that performs a specific job in the cell? Options: A. organelle B. ribosome C. mitochondria D. nucleus Answer:
A
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Question: Animals are classified according to morphological and developmental characteristics, such as a body plan. with the exception of sponges, the animal body plan is symmetrical. this means that their distribution of body parts is balanced along this? Options: A. ulna B. axis C. radius D. skull Answer:
B
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Question: What are the two most common vision problems? Options: A. nearsightedness and farsightedness B. glaucoma and nearsightedness C. colorblindness and farsightedness D. colorblindness and nearsightedness Answer:
A
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Question: Over time, heavy metals build up in the tissues of organisms by what process? Options: A. oxygenation B. solidification C. biosynthesis D. bioaccumulation Answer:
D
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Question: What organ do we use to hear sound? Options: A. amplifier B. the ear C. eye D. antennae Answer:
B
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Question: Each muscle fiber contains hundreds of organelles called what? Options: A. pores B. fast glycolytic fibres C. myofibrils D. slow twitch fibres Answer:
C
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Question: The number of protons in an atom is called what? Options: A. atomic number B. metallic number C. mass number D. isotope Answer:
A
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Question: What are molecules that the immune system recognize as foreign to the body? Options: A. peptides B. viruses C. antigens D. tumors Answer:
C
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Question: Sponges possess an internal skeleton called what? Options: A. exoskelton B. fluid skeleton C. hydrostatic skeleton D. endoskeleton Answer:
D
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Question: The action of sunlight on the skin triggers the body to produce what vitamin? Options: A. metabolic d B. Vitamin A C. tissue d D. vitamin d Answer:
D
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Question: The thermal properties of what substance largely contribute to the temperature climate of europe? Options: A. clouds B. lava C. water D. soil Answer:
C
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Question: Recycling items actually takes more energy than what other conservation methods that start with "r"? Options: A. reducing and regurgitating B. revision and remembrance C. reducing and reusing D. reusing and reordering Answer:
C
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Question: Icy objects that have very elliptical orbits around the sun are called? Options: A. meteors B. asteroids C. comets D. craters Answer:
C
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Question: When matter changes into an entirely different substance with different chemical properties, what has occurred? Options: A. physical change B. chemical change C. mechanical change D. gaseous change Answer:
B
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Question: What system enters the brain stem and influences activity in the cerebellum, spinal cord, and cerebral cortex? Options: A. ventrical system B. vasculature system C. lipids system D. vestibular system Answer:
D
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Question: Which planet is the kuiper belt closest to? Options: A. Mars B. neptune C. Venus D. Jupiter Answer:
B
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Question: What is used to date older fossils? Options: A. electron microscopes B. radioactive isotopes C. litmus testing D. search engines Answer:
B
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Question: Which type of natural disturbance in temperate grasslands, can be caused by a lightning strike? Options: A. drought B. avalanche C. mass extinction D. fire Answer:
D
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Question: What kind of symmetry do most adult echinoderms possess? Options: A. spherical B. radial symmetry C. asymmetry D. bilateral Answer:
B
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Question: What is an attitude of doubt about the truthfulness of claims that lack empirical evidence? Options: A. independent variable B. conspiracy C. skepticism D. speculation Answer:
C
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Question: What do we call water that has been used for cleaning, washing, flushing, or manufacturing? Options: A. wastewater B. Grey water C. groundwater D. sewage Answer:
A
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Question: What are the most numerous and diverse biochemical compounds? Options: A. acids B. lipids C. vitamins D. proteins Answer:
D
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Question: What phenomenon is essential in order for evolution to occur because it increases genetic variation and the potential for individuals to differ? Options: A. mutation B. replication C. radiation D. natural selection Answer:
A
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Question: Has the average annual temperature on earth been rising or falling for the past 100 years? Options: A. fluctuating B. unchanged C. falling D. rising Answer:
D
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Question: An endocrine disease usually involves the secretion of too much or not enough of what? Options: A. enzyme B. metabolite C. sweat D. hormone Answer:
D
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Question: Water moving up the plane and evaporating from the leaves is a process known as what? Options: A. propagation B. evaporation C. transpiration D. sublimation Answer:
C
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Question: Spindle fibers form between the centrioles during prophase i of what process? Options: A. hydrolysis B. mitosis C. meiosis D. photosynthesis Answer:
C
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Question: What is the particular sequence of amino acids in a longer chain called? Options: A. amino acid sequence B. atomic sequence C. carbon sequence D. molecular sequence Answer:
A
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Question: Which part of the nerve cell helps transmit nerve impulses? Options: A. dendrites B. long, threadlike extensions C. synapses D. cell walls Answer:
B
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Question: How are bacteria cells similar to our cells? Options: A. dna and number of protons B. plasma and number of protons C. dna & plasma membrane D. shape and size Answer:
C
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Question: Birds possess a cloaca, a structure that allows water to be reabsorbed from waste back into this? Options: A. blood stream B. intestines C. skin D. eggs Answer:
A
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Question: What do you call the high and low points of transverse waves? Options: A. bands and troughs B. crests and troughs C. echos and troughs D. waves and troughs Answer:
B
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Question: Does air temperature increase or decrease as it rises higher in the atmosphere? Options: A. increase B. both C. decrease D. neither Answer:
C
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Question: Living species of chordates are classified into three major subphyla: vertebrata, urochordata, and what? Options: A. xerophyte B. invertebrates C. cephalochordata D. spirogyra Answer:
C
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Question: Most hormones are controlled by what type of feedback, which causes the hormone to decrease its own production? Options: A. negative B. positive C. neutral D. unusual Answer:
A
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Question: Half of the neurons formed in the embryo are eliminated because of _____________ Options: A. disease B. contraction C. competition D. cell death Answer:
C
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Question: Which action of the stomach helps chemical digestion by gastric juice? Options: A. chewing B. churning action C. peristalsis D. contraction Answer:
B
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Question: What is the name of the liquid component of a solution? Options: A. solvent B. ionic C. reactant D. solute Answer:
A
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Question: Because action potentials are so brief, a neuron can produce hundreds per what? Options: A. second B. minute C. day D. lifetime Answer:
A
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Question: What happens to energy when an atom gains an electron? Options: A. it increases B. it is released C. it is folded D. it is used Answer:
B