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Question: The sun and many other light sources produce waves that are randomly this? Options: A. colored B. amplified C. polarized D. obfuscated Answer:
C
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Question: How many valence electrons does nitrogen have? Options: A. 5 B. 10 C. 4 D. 3 Answer:
A
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Question: What term is used to describe the ability to change or move matter? Options: A. mass B. energy C. inertia D. speed Answer:
B
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Question: What is the inner cell mass formed by the cells of the blastocyst called? Options: A. amniotic cavity B. embryoblast C. xerophyte D. ectoderm Answer:
B
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Question: What do you call the process of a solid becoming a liquid? Options: A. melting B. vaporizing C. boiling D. freezing Answer:
A
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Question: What are waxes made up of? Options: A. long - project fatty acids B. long-chain fatty acids C. long - chain pyroclastic acids D. long-chain natural acids Answer:
B
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Question: What is a rock that contains important minerals called? Options: A. steel B. ore C. carbonic D. copper Answer:
B
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Question: The fertilized egg that sexually reproducing organisms begin life as is known as what? Options: A. gamete B. zygote C. fetus D. infant Answer:
B
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Question: Name the type of system that a jellyfish does not have? Options: A. nervous B. reproductive C. hereditary D. circulatory Answer:
D
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Question: Endosperm usually develops before the what does? Options: A. gamete B. fetus C. nucleus D. embryo Answer:
D
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Question: What kind of charge does a proton have? Options: A. ionic B. positive C. negative D. constant Answer:
B
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Question: What is the key issue in the small-population approach? Options: A. disease variation B. genetic mutation C. alternative variation D. genetic variation Answer:
D
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Question: What is made in the liver and excreted in urine? Options: A. blood B. urea C. feces D. plasma Answer:
B
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Question: Depending on how matter interacts with light, it can be classified as transparent, translucent, or what? Options: A. protective B. opaque C. reactive D. reflective Answer:
B
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Question: What theory explains the physical behavior of gases? Options: A. quantum theory of gases B. kinetic theory of gases C. thermodynamic theory of gases D. relativity theory of gases Answer:
B
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Question: What is the standard unit for mass? Options: A. meter B. kilogram C. pound D. ounce Answer:
B
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Question: What is it called when feces move along the colon too slowly? Options: A. respiratory B. constipation C. relaxation D. diarrhea Answer:
B
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Question: The mostly subterranean lifestyle of stone plants reduces water loss from evaporation and inhibits what? Options: A. chlorophyll B. tissues C. reactions D. photosynthesis Answer:
D
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Question: What device is used to stop a current in a circuit? Options: A. a mirror B. a switch C. a valve D. a signal Answer:
B
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Question: What has traditionally been defined as a force of attraction between two masses? Options: A. mass B. gravity C. motion D. volume Answer:
B
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Question: What type of gas levels in the atmosphere are increasing? Options: A. helium gas B. carbonate gas C. hydrogen gas D. greenhouse gas Answer:
D
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Question: When food enters the stomach after a period of fasting, a drop in what initiates the conversion of pepsinogen to pepsin? Options: A. white blood cells B. ph C. calcium D. acid Answer:
B
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Question: Pure substances have a constant composition and can only be changed by what? Options: A. growth B. carbon reactions C. radiation D. chemical reactions Answer:
D
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Question: What is the space around the magnet called? Options: A. optical field B. gravitational field C. resistance field D. magnetic field Answer:
D
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Question: What asymmetrical organ has four chambers and, in humans, is about the size of a clenched fist? Options: A. brain B. heart C. kidney D. liver Answer:
B
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Question: Diet correlates with the length of what organ system in vertebrates? Options: A. reproductive B. digestive C. respiratory D. circulatory Answer:
B
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Question: Zoonotic pathogens are transferred from what to what? Options: A. animals to humans B. humans to humans C. humans to animals D. animals to animals Answer:
A
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Question: What is the process where scientific articles are checked and analyzed by other scientists before publication? Options: A. process review B. embrace review C. peer review D. mechanism review Answer:
C
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Question: Heavily vegetated lands are less likely to experience what? Options: A. drought B. expansion C. flooding D. rains Answer:
C
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Question: The primary substance that human cells, and ultimately human beings, are made up of is what? Options: A. air B. oil C. water D. gas Answer:
C
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Question: Crabs, lobsters, shrimp, krill, and woodlice are all? Options: A. porifera B. arthropods C. crustaceans D. sponges Answer:
C
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Question: A system is said to be in stable equilibrium if, when displaced from equilibrium, it experiences a net force or torque in a direction opposite to the direction of the what? Options: A. variation B. dispersement C. displacement D. velocity Answer:
C
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Question: What system provides a major route for heat flow between the interior and exterior of the body? Options: A. respiratory system B. excretory system C. nervous system D. the circulatory system Answer:
D
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Question: What type of tumor mostly does not cause serious problems and can be completely removed by surgery? Options: A. toxic B. malignant C. persistent D. benign Answer:
D
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Question: What term denotes lower levels of exposure, for instance to radiation, over a longer period of time? Options: A. excess exposure B. chronic exposure C. recent exposure D. non-exposure Answer:
B
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Question: What is the pair of bean-shaped organs situated just above the waist? Options: A. pancreas B. aorta C. kidneys D. lungs Answer:
C
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Question: What is the transfer of thermal energy between substances called? Options: A. Diffusion B. heat C. Radiation D. Permeation Answer:
B
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Question: Where do radio waves lie on the electromagnetic spectrum? Options: A. top B. far left C. middle D. far right Answer:
B
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Question: An ether is an organic compound in which two hydrocarbon groups are bonded to the same atom of what? Options: A. oxygen B. hydrogen C. nitrogen D. sulfur Answer:
A
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Question: What usually causes fractures on a bone? Options: A. extra weight B. excessive bending stress C. compressive stress D. shear stress Answer:
B
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Question: Where are feces formed? Options: A. small intestine B. duodenum C. liver D. large intestine Answer:
D
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Question: Which kind of muscle regulates air flow in lungs? Options: A. alveoli B. striated C. smooth D. vascular Answer:
C
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Question: An example of hydrolysis working within our bodies is the process of what? Options: A. digestion B. filtration C. absorption D. breathing Answer:
A
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Question: What are specialized cells in the brain that monitor the concentration of solutes in the blood called? Options: A. ionconcentrate B. sporozoans C. staurikosaurus D. osmoreceptors Answer:
D
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Question: What is a double membrane of the nucleus that encloses the genetic material? Options: A. the complex envelope B. the nuclear envelope C. the cell wall D. the nuclear compression Answer:
B
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Question: What predatory mammal is the fastest land animal on earth? Options: A. panther B. cheetah C. tiger D. giraffe Answer:
B
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Question: Nuclear fusion is a reaction in which two nuclei are combined to form a larger nucleus. it releases energy when light nuclei are fused to form medium-mass nuclei. • fusion is the source of energy in what? Options: A. galaxies B. orbits C. stars D. Space Answer:
C
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Question: How many valence electrons can be found in a carbon atom? Options: A. One B. five C. four D. three Answer:
C
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Question: The cell membrane consists of two adjacent layers of what? Options: A. lecithin B. phospholipids C. membranes D. eukaryotes Answer:
B
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Question: Which system does the large and small intestine belong to? Options: A. molecules system B. digestive system C. LYMPHATIC D. skeletal system Answer:
B
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Question: What do all chemical reactions need to get started? Options: A. activation energy B. expression energy C. potential energy D. kinetic energy Answer:
A
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Question: What is the term for traits that show wide variation, such as height, skin color, and eye color? Options: A. inherited traits B. polygenic traits C. recessive traits D. maladaptive traits Answer:
B
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Question: What is the shape of the thyroid gland? Options: A. triangle-shaped B. square-shaped C. snake - shaped D. butterfly-shaped Answer:
D
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Question: Glucose and fructose are considered this type of sugar? Options: A. complex carbohydrates B. alcohols C. polysaccharides D. monosaccharides, or simple Answer:
D
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Question: How long can carbon be stored in sedimentary rock? Options: A. less than 1000 years B. millions of years C. 22 weeks D. around 10,000 years Answer:
B
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Question: What are the only amphibians without legs? Options: A. newts B. porifera C. crustaceans D. caecilians Answer:
D
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Question: Which continent is covered with an ice cap? Options: A. asia B. australia C. antarctica D. greenland Answer:
C
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Question: About how many days does it take the moon to make one orbit around the earth? Options: A. 22 B. 21 C. 28 D. 30 Answer:
C
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Question: What scientist constructed a tree diagram, separating living organisms into three domains? Options: A. CT Fletcher B. carl woese C. Gibbs D. Mendel Answer:
B
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Question: The process by which an organism develops from a single-celled zygote to a multi-cellular organism is complex and well regulated. the regulation occurs through signaling between cells and tissues and responses in the form of what? Options: A. spontaneous mutation B. differential gene expression C. dna replication D. phenotype exchange Answer:
B
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Question: The structure of the human tail bone is called what? Options: A. an artifact B. a abnormal structure C. a vestigial structure D. a vital structure Answer:
C
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Question: Dna replication is the first step in what process for both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells? Options: A. cell transfer B. cell death C. cell growth D. cell division Answer:
D
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Question: The end of a pine tree branch bears the male cones that produce what? Options: A. needles B. pollen C. flowers D. spores Answer:
B
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Question: Fungus-like protist saprobes play what role in a food chain and are specialized to absorb nutrients from nonliving organic matter, such as dead organisms or their wastes? Options: A. fluxes B. decomposers C. aphids D. Soil Answer:
B
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Question: When light meets matter, it may be reflected, transmitted, or what? Options: A. absorbed B. diffuse C. reflected D. diffracted Answer:
A
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Question: What occurs when a substance diffuses through a cell membrane without any help from other molecules? Options: A. simple diffusion B. simple filtration C. visual diffusion D. visible diffusion Answer:
A
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Question: High explosives create shock waves that exceed the speed of sound, a phenomenon that goes by what term? Options: A. turbulence B. ion speed C. light speed D. supersonic Answer:
D
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Question: At a convergent plate boundary, when one plate is oceanic, there are large what? Options: A. volcanoes B. plateaus C. earthquakes D. lakes Answer:
A
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Question: What are mass, volume, and length an example of? Options: A. dynamic properties B. extensive compounds C. fantastic properties D. extensive properties Answer:
D
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Question: Which body part is unsuitable for animals living on land? Options: A. gills B. feet C. lungs D. hands Answer:
A
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Question: What is the most common type of cancer developed in children? Options: A. stomach cancer B. leukemia C. lung cancer D. anemia Answer:
B
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Question: What is the name of the process for delivering water to crops? Options: A. reclamation B. irrigation C. bilge D. drainage Answer:
B
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Question: What effect describes how earth’s rotation steers winds and surface ocean currents? Options: A. centripetal force B. coriolis C. dorsalis D. Big Bang theory Answer:
B
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Question: What are broken down during digestion to provide the amino acids needed for protein synthesis? Options: A. sugars B. dietary proteins C. carbohydrates D. metabolytes Answer:
B
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Question: Name the one metal that melts below room temperature? Options: A. gold B. bronze C. aluminum D. mercury Answer:
D
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Question: Lymphatic capillaries are interlaced with the arterioles and venules of which system? Options: A. atmospheric system B. circulatory system C. skeletal systems D. cardiovascular system Answer:
D
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Question: An atomic symbol is used to represent what? Options: A. mole B. weight C. element D. electron shell Answer:
C
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Question: An element symbol without a charge written next to it is assumed to be what? Options: A. uncharged atom B. corroborate atom C. dead atom D. surfactants atom Answer:
A
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Question: Each species has a particular way of making a living which is called its what? Options: A. system B. habit C. niche D. life-cycle Answer:
C
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Question: What are the strongest chemical bonds? Options: A. mutual and stock bonds B. covalent and ionic bonds C. curvature and ionic bonds D. weak and ionic bonds Answer:
B
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Question: What are the majority of solution properties dependent upon? Options: A. chemical state of solute B. gas state of solute C. acid state of solute D. similar state of solute Answer:
A
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Question: What causes fertilization to occur? Options: A. sperm and an egg fuse B. genetic and an egg fuse C. accumulation and an egg fuse D. tissue and an egg fuse Answer:
A
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Question: What is the term for the conversion of a liquid to its vapor below the boiling temperature of the liquid? Options: A. absorption B. evaporation C. oxidation D. vaporization Answer:
B
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Question: By what kind of change can a chemical change be reversed? Options: A. another thermal change B. another carbon change C. another radioactive change D. another chemical change Answer:
D
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Question: Where do most ecosystems get energy from? Options: A. sunlight B. forests C. precipitation D. oceans Answer:
A
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Question: There are six fundamentally different kinds of nuclear decay reactions, and each releases a different kind of particle or what? Options: A. mass B. mineral C. energy D. protein Answer:
C
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Question: What is the measure of how closely molecules are packed together? Options: A. density B. length C. frequency D. volume Answer:
A
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Question: What are catalysts in living things called? Options: A. carbohydrates B. carbohydrates C. enzymes D. proteins Answer:
C
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Question: What part of the body protects the brain? Options: A. cranium (skull) B. feet C. lungs D. arms Answer:
A
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Question: The stability of an ecosystem depends on the actions of what, exemplified by mushrooms on a decaying log and bacteria in soil? Options: A. whitefly B. aphids C. decomposers D. fluxes Answer:
C
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Question: Evolution that occurs over a short period of time is known as what? Options: A. short term evolution B. microevolution C. pseudoevolution D. relatedness Answer:
B
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Question: What is it called when plants release water vapor through their leaves? Options: A. eutrophication B. evaporation C. photosynthesis D. transpiration Answer:
D
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Question: The kidney glomerulus filters blood mainly based on particle size to produce a filtrate lacking cells or large what? Options: A. proteins B. steroids C. carbohydrates D. lipids Answer:
A
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Question: If the temperature of a gas sample is decreased, what happens to the volume? Options: A. decreases B. expands C. increases D. stays the same Answer:
A
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Question: In the freshwater flatworms, protonephridia serve chiefly in what? Options: A. excretion B. enculturation C. thermoregulation D. osmoregulation Answer:
D
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Question: What do cells do in order to replace damaged or worn out cells? Options: A. divide B. replicate C. fold D. die Answer:
A
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Question: What are resources that don't run out? Options: A. residual resources B. general resources C. orbital resources D. renewable resources Answer:
D
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Question: What vessels supply blood to the myocardium and other components of the heart? Options: A. surface arteries B. specialized arteries C. rapid arteries D. coronary arteries Answer:
D
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Question: What branch of science is the study of the solid earth? Options: A. geology B. biology C. palentology D. ecology Answer:
A
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Question: Plants are described by what term, meaning their cells have a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles? Options: A. walled B. complex C. prokaryotic D. eukaryotic Answer:
D