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Question: The punnett square shows the possible what, and their most likely ratios? Options: A. genotypes B. phenotypes C. receptors D. chromosomes Answer:
A
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Question: What does an invertebrate, like a snail, not have? Options: A. reproductive organs B. eyes C. backbone D. a heart Answer:
C
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Question: What organ contributes about 60% of the volume of semen ? Options: A. complete vesicles B. long vesicles C. cilia D. seminal vesicles Answer:
D
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Question: What is the main organ required for respiration in mammals? Options: A. the lungs B. the diaphragm C. the brain D. the heart Answer:
A
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Question: Under certain conditions, electric current causes what type of field? Options: A. kinetic B. seismic C. magnetic D. light Answer:
C
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Question: What is the term for force that opposes motion between any touching surfaces? Options: A. gravity B. friction C. stress D. tension Answer:
B
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Question: The two ovaries are small, oval organs on either side of what part of the body? Options: A. lungs B. pancreas C. heart D. uterus Answer:
D
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Question: The separation of compounds on the basis of their solubilities in a given solvent is known as what? Options: A. fractional crystallization B. nuclei crystallization C. simplest crystallization D. separate crystallization Answer:
A
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Question: What allows some things to enter the cell while keeping other things out? Options: A. cell substrate B. cell membrane C. cell vacuum D. cell center Answer:
B
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Question: Where does the natural synthesis of lactose occur? Options: A. liver tissue B. mammary tissue C. ovarian tissue D. nervous tissue Answer:
B
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Question: The period immediately following the transmission of an impulse in a nerve or muscle, in which a neuron or muscle cell regains its ability to transmit another impulse, is called the ______ period. Options: A. activation B. interstitial C. extraction D. refractory Answer:
D
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Question: What is it called when minerals replace the organic material to create fossils? Options: A. permineralization B. carbonization C. spongin D. petrification Answer:
A
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Question: What paired organs help regulate blood pressure through sodium ion and water retention and loss? Options: A. tissues B. lungs C. lymph nodes D. kidneys Answer:
D
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Question: The measurement of the extent of something along its greatest dimension is its what? Options: A. stretch B. length C. portion D. depth Answer:
B
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Question: What is the technical term for species that produce their own body heat and regulate their internal temperature independently of the outside temperature? Options: A. endothermic B. hydrostatic C. Phototrophic D. osmotic Answer:
A
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Question: What circulates with the blood or hemolymph and are often contained within specialized cells Options: A. respiratory pigments B. structural pigments C. muscular pigments D. fat pigments Answer:
A
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Question: At what point can nutrients enter or exit an ecosystem? Options: A. Hottest Point B. any point C. Largest Population Point D. Longest Point Answer:
B
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Question: What is the net force acting on an object when two equal forces are applied from opposite directions? Options: A. homeostasis B. negative C. zero D. sum Answer:
C
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Question: Light is energy that travels in the form of what type of wave? Options: A. electromagnetic B. seismic C. particle D. molecular Answer:
A
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Question: Compared to free-floating bacteria, bacteria in biofilms often show increased resistance to what? Options: A. antibiotics and detergents B. alcohol and detergents C. acid and antibiotics D. acid and detergents Answer:
A
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Question: What term refers to entities, events or powers regarded as being beyond nature, and cannot be explained by scientific means? Options: A. hypothetical B. supernatural C. natural D. fictional Answer:
B
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Question: The size and symmetry of a beetle’s or an elk’s antlers or a grasshopper’s song communicate rather clearly their state of what? Options: A. problem B. society C. health D. need Answer:
C
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Question: Two water molecules contain 4 hydrogen atoms and how many oxygen atoms? Options: A. 4 B. 1 C. 6 D. 2 Answer:
D
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Question: Convection is the transfer of what type of energy by particles moving through a fluid? Options: A. atmospheric B. thermal C. Nuclear D. Chemical Answer:
B
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Question: Substances produced by a reaction are known as? Options: A. compounds B. minerals C. products D. solutions Answer:
C
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Question: In a plant, the flower contains what? Options: A. seed and leaves B. bud and stem C. pollen and eggs D. bees and blossoms Answer:
C
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Question: Density and pressure of air decreases with what? Options: A. temperature B. altitude C. humidity D. horizontal distance Answer:
B
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Question: In the presence of oxygen, hydrogen can interact to make what? Options: A. carbon B. acid C. water D. helium Answer:
C
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Question: What is an organic compound that is the primary component of natural gas? Options: A. ethanol B. sulfur C. methane D. magnesium Answer:
C
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Question: What is the study of the vital statistics of populations and how they change over time? Options: A. anthropology B. ethnography C. demography D. sociology Answer:
C
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Question: Why do people build dams and levees? Options: A. store drinking water B. increase flooding C. to horde the water D. prevent flooding Answer:
D
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Question: What are are segmented invertebrates in phylum annelida called? Options: A. annelids B. fungi C. corals D. flatworms Answer:
A
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Question: Parenchymal, collenchymal, and sclerenchymal cells are associated with what types of living things? Options: A. fungi B. plants C. primates D. parasites Answer:
B
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Question: What is the basic unit of matter? Options: A. dark material B. neutron C. nucleus D. atom Answer:
D
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Question: What are flagellate protozoa that cause giardiasis? Options: A. plankton B. diatoms C. fungus D. giardia Answer:
D
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Question: There are about 50,000 vertebrate species, and they are placed in how many different classes? Options: A. three B. four C. nine D. ten Answer:
C
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Question: What is at the surface of a cell, arranged in similar bilayer? Options: A. phospholipids B. fats C. eukaryotes D. pigments Answer:
A
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Question: Tree sap enclosing an organism in amber or an organism preserved in tar or ice are actually examples of what? Options: A. corals B. fuels C. bones D. fossils Answer:
D
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Question: What do we call the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum? Options: A. electricity B. light C. radio D. weight Answer:
B
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Question: What layer of soil usually does not have very small particles like clay? Options: A. topsoil B. undersoil C. sediment D. silt Answer:
A
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Question: The frequency of sound waves is measured in what, or the number of waves that pass a fixed point in a second? Options: A. hertz B. watts C. avis D. Ohms Answer:
A
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Question: What bone cell is responsible for forming new bone and is found in the growing portions of bone, including the periosteum and endosteum? Options: A. fibroblasts B. congenial C. epithelial D. osteoblast Answer:
D
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Question: What are decomposers that feed on the organic matter left over from other decomposers? Options: A. protozoa B. saprotrophs C. algae D. fungi Answer:
B
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Question: What structure forms a barrier between the cytoplasm and the environment outside the cell? Options: A. Flippases B. cell membrane C. Lipid bilayer D. Cytoskeleton Answer:
B
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Question: What does an electric field surround? Options: A. negative particle B. neutral particles C. a charged particle D. charged ions Answer:
C
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Question: Which lipid is mainly responsible for narrowing arteries and causing the disease atherosclerosis? Options: A. unsaturated fat B. saturated fat C. monoglyceride D. cholesterol Answer:
D
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Question: About 95 percent of lipids are absorbed in what organ of the digestive system? Options: A. kidneys B. small intestine C. stomach D. large intestine Answer:
B
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Question: How long are microfilaments? Options: A. 7 m B. 7 nm C. 9 nm D. 4 nm Answer:
B
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Question: During the day, what type of energy is transferred from the air over the land to the air over the water? Options: A. nuclear B. atmospheric C. thermal D. magnetic Answer:
C
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Question: Lacking blood vessels, nerve endings, or glands, the epidermis is the outer layer of what? Options: A. skin B. liver C. lungs D. brain Answer:
A
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Question: What are monosaccharides and disaccharides also called? Options: A. basic sugars B. complex sugars C. simple chemicals D. simple sugars Answer:
D
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Question: The rocks that are taken from a mine are full of valuable minerals plus rock that isn't valuable. what is this rock called? Options: A. waste rock B. empty rock C. compost rock D. garbage rock Answer:
A
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Question: The arrangement of what plant structures can be classified as either alternate, spiral, or opposite? Options: A. fruits B. roots C. spores D. leaves Answer:
D
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Question: Humans create different breeds of organisms using what kind of selection? Options: A. natural selection B. artificial selection C. biased selection D. speciation Answer:
B
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Question: For photosynthesis to begin, the inputs required are sunlight, water, and what? Options: A. phosphorus dioxide B. carbon dioxide C. sulfur dioxide D. methane Answer:
B
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Question: What kind of attraction does electrical force have? Options: A. positive B. similar C. negative D. neutral Answer:
C
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Question: After fertilization is complete, no other sperm can enter. the fertilized ovule forms the seed, whereas the tissues of the ovary become this? Options: A. vegetables B. fruit C. wheat D. plant Answer:
B
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Question: What are living things that obtain glucose by eating self feeders called? Options: A. chimeras B. producers C. heterotrophs D. viruses Answer:
C
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Question: Which stage is specialized for dispersal & reproduction? Options: A. larval stage B. cocoon stage C. fetal stage D. adult stage Answer:
D
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Question: Increasing the pressure on a gas has what effect on its solubility? Options: A. increase B. slow C. decrease D. halt Answer:
A
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Question: The hypothalamic releasing and inhibiting hormones are secreted near capillaries at the base of the what? Options: A. hypothalamus B. lungs C. hippocampus D. pancreas Answer:
A
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Question: What is the term for vascular plants that reproduce with seeds? Options: A. Reproductive Plants B. mother plants C. strain plants D. seed plants Answer:
D
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Question: During unfavorable conditions, mature seeds may enter a period of inactivity or extremely low metabolic activity called what? Options: A. germination B. dormancy C. hibernation D. malignancy Answer:
B
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Question: Sebaceous glands produce an oily substance called what? Options: A. pus B. sebum C. synovial fluid D. ear wax Answer:
B
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Question: When fuel is burned, most of the energy is released in what form? Options: A. heat B. carbon dioxide C. humidity D. precipitation Answer:
A
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Question: What occurs when a former inhabited area gets disturbed? Options: A. secondary succession B. tertiary succession C. tropical succession D. primary succession Answer:
A
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Question: How do organisms grow and repair themselves? Options: A. mutation B. cell death C. cell division D. symbosis Answer:
C
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Question: In artificial passive immunization, which items from an immune animal are injected into a nonimmune animal? Options: A. allergies B. antibodies C. parasites D. platelets Answer:
B
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Question: Temperature and precipitation determine the types of what that can grow in an area, in turn affecting the animals that live there? Options: A. building B. roots C. plants D. birds Answer:
C
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Question: What occurs when two free radicals come in contact with each other? Options: A. termination B. cancellation C. assimilation D. radiation Answer:
A
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Question: The process of splitting atoms creates what kind of waste? Options: A. recyclable B. inert C. safe D. radioactive Answer:
D
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Question: Acids are classified based on their what? Options: A. solvency B. reaction to gas C. ionization in water D. diffusion in water Answer:
C
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Question: Just as millions of different words are spelled with our 26-letter english alphabet, millions of different proteins are made with the 20 common what? Options: A. enzymes B. peptides C. mutation acids D. amino acids Answer:
D
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Question: The epidermis consists mainly of what type of cells? Options: A. crystalline B. epithelial C. cytoplasm D. blood cells Answer:
B
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Question: Seedless nonvascular plants are small. the dominant stage of the life cycle is the gametophyte. without a vascular system and roots, they absorb water and nutrients through all of their exposed surfaces. there are three main groups: the liverworts, the hornworts, and these? Options: A. mildew B. algae C. lichens D. mosses Answer:
D
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Question: What makes monotremes different than other mammals? Options: A. they lack backbones B. they reproduce asexually C. they spawn D. they lay eggs Answer:
D
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Question: After citric acid forms, it goes through a series of reactions that release what, which is then captured in special molecules? Options: A. hydrogen B. chlorophyll C. metabolytes D. energy Answer:
D
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Question: What did volcanic gases help to form on earth? Options: A. plants B. rocks C. water D. atmosphere Answer:
D
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Question: In which process do signaling molecules from embryonic cells cause transcriptional changes in nearby target cells? Options: A. maturation B. orientation C. replication D. induction Answer:
D
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Question: What celestial bodies are classified by color and temperature, ranging from blue to red and hottest to coolest? Options: A. astroids B. galaxies C. stars D. planets Answer:
C
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Question: Excretion is the process of removing excess water and wastes from the body. what are the main organs of excretion? Options: A. kidneys B. brains C. lungs D. eyes Answer:
A
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Question: How many atoms does water contain? Options: A. 9 B. 4 C. 3 D. 6 Answer:
C
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Question: A complete ionic equation is a chemical equation in which the dissolved ionic compounds are written as what? Options: A. charged ions B. separated ions C. realized ions D. joined ions Answer:
B
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Question: What is the term for biologically meaningful dna sequences? Options: A. babies B. genes C. atoms D. eggs Answer:
B
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Question: What type of traits are features that are passed from one generation to the next called? Options: A. genetic traits B. inherited traits C. familial traits D. generational traits Answer:
B
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Question: A standing wave is created when what type of wave interferes with the original wave? Options: A. realized wave B. refracted wave C. translated wave D. reflected wave Answer:
D
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Question: Generally speaking, electronegativity values ______ from left to right across a row in the periodic table and _______ down a column. Options: A. move, fall B. increase, decrease C. reverse, descend D. decrease, increase Answer:
B
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Question: A series of arches that support the gills of aquatic amphibians and fish are known as what? Options: A. aquatic arches B. cochlear arches C. scythian arches D. branchial arches Answer:
D
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Question: What does every star emit that humans cannot see? Options: A. radiation B. dust C. light D. sound Answer:
A
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Question: A lake is an example of what type of biome? Options: A. freshwater biome B. organic biome C. natural biome D. wet biome Answer:
A
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Question: Cycling, shoveling snow and cross-country skiing are examples of what kind of heart-strengthening activity? Options: A. aerobic B. anaerobic C. exercise D. metabolism Answer:
A
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Question: The anatomical arrangement of capillaries and alveoli emphasizes the structural and functional relationship of what systems? Options: A. respiratory and circulatory B. endocrine and renal C. nervous and lymphatic D. digestive and respiratory Answer:
A
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Question: What kind of organisms have many different types of specialized cells with particular jobs? Options: A. intricate B. multicellular C. crude D. monocellular Answer:
B
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Question: What is extracted from rock by heap leaching, flotation, or smelting? Options: A. copper B. fuel C. methane D. ore Answer:
D
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Question: What is the term for the tube that carries sound waves into the ear? Options: A. ear canal B. flap canal C. tone canal D. sound canal Answer:
A
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Question: Which electromagnetic radiation is used to kill cancer cells? Options: A. gamma rays B. X-rays C. plasma rays D. ultraviolet rays Answer:
A
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Question: Mechanical churning of food in what organ serves to further break it apart and expose more of its surface area to digestive juices, creating an acidic “soup” called chyme? Options: A. liver B. gall bladder C. stomach D. kidneys Answer:
C
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Question: Vultures, raccoons and blowflies are examples of what? Options: A. producer B. predator C. consumer D. scavengers Answer:
D
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Question: When bacteria are destroyed by leukocytes, what are released into the blood? Options: A. sporozoans B. proteins C. carcinogens D. pyrogens Answer:
D
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Question: In both eukaryotes and prokaryotes, ribosomes are the non-membrane bound organelles where what main product of the cell is made? Options: A. sugars B. protons C. lipids D. proteins Answer:
D