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Question: Near-earth asteroids cross paths with earth, meaning they could collide; what are the paths called? Options: A. galaxies B. orbits C. trajectory D. curves Answer:
B
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Question: Methyl groups are found within what? Options: A. DNA molecules B. amino acids C. peptide chains D. rna acids Answer:
B
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Question: What process occurs when two alleles are expressed equally in the phenotype of the heterozygote? Options: A. codependence B. pollenation C. codominance D. fertilization Answer:
C
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Question: Which type of pressure forces fluid out of the capillary? Options: A. gas B. air C. combustion D. hydrostatic Answer:
D
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Question: What is caused when circulating blood puts pressure on the walls of blood vessels? Options: A. atherosclerosis B. high cholesterol C. blood pressure D. aneurysm Answer:
C
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Question: Many ceramics are composed of what, which are salts containing anions composed of silicon and oxygen? Options: A. crystals B. vinylates C. soils D. silicates Answer:
D
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Question: Which ancient fish has just two living species and is at risk of extinction? Options: A. hominids B. coelacanths C. squids D. latimeria Answer:
B
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Question: Which part of the atmosphere do greenhouse gasses trap heat in? Options: A. thermosphere B. lithosphere C. troposphere D. stratosphere Answer:
C
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Question: The loss of oxygen to the heart muscle causes that part of the tissue to what? Options: A. beat erratically B. die C. thrive D. beat harder Answer:
B
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Question: Where do polychaete worms live? Options: A. attached to marine life B. in coral reefs C. the ocean floor D. in tide pools Answer:
C
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Question: What are organic molecules that consist of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen called? Options: A. carbohydrates B. proteins C. amino acids D. electrolytes Answer:
A
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Question: What process starts with glucose and ends with two pyruvate molecules, a total of four atp molecules and two molecules of nadh? Options: A. secretion B. photosynthesis C. absorption D. glycolysis Answer:
D
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Question: What do you call a circuit that consists of one loop, which if interrupted at any point, causes cessation of the whole circuit's electric current? Options: A. parallel circuit B. constant circuit C. dramatic circuit D. series circuit Answer:
D
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Question: What is the name of the part that connects the vagina with the uterus? Options: A. ovary B. urethra C. cervix D. vulva Answer:
C
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Question: What does ozone in the stratosphere protect us from? Options: A. solar traces B. comets C. acid rain D. solar rays Answer:
D
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Question: Rich in protein and nutrients, what abundant group of organisms is being touted as an important human dietary source? Options: A. insects B. primates C. fruits D. fungus Answer:
A
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Question: What occurs when water lost by transpiration is not replaced by absorbtion from room? Options: A. rotting B. perspiration C. wilting D. shedding Answer:
C
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Question: The body does not exist in isolation. there is a constant input of water and electrolytes into the system. while osmoregulation is achieved across membranes within the body, excess electrolytes and wastes are transported to the kidneys and excreted, helping to maintain this? Options: A. physical balance B. osmotic balance C. vacuum balance D. nucleic balance Answer:
B
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Question: What type of cholesterol is commonly referred to as bad? Options: A. insulin B. unsaturated C. ldl D. hdl Answer:
C
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Question: What type of fertilization do most reptiles use to reproduce? Options: A. mechanical B. internal C. asexual D. external Answer:
B
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Question: Destructive interference in waves occurs when what things overlap? Options: A. two waves B. three waves C. three troughs D. two troughs Answer:
D
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Question: What is the outer layer of the sun made up of? Options: A. gas B. nitrogen C. oxygen D. plasma Answer:
D
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Question: What kind of reactions are involved in processes ranging from the contraction of muscles to the digestion of food? Options: A. mineral B. chemical C. liquid D. atomical Answer:
B
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Question: What is the force that opposes motion between two surfaces that are touching? Options: A. gravity B. friction C. tension D. vibration Answer:
B
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Question: In single-celled organisms, what does the plasma membrane extensions help the organisms to do? Options: A. prevent B. increase C. inspect D. move Answer:
D
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Question: What links the trophic levels from producers to top carnivores? Options: A. fuel chains B. environments C. food chains D. ecosystems Answer:
C
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Question: What are organisms that depend on other living things for food? Options: A. products B. buyers C. customers D. consumers Answer:
D
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Question: Fractures, osteoarthritis, and rickets are problems of which body system? Options: A. cardiovascular system B. digestive system C. circulatory system D. skeletal system Answer:
D
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Question: Which part of a leaf contains openings known as stomata, through which the exchange of gases takes place? Options: A. stoma B. phloem C. cuticle D. epidermis Answer:
D
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Question: Portable amplifiers have batteries that store what type of energy? Options: A. mechanical energy B. carbon energy C. chemical energy D. kinetic energy Answer:
C
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Question: What basic structures are the site of all the life functions of an organism? Options: A. genes B. lipids C. cells D. proteins Answer:
C
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Question: What are the two factors that affect the pressure of fluids? Options: A. depth and density B. depth and decrease C. momentum and density D. viscosity and gravity Answer:
A
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Question: The cell theory and the theory of evolution by natural selection are basic to all fields in what branch of science? Options: A. life science B. chemistry C. rock science D. zoology Answer:
A
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Question: How does a sexually transmitted infection spread? Options: A. sexual contact B. linear contact C. dramatic contact D. enviromental contact Answer:
A
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Question: A long strip of sand is referred to as what? Options: A. a composition island B. a barrier island C. a component island D. a volcano Answer:
B
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Question: The brain and spinal cord are part of what system? Options: A. cardiovascular system B. digestive system C. central nervous system D. immune system Answer:
C
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Question: Acceleration is a vector, and thus has a both a magnitude and what else? Options: A. wavelength B. pressure C. direction D. temperature Answer:
C
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Question: The visible surface of the sun is called what? Options: A. Corona B. photosphere C. Radiative Zone D. Chromosphere Answer:
B
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Question: We divide up the earth's seas into five what, which are really all interconnected? Options: A. continents B. oceans C. lakes D. ecosystems Answer:
B
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Question: What remains a constant of radioactive substance over time? Options: A. rate of decay B. temperature C. volatility D. acidity Answer:
A
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Question: What do ocean mollusks use to absorb oxygen from the water? Options: A. shells B. pores C. scales D. gills Answer:
D
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Question: What is an acid that can be produced from the aerobic fermentation of wine? Options: A. vinegar B. grape juice C. soda D. orange juice Answer:
A
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Question: What system of the body is responsible for transmitting, processing, and responding to most of the sensory information that is created by various stimuli? Options: A. circulatory system B. attentive system C. respiratory system D. nervous system Answer:
D
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Question: An action potential that starts at the axon hillock moves along the axon only toward what? Options: A. polar synapses B. ionic pathways C. the synaptic terminals D. nerve endings Answer:
C
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Question: In which way do vertebrates reproduce? Options: A. bisexually B. sexually C. asexually D. unisexually Answer:
B
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Question: Where do two or more bones of the skeleton meet? Options: A. muscle paths B. valves C. junctures D. joints Answer:
D
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Question: In what human organ system would you find live e. coli bacteria? Options: A. circulatory system B. skeletal system C. respiratory system D. digestive system Answer:
D
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Question: What is usually the prey of a protist? Options: A. bacteria B. proteins C. algae D. pathogens Answer:
A
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Question: As you increase the temperature of a liquid what happens to the solubility of a solute? Options: A. solubility increases B. hydrophilic increases C. viscosity increases D. turbidity increases Answer:
A
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Question: Biotechnology uses what to solve problems? Options: A. ecology B. geology C. psycology D. biology Answer:
D
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Question: What are rhythmic, involuntary contractions of the reproductive structures? Options: A. reproductive spasms B. seizure C. sexual paroxysms D. orgasm Answer:
D
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Question: What happens to the recessive traits in the offspring of a hybridization? Options: A. remain recessive B. they dominate C. they disappear D. they replicate Answer:
C
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Question: The smallest cyclic ether is called what? Options: A. peroxidase B. aldehyde C. quark D. epoxide Answer:
D
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Question: Roundworms exemplify what type of organization, where two or more types of tissues work together to perform a particular function as an organ? Options: A. organ-level organization B. land-level organization C. bone-level organization D. delicate - level organization Answer:
A
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Question: What makes soil and rock particles move gradually down the slope during each thaw? Options: A. heat B. gravity C. rain D. wind Answer:
B
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Question: What kind of chain is formed by subduction of oceanic crust beneath a continental or oceanic plate? Options: A. tsunami B. mountain C. volcano D. chain reaction Answer:
C
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Question: Some of the small moons of saturn are found within what features distinctive to the planet? Options: A. interior of saturn B. crest of saturn C. rings of saturn D. craters of saturn Answer:
C
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Question: Amines are weak bases due to the presence of a lone pair of what on the nitrogen atom? Options: A. atoms B. protons C. nuclei D. electrons Answer:
D
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Question: Are the joints between the vertebrae contained in your backbone fully movable, partially movable, or unmovable? Options: A. unmovable B. none of these C. partially movable D. fully movable Answer:
C
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Question: The burning of fossil fuels releases three major things - thermal energy, water vapor, and what pollutant? Options: A. carbon monoxide B. aluminum C. hydrogen D. carbon dioxide Answer:
D
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Question: How often do partial lunar eclipses occur? Options: A. once a year B. 6 times a year C. 2 times a year D. twice a year Answer:
D
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Question: Radon is inert and generally unreactive because it is which kind of gas? Options: A. noble gas B. transitive gas C. ignoble gas D. ideal gas Answer:
A
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Question: What is the fourth planet from the sun? Options: A. Pluto B. Mercury C. mars D. Saturn Answer:
C
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Question: What orbits an atoms' nucleus? Options: A. isotopes B. negatively charged electrons C. positively charged protons D. neutrally charged ions Answer:
B
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Question: Pairs of nitrogenous bases are attached to each other by? Options: A. potassium bonds B. magnetism C. ionic bonds D. hydrogen bonds Answer:
D
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Question: What two gases are the main components of air? Options: A. carbon and oxygen B. oxygen and helium C. hydrogen and helium D. nitrogen and oxygen Answer:
D
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Question: Because the current is alternating, the magnetic field of the iron core keeps doing what? Options: A. changing B. reversing C. increasing D. decreasing Answer:
B
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Question: What is generated when a heart ventricle contracts? Options: A. blood force B. artery pressure C. blood pressure D. vein pressure Answer:
C
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Question: Drinking too much water too fast can lead to what potentially fatal condition, which causes dangerous changes to salt levels? Options: A. osmosis B. drowning C. inebriation D. water intoxication Answer:
D
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Question: Alternative current is produced when a magnet or coil does what? Options: A. moves back and forth repeatedly B. moves at faster velocities C. moves in circles at faster rates D. moves up and down repeatedly Answer:
A
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Question: Natural convection is driven by what forces? Options: A. gravitational B. thermal C. buoyant D. magnetic Answer:
C
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Question: The innermost layer of the sun is known as what? Options: A. core B. surface C. convective zone D. photosphere Answer:
A
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Question: Mammals generate heat primarily by maintaining a high rate of what? Options: A. movement B. respiration C. reproduction D. metabolism Answer:
D
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Question: What is the movement of fluid out of the capillaries called? Options: A. filtration B. diffusion C. osmosis D. absorption Answer:
A
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Question: Structures like the human tail bone and whale pelvis are called what? Options: A. primordial structures B. adaptations C. parasitic structures D. vestigial structures Answer:
D
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Question: Which vertebrae carry the greatest amount of body weight and are thus characterized by the large size and thickness of the vertebral body? Options: A. thickness vertebrae B. artery vertebrae C. lumbar vertebrae D. invertebrae Answer:
C
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Question: Each type of electromagnetic radiation has a characteristic range of wavelengths. the longer the wavelength (or the more stretched out it appears), the less energy is carried. short, tight waves carry what? Options: A. heat B. kinetic energy C. most energy D. sound Answer:
C
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Question: What type of terminal releases neurotransmitters at a synapse? Options: A. secretion B. chloride C. acetylcholine, D. axon Answer:
D
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Question: Active and passive forms of what enable the body to resist damage from pathogens? Options: A. stem cells B. potential C. autonomy D. immunity Answer:
D
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Question: What is the study of forces in equilibrium? Options: A. law of conservation B. statics C. genomics D. law of inertia Answer:
B
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Question: Groups of related organs form what? Options: A. artificial systems B. maturation systems C. community systems D. organ systems Answer:
D
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Question: Bees and other wild animals perform what function on flowering plants, making them vital for crop reproduction? Options: A. pesticide B. irrigation C. pollenation D. fertilizer Answer:
C
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Question: Upon entering the vestibular canal, the pressure waves push down on what duct? Options: A. the cochlear B. the regrowth C. the implant D. the bile Answer:
A
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Question: What gems are created by mollusks, such as oysters? Options: A. pearls B. crystals C. turquoise D. diamonds Answer:
A
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Question: Burning fossil fuels releases what into the atmosphere? Options: A. carbon dioxide B. carbon monoxide C. phosphorus dioxide D. nitrogen dioxide Answer:
A
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Question: What is the name of the relatively large gland in the neck that secretes thyroxin? Options: A. Thyroid B. thyroid C. Pituitary D. Pancreas Answer:
B
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Question: Niche refers to the role a species plays in what? Options: A. the habitat B. migration C. reproduction D. the ecosystem Answer:
D
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Question: Tissue is made up of layers of tightly packed cells that line the surfaces of the body, such as skin. Options: A. resultant tissue B. weak tissue C. neural tissue D. epithelial tissue Answer:
D
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Question: What is the term for preserved remains or traces of organisms that lived in the past? Options: A. remains B. deposits C. bones D. fossils Answer:
D
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Question: What process allows particles too large to move along the stream bed? Options: A. impaction B. saltation C. channelization D. diffusion Answer:
B
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Question: Single-celled eukaryotes that share some traits with animals are also called? Options: A. eukaryotes B. monomers C. microorganisms D. prokaryotes Answer:
A
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Question: Glucose that remains in the filtrate of what organ is excreted? Options: A. intestine B. spleen C. kidney D. liver Answer:
C
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Question: Carbonic acid decomposes easily at room temperature into carbon dioxide and what else? Options: A. helium B. oxygen C. gas D. water Answer:
D
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Question: What do you call the folded layers of rock where geologists look for oil? Options: A. crests B. oscillations C. synclines D. anticlines Answer:
D
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Question: Even though tellurium does indeed have a greater average atomic mass than iodine, it is properly placed before iodine in the? Options: A. phases table B. cycles table C. periodic table D. theory table Answer:
C
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Question: Push or pull acting on an object is also called? Options: A. force B. space C. Gravity. D. effort Answer:
A
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Question: What do you call materials that have low resistance to electric current? Options: A. poor conductors B. good insulator C. electromagnets D. electric conductors Answer:
D
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Question: In humans, the anus is attached to what kind of intestine? Options: A. huge B. large C. internal D. small Answer:
B
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Question: The three-dimensional spaces with specific shapes that are components of electrons shells are known as what? Options: A. ventricals B. orbitals C. isotopes D. arrays Answer:
B
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Question: What are mars' moons thought to be? Options: A. captured asteroids B. common asteriods C. guerrillas asteroids D. new asteriods Answer:
A