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Question: Which electromagnetic waves are the most energetic of all electromagnetic waves? Options: A. sunlight rays B. ultraviolet rays C. gamma rays D. plasma rays Answer:
C
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Question: When was construction of the hoover dam completed? Options: A. 1959 B. 1935 C. 1905 D. 1969 Answer:
B
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Question: What is the layer of tissue between the body and shell called? Options: A. epidermis B. cuticle C. collagen D. mantle Answer:
D
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Question: The volume of blood each ventricle pumps per minute is called what? Options: A. cardiac output B. brain output C. trauma output D. blood output Answer:
A
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Question: Mollusks, annelids, and arthropods are considered what? Options: A. detritivores B. protostomes C. micelles D. protisines Answer:
B
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Question: Through a succession of mitotic cell divisions, what gives rise to a large number of cells? Options: A. air B. cytoplasm C. zygote D. condensation Answer:
C
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Question: What single-celled organism can be either a predator, decomposer, herbivore, or parasite in the food chain? Options: A. Diatoms B. protozoa C. vertebrates D. mites Answer:
B
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Question: What occurs where the water motion slows? Options: A. diffusion B. erosion C. vapor D. deposition Answer:
D
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Question: What is one thing that cell membranes are permeable to? Options: A. gas B. specific ions C. nutrients D. metals Answer:
B
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Question: Hemoglobin is a large molecule made up of proteins and iron. it consists of four folded chains of a protein called this? Options: A. histone B. peptide C. globin D. insulin Answer:
C
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Question: The major entrance and exit for the respiratory system is which facial orifice? Options: A. pore B. nose C. mouth D. ear Answer:
B
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Question: All the genes in all the members of a population make up its what? Options: A. diversity B. longevity C. gene pool D. phenotype Answer:
C
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Question: What type of cells make up tumors? Options: A. white blood cells B. boyle cells C. consumption cells D. cancer cells Answer:
D
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Question: A source of what is needed to disturb matter and start a mechanical wave? Options: A. energy B. hydrogen C. magnetism D. respiration Answer:
A
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Question: What are the long carbon chains that make up lipids? Options: A. carbohydrates B. fatty acids C. nucleic acids D. proteins Answer:
B
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Question: The law of conservation of matter, which says that matter cannot be created or this? Options: A. stopped B. damaged C. destroyed D. abandoned Answer:
C
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Question: What is the theoretical event that began the universe often called? Options: A. big bang B. string theory C. Coreolis effect D. dark matter Answer:
A
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Question: Species divergence often, but not always, occurs because of what type of barrier between species? Options: A. language B. physical C. visible D. emotional Answer:
B
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Question: Which is one of the most complicated parts of gene regulation in eukaryotic cells? Options: A. middle of transcription B. start of transcription C. aftermath of transcription D. end of transcription Answer:
B
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Question: While elements are represented by chemical symbols, chemical formulas represent what? Options: A. pollutants B. extracts C. compounds D. solutions Answer:
C
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Question: Rubbing your hands together warms them by converting work into what energy? Options: A. layer energy B. kinetic energy C. motion energy D. thermal energy Answer:
D
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Question: Movements in the mantle cause the plates to move over time in a process called what? Options: A. continental expansion B. continental drift C. boundary drift D. continental shift Answer:
B
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Question: Nutrition and diet affect your metabolism. more energy is required to break down fats and proteins than this? Options: A. minerals B. carbohydrates C. vitamins D. electrolytes Answer:
B
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Question: What is the lightest molecule? Options: A. silicon B. hydrogen C. oxygen D. helium Answer:
B
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Question: All of the land drained by a river system is called its basin, or what "wet" term? Options: A. watershed B. wetlands C. groundwater D. river bank Answer:
A
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Question: What are the specfic types of proteins that determine your blood type called? Options: A. antigens B. Plasma C. antibodies D. Globulins Answer:
A
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Question: A frameshift mutation is a deletion or insertion of one or more of what that changes the reading frame of the base sequence? Options: A. genes B. carotenoids C. nucleotides D. proteins Answer:
C
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Question: What is the name for compounds that contain only carbon and hydrogen? Options: A. carbohydrates B. particles C. carbides D. hydrocarbons Answer:
D
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Question: What form of energy is light? Options: A. electromagnetic B. hydro C. seismic D. mechanical Answer:
A
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Question: A device that produces a very focused beam of visible light of just one wavelength and color is called? Options: A. microwave B. prism C. laser D. mirror Answer:
C
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Question: Melting glaciers, rising temperatures and droughts are all impacts of what? Options: A. sudden warming B. air pollution C. global warming D. nature's natural cycle Answer:
C
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Question: From observations as simple as blowing up a balloon, it is clear that increasing the amount of gas increases what else? Options: A. the shift B. the volume C. area D. every volume Answer:
B
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Question: What are muscle cells in the muscles called? Options: A. use fibers B. human fibers C. job fibers D. muscle fibers Answer:
D
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Question: Why do snakes have venomous bites? Options: A. to kill rival snakes B. to clean themselves C. to kill prey D. to scare humans Answer:
C
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Question: When you heat a pot of water on a stove top, energy moves from the pot to its metal handle by what process? Options: A. convection B. induction C. thermal radiation D. conduction Answer:
D
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Question: What is an isotope that is radioactive called? Options: A. isotopes B. radionuclides C. matured isotope D. radioisotopes Answer:
D
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Question: What does increased temperature do to a substance's kinetic energy? Options: A. increases B. decreases C. generates D. nothing Answer:
A
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Question: What are the smallest structural and functional unit of all living organisms? Options: A. neutrons B. proteins C. cells D. lipids Answer:
C
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Question: Lymph vessels are like blood vessels, except they move what instead of blood? Options: A. air B. marrow C. lymph D. sperm Answer:
C
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Question: What is the part of a plant whose primary role is to collect sunlight and make food by photosynthesis? Options: A. leaves B. roots C. stems D. seeds Answer:
A
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Question: What in saliva protects the lining of the mouth from abrasion and lubricates food for easier swallowing? Options: A. hairs B. spores C. mucus D. phloem Answer:
C
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Question: Some flatworms are free-living carnivores that live mainly in which type of habitats? Options: A. aquatic B. freshwater C. Desert D. Deciduous forest Answer:
A
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Question: Which atomic particle has a positive charge? Options: A. the proton B. the nucleus C. the neutron D. the electron Answer:
A
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Question: How many continents do birds breed on? Options: A. 3 B. 7 C. 2 D. 4 Answer:
B
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Question: Which organ in the body controls the amount of water loss in urine in response to maintaining homeostasis? Options: A. liver B. kidneys C. lungs D. spleen Answer:
B
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Question: The attractive force between water molecules is what kind of reaction? Options: A. dipole reaction B. diffusion reaction C. aquatic reaction D. symmetrical reaction Answer:
A
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Question: Parasitic chelicerates like ticks and mites have evolved what? Options: A. aileron apparatuses B. tunicates apparatuses C. licking apparatuses D. bloodsucking apparatuses Answer:
D
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Question: After entering the circulation, approximately one-third of platelets migrate to what organ for storage, to be released in response to any blood vessel rupture? Options: A. spleen B. bladder C. kidneys D. lungs Answer:
A
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Question: Molds, pollen, and pet dander are examples of air pollution with what type of source? Options: A. ecological B. physical C. chemical D. biological Answer:
D
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Question: Binary transition-metal compounds, such as the oxides and sulfides, are usually written with idealized what? Options: A. speciation B. stoichiometries C. fluctuations D. noble gases Answer:
B
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Question: What is defined as anything that takes up space and has mass? Options: A. elements B. matter C. electrons D. atoms Answer:
B
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Question: What lens shape corrects myopia? Options: A. curve B. convex C. flat D. concave Answer:
D
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Question: Catabolic reactions involve breaking what? Options: A. levels B. molecules C. metals D. bonds Answer:
D
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Question: Which type of diseases do antibiotics treat? Options: A. genetic disorders B. bacterial diseases C. viral diseases D. nervous diseases Answer:
B
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Question: What type of x-linked trait is color blindness? Options: A. dominant B. predominant C. recessive D. conscientiousness trait Answer:
C
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Question: Ionic, covalent, and hydrogen are three important types of what type of interaction between different types of atoms? Options: A. conflicts B. bonds C. forms D. levels Answer:
B
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Question: A chemical property describes the ability of a substance to undergo a specific what? Options: A. liquid change B. weight Change C. radiation change D. chemical change Answer:
D
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Question: Deposition also occurs when a stream or river empties into a large body of what? Options: A. calm water B. still water C. even water D. homogeneous water Answer:
B
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Question: Unlike prokaryotic chromosomes, eukaryotic chromosomes are what? Options: A. linear B. simple C. expanding D. multiple Answer:
A
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Question: What are the structural and functional units of the kidney called? Options: A. nephrons B. aeons C. caldrons D. Ions Answer:
A
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Question: What is the lowest level of organization that can perform all activities required for life? Options: A. organs B. tissues C. nucleii D. the cell Answer:
D
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Question: What is the name for something that consists of all the population in a given area together with the nonliving environment? Options: A. totality B. web C. ecosystem D. habitat Answer:
C
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Question: Hormones, ions, and neurotransmitters are all types of what? Options: A. nutrients B. pathogens C. proteins D. chemical signals Answer:
D
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Question: Which constellation looks like a rectangle high in winter's south-southeastern sky? Options: A. orion B. Andromeda C. Caelum D. Apus Answer:
A
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Question: The attraction between all objects in the universe is known as ______. Options: A. variation B. magnetism C. gravity D. electricity Answer:
C
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Question: As a battery is depleted what happens to its internal resistance? Options: A. stagnates B. reduces C. increases D. changes Answer:
C
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Question: Dry soils are relatively unproductive because plants need a sufficient quantity of liquid water to carry out what process? Options: A. shrinkage B. photosynthesis C. contraction D. flowering Answer:
B
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Question: What is used to recrystallize excess dissolved solute in a supersaturated solution? Options: A. fertilizer crystal B. energy crystal C. seed crystal D. starter crystal Answer:
C
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Question: Questioning claims based on their scientific verifiability rather than accepting claims based on faith or anecdotes is called what? Options: A. scientific fact B. scientific mimicry C. scientific skepticism D. scientific extreme Answer:
C
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Question: What is term for the smallest particle of an element that still has the properties of said element? Options: A. atom B. nucleus C. proton D. molecule Answer:
A
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Question: What part of the sporophyte produces microspores that form male gametophytes and megaspores that form female gametophytes? Options: A. leaves B. pollen C. flower D. chloroplasts Answer:
C
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Question: The main shaft of the penis is covered by relatively thick what? Options: A. cellulose B. bone C. collagen D. skin Answer:
D
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Question: Electromagnetic waves transfer energy across space as well as through what? Options: A. osmosis B. plasma C. filtering D. matter Answer:
D
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Question: Specialized features of populations of galápagos finches inspired what theory? Options: A. evolution by reaction B. evolution by isolation C. evolution by force D. evolution by natural selection Answer:
D
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Question: What can help scientist gather information for an investigation? Options: A. conclusions B. variables C. observations D. controls Answer:
C
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Question: Practitioners of what thought all matter was composed of different proportions of four basic elements, and that if you changed the proportions of these elements, you could change the substance itself? Options: A. chemistry B. phrenology C. biology D. alchemy Answer:
D
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Question: Starch and glycogen, as well as simple sugars like glucose and fructose, can all be categorized broadly as what? Options: A. acids B. carbohydrates C. impurities D. vegetables Answer:
B
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Question: What is the beneficial function to the body of sweating? Options: A. pheromone release B. calorie loss C. regulating body temperature D. diuretic effect Answer:
C
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Question: What is the process by which plants make the simple sugar glucose from carbon dioxide and water is called? Options: A. photosynthesis B. metamorphosis C. glycolysis D. osmosis Answer:
A
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Question: What are plants that are adapted to very dry environments called? Options: A. sporozoans B. xerophytes C. succulents D. pores Answer:
B
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Question: Above the meristem, the rest of the root is covered with a single layer of what type of cells, which may have root hairs? Options: A. dermal B. single celled C. vegetative D. epidermal Answer:
D
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Question: Excretory organs that conserve what essential substance help terrestrial animals to avoid desiccation? Options: A. water B. metabolytes C. food D. air Answer:
A
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Question: The shoulder and hip are examples of what type of joints? Options: A. lever B. ball and socket C. hinge D. pivot Answer:
B
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Question: Gall bladder removal surgery does not seriously affect digestion because ______ is still being produced. Options: A. plasma B. bile C. saliva D. blood Answer:
B
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Question: Meiosis, like mitosis, is preceded by the duplication of what? Options: A. ribosomes B. chloroforms C. neutrons D. chromosomes Answer:
D
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Question: What carries small pollen grains farther than they otherwise would go? Options: A. wind B. birds C. steam D. humidity Answer:
A
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Question: The global biosphere includes all areas of what? Options: A. geography B. study C. science D. life Answer:
D
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Question: What occurs when hot magma transforms rock that it contacts? Options: A. contact metamorphism B. existence metamorphism C. changing metamorphism D. form metamorphism Answer:
A
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Question: What kind of bonds, where electrons are transferred rather than shared, are considered the ultimate in polarity? Options: A. soluble bonds B. ionic bonds C. covalent bonds D. magnetic bonds Answer:
B
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Question: Hydrogen peroxide will decompose over time to produce _______ gas. Options: A. hydrogen and helium B. water and carbon dioxide C. water and oxygen D. methane Answer:
C
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Question: The amniotic egg is a shared ancestral character for which clade? Options: A. trichina B. xerophyte C. avian D. amniota Answer:
D
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Question: What break down dead organisms and other organic waste and release inorganic molecules back to the environment called? Options: A. nematodes B. carnivores C. detritivores D. decomposers Answer:
D
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Question: How does air pressure change as altitude increases? Options: A. it decreases B. stays the same C. It increases D. goes up and down Answer:
A
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Question: Homes and transportation use what percent of all energy in the u.s.? Options: A. fifteen B. forty C. twenty five D. half (fifty) Answer:
D
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Question: Often primary producers, what term describes species considered the “base” or “bedrock” of a community, having the greatest influence on its overall structure? Options: A. consumable B. primary C. fundamental D. foundation Answer:
D
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Question: Does warm air sit above or below cooler air in the troposphere? Options: A. adjacent B. near C. above D. below Answer:
D
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Question: What speeds up the reactions of chemical digestion? Options: A. digestive enzymes B. protein catalysts C. stomach acids D. electrical enzymes Answer:
A
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Question: After fertilization, how many cells does a zygote form into? Options: A. two B. three C. one D. six Answer:
A
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Question: What has a distinct front and back end? Options: A. heroclix sphere B. hydro sphere C. imipenem sphere D. volvox sphere Answer:
D
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Question: What determines how long a planet's orbit is around the sun? Options: A. size B. age C. direction D. distance Answer:
D