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Question: What process does water undergo to leave behind dissolved substances? Options: A. oxidation B. evaporation C. ascension D. accumulation Answer:
B
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Question: Resonance has been used in what kind of human-made recreational objects since prehistoric times? Options: A. arrows B. toys C. musical instruments D. paintbrushes Answer:
C
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Question: Pathogens infect many animals and are agents of what? Options: A. mutation B. drought C. change D. disease Answer:
D
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Question: Vitamins are organic compounds that are essential in very small amounts for the maintenance of normal what? Options: A. respiration B. metabolism C. pigments D. calcium Answer:
B
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Question: During cellular respiration, carbons from the glucose molecule are changed back into what gas? Options: A. deformation dioxide B. liquid dioxide C. carbon monoxide D. carbon dioxide Answer:
D
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Question: What is defined as a saturated layer of rock or soil? Options: A. culvert B. artesian well C. river bank D. aquifer Answer:
D
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Question: What is the process of breaking down food into components the body can absorb called? Options: A. excretion B. digestion C. absorption D. filtration Answer:
B
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Question: The lithosphere-asthensophere divisions are based on what? Options: A. mechanical properties B. constant properties C. elemental properties D. mechanical compounds Answer:
A
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Question: The goal of this is the understand how and why things happen? Options: A. theory B. inquiry C. experience D. science Answer:
D
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Question: What term means the amount of water vapor in the air? Options: A. temperature B. pressure C. ambient D. humidity Answer:
D
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Question: What can damage the hair cells lining the cochlea of the inner ear? Options: A. unexpected sounds B. amelodic sounds C. wavering sounds D. loud sounds Answer:
D
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Question: What combines sets of genes from two different parents leading to genetically diverse offspring? Options: A. sexual reproduction B. sexual destruction C. subject reproduction D. cellular reproduction Answer:
A
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Question: Differences in fitness among different members of a population can lead to what kind of selection? Options: A. subliminal selection B. origin selection C. fluid selection D. natural selection Answer:
D
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Question: What is the property by which water molecules stick together? Options: A. cohesion B. vitality C. plasticity D. tension Answer:
A
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Question: What are the two most abundant elements in the universe? Options: A. oxygen and carbon B. hydrogen and oxygen C. nitrogen and carbon D. hydrogen and helium Answer:
D
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Question: What term is used to describe birds that mate for an entire season or even stay paired for their entire life? Options: A. polygamous B. monogamous C. homogeneous D. asexual Answer:
B
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Question: What are thin, very small tail-like projections that extend outward from the cell body that allow protists to move? Options: A. cilia B. antennae C. fins D. notochords Answer:
A
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Question: Which types of compounds are more likely to burn easily? Options: A. salty B. hydroxyl C. chlorophyll D. covalent Answer:
D
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Question: Rainwater absorbs carbon dioxide (co 2 ) as it falls. the co 2 combines with water to form what? Options: A. carbon monoxide B. nitrate acid C. methane gas D. carbonic acid Answer:
D
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Question: Twenty-four hours before fertilization, the egg has finished meiosis and becomes a mature what? Options: A. oocyte B. zygote C. spermatozoa D. fetus Answer:
A
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Question: The part of a plant that is responsible for reproduction is the? Options: A. leaf B. stem C. flower D. root Answer:
C
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Question: Some consumers such as the mushroom get their energy from what? Options: A. solar energy B. inorganic matter C. dead organic matter D. minerals Answer:
C
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Question: What do the gonadotropins regulate? Options: A. gametogenesis B. epigenesis C. mitosis D. temperature Answer:
A
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Question: A circuit that consists of two loops is called a what? Options: A. complex circuit B. diverse circuit C. parallel circuit D. unnatural circuit Answer:
C
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Question: What does the vertebral column , or backbone, protect? Options: A. neurons B. spinal cord C. axons D. disks Answer:
B
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Question: Which direction does the sun, moon, and stars appear to travel? Options: A. north to south B. west to east C. east to west D. south to north Answer:
C
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Question: Although they look like big rocks, what structures that serve as habitats for many different types of ocean life are actually alive? Options: A. new forming reefs B. southern reefs C. natural reefs D. coral reefs Answer:
D
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Question: What supports life, and is also needed for the water cycle and weather? Options: A. oxygen B. atmosphere C. greenhouse gas D. fossil fuels Answer:
B
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Question: What is the measure of sound intensity levels? Options: A. decibels B. moles C. octaves D. centimeters Answer:
A
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Question: Which type of bryophytes are named for their horn-like sporophytes? Options: A. hornworts B. flatworms C. tapeworms D. arthropods Answer:
A
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Question: Skin that acts as camouflage or secretes chemicals poisonous to predators are successful modification in frogs and salamanders, classed as what in the order anura? Options: A. parasites B. fungi C. reptiles D. amphibians Answer:
D
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Question: What is the most familiar fibrous protein found in your body? Options: A. cellulose B. Actin C. Collagen D. keratin Answer:
D
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Question: What is the major cause of disease in agricultural crops? Options: A. drought B. fungi C. bacteria D. pollution Answer:
B
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Question: What is used to measure, in degrees, the distance north or south of the equater? Options: A. latitude B. elevation C. magnitude D. equator Answer:
A
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Question: The what is the number of wave cycles that pass a specified point in space in a specified amount of time? Options: A. frequency B. density C. vibrancy D. intensity Answer:
A
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Question: What happens to air density and pressure when gas molecules are warm? Options: A. they are lower B. they are equal C. they are greater D. they are unchanged Answer:
A
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Question: What is the term for plants that lack vascular tissues, roots, leaves, seeds, and flowers? Options: A. conifers B. primates C. chloroplasts D. bryophytes Answer:
D
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Question: Redox reactions can always be recognized by a change in what number of two of the atoms in the reaction? Options: A. fermentation B. precipitation C. oxidation D. oxygen Answer:
C
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Question: How many types of tissue are found in animals? Options: A. six B. three C. Ten D. four Answer:
D
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Question: What is the base unit that frequency is typically measured in? Options: A. hertz B. volume C. watt D. degrees Answer:
A
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Question: Objects in motion that return to the same position after a fixed period of time are said to be in what? Options: A. homeostasis B. resonant motion C. kinetic motion D. harmonic motion Answer:
D
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Question: Footprints, burrows, and waste are considered what type of fossils? Options: A. crater fossils B. movement fossils C. trace fossils D. morphology fossils Answer:
C
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Question: Snow and rain are forms of what weather? Options: A. cold fronts B. sediment C. precipitation D. evaporation Answer:
C
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Question: Does water get colder or warmer the deeper you go? Options: A. colder, than warmer B. colder C. neither D. warmer Answer:
B
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Question: Which metalloids are found in the nitrogen group? Options: A. sulfur and polonium B. polonium and antimony C. selenium and antimony D. arsenic and antimony Answer:
D
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Question: Enzymes are a type of what, and as such, they are not reactants in the reactions they control? Options: A. hormone B. catalyst C. neurotransmitter D. metabolite Answer:
B
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Question: What can carry nerve impulses from tissues and organs to the spinal cord and brain? Options: A. sensory neurons B. respiratory neurons C. motor neurons D. healthy neurons Answer:
A
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Question: What are accessory digestive organs critical for breaking down? Options: A. food B. enzymes C. pathogens D. hormones Answer:
A
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Question: What does a glacier leave behind when it retreats? Options: A. bare rock B. Dirt C. sediment D. Lakes Answer:
A
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Question: What are modified leaves that bear sporangia? Options: A. neutrophils B. spines C. sporozoans D. sporophylls Answer:
D
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Question: What happened to earth's species during the permian period? Options: A. division B. mass extinction C. evolution D. duplication Answer:
B
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Question: Addiction affects what type of chemical receptors within the brain? Options: A. serotonin receptors B. dopamine receptors C. bind receptors D. mitochondria receptors Answer:
B
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Question: Solar energy travels in what? Options: A. ions B. neurons C. photons D. electrons Answer:
C
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Question: What is the name of the outer part of the adrenal gland located above the kidneys? Options: A. nucleus B. mitochondria C. cortex D. spleen Answer:
C
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Question: Many species use their body shape and coloration to avoid being detected by what? Options: A. biology B. males C. viruses D. predators Answer:
D
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Question: Convection is the heat transfer by the macroscopic movement of a what? Options: A. fluid B. gravity C. gases D. tissue Answer:
A
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Question: What is the name of plant-like protists? Options: A. sponge B. algae C. arthropod D. bacteria Answer:
B
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Question: Batteries containing a liquid electrolyte, like those in cars, are referred to as what kind of battery? Options: A. lithium cell B. time cell C. sand cell D. wet cell Answer:
D
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Question: Concentration is the removal of solvent, which increases the concentration of what? Options: A. Water B. sodium C. solute D. vapor Answer:
C
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Question: What are the "chemical messenger" molecules used by the endocrine system? Options: A. acids B. hormones C. axons D. enzymes Answer:
B
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Question: Minerals that are not compounds consist of a single what? Options: A. element B. electron C. gas D. proton Answer:
A
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Question: Freezing rain that falls from the sky is also called? Options: A. sleet B. fog C. hail D. snowfall Answer:
A
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Question: What type of friction is friction that acts on objects when they are sliding over a surface? Options: A. rolling friction B. static friction C. sliding friction D. spreading friction Answer:
C
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Question: What is the world’s most serious resource problem? Options: A. gas shortage B. deforestation C. citrus blight D. water scarcity Answer:
D
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Question: What is the change in behavior based on experience? Options: A. observing B. applying C. learning D. analyzing Answer:
C
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Question: What is the term for if multiple sperm fuse with an egg? Options: A. pollenation B. in vitro fertilization C. fraternization D. polyspermy Answer:
D
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Question: Each what is made of two identical sister chromatids? Options: A. genome B. chromosome C. gene D. helix Answer:
B
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Question: What is the term for an amount of force pushing against a given area? Options: A. resistance B. force C. mass D. pressure Answer:
D
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Question: What is a sac-like organ that stores urine? Options: A. the small intestine B. the colon C. the urinary liver D. the urinary bladder Answer:
D
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Question: What is the process by which rocks and other sediments are picked up by a glacier? Options: A. picking B. plucking C. pulling D. freezing Answer:
B
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Question: The passing of traits from parents to offspring is done through what? Options: A. dna B. egg C. blood D. sperm Answer:
A
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Question: Earth acts like a giant version of what device, with angular momentum along its axis and pointing at polaris, the north star? Options: A. telescope B. accelerator C. gyroscope D. compass Answer:
C
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Question: What was used to measure the distance between the earth and the moon? Options: A. ultrasound B. telescope C. laser beam D. yardstick Answer:
C
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Question: Rust consists of oxides of what element? Options: A. iron B. Copper C. Gold D. Aluminum Answer:
A
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Question: Dermal tissue covers the outside of a plant in a single layer of cells called what? Options: A. cuticle B. scales C. cambium layer D. the epidermis Answer:
D
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Question: Platforms, arches, and sea stacks are all landforms created by what? Options: A. sediment B. debris C. erosion D. volcanic activity Answer:
C
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Question: Plants have a touch response known as what? Options: A. trichina B. pollenation C. photosynthesis D. thigmotropism Answer:
D
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Question: During telophase , the chromosomes begin to uncoil and form what? Options: A. nucleus B. mitochondria C. mucosa D. chromatin Answer:
D
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Question: Comprising 10 percent of the mass of the brain, what structure has varied functions that all point to a role in the motor system? Options: A. medulla oblongata B. cerebrum C. cerebellum D. superior peduncle Answer:
C
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Question: What branch of science deals with the effects people have on the environment? Options: A. environmental science B. physical science C. ecological science D. cultural science Answer:
A
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Question: How much of its alleles does a plant pass on when it reproduces sexually? Options: A. all B. none C. a quarter D. half Answer:
D
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Question: Cutting down on the use of chemical fertilizers and preserving wetlands are ways to prevent what "unlivable" regions in bodies of water? Options: A. fresh zones B. inhabitable zones C. dead zones D. hostile zones Answer:
C
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Question: Silver, gold, and copper all conduct what very well? Options: A. sound B. electricity C. microwaves D. light Answer:
B
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Question: When alternating primary current passes through coil p, it does what to the iron core? Options: A. magnetizes it B. heats it C. creates it D. electrilizes it Answer:
A
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Question: A mycorrhiza refers to what kind of relationship between a fungus and the roots of a plant? Options: A. semantic B. symbiotic C. predator-prey D. familial Answer:
B
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Question: Oxygen is an element in what form of matter? Options: A. liquid B. plasma C. gas D. solid Answer:
C
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Question: Warming up your body before a workout does what to the blood flow? Options: A. stops it B. minimizes it C. reduces it D. increases it Answer:
D
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Question: In which organ are bile acids made Options: A. gall bladder B. kidney C. spleen D. liver Answer:
D
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Question: Who wrote the book, on the origin of species? Options: A. shaw B. Sagan C. Scopes D. darwin Answer:
D
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Question: How many processes contribute to the emergence of viral diseases? Options: A. three B. two C. one D. four Answer:
A
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Question: Some prokaryotes form spores for survival called what? Options: A. rhizomes B. endospores C. buds D. gymnosperms Answer:
B
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Question: What are the chemical formulas for covalent compounds referred to as? Options: A. magnetic formulas B. molecular formulas C. Electron Formulas D. nucleus formulas Answer:
B
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Question: The sticky stigma at the tip of the carpel receives what? Options: A. nitrogen B. salt C. bacteria D. pollen Answer:
D
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Question: What are responsible for removing excess h+ ions from the blood? Options: A. kidneys B. stomach chambers C. intestinal walls D. liver nodes Answer:
A
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Question: What are particles that feel the strong nuclear force called? Options: A. bosons B. baryons C. mesons D. hadrons Answer:
D
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Question: What is the end product of glycolysis? Options: A. pyruvate B. hydrolysis C. gluclose D. fructose Answer:
A
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Question: Mountain ranges, plateaus, and plains are features of what large landforms? Options: A. Countries B. planets C. continents D. States Answer:
C
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Question: Approximately how many weeks does the fetal period last? Options: A. 25 weeks B. 27 weeks C. 10 weeks D. 30 weeks Answer:
D
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Question: The lungs perform gas exchange using air and what fluid, which is coming and going from the heart? Options: A. saliva B. blood C. water D. mucus Answer:
B
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Question: How is population density expressed? Options: A. number per household B. number per area C. per arable land D. arable land per capita Answer:
B