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Question: What compound has positive and negative ions? Options: A. ionic B. covalent C. hydrocarbon D. protein Answer:
A
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Question: What are a group of protists whose monophyly is well supported by molecular systematics? Options: A. sporozoans B. mycetozoa C. alveolates D. euglenozoa Answer:
C
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Question: The nephron is the functional unit of what pair of organs? Options: A. ribs B. eyes C. lungs D. kidneys Answer:
D
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Question: What is the air that remains after a forced exhalation called? Options: A. abundant volume B. kinetic volume C. residual volume D. remaining volume Answer:
C
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Question: What is the first step in the breakdown of glucose to extract energy for cellular metabolism? Options: A. photosynthesis B. glycolysis C. mitosis D. mutation Answer:
B
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Question: For fertilization to occur in angiosperms, pollen has to be transferred to the stigma of what? Options: A. stem B. leaf C. root D. flower Answer:
D
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Question: What do you call prokaryotes that do not need oxygen for respiration? Options: A. aerobic B. chloroflexus C. enzymatic D. anaerobic Answer:
D
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Question: What happens when heated water is released into a body of water? Options: A. gaseous pollution B. geysers C. crystalline pollution D. thermal pollution Answer:
D
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Question: What kind of charge does a neutron have? Options: A. negative B. positive C. neutral D. static Answer:
C
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Question: Where do mushrooms get their energy? Options: A. producing dead organisms B. decomposing dead organisms C. accumulating dead organisms D. killing organisms Answer:
B
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Question: Protons and neutrons are located in which central part of the atom? Options: A. radius B. nucleus C. nucleolus D. shell Answer:
B
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Question: By the year 2050, 25 percent of the population of the united states will be 60 years of age or older. the cdc estimates that 80 percent of those 60 years and older have one or more chronic disease associated with deficiencies of this? Options: A. cardiovascular system B. immune system C. respiratory system D. blood vessels Answer:
B
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Question: What do you call a predator species that affects other species' populations when its own population size changes? Options: A. keystone species B. symbiotic species C. paradox species D. complement species Answer:
A
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Question: Without particles, water vapor could not do what? Options: A. dilute B. evaporate C. condense D. dissipate Answer:
C
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Question: What is the name of the type of combustion engine that you would find in a car? Options: A. internal modern engine B. internal combustion engine C. internal vapor engine D. internal oxide engine Answer:
B
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Question: What is the process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces? Options: A. erosion B. bracing C. weathering D. bleaching Answer:
C
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Question: What develops into embryos inside seeds, from which the next sporophyte generation grows? Options: A. zygotes B. secretions C. pupa D. buds Answer:
A
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Question: What secretion initiates chemical digestion while also protecting the oral cavity? Options: A. saliva B. stomach acid C. mucus D. lymph Answer:
A
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Question: Protozoa are generally difficult to identify due to what? Options: A. their hidden shape B. their resting shape C. their varied shape D. their formation shape Answer:
C
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Question: What is a prerequisite for fertilization to take place in plants? Options: A. mitosis B. photosynthesis C. germination D. pollination Answer:
D
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Question: What powerful microscopes use a beam of subatomic particles instead of a beam of light? Options: A. nuclear microscopes B. complex microscopes C. scientific microscopes D. electron microscopes Answer:
D
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Question: Crowding and resource limitation can have a profound effect on the rate of what? Options: A. population growth B. population stagnation C. technology advances D. cultural advances Answer:
A
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Question: Giardia is an example of a protozoa that uses flagella for what purpose? Options: A. reproduction B. nutrients C. light D. movement Answer:
D
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Question: Which veins return oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the heart? Options: A. jugular B. pulmonary C. varicose D. respiratory Answer:
B
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Question: In physics, work means the use of what to move an object? Options: A. force B. energy C. leverage D. mass Answer:
A
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Question: Which systems work together to provide cells with the oxygen they need for cellular respiration? Options: A. circulatory and digestive systems B. muscular and lymph systems C. respiratory and circulatory systems D. respiratory and lymph systems Answer:
C
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Question: What are interferons? Options: A. pathogens B. T cells C. cytokines D. oncogenes Answer:
C
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Question: Which factor ruins renewable resources like soil and water? Options: A. melancholic human action B. careless human action C. resentful human action D. hateful human action Answer:
B
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Question: When hit from behind in a car crash, a passenger can suffer a neck injury called what? Options: A. necklash B. twisted neck C. whiplash D. inflammation Answer:
C
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Question: Which organ breaks down amino acids and toxins that are in the blood? Options: A. skin B. liver C. small intestine D. kidney Answer:
B
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Question: Which layer of the earth is molten? Options: A. the outer core B. the mantle C. the metallic core D. the inner core Answer:
A
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Question: What is an upward force that fluids exert on any object that is placed in them? Options: A. buoyant force B. warm force C. efficient force D. gravity force Answer:
A
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Question: Like the frame of a house, what gives the cell an internal structure? Options: A. cytoskeleton B. cytoplasm C. endoskeleton D. cellulose Answer:
A
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Question: As a polycrystalline material solidifies, grains with irregular shapes form. the interfaces between grains constitute grain what? Options: A. patterns B. obstacles C. waves D. boundaries Answer:
D
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Question: Peregrine falcons made an incredible recovery after laws were passed banning the use of what? Options: A. ddt B. Acetamiprid C. miticide D. Carbaryl Answer:
A
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Question: What are seamounts that rise above the water surface called? Options: A. islands B. sandbars C. reefs D. coasts Answer:
A
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Question: The rings of what planet can be easily seen from earth? Options: A. Neptune B. Venus C. jupiter D. saturn Answer:
D
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Question: The softer connective tissue that fills the interior of most bone is referred to as what? Options: A. bone marrow B. attached marrow C. liquid marrow D. solid marrow Answer:
A
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Question: What are the only type of elements capable of changing into different elements? Options: A. adjacent elements B. radioactive elements C. metalloids D. noble gases Answer:
B
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Question: What substance causes oxidation by accepting electrons? Options: A. thermal agent B. solvents C. oxidizing agent D. enzymes Answer:
C
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Question: What does the urea cycle process? Options: A. calcium B. urine C. nitrogen D. oxygen Answer:
C
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Question: What requirement of the second circuit does the current that flows in the primary circuit depend on? Options: A. accumulation of current B. amount of current C. composition of current D. velocity of current Answer:
B
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Question: Of the three basic types of radioactive emissions, what particle is the most penetrating? Options: A. alpha B. gamma C. beta D. neutron Answer:
B
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Question: What governs motions of stars, galaxies and other celestial objects orbiting one another? Options: A. frictional force B. magnetic force C. gravitational force D. electrical force Answer:
C
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Question: Exposure to toxins is most damaging during weeks 4 through 8 of the embryonic stage due to development of what during this period? Options: A. samples B. organs C. faith D. pain Answer:
B
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Question: Ice cores, varves and what else indicate the environmental conditions at the time of their creation? Options: A. fossils B. mountain ranges C. tree rings D. magma Answer:
C
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Question: What are lipids' function in relation to nerves? Options: A. reproduction B. conservation C. transportation D. protection Answer:
D
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Question: What is prosopagnosia? Options: A. way blindness B. time blindness C. lack of memory D. face blindness Answer:
D
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Question: Where does chemical digestion mainly occur? Options: A. pancreas B. liver C. apendix D. small intestine Answer:
D
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Question: What is the name for a tool commonly used by molecular biologists to place genetic material into cells? Options: A. a viral vector B. a embryonic vector C. a dna vector D. an rna vector Answer:
A
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Question: What is the initial stage of scienetific investigations? Options: A. asking questions B. forming hypothesis C. making predictions D. observation Answer:
D
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Question: How do molecules react when a gas is heated? Options: A. they disintegrate B. they explode C. they move faster D. they move slower Answer:
C
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Question: Some bacteria also have tail-like structures called what? Options: A. flagella B. sporangia C. nuclei D. plasmids Answer:
A
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Question: What kind of reactions between an acid and a base yield a salt and water? Options: A. evaporation B. oxidation C. neutralization D. distillation Answer:
C
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Question: What consists of four major components: inorganic mineral matter, organic matter, water and air, and living matter? Options: A. color B. nitrogen C. rocks D. soil Answer:
D
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Question: What is the density needed to just halt universal expansion called? Options: A. allow density B. critical density C. stop density D. instance density Answer:
B
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Question: Surviving megaspores develop into what? Options: A. multicellular female gametophytes B. null gametophytes C. multicellular male gametophytes D. singular celled female gametophytes Answer:
A
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Question: What are the two types of fermentation? Options: A. alcoholic and alchemical B. acetic and anhydrous C. lactic acid and alcoholic D. lactic acid and fermaldehyde Answer:
C
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Question: What is the name of the muscle that contracts to cause the joint to straighten? Options: A. opposing B. abductor C. extensor D. flexor Answer:
C
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Question: Groundwater dissolves minerals and rocks into what? Options: A. gravel B. grit C. ions D. sand Answer:
C
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Question: What can be formed by converging light rays behind a lens, onto a piece of film? Options: A. a photograph B. a mirror C. a kaleidoscope D. a prism Answer:
A
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Question: What controls the shape of a developing zygote early in its development? Options: A. DNA B. chromosomes C. storage genes D. gap genes Answer:
D
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Question: What do fungi produce to digest nutrients? Options: A. amino B. exoenzymes C. pores D. sporozoans Answer:
B
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Question: Unipolar, bipolar, multipolar, and pseudounipolar are the four basic types of what? Options: A. neurons B. electrons C. protons D. ions Answer:
A
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Question: Much of the damage from hurricanes may be caused by? Options: A. wind chill B. insurance fraud C. storm surge D. hail Answer:
C
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Question: What term describes precipitation that flows over the surface of the land? Options: A. waves B. runoff C. flood D. erosion Answer:
B
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Question: What type of climates are found around the equator? Options: A. arctics B. tropical C. arid D. tundras Answer:
B
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Question: The values of strangeness assigned to various particles are based on what? Options: A. atomic mass B. thermal energy C. decay systematics D. penetration potential Answer:
C
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Question: What are ring-shaped hydrocarbons called? Options: A. cylindrical hydrocarbons B. curved hydrocarbons C. reverse hydrocarbons D. cyclic hydrocarbons Answer:
D
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Question: What is calculated by subtracting the smallest value from the largest value? Options: A. the sample B. the median C. the density D. the range Answer:
D
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Question: What type of distance is caused by the force you apply to a machine over a given distance? Options: A. input distance B. accumulation distance C. response distance D. force distance Answer:
A
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Question: What term describes the energy of an object that is moving or has the potential to move? Options: A. stationary energy B. molecular energy C. mechanical energy D. thermal energy Answer:
C
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Question: Earth goes through regular changes in its position relative to? Options: A. the moon B. mars C. saturn D. the sun Answer:
D
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Question: Most plants grow continuously, except for what periods? Options: A. mutant B. winter C. abnormal D. dormant Answer:
D
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Question: When do gases and liquids become solids? Options: A. at relative temperatures B. at low temperatures C. at hot temperatures D. at high temperatures Answer:
B
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Question: What is the term for the use of technology to treat genetic disorders or change organisms so they are more useful to people? Options: A. nanotechnology B. biology C. biotechnology D. physiology Answer:
C
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Question: There are three flat skeletal muscles in the antero-lateral wall of what? Options: A. shoulder socket B. abdomen C. thoracic cavity D. hip joint Answer:
B
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Question: Interneurons carry what back and forth between sensory and motor neurons? Options: A. electricity B. nerve impulses C. sciatica D. flux impulses Answer:
B
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Question: Chemical and physical changes in a system may be accompanied by an increase or a decrease in the disorder of the system, corresponding to an increase or decrease in what? Options: A. vibration B. volume C. entropy D. enthalpy Answer:
C
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Question: Which chemist developed a process to remove carbon and dust particles in smoke? Options: A. roger granger B. james carpenter C. frederick cottrell D. harold black Answer:
C
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Question: Why do beer brewers add yeast to the wort? Options: A. reduce alcohol B. increase longevity C. add carbonation D. to make alcohol Answer:
D
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Question: A short reflex is completely what and only involves the local integration of sensory input with motor output? Options: A. central B. peripheral C. physiological D. neuronal Answer:
B
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Question: What pigment do slow fibers contain? Options: A. hemoglobin B. melolin C. iron D. myoglobin Answer:
D
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Question: What kind of reasoning involves formulating generalizations inferred from careful observation and the analysis of a large amount of data? Options: A. reflexive B. inductive C. skepticism D. deductive Answer:
D
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Question: What is our main source of aluminum ore? Options: A. coal B. cobalt C. bauxite D. tin Answer:
C
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Question: When solids change to gasses, they generally pass through what other state? Options: A. carbon B. frozen C. chemical D. liquid Answer:
D
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Question: In science, what is a bit of information that is true? Options: A. theory B. a fact C. falsehood D. lie Answer:
B
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Question: An electron possesses both particle and these? Options: A. land properties B. surging properties C. shock properties D. wave properties Answer:
D
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Question: What is the fruiting body that occurs after two hyphae mate and form a mycelium with sporangia? Options: A. mold B. yeast C. mushroom D. fungus Answer:
C
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Question: If the electromagnetic repulsion between protons is greater than the strong nuclear force of attraction between them, what do they become? Options: A. unstable, or radioactive B. unstable , or experimental C. destroyed D. slow , or radioactive Answer:
A
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Question: What is the name for substances with a ph above 7? Options: A. bases B. acid C. protein D. nutrient Answer:
A
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Question: What unit do astronomers use to describe distances in space? Options: A. gravity years B. light years C. light months D. quantum years Answer:
B
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Question: The intensity or rate of radiation emission _________ with temperature? Options: A. does not vary B. randomly fluctuates C. increases D. decreases Answer:
C
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Question: What type of invertebrates are jellyfish and corals known as? Options: A. sponges B. cephalopods C. cnidarians D. nautilus Answer:
C
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Question: In addition to spiral cleavage, protostomes also undergo which other form of cleavage? Options: A. dispersive B. diagonal C. straight D. determinate Answer:
D
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Question: What process is involved in the formation of a waterfall, when a stream flows from an area of harder to softer rock? Options: A. erosion B. evaporation C. migration D. calcification Answer:
A
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Question: How many different ways can molecules pass through a phospholipid membrane? Options: A. six B. four C. five D. three Answer:
D
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Question: Plants obtain their energy from the sun through photosynthesis , what do animals obtain their energy from? Options: A. organisms B. ultraviolet rays C. proteins D. tissues Answer:
A
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Question: Ticks spread bacteria that causes what condition? Options: A. Dengue fever B. lyme disease C. Malaria D. Rabies Answer:
B
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Question: What is used to measure air pressure? Options: A. barometer B. metrometer C. indicator D. thermometer Answer:
A