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Question: The procedure known as angioplasty is used when what part of the circulatory system is clogged? Options: A. the heart B. blood vessel C. the spinal cord D. lungs Answer:
B
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Question: The ostwald process is the commercial method for producing what? Options: A. chlorine B. nitric acid C. deoxyribonucleic acid D. citric acid Answer:
B
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Question: What are the small molecules or proteins produced by bacteria that regulate gene expression? Options: A. fluxes B. sporozoans C. autoinducers D. protazoas Answer:
C
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Question: What type of rock makes up most of the earth? Options: A. tuberous B. Metamorphic C. Sedimentary D. igneous Answer:
D
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Question: Most of the pathogens that cause stis enter the body through mucous membranes of which organs? Options: A. reproductive organs B. eyes C. stomach D. kidneys Answer:
A
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Question: The shield type of what phenomenon commonly forms above hotspots in the oceans? Options: A. tornado B. hurricane C. volcano D. tsunami Answer:
C
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Question: What is the part of the flower that produces pollen? Options: A. stigma B. stamen C. leaves D. cones Answer:
B
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Question: What element is responsible for one-half of the osmotic pressure gradient that exists between the interior of cells and their surrounding environment? Options: A. calcium B. potassium C. nitrogen D. sodium Answer:
D
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Question: What are carbonated beverages pressurized with? Options: A. dioxide B. co2 C. helium D. hydrogen Answer:
B
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Question: What season do the largest waves for surfers typically come? Options: A. winter B. spring C. summer D. autumn Answer:
A
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Question: Which gland is controlled by a negative feedback loop that includes the hypothalamus and pituitary gland? Options: A. pituitary B. adrenal C. thyroid D. stomach Answer:
C
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Question: Humans have an estimated 20,000 to 22,000 of what units of heredity? Options: A. eggs B. cells C. chromosomes D. genes Answer:
D
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Question: Because microorganisms can go through several generations in a matter of hours, their gene expression profiles adapt to the new laboratory environment very quickly. in addition, the vast majority of bacterial species resist being cultured in this? Options: A. water B. isolation C. substrate D. colonies Answer:
B
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Question: The amount of water vapor in the air and the temperature of the medium affects how fast what travels? Options: A. colour B. sound C. traffic D. light Answer:
B
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Question: He mass spectrometer measures the percent abundance of different what? Options: A. reactions B. organisms C. isotopes D. Proteins Answer:
C
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Question: Gas exchange during respiration occurs primarily through what? Options: A. vaporization B. activation C. diffusion D. secretion Answer:
C
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Question: What is released from the body during ejaculation? Options: A. blood B. saliva C. urine D. sperm Answer:
D
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Question: What is the process of larva becoming an adult called? Options: A. synthesis B. parthenogenesis C. metamorphosis D. evolution Answer:
C
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Question: What are invertebrate chordates that retain all four defining chordate traits as adults called? Options: A. vertebrates B. tunicates C. lancelets D. sporozoans Answer:
C
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Question: What is the loss of energy available to do work called? Options: A. negentropy B. entropy C. power D. force Answer:
B
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Question: Humans use many compounds that were first discovered or derived from living organisms as medicines: secondary plant compounds, animal toxins, and antibiotics produced by these? Options: A. tumors and fungi B. molecules and fungi C. bacteria and fungi D. bacteria and tumors Answer:
C
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Question: Deceleration is the opposite of what? Options: A. vibration B. acceleration C. stopping D. stimulation Answer:
B
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Question: What is the first digestive organ that food enters? Options: A. mouth B. kidneys C. intestine D. digestive system Answer:
A
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Question: The calvin cycle is the fancy name for the metabolic pathway that builds what? Options: A. carbohydrates B. fats C. sugar D. proteins Answer:
C
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Question: Each daughter cell represents one outcome of all possible combinations of maternal and paternal what? Options: A. chromosomes B. traits C. genes D. alleles Answer:
A
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Question: Resistance to pesticides in a population of insects is an example of what? Options: A. redistributions B. extinction C. microevolution D. macroevolution Answer:
C
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Question: Since electrons are charged, their intrinsic spin creates a what? Options: A. magnified rupulsed field B. suppressed electrical field C. intrinsic magnetic field D. intrinsic electrical field Answer:
C
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Question: What is the term for something left behind by once-living organisms? Options: A. deposits B. decay C. fossils D. waste matter Answer:
C
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Question: Earthquakes occur most often at which natural feature? Options: A. plate holes B. artificial boundaries C. pattern boundaries D. plate boundaries Answer:
D
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Question: Kinetic energy is energy of this? Options: A. gravity B. food C. motion D. speed Answer:
C
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Question: Solid coal, liquid petroleum, and liquid natural gas are all types of what? Options: A. hydroelectric B. fossil fuels C. nuclear fusion D. solar electric Answer:
B
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Question: The viscosity of a liquid is a measure of what? Options: A. resistance to change form B. adaptability to surroundings C. resistance to flow D. ability to absorb flow Answer:
C
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Question: The cells of what basic plant structure lack chloroplasts? Options: A. ferns B. stem C. leaf D. root Answer:
D
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Question: What is the organic material that comes from plants and animals that were recently living called? Options: A. chlorophyll B. contaminants C. biomass D. biofuels Answer:
C
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Question: On how many of the continents do birds live and breed? Options: A. eight B. three C. seven D. four Answer:
C
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Question: What is considered the center of the solar system? Options: A. nebulla B. sun C. earth D. heat Answer:
B
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Question: Macrophages and dendritic cells are types of what" Options: A. mast cells B. supercapacitor cells C. amoena cells D. phagocytic cells Answer:
D
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Question: What is the decayed remains of living organisms called? Options: A. plateaus B. oil C. fossils D. humus Answer:
D
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Question: What happens when materials return to their original shape? Options: A. reverberation B. restoration principle C. elastic rebound D. second life Answer:
C
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Question: What is muscle tissue that is attached to the bone called? Options: A. ligament B. epithelial tissue C. cartilage D. skeletal tisse Answer:
D
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Question: How are layers of the atmosphere divided? Options: A. air gradients B. density gradients C. color gradients D. temperature gradients Answer:
D
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Question: What is the region known as the myelencephalon in the embryonic brain? Options: A. Diencephalon B. Telencephalon C. medulla D. Mesencephalon Answer:
C
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Question: What is the process of soil dissolving in rain called? Options: A. migration B. erosion C. sedimentation D. abrasion Answer:
B
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Question: How many chambers are in the heart? Options: A. two B. eight C. five D. four Answer:
D
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Question: What kind of medical intervention seeks to eradicate diseases like polio and measles? Options: A. malnutrition B. vaccination C. nutrition D. surgical intervention Answer:
B
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Question: The iconic gray mantle of the human brain, which appears to make up most of the mass of the brain, is called? Options: A. thrombus B. lobes C. brain stem D. cerebrum Answer:
D
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Question: What type of coal is formed at lower temperatures? Options: A. clean B. limestones C. bituminous D. calcareous Answer:
C
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Question: What is the fan-like superior region that forms the largest part of the hip bone and is united to the sacrum at the largely immobile sacroiliac joint? Options: A. pica B. spine C. septum D. ilium Answer:
D
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Question: The union of gametes is called? Options: A. fusion B. fertilization C. migration D. pollination Answer:
B
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Question: What patterns in trees can be used to determine its age? Options: A. rings B. veins C. bark ridges D. colors Answer:
A
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Question: Water is a polar compound, so its molecules are attracted to each other and form what kind of bonds? Options: A. helium B. hydrogen C. mixed D. carbon Answer:
B
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Question: What term is used to describe an illusion that light from faraway objects is reflected by a pool of water that is not really there? Options: A. version B. mirage C. Mirror D. prototype Answer:
B
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Question: What type of organism is used to produce alcoholic beverages and bread? Options: A. larvae B. bacteria C. insects D. yeast Answer:
D
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Question: What are the devices placed in electric circuits where charge can build up, which store energy when charged and release it when they discharge? Options: A. resistors B. generators C. antennas D. capacitors Answer:
D
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Question: Do most waves strike the shore head on or at an angle? Options: A. at an angle B. side on C. head on D. at a distance Answer:
A
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Question: What kind of change causes evolution in population? Options: A. paragenic frequency changes B. allele frequency changes C. morphogenesis frequency changes D. transgenic frequency changes Answer:
B
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Question: Penis, testes, and epididymis are organs in what system? Options: A. female reproductive system​ B. virus reproductive system​ C. plant reproductive system​ D. male reproductive system Answer:
D
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Question: Because all animals require an external source of what, they are called heterotrophic? Options: A. food B. energy C. fuel D. water Answer:
A
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Question: What three rs represent the steps that you personally can take to conserve our natural resources and minimize waste? Options: A. reduce, reuse, re-educate B. remove, reduce, reuse C. rinse, reuse, recycle D. reduce, reuse, recycle Answer:
D
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Question: What is speed at any given instant called? Options: A. spontaneous speed B. marginal speed C. instantaneous speed D. relative speed Answer:
C
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Question: What is the small intestine lined with that helps with nutrient absorption? Options: A. hilum B. bile C. villi D. cannula Answer:
C
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Question: Unlike amphibians, reptiles do not have what stage? Options: A. egg B. larval C. adult D. reproductive Answer:
B
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Question: What part of the plant absorbs water? Options: A. leaves B. roots C. flower D. stem Answer:
B
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Question: If environmental conditions deteriorate, many species can form protective what? Options: A. proteins B. shells C. fibers D. cysts Answer:
D
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Question: What process can occur when atoms are exposed to high levels of radiation or when atoms transfer electrons to or from other atoms? Options: A. oxidation B. ionization C. fusion D. diffusion Answer:
B
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Question: What do monotremes have instead of a uterus and vagina? Options: A. endometrium B. pouch C. cloaca D. urethra Answer:
C
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Question: How does the sun generate energy? Options: A. certain fusion B. nuclear fusion C. matter multiplication D. atomic division Answer:
B
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Question: What is the term for a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction but is not changed or used up in the reaction? Options: A. a contribute B. an acid C. a mechanism D. a catalyst Answer:
D
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Question: What substances dissociate into ions when dissolved in water? Options: A. isotopes B. solvent C. magnetic D. ionic Answer:
D
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Question: What is the disease in which bones lose mass and become more fragile and likely to break? Options: A. fibrosis B. tuberculosis C. arthritis D. osteoporosis Answer:
D
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Question: The jejunum is about 0.9 meters (3 feet) long (in life) and runs from the duodenum to the ileum. jejunum means “empty” in latin and supposedly was so named by the ancient greeks who noticed it was always what? Options: A. empty at death B. weeks at death C. time.the at death D. black at death Answer:
A
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Question: What type of energy can be used to change the position or shape of an object, thus giving it potential energy? Options: A. static energy B. binary energy C. kinetic energy D. harmonic energy Answer:
C
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Question: There are about 6200 known species of what? Options: A. amphibians B. mammals C. reptiles D. primates Answer:
A
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Question: What celestial structure does not give off its own light? Options: A. the stars B. the moon C. meteors D. asteroids Answer:
B
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Question: What function of the car is affected by the pedal that controls the amount of gas the engine gets? Options: A. transmission B. braking C. shifting D. acceleration Answer:
D
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Question: Yeasts, molds, and mushrooms are all different kinds of what? Options: A. pollen B. fungi C. fossil D. bacteria Answer:
B
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Question: What are changes in makeup and chemical properties of matter called? Options: A. chemical changes B. mineral changes C. radical changes D. carbonate changes Answer:
A
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Question: What process tends to be external in aquatic species and internal in terrestrial species? Options: A. fertilization B. pollination C. infection D. migration Answer:
A
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Question: The period of life between the start of puberty and the beginning of adulthood is called? Options: A. prenatal B. adolescence C. old age D. youth Answer:
B
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Question: What gland secretes a fluid that mixes with sperm to help form semen? Options: A. thyroid B. prostate gland C. thy·mus D. testicle Answer:
B
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Question: The relationship between a nucleotide codon and its corresponding amino acid is called what? Options: A. protein B. genetic code C. rna D. dna Answer:
B
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Question: Like ants and termites, they grow fungi inside the bark of trees and use it to help do what? Options: A. digest food B. clean the nest C. weaken enemies D. kill prey Answer:
A
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Question: What type of seismic waves do the most damage? Options: A. surface B. gravity C. tension D. sunlight Answer:
A
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Question: What are ectothermic vertebrates that divide their time between freshwater and terrestrial habitats? Options: A. arthropods B. mammals C. amphibians D. reptiles Answer:
C
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Question: Pure carbon can exist in different forms, depending on how its atoms are arranged. the forms include diamond, graphite, and what else? Options: A. lead B. ligands C. fullerenes D. calcites Answer:
C
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Question: What type of maps detail detail the types and locations of rocks found in an area? Options: A. geologic maps B. polar maps C. contour maps D. gnomic maps Answer:
A
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Question: The hepatitis virus attacks only cells of what organ? Options: A. lungs B. liver C. brain D. kidney Answer:
B
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Question: What type of bounded nucleus do protists have? Options: A. Ribosomes B. membrane C. Endoplasmic reticulum D. Mitochondrion Answer:
B
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Question: What type of rain dissolves and damages stone buildings and statues? Options: A. acid rain B. morning rain C. stored rain D. plastic rain Answer:
A
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Question: Some leaves are attached to the plant stem by a petiole. leaves that do not have a petiole and are directly attached to the plant stem are called this? Options: A. transverse leaves B. globular leaves C. sheath leaves D. sessile leaves Answer:
D
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Question: Aspirin and ibuprofen reduce pain by inhibiting the synthesis of what? Options: A. prostaglandins B. lipids C. triglycerides D. hormones Answer:
A
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Question: Angiosperms possess reproductive structures that attract animals that perform what role? Options: A. pollination B. vegetation C. isolation D. evolution Answer:
A
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Question: While most mammals give birth to live young, monotremes can do what? Options: A. lay eggs B. reproduce asexually C. adopt offspring D. steal eggs Answer:
A
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Question: Which human body system is a complex network of nervous tissue that carries electrical messages throughout the body? Options: A. the lymph system B. the nervous system C. the bacterial system D. the localized system Answer:
B
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Question: Low yields of nitric oxide, no, form when heating nitrogen and oxygen together. no also forms when lightning passes through air during this? Options: A. tidal waves B. tornadoes C. snowstorms D. thunderstorms Answer:
D
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Question: Why does the body react to a loss of chloride ions? Options: A. decreased tricarbonate reabsorption B. increased tricarbonate reabsorption C. decreased bicarbonate reabsorption D. increased bicarbonate reabsorption Answer:
D
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Question: Hormones often regulate what through antagonistic functions? Options: A. homeostasis B. hypothesis C. breathing D. consciousness Answer:
A
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Question: What term is used to describe molecules that contain carbon-nitrogen bonds? Options: A. amines B. nitrites C. ions D. compounds Answer:
A
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Question: What do we use to keep track of electric potential energy? Options: A. voltage B. temperature C. wattage D. amperage Answer:
A
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Question: What is something that all machines must overcome? Options: A. work B. stress C. temperature D. friction Answer:
D