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Question: Worms use a hydrostatic type of what anatomical structure to move through their environment? Options: A. skeleton B. gastrointestinal system C. head D. tail Answer:
A
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Question: What is a therian mammal in which the embryo is born at an early, immature stage? Options: A. carnivore B. rodent C. bat D. a marsupial Answer:
D
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Question: What forms when water in the atmosphere condenses on dust particles suspended in the air? Options: A. snow B. wind C. clouds D. hail Answer:
C
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Question: What do you call the ability of a particular electrochemical cell to generate an electric current? Options: A. momentum B. electromagnetism C. kinetic energy D. electrical potential Answer:
D
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Question: A long chain of monosaccharides linked by glycosidic bonds is known as what? Options: A. Fructose B. sulfate C. polysaccharide D. polymers Answer:
C
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Question: What is a longitudinal, flexible rod located between the digestive tube and the nerve cord? Options: A. tubular gland B. the underlain C. the oscillatory D. the notochord Answer:
D
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Question: What are microfilaments made out of? Options: A. two halophilic chains B. two DNA chains C. two microscopy chains D. two actin chains Answer:
D
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Question: What can be combined with an amine to form an amide? Options: A. acetic acid B. ketones C. carbon dioxide D. carboxylic acid Answer:
D
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Question: What layer, made of hot, solid rock, is beneath the earth's crust? Options: A. marble B. core C. magma D. mantle Answer:
D
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Question: What do you call the gently sloped ocean floor nearest the edges of continents? Options: A. continental divide B. continental solution C. continental shelf D. continental stratosphere Answer:
C
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Question: Like the other outer planets, neptune has rings of ice and what? Options: A. glass B. mercury C. gas D. dust Answer:
D
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Question: Skin color is controlled by genes but also influenced by exposure to what? Options: A. food B. sunlight C. precipitation D. makeup Answer:
B
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Question: Certain air pollutants form which liquid when dissolved in water droplets in the air? Options: A. base B. acid C. water D. citrus Answer:
B
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Question: Channel proteins form what in the membrane? Options: A. fibers B. pores C. atoms D. walls Answer:
B
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Question: In physics, resistance is opposition to the flow of what? Options: A. capacitance B. temperature charges C. surface flow D. electrical charges Answer:
D
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Question: Proteins may be defined as compounds of high molar mass consisting largely or entirely of chains of these? Options: A. amino acids B. nucleic acids C. enzymes D. fatty acids Answer:
A
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Question: What is necessary for growth and energy? Options: A. determination B. breeding C. warmth D. nutrients Answer:
D
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Question: What disease characterized by the extreme swelling of the limbs is caused by infection with a type of roundworm? Options: A. elephantiasis B. fibrosis C. gigantism D. pulmonary edema Answer:
A
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Question: The most common two-lens telescope, like the simple microscope, uses lenses of what shape? Options: A. concave B. convex C. cylindrical D. angular Answer:
B
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Question: What provides a protective covering for the body and helps maintain homeostasis? Options: A. integumentary system B. unadorned system C. endorcrine system D. lysogenic system Answer:
A
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Question: Chromatin condenses into chromosomes during prophase, the first and longest phase of what process? Options: A. mitosis B. reproduction C. apoptosis D. meiosis Answer:
A
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Question: Natural gas is the predominately made up of? Options: A. sulfur B. methane C. hydrogen D. carbon Answer:
B
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Question: What warms the base of the mantle creating convection currents there? Options: A. mantle soil B. molten lava C. the hot regenerate D. the hot core Answer:
D
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Question: What formula shows only the kinds and numbers of atoms in a molecule? Options: A. plasma formula B. nucleus formula C. molecular formula D. atomic formula Answer:
C
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Question: What are female gonads normally called? Options: A. tubules B. glands C. testes D. ovaries Answer:
D
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Question: What effect causes winds and currents to form circular patterns? Options: A. coriolis effect B. centrifugal effect C. horse latitudes D. jet stream Answer:
A
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Question: The electromagnetic spectrum represents the full range of frequency of what type of wave? Options: A. mechanical B. seismic C. transverse wave D. electromagnetic Answer:
D
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Question: Enzymes, antibodies, and muscle fiber are all types of what? Options: A. carbohydrates B. acids C. proteins D. lipids Answer:
C
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Question: What is the transfer of thermal energy by waves that can travel through empty space called? Options: A. radiation B. induction C. vibration D. convection Answer:
A
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Question: When two electric contacts come together it completes a what? Options: A. atom B. charge C. cricuit D. breaker Answer:
C
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Question: What is the process in which a layer of a second metal is deposited on the metal electrode that acts as the cathode during electrolysis? Options: A. electroplating B. casting C. distillation D. cold fusion Answer:
A
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Question: The ambrosia beetle bores holes in? Options: A. leaves B. dirt C. tree bark D. flowers Answer:
C
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Question: A tadpole turns into what land mammal? Options: A. a pod B. a morph C. a frog D. A tortoise. Answer:
C
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Question: The visceral senses are most often below the limit of conscious perception because they are involved in this? Options: A. subtle regulation B. homeostatic regulation C. sensory balance D. homeostatic manipulation Answer:
B
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Question: What important process takes place in specialized tissue inside plant leaves? Options: A. reproduction B. mitosis C. pollination D. photosynthesis Answer:
D
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Question: How many nonpolar bonds does an oxygen molecule have? Options: A. 7 B. 5 C. 3 D. 2 Answer:
D
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Question: Schrödinger’s approach uses three quantum numbers (n, l, and ml) to specify any of what type of function, associated with a particular energy? Options: A. green function B. wave function C. rush function D. shift function Answer:
B
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Question: In the grand canyon, the same rock layers are visible on opposite sides of the canyon and were deposited simultaneously, which is an example of what? Options: A. width continuity B. directly continuity C. bilateral continuity D. lateral continuity Answer:
D
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Question: Sister chromatids separate and move to opposite poles of the cell in the third phase of what process? Options: A. meiosis B. cytokinesis C. epistasis D. mitosis Answer:
D
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Question: With logistic growth, how does population growth start out? Options: A. steadily B. rapidly C. exponentially D. slowly Answer:
D
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Question: What is a branded polymer that serves as energy storage in animal? Options: A. hydrocarbon B. pathogen C. glycogen D. triglyceride Answer:
C
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Question: What needs to be increased to change a solid into a liquid or gas? Options: A. temperature B. oxygen C. pressure D. volume Answer:
A
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Question: Rubber is an example of what type of substances that do not allow electrons to move through them? Options: A. insulators B. conductor C. solids D. semi-conductor Answer:
A
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Question: Planting a row of trees around a field or erecting a fence on a sand dune helps prevent what form of erosion? Options: A. water B. wind C. fire D. rain Answer:
B
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Question: What kind of weathering changes the size of a mineral or rock but does not change its chemical composition? Options: A. mechanical weathering B. radiation C. molecular weathering D. chemical reaction Answer:
A
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Question: Oxytocin, which stimulates the contractions of labor, is a type of what? Options: A. inhibitor B. steroid C. metabolite D. hormone Answer:
D
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Question: What is the hollow sac like organ that stores urine until it is excreted? Options: A. bladder B. kidney C. ureter D. tumor Answer:
A
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Question: In seedless vascular plants such as ferns, the sporophyte releases spores from the undersides of what basic plant structures? Options: A. leaves B. stems C. roots D. fruits Answer:
A
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Question: What does the moving piston in an engine turn? Options: A. hammer B. brake C. muffler D. crankshaft Answer:
D
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Question: Ions that contain fewer electrons than protons have a net positive charge and are called what? Options: A. particles B. anions C. cations D. oxides Answer:
C
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Question: At any given temperature, not all of the particles of a sample of matter have the same energy of what type? Options: A. seismic B. dark matter C. magnetic D. kinetic Answer:
D
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Question: A change in one or more physical properties of matter without any change in chemical properties is called what? Options: A. atmospheric change B. physical change C. negative change D. positive change Answer:
B
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Question: What shape is each face of a tetrahedron? Options: A. asymmetric triangle B. equilateral triangle C. trapezoid D. oval Answer:
B
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Question: Stars are lit by what reaction? Options: A. Coriolis effect B. ionization C. nuclear fission D. nuclear fusion Answer:
D
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Question: What is found inside the pores of spongy bone? Options: A. green marrow B. bone marrow C. rupture marrow D. liquid marrow Answer:
B
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Question: What are the two different types of vascular tissues called? Options: A. xylem and phloem B. epidermis and dermis C. acid and base D. biotic and abiotic Answer:
A
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Question: Photosynthesis changes light energy to what type of energy? Options: A. chemical B. radiation C. solar D. potential Answer:
A
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Question: Hydrogen atoms form only one covalent bond because they have only one have one of what to pair with it? Options: A. valence electron B. loops electron C. modular electron D. Water electron Answer:
A
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Question: During what do homologous chromosomes separate and go to different daughter cells? Options: A. birth B. mitosis C. electrolysis D. meiosis Answer:
D
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Question: The nuclear envelope is a double-layered plasma membrane like the cell membrane, although without what? Options: A. cytoplasm B. nucleic acids C. cell walls D. membrane proteins Answer:
D
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Question: A substance too big to be pumped across the cell membrane may enter or leave the cell by what method? Options: A. vesicle infusion B. vesicle transport C. passive transpiration D. absorption Answer:
B
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Question: Does the force of magnetism increase or decrease as the distance between objects increases? Options: A. fluctuate B. decrease C. increase D. remain stable Answer:
B
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Question: On insects, what are the openings on the sides of the abdomen that allows respiration to occur? Options: A. wings B. chloroplasts C. gills D. spiracles Answer:
D
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Question: What areas of the planet are most birds native to? Options: A. tropical B. tundra C. desert D. mountainous Answer:
A
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Question: The plants alternation between haploid and diploud generations allow it to do what? Options: A. reproduce asexually and simultaneously B. reproduce asexually and sexually C. reproduce asexually and biologically D. reproduce sexually and autonomously Answer:
B
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Question: The diploid sporophyte produces haploid spores by what process? Options: A. meiosis B. electrolysis C. mitosis D. binary fission Answer:
A
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Question: During which phase is the moon more than half lit but not full? Options: A. new B. waxing C. crescent D. gibbous phase Answer:
D
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Question: What are the two main divisions of the human nervous system? Options: A. central and peripheral B. somatic and autonomic C. left and right D. central and identical Answer:
A
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Question: What theory can explain virtually all the properties of metals? Options: A. property law theory B. band theory C. bonding theory D. formation theory Answer:
B
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Question: Meiosis and mitosis are both preceded by one round of what? Options: A. internal fertilization B. cellular respiration C. germination D. dna replication Answer:
D
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Question: How are valuable metabolites recovered? Options: A. osmosis B. reabsorption C. metabolism D. replication reaction Answer:
B
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Question: Echinoderms have what type of body symmetry? Options: A. Reflectional symmetry B. Translational symmetry C. Rotational symmetry D. radial symmetry Answer:
D
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Question: What type of mammals are humans? Options: A. placental mammals B. somatic mammals C. respiratory mammals D. marsupial mammals Answer:
A
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Question: The difference between aldehydes and ketones is the placement of what group within the molecule? Options: A. benadryl B. nucleus C. carbonyl D. ammonia Answer:
C
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Question: What results when gas particles rebound off the walls of their container? Options: A. pressure B. weight C. light D. pull Answer:
A
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Question: About how many years ago did our solar system begin? Options: A. 5 billion years B. 10 billion C. 60 billion D. 3 billion Answer:
A
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Question: What is the term for the sudden movement of large blocks of rock and soil down a slope? Options: A. slump B. torrent C. hurricane D. sludge Answer:
A
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Question: What is the term for evolution over geologic time above the level of the species? Options: A. microevolution B. mutation C. speciation D. macroevolution Answer:
D
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Question: What function does the longer flagellae perform in dinoflagellates? Options: A. attacks B. propels C. grasps D. defends Answer:
B
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Question: What factor largely determines the distinguishing features of terrestrial biomes? Options: A. density B. climate C. sea level D. migration Answer:
B
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Question: What do nearly all animals have in common with regards to digestion? Options: A. internal digestion of food B. complete digestion of food C. problematic digestion of food D. external digestion of food Answer:
A
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Question: As per hutton's unconformity, what happened to the intermediate layers of rock? Options: A. they expanded B. they fused C. they eroded away D. they metamorphized Answer:
C
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Question: What theory goes beyond classical mechanics to describe the behavior of near-light-speed objects? Options: A. spacial relativity B. normal relativity C. simple relativity D. special relativity Answer:
D
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Question: In an ecosystem, what do you call organisms like lions that capture and kill other animals for food? Options: A. hunters B. alphas C. leaders D. predators Answer:
D
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Question: What decreases with the loss of subsequent protons? Options: A. acid strength B. Movement strength C. example strength D. seawater strength Answer:
A
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Question: What does the gradient of bicoid protein determine? Options: A. anterior-posterior axis B. vertical-horizontal plane C. shallow - posterior axis D. east-west axis Answer:
A
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Question: Prokaryotic cells have what structure outside their plasma membrane? Options: A. cell membrane B. cell wall C. plasma wall D. sodium channel Answer:
B
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Question: Time, mass, length, and temperature are considered to be what kinds of units? Options: A. base B. unitary C. support D. measurement Answer:
A
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Question: What kind of volcano has a very wide base and is named because it looks like something a warrior would use? Options: A. spear volcano B. plate volcano C. shield volcano D. arrow volcano Answer:
C
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Question: What useful tool helps scientists work with, understand and make predictions about extremely complex systems? Options: A. speculation B. guesses C. models D. assumptions Answer:
C
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Question: What kind of resource is soil? Options: A. finite B. renewable C. viable D. nonrenewable Answer:
B
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Question: The ancient greek philosopher aristotle thought that all matter consists of just four what, which he identified as earth, air, water, and fire? Options: A. ingredients B. structures C. compounds D. elements Answer:
D
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Question: Electrons are not shared equally between the two atoms in which type of covalent bonds? Options: A. solar B. polar C. wide D. narrow Answer:
B
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Question: Humans need lipids for many vital functions such as storing energy and forming what? Options: A. zygotes B. enzymes C. cell membranes D. ionic bonds Answer:
C
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Question: What is the force that causes objects to fall down to the ground? Options: A. velocity B. gravity C. motion D. pull Answer:
B
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Question: What two types of organism make up a lichen? Options: A. fungus and bacteria B. animals and viruses C. insects and bacteria D. snakes and bacteria Answer:
A
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Question: Dissolved fertilizer can ultimately lead to the creation of what in lakes or coastal oceans, which means a place where nothing can live? Options: A. extinction zone B. hydrothermal vent C. deceased zone D. dead zone Answer:
D
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Question: A mitotic spindle forms from the centrioles and passes through the nuclear membrane, which remains intact. chromosomes attach to the mitotic spindle, which separates the chromosomes and does what? Options: A. elongates the cell B. migrates the cell C. destroys the cell D. manipulates the cell Answer:
A
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Question: Because the earth is covered with vegetation, cellulose is the most abundant of all what? Options: A. vegetables B. carbohydrates C. impurities D. rocks Answer:
B
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Question: Which system transports oxygens to cells? Options: A. vascular system B. circulatory system C. oxy system D. nervous system Answer:
B