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Question: A reaction producing heat is what type of reaction? Options: A. carbon B. physical C. chemistry D. chemical Answer:
D
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Question: What creates a new seafloor at the mid-ocean ridge? Options: A. glaciers B. magma C. earthquake D. hurricane Answer:
B
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Question: What noble gas follows hydrogen on the periodic table? Options: A. helium B. oxygen C. halogen D. nitrogen Answer:
A
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Question: The strength of what depends on the concentration of hydrogen ions it produces when dissolved in water? Options: A. acid B. the base C. electricity D. the solution Answer:
A
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Question: The atoms of a compound are held together by what type of bonds? Options: A. chemical B. radiation C. covalent D. mineral Answer:
A
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Question: About one-fourth of the blood pumped with each heartbeat enters arteries serving what organs of digestion? Options: A. lungs B. intestines C. stomach D. bowels Answer:
B
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Question: What is the very slow movement of rock and soil down a hillside? Options: A. drop B. landslide C. creep D. evaporate Answer:
C
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Question: What is the mechanism that accounts for the drifting of continents? Options: A. earth spreading B. volcanic spreading C. seafloor spreading D. ridges spreading Answer:
C
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Question: What is produced when a colorless solution of lead nitrate is added to a colorless solution of potassium iodide? Options: A. yellow solid precipitate B. brown solid precipitate C. purple solid precipitate D. blue solid precipitate Answer:
A
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Question: Energy contents of foods are often expressed in what? Options: A. calories B. grams C. pulses D. nutrients Answer:
A
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Question: What cells carry oxygen? Options: A. red blood cells B. lymph cells C. marrow cells D. white blood cells Answer:
A
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Question: What organelles are known as the energy "powerhouses" of the cells? Options: A. proteins B. atoms C. carbohydrates D. mitochondria Answer:
D
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Question: What occurs when the immune system attacks harmless substances that enter the body from the outside? Options: A. allergies B. cell rejection C. anomalies D. mutation Answer:
A
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Question: The lungs are a series of ever-narrowing tubes that end in a myriad of tiny sacs called what? Options: A. alveoli B. testes C. glands D. brachii Answer:
A
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Question: What was the first mass extinction that occurred on earth? Options: A. proterozoic mass extinction B. precambrian mass extinction C. late Devonian mass extinction D. paleozoic mass extinction Answer:
B
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Question: What is the basis of enzyme classification? Options: A. reactions they catalyze B. their shape C. their mass D. their color Answer:
A
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Question: The top of the saturated rock layer is called what? Options: A. compressed layer B. calcified layer C. sand layer D. water table Answer:
D
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Question: What process involves the flow of heat from warmer objects to cooler objects? Options: A. conduction B. radiation C. convection D. activation Answer:
A
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Question: What type of virus can cause painful sores on the mouth and genitals? Options: A. gonorrhea B. Aids C. syphilis D. herpes Answer:
D
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Question: What are the smallest particles of elements that maintain their unique properties? Options: A. protons B. molecules C. electrons D. atoms Answer:
D
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Question: When are peptide bonds between amino acids formed? Options: A. process of production B. process of translation C. process of transcription D. process of migration Answer:
B
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Question: What are found primarily in lines around the edges of some continents? Options: A. volcanoes B. glaciers C. earthquakes D. Reefs Answer:
C
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Question: What phase does dna replication occur in the cell cycle? Options: A. synthesis B. Gap 0 C. Mitosis D. apoptosis Answer:
A
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Question: What are the three types of mixtures? Options: A. cosmic , suspensions , colloids B. Powders, Gels, Smooth C. solutions, suspensions, colloids D. absorbing , suspensions , colloids Answer:
C
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Question: The lungs, kidneys, skin, and large intestine are all part of what organ system? Options: A. sensory B. digestive C. excretory D. respiratory Answer:
C
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Question: The duodenum is the first and the shortest part of what, and is where most chemical digestion takes place? Options: A. stomach B. large intestine C. rectum D. small intestine Answer:
D
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Question: What has the least amount of energy in an atom? Options: A. crystals B. electrons C. rings D. protons Answer:
B
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Question: What do you call an abnormal mass formed when cells divide uncontrollably? Options: A. infection. B. tumor C. inflammation D. layer Answer:
B
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Question: What is in danger of happening when thick magma is formed? Options: A. explosive eruptions B. continuous eruptions C. focused eruptions D. earthquakes Answer:
A
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Question: How does a reduced sweating ability affect elderly people? Options: A. extreme heat intolerance B. extreme tiredness C. loss of mental ability D. less energy Answer:
A
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Question: What is the minimum depth in the aphotic zone? Options: A. 150 meters B. 200 meters C. 450 meters D. 10 meters Answer:
B
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Question: The chemical used by the ants to weed their garden turns out to be what kind? Options: A. sealant acid B. nitric acid C. formic acid D. sulfide acid Answer:
C
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Question: What does a cell need to transform into a cancerous cell? Options: A. adaptations B. parasites C. mutations D. microbes Answer:
C
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Question: What are the poles labeled? Options: A. west and south B. north and south C. east and west D. southwest and south Answer:
B
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Question: What should you let liquid waste do before placing the container in the trash? Options: A. evaporate B. melt C. generate D. expand Answer:
A
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Question: Living things are highly organized following a hierarchy that includes atoms, molecules, organelles, cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems. organisms, in turn, are grouped as populations, communities, ecosystems, and this? Options: A. biosphere B. hydrosphere C. bionicsphere D. endosphere Answer:
A
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Question: In the case of the thyroid hormone pathway, thyroid hormone itself carries out what kind of feedback? Options: A. effective B. continued C. negative D. positive Answer:
C
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Question: Light is produced when charged particles do what, frequently in the form of oscillating? Options: A. decelerate B. increase C. offset D. accelerate Answer:
D
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Question: Although fewer in number than chemical synapses, what type of synapses are found in all nervous systems and play important and unique roles? Options: A. electrical synapses B. beginning synapses C. dual synapses D. duplicating synapses Answer:
A
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Question: What type of bond forms by unpaired electrons from two atoms "matching up"? Options: A. reactive bond B. covalent bond C. magnetic bond D. accretion bond Answer:
B
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Question: Characteristics of an organism are passed from one generation to the next through what? Options: A. genes B. eggs C. sperm D. ribosomes Answer:
A
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Question: What is most of earth's surface covered with? Options: A. sand B. water C. silicon D. insects Answer:
B
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Question: What type of reaction causes two substances to combine to make a single substance? Options: A. composition reaction B. component reaction C. metabolism D. spontaneous mutation Answer:
A
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Question: What is the process in which a solid changes directly to a gas called? Options: A. solidification B. condensation C. sublimation D. vaporization Answer:
C
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Question: Birds have air sacs that store inhaled air and push it into their what? Options: A. lungs B. beaks C. abdomens D. bones Answer:
A
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Question: Which division of the peripheral nervous system carries messages from sense organs and internal organs to the central nervous system? Options: A. extrasensory division B. neural division C. sensory division D. vascular division Answer:
C
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Question: What do fungi absorb to get their nutrition? Options: A. air B. soil C. water D. organic compounds from other organisms Answer:
D
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Question: Distillation is an effective method to separate mixtures comprised of two or more what? Options: A. ionic compounds B. elements C. pure liquids D. solutes Answer:
C
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Question: After what state is reached, the concentrations of all reaction components remain constant unless a change is made to the system? Options: A. equality B. level C. equilibrium D. homeostasis Answer:
C
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Question: An oxy-acetylene torch is an effective way to cut what? Options: A. wood B. coal C. metal D. plastic Answer:
C
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Question: What stages in the life of a cell does the cell cycle include? Options: A. adult stages B. intermediate stages C. both D. all Answer:
D
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Question: From what did the first proto-oncogenes arise? Options: A. viral infections B. spores C. bacteria D. carcinogens Answer:
A
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Question: What is the acid that is released by the stomach that kills most pathogens that enter the stomach? Options: A. hydrochloric acid B. Nitric Acid C. Hydrofluoric Acid D. Sulfuric Acid Answer:
A
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Question: What is the name of the smallest planet in our solar system, which is also nearest to the sun? Options: A. mars B. mercury C. earth D. jupitor Answer:
B
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Question: Arthropods today have two unusual hox genes, both of which influence what? Options: A. motility B. segmentation C. reproduction D. compression Answer:
B
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Question: What is the main artery of the systematic circulation called? Options: A. carotid B. femoral C. aorta D. subclavian Answer:
C
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Question: What are unsaturated hydrocarbons with at least one triple bond between carbon atoms? Options: A. lipids B. alkynes C. ketones D. amines Answer:
B
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Question: What term describes the process where organisms convert atmospheric nitrogen into biologically useful chemicals? Options: A. cellular respiration B. photosynthesis C. nitrogen fixation D. carbon cycle Answer:
C
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Question: What is the medial bone of the forearm that runs parallel to the radius? Options: A. radius B. fibula C. humerus D. ulna Answer:
D
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Question: Integral and peripheral proteins are associated with what fatty bilayer? Options: A. lipid B. protein C. carbohydrate D. cartilage Answer:
A
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Question: What are the major sites of gibberellin production? Options: A. flower and fruit B. young roots and leaves C. stem and roots D. soil and leaves Answer:
B
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Question: What is required to partially overcome the attractive forces between molecules in a solid to form a liquid? Options: A. oxygen B. hydrogen C. fuel D. energy Answer:
D
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Question: What kind of relationship between glucagon and insulin is vital to managing fuel storage and consumption by body cells? Options: A. opportunistic B. antagonistic C. commensalism D. sympathetic Answer:
B
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Question: What causes water molecules to stay close to each other? Options: A. hydrogen bonding B. surface tension C. friction D. oxidation Answer:
A
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Question: The electroplating process transfers metal from the anode to which part of the cell? Options: A. electrode B. plasma C. cathode D. atom tube Answer:
C
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Question: What is the unsorted pile of material dropped by glaciers called? Options: A. glacial runoff B. landfill C. glacial till D. icy deposit Answer:
C
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Question: What does sexual reproduction with gametes and fertilization produce? Options: A. haploid zygote B. sister chromatids C. identical twins D. diploid sporophyte Answer:
D
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Question: What is the upward force exerted by fluids when any object, such as a boat, is placed in it? Options: A. bouyant force B. atomic force C. impetuous force D. human force Answer:
A
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Question: What globular protein is used in the construction of the hollow tube? Options: A. cyclin B. tubulin C. keratin D. actin Answer:
B
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Question: Blood volume increases substantially during pregnancy, so that by childbirth, it exceeds its preconception volume by 30 percent, or approximately what? Options: A. 2-3 liters B. 3-5 liters C. 1-2 liters D. 0-1 liters Answer:
C
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Question: What state of matter has a definite volume, but not a definite shape? Options: A. solid B. gas C. mixture D. liquid Answer:
D
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Question: How many main types of diabetes are there? Options: A. one B. two C. three D. six Answer:
B
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Question: What is the term for getting the same results when an experiment is repeated, which implies the results are valid? Options: A. evolution B. replication C. verification D. extraction Answer:
B
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Question: What is the cartilaginous structure that extends from the pharynx to the primary bronchi? Options: A. sternohyoid B. trachea C. cricoid D. larynx Answer:
B
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Question: Dinitrophenol (dnp) is an uncoupler that makes the inner mitochondrial membrane leaky to protons. it was used until 1938 as a what? Options: A. immune system booster B. weight loss drug C. sleep loss drug D. bone density drug Answer:
B
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Question: What is the main makeup of the cell membrane? Options: A. phospholipids B. glucose C. antibodies D. filaments Answer:
A
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Question: Within the petals are two whorls of fertile floral organs that produce what? Options: A. fibers B. toxins C. leaves D. spores Answer:
D
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Question: What is another term for ghost sharks? Options: A. aurea B. litoria C. anascea D. chimaera Answer:
D
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Question: What form does formaldehyde take at room temperature? Options: A. gas B. plasma C. liquids D. solid Answer:
A
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Question: Dispersal occurs only on what time scale? Options: A. developmental B. regular C. evolutionary D. conventional Answer:
C
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Question: Yogurt is made from milk fermented with what type of organism? Options: A. viruses B. yeast C. bacteria D. algae Answer:
C
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Question: What is the ability to be attracted by a magnet and to act as a magnet? Options: A. electrical attraction B. inertia C. magnetism D. polarization Answer:
C
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Question: A rounded hollow carved in the side of a mountain by a glacier is known as? Options: A. a crest B. a cavern C. a crater D. a cirque Answer:
D
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Question: What does the coefficient in front of an element in a formula indicate? Options: A. how much is involved in the reaction B. number of atoms C. time of the reaction D. place on the Periodic Table Answer:
A
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Question: What are compounds composed of only two elements called? Options: A. binary compounds B. kinetic compounds C. digital compounds D. symbiotic compounds Answer:
A
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Question: In animals, how many sets of chromosomes do gametes have? Options: A. 23 B. zero C. 2 D. one Answer:
D
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Question: Where do germline mutations occur in? Options: A. in spores B. in aggregations C. in gametes D. In blood cells Answer:
C
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Question: Generators usually transform kinetic energy into what kind of energy? Options: A. subsequent energy B. potential energy C. nuclear energy D. electrical energy Answer:
D
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Question: The substances that comprise heterogeneous mixtures can also be separated by what means? Options: A. physical B. atmospheric C. chemical D. thermal Answer:
A
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Question: Unlike theories, which are proved true, what are often falsified? Options: A. controls B. hypotheses C. samples D. conclusions Answer:
B
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Question: Sphenodontia sphenodontia (“wedge tooth”) arose in the mesozoic era and includes only one of what? Options: A. outside genus B. inner genus C. traveling genus D. living genus Answer:
D
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Question: What is the term for electric current that keeps reversing direction? Options: A. alternating current B. AC/DC C. direct current D. magnetic current Answer:
A
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Question: Where do cells come from? Options: A. nuclear fission B. preexisting cells C. mutations D. sexual reproduction Answer:
B
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Question: How is a reaction described when the given conditions favor formation of products? Options: A. planned B. fluctuations C. spontaneous D. instantaneous Answer:
C
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Question: What element enters the body when an organism breathes? Options: A. helium B. oxygen C. water D. methane Answer:
B
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Question: How can bacterial stis usually be cured? Options: A. antivirals B. antiinflammatories C. tylenol D. with antibiotics Answer:
D
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Question: What type of tissue covers the outside of a plant? Options: A. porous B. dermal C. anterior D. epidermal Answer:
B
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Question: What exposure risk comes with aerobic respiration? Options: A. oxygen toxicity B. carbon toxicity C. helium toxicity D. nitrogen toxicity Answer:
A
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Question: Helices, spheres, and rods are examples of what distinguishing property of prokaryotic cells? Options: A. color B. texture C. size D. shape Answer:
D
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Question: Temperature and pressure affect changes in phases or states of what? Options: A. decay B. energy C. homeostasis D. matter Answer:
D