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Question: What forms when one substances dissolves in another? Options: A. complex B. a transition C. concentrate D. a solution Answer:
D
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Question: Newton’s second law of what is more than a definition; it is a relationship among acceleration, force, and mass? Options: A. gravity B. change C. interference D. motion Answer:
D
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Question: Birds have a flow-through respiratory system in which air flows unidirectionally from the posterior sacs into the lungs, then into these? Options: A. alveoli B. gills C. anterior air sacs D. posterior bronchi Answer:
C
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Question: An elastic collision is one that conserves internal energy of what type? Options: A. potential B. kinetic C. seismic D. thermal Answer:
B
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Question: If pollination occurs, what does the zygote develop into? Options: A. a sperm B. an egg C. an ovum D. an embryo Answer:
D
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Question: What is inside the plasma membrane of a prokaryotic cell? Options: A. protoplasm B. electron C. cytoplasm D. alkaline Answer:
C
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Question: Ribozymes are rna molecules that catalyze what? Options: A. liquid reactions B. hormonal reactions C. chemical reactions D. protein molecules Answer:
C
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Question: Anaerobic respiration takes place without what? Options: A. movement B. carbon C. nitrogen D. oxygen Answer:
D
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Question: What is the rotational equivalent of a force? Options: A. centripetal force B. momentum C. torque D. power Answer:
C
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Question: What causes cancer cells to avoid elimination and continue to multiply? Options: A. continuous cell division B. chronic cell division C. uncontrolled cell division D. persistent cell division Answer:
C
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Question: What is the term for the complete set of genes and alleles within a population? Options: A. the biodiversity pool B. the chromosomal pool C. the ancestral pool D. the gene pool Answer:
D
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Question: Temperature is a measure of how hot or cold an object is relative to another object, whereas heat is the flow of what energy between objects with different temperatures? Options: A. gravitational energy B. nuclear energy C. potential energy D. thermal energy Answer:
D
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Question: The theory of evolution by what (and other processes) explains both the diversity of organisms and how populations of organisms change over time? Options: A. characteristic selection B. natural evolution C. genocide D. natural selection Answer:
D
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Question: What disease can too little calcium cause? Options: A. osteoporosis B. psoriasis C. anemia D. arthritis Answer:
A
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Question: The process by which creatures regulate body temperature from the outside through behavioral changes is known as what? Options: A. misiothermy B. endothermy C. ectothermy D. exterior induction Answer:
C
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Question: What is the most common type of organic compound? Options: A. vitamins B. carbohydrates C. fats D. proteins Answer:
B
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Question: The interaction of what opposite factors describe a biome and ecosystem? Options: A. metastasis and biotic B. innate and biotic C. abiotic and biotic D. hygroscopic and abiotic Answer:
C
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Question: A life cycle continues through reproduction and what? Options: A. mechanical B. development C. example D. response Answer:
B
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Question: Just as salty taste involves perception of sodium ions in saliva, what taste correlates with presence of glucose? Options: A. salty B. sweet C. bitter D. sour Answer:
B
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Question: What does the central cell develop into after double fertilization? Options: A. xygote B. endocell C. endosperm D. exosperm Answer:
C
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Question: What divide on their own by a process that resembles binary fission in prokaryotes? Options: A. mitochondria B. proteins C. protazoa D. bacteria Answer:
A
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Question: What explains why two different species cannot occupy the same niche in the same place for very long? Options: A. natural selection B. evolution C. competive exclusion princple D. survival exclusion princple Answer:
C
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Question: What is the charge on a single electron known as? Options: A. electron charge B. elementary charge C. basic charge D. fundamental charge Answer:
B
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Question: What is the most common bacterial sti in the u. s.? Options: A. tuberculosis B. diarrhea C. chlamydia D. influenza Answer:
C
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Question: What is the study of rock strata called? Options: A. biochemistry B. biology C. stratigraphy D. chemistry Answer:
C
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Question: Saltwater is a homogeneous mixture, another term for what? Options: A. structure B. element C. lipid D. solution Answer:
D
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Question: What are the organelles where the process of photosynthesis takes place in plants and algae. Options: A. chloroplasts B. fibroblasts C. mitochondria D. ribosomes Answer:
A
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Question: What part of the heart receives the blood is pumped from veins of the systemic circuit? Options: A. right ventricle B. left ventricle C. left atrium D. right atrium Answer:
D
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Question: What particles are formed from a neutron in beta decay? Options: A. mucus and a proton B. electron and a proton C. atom and proton D. rust and proton Answer:
B
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Question: No chemical process on the planet can match the output of what process? Options: A. glycolysis B. pollination C. sexual reproduction D. photosynthesis Answer:
D
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Question: What occurs if oxygen cannot be obtained at a sufficient rate? Options: A. malolactic respiration B. hyperventilation C. anaerobic respiration D. aerobic respiration Answer:
C
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Question: What is the form of logical thinking that uses related observations to arrive at a general conclusion called? Options: A. hypthetical thinking B. inductive reasoning C. deductive logic D. theory reasoning Answer:
B
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Question: Co 2 , h 2 o, methane, o 3 , nitrous oxides (no and no 2 ), and chlorofluorocarbons (cfcs) are known as what type of gases? Options: A. hydrogen gases B. carbonate gases C. chemical gases D. greenhouse gases Answer:
D
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Question: The name of which ion always comes first? Options: A. negative ions B. constant ion C. similar ion D. positive ion Answer:
D
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Question: Surface tension is responsible for the fact that small insects can do this on water? Options: A. walk B. swim C. float D. sink Answer:
A
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Question: What was probably the earliest way of making atp from glucose? Options: A. photosynthesis B. amniocentesis C. glycolysis D. fermentation Answer:
C
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Question: Skeletal and muscular are examples of what type of system? Options: A. interior system B. shell system C. organ system D. internal system Answer:
C
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Question: The electrolysis of what substance produces hydrogen and oxygen gases Options: A. water B. cholesterol C. hydrocarbon D. carbon dioxide Answer:
A
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Question: Where do ectotherms get most of their heat? Options: A. food B. internally C. metabolism D. external sources Answer:
D
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Question: What causes the red color of laterite soils? Options: A. erosion B. toxins C. iron oxides D. oxygen Answer:
C
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Question: Which theory suggests plant species richness increases with island size? Options: A. island symbolic model B. island equilibrium model C. island ecosystem model D. island biology model Answer:
B
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Question: What types of stimuli control endocrine activity? Options: A. chemical and neural B. temperature and light C. pressure and chemical D. light and pressure Answer:
A
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Question: What do hydrocarbons consist of? Options: A. carbon and helium B. carbon and water C. carbon and oxygen D. carbon and hydrogen Answer:
D
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Question: What does the armor including spines in some species offer? Options: A. protection from cold B. nutrition C. energy D. protection from predators Answer:
D
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Question: What is a sac filled with fluid or other material? Options: A. a receptacle B. Golgi apparatus C. a lesion D. a cyst Answer:
D
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Question: When plants reproduce, the offspring has characteristics similar to the? Options: A. siblings B. grandparents C. cousins D. parents Answer:
D
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Question: The radiation exposure is determined by the number of what times the quality factor of the radiation? Options: A. rads B. beacons C. pounds D. units Answer:
A
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Question: The ends of linear chromosomes are maintained by the action of which enzyme? Options: A. cytokine B. insulin C. pepsin D. telomerase Answer:
D
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Question: The earth's gravitational force causes the moon to do what? Options: A. overlap the earth B. lose orbit C. change size D. orbit the earth Answer:
D
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Question: What involves the emission of a particle and/or energy as one atom changes into another? Options: A. radioactive decay B. spontaneous mutation C. enthalpy D. atomic transformation Answer:
A
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Question: Nearly all of what are constructed from a set of just 20 common amino acids? Options: A. mammal proteins B. complex proteins C. artifical proteins D. biological proteins Answer:
D
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Question: What were the first plants to evolve? Options: A. fungi B. photoreactive plants C. nonvascular plants D. trees Answer:
C
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Question: What has a single voltage source and a single resistor Options: A. pattern circuit B. simple circuit C. complex circuit D. stuff circuit Answer:
B
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Question: What type of alloys are used in musical instruments? Options: A. copper B. plastics C. brass D. bronze Answer:
C
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Question: What is the major artery of the body, taking oxygenated blood to the organs and muscles of the body? Options: A. carotid B. diastolic C. aorta D. capillary Answer:
C
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Question: What theory brings together continental drift and seafloor spreading? Options: A. theory of plate tectonics B. theory of water tectonics C. theory of front tectonics D. theory of order tectonics Answer:
A
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Question: How many alleles control a characteristic? Options: A. 3 B. 4 C. 8 D. 2 Answer:
D
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Question: Lava flows from a volcano and hardens into what? Options: A. sand B. rock C. life D. snow Answer:
B
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Question: All chemical changes involve a transfer of what? Options: A. Water B. energy C. heating D. fuel Answer:
B
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Question: What are gases called that absorb heat in the atmosphere? Options: A. ozone gases B. carbonate gases C. microwave gases D. greenhouse gases Answer:
D
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Question: Single bonds between atoms are always what? Options: A. genetic bonds B. analogue bonds C. rna bonds D. sigma bonds Answer:
D
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Question: Who wrote the book on the origin of species? Options: A. Sagan B. darwin C. cannon D. Scopes Answer:
B
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Question: What is another term for the voice box? Options: A. pharynx B. pancreas C. larynx D. optical nerve Answer:
C
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Question: Polychaetes make up a large and diverse group. which category do the majority of these worms fall into? Options: A. marine B. terrestrial C. carnivorous D. amphibian Answer:
A
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Question: The fujita scale measures the intensity of what weather event, based on wind speed and damage? Options: A. wind gust B. sandstorm C. tornado D. blizzard Answer:
C
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Question: Instead of using their nose, reptiles can use what organ to smell scents? Options: A. tongue B. bladder C. eye D. liver Answer:
A
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Question: Why are living things considered to be renewable? Options: A. they decompose B. they inherit traits C. they evolve D. they reproduce Answer:
D
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Question: What is the name of the type of plant tissue consisting of undifferentiated cells that can continue to divide and differentiate? Options: A. bundle sheth cell B. cuticle C. guard cell D. meristem Answer:
D
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Question: Hard igneous rocks and easily dissolved sedimentary rocks respond very differently to what natural force? Options: A. weathering B. sunlight C. gravity D. evaporation Answer:
A
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Question: What is defined as the temperature plus precipitation of an area over a long period of time? Options: A. weather B. environment C. conditions D. climate Answer:
D
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Question: Skeletal muscle tissue is arranged in bundles surrounded by this? Options: A. soft tissue B. epithelial tissue C. cartilage D. connective tissue Answer:
D
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Question: Axons pass what on to other cells? Options: A. nerve impulses B. myelin impulses C. synthesis impulses D. calcium impulses Answer:
A
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Question: What mammalian class has the greatest ability to learn? Options: A. rats B. humans C. apes D. reptiles Answer:
B
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Question: What characteristic of particles determines how they are carried by flowing water? Options: A. texture B. size C. density D. color Answer:
B
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Question: What are the earliest reptile genus named? Options: A. collorhabdium B. scolecophis C. brachyophis D. hylonomus Answer:
D
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Question: What type of isomers contain the same number of atoms of each kind but differ in which atoms are bonded to one another? Options: A. unique isomers B. constitutional isomers C. different isomers D. structural isomers Answer:
D
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Question: What unit of power is equal to 1 joule of energy per second? Options: A. watt B. byte C. hertz D. volt Answer:
A
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Question: How are protists traditionally classified? Options: A. sponges, fungi and bacteria B. carnivorous or herbivorous C. organic and inorganic D. animal-like, plant-like, or fungi-like Answer:
D
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Question: What is the name of the portion of a nucleotide lacking phosphate groups? Options: A. a nucleobase B. nuclear shell C. a nucleoside D. nucleolus Answer:
C
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Question: Give an example of benthos that live near vents on the deep ocean floor. Options: A. crustaceans B. tubeworms C. arthropods D. amphipods Answer:
B
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Question: What can demonstrate the decrease in energy, biomass or numbers within an ecosystem? Options: A. ecological pyramids B. spontaneous mutation C. biomes D. food chains Answer:
A
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Question: In alcoholic fermentation , which acid changes to alcohol and carbon dioxide? Options: A. lipoic B. pyruvic C. chloride D. rain Answer:
B
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Question: Because it can be controlled intentionally, skeletal muscle is also called what type of muscle? Options: A. voluntary B. necessary C. automatic D. involuntary Answer:
A
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Question: What is the first part of the large intestine, where wastes enter from the small intestine? Options: A. esophagus B. the cecum C. stomach D. bowel Answer:
B
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Question: What cycle is part of cellular respiration and makes atp and naph? Options: A. carbon cycle B. vireos C. krebs D. water cycle Answer:
C
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Question: Which kind of rocks contain felsic minerals, typically contain aluminum and sodium and are high in silica? Options: A. felsic igneous B. metamorphic C. igneous D. sedimentary Answer:
A
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Question: Circadian rhythms and migration are examples of what kind of behaviors in animals? Options: A. fluid B. finite C. continual D. cyclic Answer:
D
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Question: Which organ system defends the body from pathogens and other causes of disease? Options: A. digestion system B. nervous system C. respiratory system D. immune system Answer:
D
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Question: Why does a large log burn relatively slowly compared to the same mass of wood in the form of small twigs? Options: A. smaller surface area B. larger surface area C. smaller blade area D. larger surface area Answer:
A
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Question: In an exothermic reaction, what, specifically, is released? Options: A. humidity B. heat C. water D. precipitation Answer:
B
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Question: The rest of the energy stored in glucose is lost as what? Options: A. volume B. heat C. mass D. humidity Answer:
B
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Question: The skin disease impetigo is caused by spread of what type of microorganism? Options: A. algae B. bacteria C. viruses D. tumors Answer:
B
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Question: All the atoms of a given element have the same number of what in their nucleus, though they may have different numbers of neutrons? Options: A. electrons B. molecules C. compounds D. protons Answer:
D
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Question: What is the outermost part of the sun's atmosphere called? Options: A. particles B. ultraviolet C. corona D. rays Answer:
C
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Question: What type of science is the application of science to answer questions related to the law? Options: A. biologic B. ecology C. physics D. forensic Answer:
D
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Question: The thin scale-like or flat shape of what cells fits their primary function, to provide a smooth and protective surface? Options: A. kind epithelium B. basic epithelium C. simple epithelium D. technique epithelium Answer:
C
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Question: Prokaryotes are much simpler than what in many of their features? Options: A. membranes B. microorganisms C. meteorites D. eukaryotes Answer:
D
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Question: The benthic zone is found at the bottom of all of what type of biomes? Options: A. space B. desert C. well D. aquatic Answer:
D
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Question: What neurons carry nerve impulses from sense organs and internal organs to the central nervous system? Options: A. autonomic B. vascular C. axons D. sensory Answer:
D
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Question: What two types of tissue compose most of the non-pregnant and non-lactating female breast? Options: A. scar and collagenous B. adipose and collagenous C. silicone and collagenous D. intestine and collagenous Answer:
B