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Question: A major diversification of what animal group occurred about 50 million years ago, possibly spurred by worldwide climate change? Options: A. amphibians B. insects C. reptiles D. mammals Answer:
D
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Question: All organisms must adapt to what in order to survive? Options: A. conditions B. weather C. natural D. environment Answer:
D
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Question: What is the term for viscous magmas that are high in silica and tend to stay below the surface or erupt explosively? Options: A. felsic magmas B. sedimentary magmas C. combustible magmas D. compacted magmas Answer:
A
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Question: What determines which type of precipitation falls in the atmosphere? Options: A. air temperature B. moon phase C. time of day D. air density Answer:
A
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Question: The average global temperature has been rising since the end of what era? Options: A. flintstone B. miocene C. pleistocene D. glacial Answer:
C
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Question: What happens if a person doesn’t take in enough water to replace the water lost in sweat? Options: A. fatigue B. dehydration C. relaxation D. diarrhea Answer:
B
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Question: Matter can exist either as a pure substance or as a combination of what? Options: A. Different Liquids B. much substances C. different vapors D. different substances Answer:
D
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Question: Each proton has how many units of positive charge? Options: A. three B. one C. zero D. two Answer:
B
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Question: All living things need air and this to survive? Options: A. ecosystem B. water C. habitat D. stimuli Answer:
B
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Question: What's caused by damaged capillaries in the kidneys so the nephrons can no longer filter blood? Options: A. colon failure B. kidney failure C. sponge failure D. bacteria failure Answer:
B
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Question: During what are deletions and duplications especially likely to occur? Options: A. meiosis B. endothermia C. nucleus D. electrolysis Answer:
A
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Question: How many years can dissolved carbon be stored in the deep ocean? Options: A. thousands B. tens C. unknown D. hundreds Answer:
A
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Question: Movement of water and minerals in the xylem solutes, pressure, gravity, and matric potential are all important for what? Options: A. plant water transport B. increase water transport C. Moving Water Transport D. produce water transport Answer:
A
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Question: What are the three fundamental phases of matter? Options: A. solid, liquid, and gas B. big, small. and medium C. fast, slow, normal D. air, water, and land Answer:
A
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Question: Cellular respiration involves forming atp from what type of sugar? Options: A. sucrose B. glucose C. fructose D. glutamate Answer:
B
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Question: What forms at the boundary between two air masses? Options: A. a rough B. a front C. hurricane D. a cool Answer:
B
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Question: A habitat’s features are determined mainly by abiotic factors such as? Options: A. oxygen and rainfall B. temperature and rainfall C. mixing and rainfall D. length Answer:
B
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Question: Predicting the possible genotypes and phenotypes from a genetic cross is often aided by a what? Options: A. dinobot square B. axle square C. balusters square D. punnett square Answer:
D
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Question: If a solute is a gas, increasing the temperature will do what? Options: A. decrease its solubility B. increase its solubility C. have no effect D. change to liquid Answer:
A
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Question: What is the name of the bone that forms the forehead? Options: A. high bone B. frontal bone C. forebone D. upper bone Answer:
B
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Question: What cellular process is controlled by allosteric enzymes at key points in glycolysis and the citric acid cycle? Options: A. photosynthesis B. Metabolism C. mitosis D. cellular respiration Answer:
D
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Question: The heart is a muscular organ that pumps blood through which system? Options: A. nervous B. circulatory C. endocrine D. pulmonary Answer:
B
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Question: What occurs when a parent organism breaks into fragments, or pieces, and each fragment develops into a new organism? Options: A. absorption B. fragmentation C. sollution D. erosion Answer:
B
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Question: How are voltmeters placed in the circuit? Options: A. after parallel B. since parallel C. not parallel D. in parallel Answer:
D
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Question: What causes an elastic force in springs? Options: A. stretching or compressing B. freezing C. velocity D. momentum Answer:
A
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Question: What term is used to describe a solution in which water is the solvent? Options: A. liquids solution B. hydro solution C. sediment solution D. aqueous solution Answer:
D
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Question: Cancer develops when what process is unregulated? Options: A. metabolism B. cellular respiration C. cell division D. meiosis Answer:
C
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Question: Monomers of condensation polymers must contain how many functional groups so that each monomer can link up with two other monomers? Options: A. three B. four C. two D. one Answer:
C
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Question: Reaching conclusions about unobserved things on the basis of what has already been observed is known as what kind of reasoning? Options: A. reductive B. inductive C. primitive D. conductive Answer:
B
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Question: What are the trillions of bacteria living within the large intestine called? Options: A. bacteria flora B. probiotic C. intastinal flora D. microflora Answer:
A
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Question: When vertebrate animals metabolize ammonia what is the primary byproduct that is produced? Options: A. proteins B. dioxide C. urea D. carbon monoxide Answer:
C
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Question: What is another name for collar cells? Options: A. sporozoans B. enzymes C. clutches D. choanocytes Answer:
D
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Question: A black solid by itself, this element is incredibly important because of what it makes when it combines with many other elements, including oxygen? Options: A. carbon B. hydrogen C. lead D. dioxide Answer:
A
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Question: Why is the drift velocity negligible? Options: A. less free charges B. many free charges C. shows free charges D. need free charges Answer:
B
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Question: What is it called when waves spread out as they travel around obstacles or through openings in obstacles? Options: A. diffraction B. diffusion C. absorption D. destruction Answer:
A
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Question: What do you call a species that has died out in the past? Options: A. endangered B. remnant C. inhabit D. extinct Answer:
D
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Question: What is the main type of cell in the nervous system called? Options: A. neuron B. sensory C. axon D. conduction Answer:
A
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Question: Where does the shoot system get the water and minerals that it depends on? Options: A. the seeds B. the soil C. surrounding plants D. the air Answer:
B
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Question: Which highly valuable substance found in jewelry has a density of about 19 g/cm^3? Options: A. diamonds B. rubies C. gold D. silver Answer:
C
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Question: By breaking down organic matter, roundworms play an important role in which cycle? Options: A. metamorphic cycle B. carbon cycle C. circadian cycle D. water cycle Answer:
B
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Question: In multicellular organisms, only mutations in cell lines that produce gametes can be passed to what? Options: A. clones B. proteins C. offspring D. cells Answer:
C
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Question: What is defined as a close relationship between organisms of different species in which at least one of the organisms benefits? Options: A. co-operative B. parasitic C. endosymbiosis D. symbiosis Answer:
D
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Question: Nutrients from food are absorbed by the blood for transport around the body as part of what system? Options: A. growth B. digestive C. respiratory D. circulatory Answer:
B
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Question: Sucrose consists of one molecule of glucose and one molecule of what else? Options: A. alcohol B. lactose C. fructose D. protein Answer:
C
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Question: Which radio frequency should you listen to if you want less noise? Options: A. fm B. wave C. am D. cb Answer:
A
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Question: Where in the lungs does gas exchange between the air and blood takes place? Options: A. left lobe B. bronchial tube C. ganglion D. alveoli Answer:
D
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Question: Acne results from a blockage of sebaceous glands by what? Options: A. sebum B. mucous C. progesterone D. fat Answer:
A
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Question: What kind of enzyme is phosphofructokinase? Options: A. covalent B. allosteric C. intracellular D. orthosteric Answer:
B
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Question: Liquefaction ccurs when the molecules of a gas are cooled to the point where they no longer possess sufficient kinetic energy to overcome what? Options: A. intermolecular attractive forces B. gravitational attractive forces C. bonding attractive forces D. intermolecular gravitational forces Answer:
A
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Question: When orders are sent from your brain to your legs, these signals pass through what type of cells? Options: A. molecules B. nerve cells C. skin cells D. mobility cells Answer:
B
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Question: By applying salt to an icy road, the melting point of the ice is what? Options: A. increased B. concentrated C. decreased D. compounded Answer:
C
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Question: The activation of what kind of buds induces branching? Options: A. arterial buds B. axillary buds C. leafy buds D. lymphatic buds Answer:
B
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Question: What are two of the most common vision problems? Options: A. nearsightedness and farsightedness B. myopia and nearsightedness C. cross-eye and blindness D. blindness and astigmatism Answer:
A
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Question: What effect in the atmosphere ensures that the earth maintains the correct temperature to support life? Options: A. smog effect B. coriolis effect C. greenhouse effect D. ozone effect Answer:
C
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Question: An element that is generally a poor conductor of heat and electricity is known as a ______ Options: A. superconductor B. magnet C. alloy D. nonmetal Answer:
D
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Question: Helicopters store large amounts of rotational energy of what type in their blades? Options: A. thermal B. seismic C. kinetic D. magnetic Answer:
C
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Question: Most protein antigens require signals from helper t cells (th2) to proceed to make what? Options: A. bacterium B. protein C. antibody D. antioxidant Answer:
C
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Question: Lysosomes have what type of enzymes that break down old molecules into parts that can be recycled? Options: A. probiotics B. corrosive C. bacterial D. digestive Answer:
D
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Question: A single, often oversimplified, path through which energy and matter flow through an ecosystem is also known as what? Options: A. life cycle B. food chain C. fuel chain D. the chain Answer:
B
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Question: Name the law that determines as to which rock layers are younger or older than others. Options: A. law of superposition B. law of apposition C. law of gravity D. geologic theory Answer:
A
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Question: Bromine is much less abundant than fluorine or chlorine, but it is easily recovered from seawater, which contains about 65 mg of br− per what? Options: A. foot B. liter C. gallon D. pound Answer:
B
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Question: What travels at a rate of 300,000 kilometers per second, or nearly instantaneously? Options: A. gravity B. sound C. air D. light Answer:
D
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Question: An alpha particle, which is emitted during alpha decay, consists of two protons and what else? Options: A. two positrons B. two neutrons C. two nuclei D. two electrons Answer:
B
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Question: What happens to a chain of amino acids after it reaches a stop codon? Options: A. released from the ribosome B. metabolism begins C. digestion stops D. stays in ribosome Answer:
A
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Question: Deserts and forests are examples of what type of biome? Options: A. abundant B. terrestrial C. freshwater D. acquatic Answer:
B
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Question: What fatty material inside arteries can restrict blood flow in the artery? Options: A. plaque B. marble C. cholesterol D. collagen Answer:
A
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Question: In human beings, when a female becomes pregnant, what is fertilized and then embedded in the uterus? Options: A. sperm B. follicle C. egg D. dna Answer:
C
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Question: Organelles whose membranes are specialized for aerobic respiration are called what? Options: A. mitochondria B. mitosis C. chloroplasts D. vacuoles Answer:
A
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Question: What is the term for an infection caused by a fungal parasite? Options: A. mycosis B. mitosis C. acrobasis D. mydriasis Answer:
A
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Question: What is the organ that senses sound? Options: A. skin B. eye C. nose D. ear Answer:
D
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Question: The electrochemical potential across a membrane determines the tendency of an ion to do what? Options: A. cross the membrane B. attach to the membrane C. move away from the membrane D. destroy the membrane Answer:
A
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Question: Monatomic ions have an oxidation number equal to their what? Options: A. cost B. size C. length D. charge Answer:
D
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Question: Average global temperature has been doing what for the past several decades? Options: A. rising B. fluctuating C. falling D. stabilizing Answer:
A
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Question: What is the process of removing wastes and excess water from the body called? Options: A. diffusion B. inspiration C. ingestion D. excretion Answer:
D
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Question: Terrestrial arthropods generally have internal surfaces specialized for what? Options: A. water uptake B. food gathering C. protection D. gas exchange Answer:
D
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Question: Converging plates can be oceanic, continental, or one of each. if at least one is oceanic, it will subduct. a subducting plate creates what? Options: A. wind B. volcanoes C. fires D. earthquakes Answer:
B
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Question: What do molecules need to do for a reaction to take place? Options: A. explode B. separate C. collide D. melt Answer:
C
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Question: What protects a developing flower while it is still a bud? Options: A. sepals B. petals C. lobes D. shell Answer:
A
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Question: If an abnormal cell is not prevented from dividing and it divides uncontrollably, what forms? Options: A. cyst B. inflammation C. edema D. tumor Answer:
D
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Question: Which is the active ingredient of cereal crop disease, ergot? Options: A. pixelation acid B. amino acid C. lysergic acid D. byblis acid Answer:
C
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Question: What do you call compounds that have covalent bonds? Options: A. ions B. valence compound C. reflectivity compounds D. covalent compounds Answer:
D
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Question: What is an area in a body of water where nothing grows because there is too little oxygen known as? Options: A. missing zone B. deceased zone C. dead zone D. cold zone Answer:
C
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Question: Newly duplicated chromosomes are divided into two daughter nuclei during what stage? Options: A. meiosis B. mitosis C. symphysis D. prophase Answer:
B
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Question: Radioactive isotopes have the same chemical properties as stable isotopes of the same element. still, how is radioactive isotope different from stable isotopes? Options: A. they emit radiation B. they emit magnetism C. they absorb radiation D. they absorb light Answer:
A
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Question: Most flowers carry both stamens and carpels; however, a few species are capable of what and are nicknamed "perfect" flowers? Options: A. self-pollination B. germination C. sexual reproduction D. cloning Answer:
A
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Question: What is electrons in the highest occupied principal energy level of an atom called? Options: A. shell electrons B. gradient electrons C. valence electrons D. non-valence electrons Answer:
C
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Question: Atoms of the same element that have different masses are called what? Options: A. variations B. radioactive C. isotopes D. mutations Answer:
C
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Question: What two things collide to cause gas pressure? Options: A. gas particles and a wave B. gas particles and an object C. gas particles and an electron D. light particles and an object Answer:
B
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Question: What is the term for a dynamic equilibrium that is maintained in body tissues and organs? Options: A. homogeneity B. homeostasis C. dormancy D. metabolism Answer:
B
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Question: Anemia, leukemia, hemophilia, and sickle-cell disease are examples of conditions that primarily affect what? Options: A. heart B. blood C. brain D. Lungs Answer:
B
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Question: What is the name of the mineral that contains calcium, carbon and oxygen? Options: A. calcite B. quartz C. cobalt D. granite Answer:
A
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Question: The first consumption of breast milk or formula floods the newborn’s sterile gastrointestinal tract with beneficial what? Options: A. bacteria B. oxygen C. disease D. pathogens Answer:
A
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Question: The conservation of momentum principle can be applied to systems as different as a comet striking earth and a gas containing huge numbers of atoms and these? Options: A. protons B. molecules C. ions D. particles Answer:
B
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Question: Both sexes of sockeye salmon turn red with green heads just prior to what? Options: A. feeding B. dying C. migrating D. spawning Answer:
D
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Question: What is the bending of waves around a corner called? Options: A. diffraction B. propulsion C. absorption D. reflection Answer:
A
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Question: Pinocytosis or "cellular drinking," occurs when the plasma membrane folds inward to form a channel allowing dissolved substances to enter what? Options: A. proteins B. nucleus C. cell D. homeostasis Answer:
C
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Question: Both androgen secretion and spermatogenesis occur continuously starting with what? Options: A. mutation B. birth C. walking D. puberty Answer:
D
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Question: Overpopulation takes place when the number of organisms in an area exceeds what? Options: A. consumers B. biome size C. carrying capacity D. predators Answer:
C
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Question: All chemical reactions involve both reactants and what else? Options: A. catalysts B. consumers C. energy D. products Answer:
D
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Question: Varicose veins are veins that become enlarged because the valves no longer do this? Options: A. shrink properly B. enlarge properly C. open properly D. close properly Answer:
D