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Question: What forms when crystals precipitate out from a liquid? Options: A. plants sedimentary rocks B. plasma sedimentary rocks C. liquid sedimentary rocks D. chemical sedimentary rocks Answer:
D
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Question: Producers, primary consumers, higher-level consumers, and decomposers are levels in what? Options: A. energy chain B. food chain C. food model D. food flowchart Answer:
B
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Question: What is the most common type of cancer in adult females? Options: A. skin B. lung C. breast D. bone Answer:
C
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Question: What is the term for an exact genetic copy? Options: A. genetic repeat B. genetic recreation C. clone D. duplication Answer:
C
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Question: What type of tissue is made up of cells that have the unique ability to contract? Options: A. nervous tissue B. muscle tissue C. connective tissue D. epithelial tissue Answer:
B
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Question: What device is used to measure temperature? Options: A. thermometer B. anemometer C. compass D. barometer Answer:
A
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Question: Are the majority of archaea chemotrophs or photosynthetic? Options: A. photosynthetics B. chemotrophs C. autotrophs D. neither Answer:
B
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Question: The kidneys are a pair of bean-shaped structures that are located just below and posterior to the liver in this? Options: A. mantle cavity B. cerebral cavity C. stomach cavity D. peritoneal cavity Answer:
D
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Question: Ringworm and athlete's foot are human diseases caused by what simple organisms? Options: A. bacteria B. viruses C. insects D. fungi Answer:
D
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Question: What is the most common cause of down syndrome? Options: A. trisomy 22 B. trisomy 21 C. chromosome 21 D. gametes 21 Answer:
B
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Question: After a supernova, what part of a star remains? Options: A. large B. superficial C. core D. outer Answer:
C
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Question: Which procedure helps modern nuclear physics convert lead into gold? Options: A. matter fusion B. nuclear fission C. evaporation D. nuclear bombardment Answer:
D
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Question: What is the hormone produced in high-stress situations? Options: A. somatostatin B. testosterone C. thyroxine D. adrenalin Answer:
D
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Question: What are used as model organisms in molecular biology and genetics? Options: A. electromagnetic slime molds B. weather slime molds C. cellular slime molds D. convergent slime molds Answer:
C
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Question: A highway that switches back and forth as it climbs up a steep hillside, yeilding a much gentler slope, is an example of what simple machine? Options: A. lever B. inclined plane C. pulley D. wheel Answer:
B
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Question: Synaptic connections can change over time depending on what? Options: A. age B. diet C. activity level D. weight Answer:
C
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Question: Small crustaceans exchange gases across thin areas of the cuticle; larger species have what to accomplish this? Options: A. noses B. gills C. lungs D. pores Answer:
B
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Question: Both flukes and tapeworms are parasites with what kind of host? Options: A. trees B. cells C. vertebrate D. insect Answer:
C
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Question: Turbulent sounds, at the onset of blood flow when the cuff pressure becomes sufficiently small are called? Options: A. choanocyte sounds B. whooping sounds C. korotkoff sounds D. pinworm sounds Answer:
C
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Question: Because of their reactivity, we do not find most representative metals as free elements where? Options: A. underground B. in nature C. in water D. in the atomospher Answer:
B
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Question: What is the term for crops that are genetically modified with new genes that code for traits useful to humans? Options: A. embryonic B. carcinogenic C. transgenic D. mutant Answer:
C
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Question: Channel proteins and carrier proteins help substances diffuse across what? Options: A. ribosomes B. endoplasmic reticulum C. cell membrane D. cytoplasm Answer:
C
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Question: Atomic orbitals from different atoms overlap to form what? Options: A. planet orbitals B. space orbitals C. molecular orbitals D. plasma orbitals Answer:
C
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Question: What is the smallest unit capable of life known as? Options: A. a cell B. living thing C. organism D. insect Answer:
A
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Question: Color blindness, hemophilia and muscular dystrophy are three x-linked what? Options: A. genes B. chromosomes C. alleles D. phenotypes Answer:
D
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Question: What organ absorbs about 90 percent of the water you ingest? Options: A. large intestine B. lungs C. skin D. small intestine Answer:
D
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Question: Systemic veins return blood low in what to the right atrium? Options: A. dioxide B. nitrogen C. oxygen D. nutrients Answer:
C
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Question: What do we call the center of a hurricane where the air is calm and clear? Options: A. eye B. neck C. nose D. epicenter Answer:
A
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Question: What do sudoriferous glands secrete? Options: A. sweat B. moving C. tissue D. water Answer:
A
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Question: Burning trees produces most of the same pollutants as burning what? Options: A. fossil fuels B. fossil compounds C. carbon D. coal fuels Answer:
A
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Question: What is a thin layer of gas that surrounds earth called? Options: A. the wind cycle B. the cloud cover C. the atmosphere D. the dioxide Answer:
C
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Question: Changes in the number of what can lead to disorders like down syndrome? Options: A. genes B. dna C. chromosomes D. prokaryotes Answer:
C
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Question: The process in which a sperm unites with an egg is called? Options: A. absorption B. fertilization C. migration D. infection Answer:
B
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Question: What sprouts up on stalks from the bed of moss gametophytes? Options: A. monocots B. stomata C. sporophytes D. fibroblasts Answer:
C
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Question: What is root that does not arise from a usual place? Options: A. adventitious B. hypochlorous C. momentous D. monomers Answer:
A
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Question: Translation is the process of ordering the amino acids in the assembly of a? Options: A. carbohydrate B. lipid C. protein D. vitamin Answer:
C
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Question: What part of the brain is largest in intelligent mammals? Options: A. thallus B. cerebrum C. manubrium D. cortex Answer:
B
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Question: In a heat map, what color represents the hottest temperatures? Options: A. pink B. orange C. bright yellow D. bright red Answer:
C
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Question: Many parasites have complex life cycles involving multiple ? Options: A. hosts B. features C. diseases D. viruses Answer:
A
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Question: What layer of soil, essential for farming, has the highest proportion of organic material? Options: A. topsoil B. subsoil C. bedrock D. humus Answer:
A
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Question: In what stage of photosynthesis does the calvin cycle occur? Options: A. second B. fourth C. third D. first Answer:
A
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Question: What occurs when light bends as it passes from one type of matter to another? Options: A. resonance B. refraction C. reflection D. vibration Answer:
B
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Question: What are sugars broken down into in your digestive system? Options: A. nicotine B. insulin C. starch D. glucose Answer:
D
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Question: When substances pass through the cell membrane without needing any energy what is it called? Options: A. active transport B. energetic transport C. passive transport D. kinetic transport Answer:
C
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Question: The binding of what helps eliminate antigens by phagocytosis and complement-mediated lysis Options: A. fats B. amino acids C. proteins D. antibodies Answer:
D
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Question: Parasitism, mutualism, and commensalism are instances of what type of interaction? Options: A. antibiotic B. symbiotic C. semantic D. enzymatic Answer:
B
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Question: Chemical digestion couldn't take place without the help of what? Options: A. neurotransmitters B. pigments C. melatonin D. digestive enzymes Answer:
D
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Question: What type of gases are the least reactive of all elements? Options: A. brave B. humble C. lucky D. noble Answer:
D
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Question: What are the two most common causes of diseases? Options: A. nutritional deficiencies B. viruses and protazoa C. bacteria and protazoa D. bacteria and viruses Answer:
D
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Question: An electrical signal along a nerve cell triggers the secretion of what? Options: A. neurotransmitter molecules B. conduction molecules C. axons D. attenuation molecules Answer:
A
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Question: What involves sensing and focusing light from people and objects? Options: A. echolocation B. vision C. projection D. sensory perception Answer:
B
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Question: Where can you find sodium acetate? Options: A. baking soda B. a heat pack C. a cold pack D. table salt Answer:
B
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Question: What is the term for the buildup of electric charge on an object, which can be transferred to another when touched? Options: A. electric potential B. electromagnetic electricity C. static cling D. static electricity Answer:
D
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Question: Myofibrils are long cylindrical structures that lie parallel to and run the entire length of what fibers? Options: A. skeletal muscle fibers B. uplift muscle fibers C. heart muscle fibers D. luminous muscle fibers Answer:
A
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Question: How does adding salt to water affect the boiling point? Options: A. reduces B. maintains C. increases D. no difference Answer:
C
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Question: The sun’s heat can also be trapped in your home by using south facing windows and good what? Options: A. insulation B. floors C. curtains D. vegetation Answer:
A
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Question: In what form is the heat absorbed when you heat ice and it reaches a temperature of 0 c? Options: A. radiation energy B. geothermal energy C. potential energy D. mechanical energy Answer:
C
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Question: What type of species can alternate between medusa and polyp forms? Options: A. crocodilian B. mollusks C. cnidarian D. chordata Answer:
C
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Question: What two organs secrete fluids that aid in digestion? Options: A. spleen and bladder B. kidney and gall bladder C. pancreas and liver D. stomach and lung Answer:
C
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Question: What branch of biology studies animal behavior? Options: A. geology B. embryology C. ethology D. microbiology Answer:
C
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Question: The peripheral nervous system consists of all the nerves that are found outside what? Options: A. autonomic nerous system B. large nervous system C. central nervous system D. somatic nervous system Answer:
C
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Question: What is another name for molecular compounds? Options: A. phenotype compounds B. covalent compounds C. synthetic compounds D. oxidized compounds Answer:
B
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Question: What are elements required in very small amounts? Options: A. macronutrients B. minerals C. micronutrients D. pollutants Answer:
C
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Question: What type of energy is possessed by autumn leaves before they fall? Options: A. mechanical energy B. potential energy C. radioactive energy D. kinetic energy Answer:
B
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Question: The primary function of insulin is to facilitate the uptake of what into body cells? Options: A. glucose B. sucralose C. chloride D. water Answer:
A
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Question: What is the term for any way that an animal interacts with other animals or the environment? Options: A. animal way B. animal biology C. animal behavior D. immunity Answer:
C
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Question: What are antacids comprised of? Options: A. bases B. solids C. acids D. gases Answer:
A
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Question: What is it called when two species evolve matching traits? Options: A. coevolution B. Allopatric speciation C. spontaneous mutation D. interconnection Answer:
A
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Question: What is the change in a species over time? Options: A. transformation B. variation C. evolution D. phenomenon Answer:
C
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Question: What is the term for the gas in smog that can damage plants? Options: A. dioxide B. carbon C. ozone D. sulphur Answer:
C
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Question: Who has proposed that cigarette advertising in all media be banned entirely? Options: A. antismoking groups B. parents C. teachers D. schools Answer:
A
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Question: What is the term for species in symbiotic relationships evolving together? Options: A. innervation B. interconnection C. autogeneration D. coevolution Answer:
D
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Question: What are the outer planets of the solar system made of? Options: A. plasma B. liquids C. solids D. gases Answer:
D
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Question: What consists of the different species within an area? Options: A. contamination community B. biological community C. abundant community D. science community Answer:
B
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Question: Polymers can disassemble by the reverse process called what? Options: A. electrolysis B. mitosis C. dehydration D. hydrolysis Answer:
D
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Question: The short length of what in women is the best explanation for the greater incidence of uti in women? Options: A. urethra B. fallopian tube C. vagina D. uterus Answer:
A
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Question: What is the term for abnormally low blood levels of carbon dioxide? Options: A. hypocapnia B. trichina C. spirogyra D. hepatitis Answer:
A
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Question: What helps pumice float in water? Options: A. gas bubble holes B. gravity C. high density D. large mass Answer:
A
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Question: Energy often changes between potential and what other kind of energy? Options: A. realized B. thermal C. kinetic D. magnetic Answer:
C
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Question: What is a short band of tough connective tissue that connects bones together to form a joint? Options: A. muscle tissue B. cartilage C. a tendon D. a ligament Answer:
D
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Question: Omnivores are animals that eat both plant- and? Options: A. biofuel B. recycled food C. animal-derived food D. liquid diets Answer:
C
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Question: What is the accelerating pattern of increasing population size called? Options: A. limited growth B. reproducing growth C. induced growth D. exponential growth Answer:
D
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Question: The toothlessness of modern birds, which serves to trim the weight of the head, is an example of what? Options: A. mutation B. adaptation C. variety D. genetic drift Answer:
B
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Question: What can slow down the increase of viruses in the blood? Options: A. platelets B. medications C. infections D. androgens Answer:
B
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Question: What is formed when amino acids are linked together in a long chain? Options: A. protein B. amino acid C. water molecule D. hormones Answer:
A
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Question: Do particles collide more in two reactants when they are both in fluid forms or solid forms? Options: A. solid B. plasma C. fluid D. neither Answer:
C
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Question: What kind of energy is specifically defined as the energy that is available to do work? Options: A. old B. free C. new D. used Answer:
B
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Question: What do all cells have in common? Options: A. small size B. same function C. same shape D. life span Answer:
A
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Question: Osmosis is driven by the imbalance of what? Options: A. precipitation B. water concentration C. isolation D. evaporation Answer:
B
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Question: The similarities and differences between the genomes confirm patterns of what? Options: A. evolution B. fossils C. variation D. phylum Answer:
A
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Question: Particles in what state of matter do not experience any force of mutual attraction or repulsion? Options: A. plasma B. gas C. liquid D. solid Answer:
B
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Question: What are the specialized cells of sponges called? Options: A. helper cells B. t cells C. collar cells D. plant cells Answer:
C
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Question: What do offsprings obtain from their parents in what is called, inheritance? Options: A. characteristics B. variations C. attributes D. mutations Answer:
A
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Question: Met, asn, trp, and gln connect together like beads on a necklace and are an example of what type of acids? Options: A. peptic acids B. amino acids C. organism acids D. polymer acids Answer:
B
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Question: Vertebrates lacking what structures often use lungs for gas exchange? Options: A. pores B. nostrils C. gills D. spores Answer:
C
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Question: Where does most of the earth's energy come from? Options: A. sun B. its atmosphere C. magnetic field D. its core Answer:
A
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Question: Some animals prepare for the long winters by storing food and going dormant, a behavior called what? Options: A. hibernation B. resting C. gestation D. pollination Answer:
A
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Question: The duodenum, the jejunum, and the ileum are the main regions of which organ? Options: A. lungs B. large intestine C. small intestine D. heart Answer:
C
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Question: How do hydrogen bonds help ions and other polar molecules? Options: A. solidify in water B. change in water C. activate in water D. dissolve in water Answer:
D
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Question: In what kind of bond does one atom contribute both of the electrons in the shared pair? Options: A. an ionic bond B. a covalent bond C. a valence bond D. a metallic bond Answer:
B