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Question: What type of tissue transports water, nutrients, and food in plants? Options: A. rough tissue B. smooth tissue C. vascular tissue D. normal tissue Answer:
C
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Question: What is the mass of one mole of any given substance? Options: A. protons mass B. atomic mass C. solute mass D. molar mass Answer:
D
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Question: What is the name given to the use of controlled nuclear fusion as an energy source? Options: A. half-life B. thermonuclear power C. generator power D. fossil fuel Answer:
B
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Question: The challenge of techniques used for proteomic analyses is the difficulty in detecting small quantities of what? Options: A. particles B. proteins C. bacteria D. acids Answer:
B
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Question: What helps us see rainbows in the sky? Options: A. spectral light B. visible light C. prism D. myopia Answer:
B
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Question: What type of invisible waves are used in microwaves? Options: A. radiation B. thermal C. convection D. electric Answer:
A
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Question: Peristalsis is necessary for what basic bodily function? Options: A. reproduction B. digestion C. regeneration D. respiration Answer:
B
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Question: Kirchhoff’s second rule (the loop rule) is an application of conservation of what? Options: A. energy B. Rock C. heating D. mineral Answer:
A
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Question: Why did woolly mammoths began to go extinct thousands of years ago? Options: A. parasites B. hunting by humans C. competition for food D. volcanic eruptions Answer:
B
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Question: What type of organism does not need oxygen for growth and dies in its presence? Options: A. aerobic B. acidic C. anaerobic D. symbiotic Answer:
C
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Question: What measure is resorted to by people who wish to screen out genetic abnormalities in the fetus? Options: A. stem cell therapy B. prenatal testing C. in vitro fertilization D. contraceptive use Answer:
B
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Question: What is the si unit for electric current? Options: A. joule B. ohm C. planck D. ampere Answer:
D
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Question: What changes from heat or pressure during metamorphism? Options: A. carbohydrates B. fossils C. minerals D. grains Answer:
C
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Question: What causes continents to drift closer to the poles or the equator? Options: A. wind B. plate movements C. tidal pull D. sediment movements Answer:
B
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Question: What process determines which of two fossils is older or younger than the other? Options: A. difference dating B. relative dating C. curve dating D. differential dating Answer:
B
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Question: What measures the force of gravity pulling on an object? Options: A. weight B. velocity C. density D. volume Answer:
A
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Question: What type of chemicals do ants communicate with? Options: A. Alkanes B. pesticides C. hormones D. pheromones Answer:
D
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Question: What is the most diverse and abundant group of organisms on earth, numbering in the millions of trillions? Options: A. pathogens B. viruses C. bacteria D. pests Answer:
C
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Question: Pigments are substances that absorb what? Options: A. artificial light B. synthetic light C. visible light D. natural light Answer:
C
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Question: What type of crust is made of basalt lavas that flow onto the seafloor? Options: A. endotopic B. warm C. exotic D. oceanic Answer:
D
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Question: Name the 3 ocean zones. Options: A. intertidal, pelagic, benthic B. coral, intertidal, apogean C. cotidal, intertidal, exotidal D. amphidromic, cotidal, benthic Answer:
A
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Question: What are saprobes that decompose organic matter? Options: A. fungi B. protists C. chordates D. sponges Answer:
A
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Question: What results when the water vapor from a hot shower contacts the cooler surface of a mirror? Options: A. cleaner mirror B. foggy mirror C. mirror brightens D. the mirror breaks Answer:
B
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Question: Quarks in the middle energy family are found in cosmic rays and are produced in what? Options: A. particle accelerators B. particle splicers C. cosmic accelerators D. particle processors Answer:
A
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Question: What happens to evolution when equilibrium is reached within the genes of the population? Options: A. it starts over B. it stops occurring C. it goes backwards D. it accelerates Answer:
B
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Question: What process joins two haploid gametes into a diploid zygote? Options: A. embryo B. migration C. fusion D. fertilization Answer:
D
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Question: What type of microscope is used to see extremely small objects? Options: A. ultrasonic microscope B. X-ray microscope C. electron microscope D. optical microscope Answer:
C
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Question: What is the general composition of the continental crust? Options: A. limestone B. sandstone C. granite D. marble Answer:
C
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Question: What element chemically weathers rock by combining with a metal? Options: A. nitrogen B. hydrogen C. carbon D. oxygen Answer:
D
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Question: Magma can be created when temperature rises, pressure lowers, or what else is added? Options: A. air B. dirt C. water D. sand Answer:
C
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Question: What methods allow scientists to add to scientific knowledge and gain a better understanding of the world? Options: A. through investigations B. early investigations C. close investigations D. slow investigations Answer:
A
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Question: When magma reaches the surface through cracks in the earth's crust, what occurs? Options: A. magma eruption B. volcanic explosion C. volcanic eruption D. tsunami Answer:
C
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Question: Radiation can be absorbed or shielded by materials, particularly what material used to make protective aprons worn by x-ray administrators? Options: A. carbon B. lead C. steel D. cotton Answer:
B
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Question: Sodium and chloride ions have equal but what charges? Options: A. path B. simple C. opposite D. positive Answer:
C
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Question: Nephrons, renal tubules and the loop of henle are part of the process of blood filtration by what organs? Options: A. kidneys B. lungs C. bladder D. liver Answer:
A
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Question: Organisms that depend on other organisms for food play what role in the food chain? Options: A. fungus B. plant C. producer D. consumer Answer:
D
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Question: What are the light wavelengths that the human eye can detect called? Options: A. ultraviolet light B. visible light C. apparent light D. infrared light Answer:
B
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Question: What is the distance something travels in a given amount of time called? Options: A. revolution B. speed C. coverage D. circulation Answer:
B
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Question: Radiation, chemicals, and infectious agents are examples of what? Options: A. pathogens B. catalysts C. mutagens D. inhibitors Answer:
C
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Question: Many structures in fish are adaptations for what type of lifestyle? Options: A. carnivorous B. aquatic C. symbiotic D. asexual Answer:
B
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Question: What type of animal can be found on every continent except antarctica? Options: A. mammals B. reptiles C. insects D. amphibians Answer:
B
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Question: What is the lowest energy state of the atom called? Options: A. ground state B. base state C. active state D. work state Answer:
A
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Question: The trachea and bronchi are made of incomplete rings of this? Options: A. collagen B. ligaments C. cartilage D. membrane Answer:
C
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Question: Gases have no definite shape or what? Options: A. volume B. growth C. smell D. mass Answer:
A
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Question: Eggs are produced in what organs and, upon fertilization, develop in what other organ? Options: A. cervix, ovaries B. uterus, vagina C. ovaries, uterus D. fallopian tubes, ovaries Answer:
C
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Question: What do roots bring in from the soil into the plant? Options: A. dirt and minerals B. pesticides and chlorophyll C. water and nutrients D. hormones and fertilizer Answer:
C
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Question: Water molecules move about continuously due to what type of energy? Options: A. kinetic B. seismic C. optical D. potential Answer:
A
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Question: Eutrophication, or high levels of nutrients, can cause conditions that deprive fish of what vital gas? Options: A. hydrogen B. oxygen C. dioxide D. nitrogen Answer:
B
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Question: How does a cell's membrane keep extracellular materials from mixing with it's internal components? Options: A. absorbs extracellular materials B. repels extracellular materials C. provides a barrier D. destroys extracellular materials Answer:
C
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Question: If pollination and fertilization occur, a diploid zygote forms within an ovule, located where Options: A. testicle B. bladder C. ovary D. uterus Answer:
C
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Question: What causes cumulus clouds to grow upward? Options: A. mantle currents B. convection currents C. gas currents D. moisture currents Answer:
B
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Question: Which blood vessels is oxygen transferred through? Options: A. capillaries B. cilia C. arteries D. veins Answer:
A
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Question: What is a species that plays an especially important role in it's community called? Options: A. Leader B. Invasive C. keystone D. complement Answer:
C
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Question: What is another term for joules per second? Options: A. watts B. parsons C. jiffies D. jacobs Answer:
A
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Question: What is the term for seed plants? Options: A. proteins B. germospores C. spermatophytes D. sporozoans Answer:
C
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Question: What facilitates the diffusion of ions across a membrane? Options: A. passive transport B. ion channels C. photon channels D. ionic bonds Answer:
B
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Question: Soap acts as what kind of agent between grease and water? Options: A. codifying B. lubricating C. sterilizing D. emulsifying Answer:
D
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Question: On what part of bones would you expect to find cartilage? Options: A. exterior B. end C. marrow D. interior Answer:
B
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Question: What soil is common in deciduous forests? Options: A. pedalfer B. xerophyte C. sandy soil D. loam Answer:
A
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Question: In places like the grand canyon, hard rocks that are resistant to weathering form what, while softer rocks that weather more easily form slopes? Options: A. valleys B. cliffs C. crevasses D. peaks Answer:
B
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Question: The building blocks of proteins are called what? Options: A. boric acids B. amino acids C. mutation acids D. protein acids Answer:
B
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Question: What can be used to mechanically separate the two elements by attracting the iron filings out of the mixture and leaving the sulfur behind? Options: A. laser B. centrifuge C. magnet D. graduated cylinder Answer:
C
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Question: Avoiding carcinogens helps lower the risk of what? Options: A. cancer B. colds and flu C. radiation D. sunburn Answer:
A
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Question: What is the process in which cells break down glucose, release the stored energy, and use it to make atp Options: A. reproduction B. electromagnetic respiration C. photosynthesis D. cellular respiration Answer:
D
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Question: Which blood pressure is highest when the heart contracts during ventricular systole? Options: A. diastolic B. resting rate C. systolic D. arterial Answer:
D
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Question: An electron is accelerated from rest through a potential difference of what? Options: A. joules B. amperes C. volts D. watts Answer:
C
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Question: The plasma membrane of a skeletal muscle fiber is called the what? Options: A. annulata B. soleus C. sarcolemma D. sheath Answer:
C
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Question: Tapeworms are what type of flatworms? Options: A. symbiotic B. parasitic C. single-celled D. endogenous Answer:
B
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Question: The strength of a base depends on the concentration of _______ it produces when dissolved in water? Options: A. hydroxide ions B. monoxide ions C. combustion ions D. calcium ions Answer:
A
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Question: Mitosis and meiosis are two types of what process, with dramatically different products? Options: A. cell division B. cell solution C. cell transition D. cell diffusion Answer:
A
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Question: What uses oxygen gas to break apart the carbon-hydrogen bonds in glucose and release their energy? Options: A. energetic respiration B. electromagnetic respiration C. cellular respiration D. classical respiration Answer:
C
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Question: Most fungi can reproduce in which 2 ways? Options: A. sexually and autonomously B. binary fission and fusion C. sexually and binary fusion D. asexually and sexually Answer:
D
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Question: Desertification can result from slash-and-burn agriculture, which causes loss of what? Options: A. topsoil B. fertilizer C. subsoil D. sediment Answer:
A
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Question: What are proteins made up of? Options: A. lewis acids B. atoms acids C. detected acids D. amino acids Answer:
D
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Question: Mollusks can be divided into how many classes? Options: A. nine B. four C. three D. seven Answer:
D
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Question: What is the low level of radiation that occurs naturally in the environment called? Options: A. consequence radiation B. temperature radiation C. background radiation D. neon radiation Answer:
C
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Question: What are usually planted in rows with bare soil in between the rows? Options: A. beans B. corn C. crops D. trees Answer:
C
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Question: What is the name for tiny animals that feed on phytoplankton? Options: A. zooplankton B. jellyfish C. krill D. larvae Answer:
A
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Question: What is made up of bands of cells that contract for movement? Options: A. collagen B. vascular tissue C. cartilage D. muscle tissue Answer:
D
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Question: How many chambers does the stomach of a ruminant have? Options: A. 5 B. 4 C. 3 D. 1 Answer:
B
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Question: What type of plant tissue transports water and dissolved mineral upward to the leaves? Options: A. ectoderm B. xylem C. phloem D. collagen Answer:
B
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Question: A crater can usually be found on the top of what kind of volcanoes? Options: A. Dome B. composite C. Shield D. Compound Answer:
B
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Question: All three types of convergent plate boundaries produce what destructive phenomenon? Options: A. storm B. tornado C. earthquake D. volcano Answer:
C
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Question: What do craters and rifts become when the fill with water? Options: A. rivers B. creeks C. lakes D. grasses Answer:
C
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Question: What form because water erodes the outside of curves and deposits eroded material on the inside? Options: A. meanders B. cascades C. caverns D. inlets Answer:
A
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Question: What is used to darken images of the sky? Options: A. uv filter B. neutral density filter C. close-up filter D. polarizing filters Answer:
D
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Question: Bone marrow, the thymus gland, the spleen, and the tonsils are organs in what body system? Options: A. reproductive system B. skeletal system C. nervous system D. immune system Answer:
D
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Question: When the pressure waves from the scala move the basilar membrane, the tectorial membrane slides across the what? Options: A. keratin B. cytoplasm C. stereocilia D. dendrites Answer:
C
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Question: What bodily system handles taking in oxygen, getting rid of carbon dioxide, aiding in speech production and sensing odors? Options: A. circulatory system B. nervous system C. pulmonary system D. respiratory system Answer:
D
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Question: The large and small intestine are both divided into how many parts? Options: A. 2 B. 6 C. 8 D. 3 Answer:
D
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Question: Scientists think that stars and galaxies make up only a small part of the matter in the universe. what is the rest of the matter called? Options: A. typical matter B. light matter C. dark matter D. cold matter Answer:
C
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Question: The populations that live in the same area form this? Options: A. a habitat B. a colony C. a community D. a biome Answer:
C
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Question: What is our sun's next stage called? Options: A. blue giant B. red giant C. super nova D. white giant Answer:
B
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Question: What is precipitation that flows over the surface of the land? Options: A. blizzard B. seawater C. storm surge D. runoff Answer:
D
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Question: Different clouds are associated with different types of what? Options: A. magnetic fields B. weather conditions C. zodiac signs D. biomes Answer:
B
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Question: What type of transport occurs when substances cross the plasma membrane without any input of energy from the cell? Options: A. passive transport B. active transport C. physical transport D. wave diffusion Answer:
A
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Question: The chemical symbol of which ion is written first in ionic compounds? Options: A. positive metal ion B. last ion C. good metal ion D. negative ion Answer:
A
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Question: What changes nitrogen gas from the atmosphere to nitrogen compounds that plants can absorb? Options: A. tumors B. bacteria C. pathogens D. viruses Answer:
B
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Question: What is the term for reproductive cells, such as sperm and egg? Options: A. parasites B. nucleus C. gametes D. spores Answer:
C
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Question: Vascular and non-vascular are two groups of what kind of organism? Options: A. plants B. vertebrates C. fungi D. animals Answer:
A