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null | Question: What is the most common cause of dwarfism?
Options:
A. retinopathy
B. hypothyroidism
C. achondroplasia
D. deformity
Answer: | C |
null | Question: What do neurons pass to the next neuron?
Options:
A. neurotransmitters
B. contaminants
C. blood
D. receptors
Answer: | A |
null | Question: What two measurements are multiplied to find the area of a rectangle?
Options:
A. length and width
B. length and depth
C. depth and width
D. volume and mass
Answer: | A |
null | Question: Mineral crystals that form when magma cools are usually _______ than crystals that form when lava cools.
Options:
A. denser
B. older
C. larger
D. smaller
Answer: | C |
null | Question: There are a series of rules for naming branched alkanes (and, ultimately, for all organic compounds). these rules make up the system of nomenclature for naming what?
Options:
A. non-organic molecules
B. organic molecules
C. typical molecules
D. oxygen molecules
Answer: | B |
null | Question: Why is having grasping hands and feet important for primates?
Options:
A. protecting habitat
B. foraging for food
C. hang on trees
D. migrating
Answer: | C |
null | Question: When what element - whose name means "light bringing" - was first isolated, scientists noted that it glowed in the dark and burned when exposed to air?
Options:
A. mercury
B. phosphorus
C. oxygen
D. neon
Answer: | B |
null | Question: Triploblasts include a broad range of animals, from flatworms to arthropods to what?
Options:
A. mammals
B. invertebrates
C. cells
D. vertebrates
Answer: | D |
null | Question: Speciation, convergent evolution, and coevolution are types of what process?
Options:
A. macroevolution
B. devolution
C. microevolution
D. systemic evolution
Answer: | A |
null | Question: What fluid is most prevalent in your body?
Options:
A. Coolant
B. water
C. liquid
D. cold
Answer: | B |
null | Question: In what kind of a series does the genetic code work?
Options:
A. nine letter-codes
B. three-letter codes
C. four-letter codes
D. universal codes
Answer: | B |
null | Question: What term describes motion that repeats itself at regular time intervals, such as exhibited by a vibrating guitar string?
Options:
A. apparent motion
B. gravitational pull
C. periodic motion
D. specific speed
Answer: | C |
null | Question: Proteins include 20 common types of what compounds?
Options:
A. dna
B. mitochondria
C. amino acids
D. rna acids
Answer: | C |
null | Question: What is the main component of paper, cardboard, and textiles made from cotton, linen, and other plant fibers?
Options:
A. pulp
B. cellulose
C. cambium
D. vascular tissue
Answer: | B |
null | Question: What "apparatus" is responsible for sorting, modifying, and shipping off the products that come from the rough endoplasmic reticulum?
Options:
A. secretion apparatus
B. plasma apparatus
C. receptor apparatus
D. golgi apparatus
Answer: | D |
null | Question: What is the largest part of the brain?
Options:
A. stem
B. cerebrum
C. cerebellum
D. limbic system
Answer: | B |
null | Question: What takes place when water on earth’s surface changes to water vapor?
Options:
A. evaporation
B. absorption
C. transpiration
D. condensation
Answer: | A |
null | Question: Dna is normally found within what region of a cell?
Options:
A. mitochondria
B. nucleus
C. Golgi apparatus
D. genome sequence
Answer: | B |
null | Question: Which form of electromagnetic waves have more energy: low frequency wave or high frequency waves?
Options:
A. neither
B. the same
C. high frequency waves
D. low frequency waves
Answer: | C |
null | Question: In the absence of air resistance, all falling objects accelerate at the same rate due to what force?
Options:
A. weight
B. gravity
C. motion
D. velocity
Answer: | B |
null | Question: What process provides over 99 percent of the energy for life on earth?
Options:
A. glycolysis
B. fracking
C. photosynthesis
D. farming
Answer: | C |
null | Question: How does burning matter affect its mass?
Options:
A. the mass increases
B. the mass decreases
C. the mass quadruples
D. the mass remains the same
Answer: | D |
null | Question: What is the third male reprodutive structure after the penis and testes?
Options:
A. epididymis
B. anus
C. scrotum
D. clitoris
Answer: | A |
null | Question: What do corals secrete that builds up to become a coral reef?
Options:
A. saliva
B. actuators
C. exoskeletons
D. tentacles
Answer: | C |
null | Question: All atoms of the same element share the same number of what type of particle?
Options:
A. neutrons
B. quarks
C. protons
D. nucleus
Answer: | C |
null | Question: What two element makes up a hyrdocarbon?
Options:
A. helium and carbon
B. carbon and hydrogen
C. nitrogen and carbon
D. hydrogen and carbonite
Answer: | B |
null | Question: What is able to occur because no surface is perfectly smooth?
Options:
A. temperature
B. friction
C. tension
D. mass
Answer: | B |
null | Question: What is our largest source of energy?
Options:
A. coal
B. methane
C. iron
D. wind
Answer: | A |
null | Question: What type of device do scientist use to determine wind speed?
Options:
A. dynamometer
B. barometer
C. photometer
D. anemometer
Answer: | D |
null | Question: What type of plant keeps it green leaves year-round?
Options:
A. deciduous
B. evergreen plant
C. cactus
D. conifer
Answer: | B |
null | Question: Dependent on the frequency of sound waves, what term described how high or low a sound seems to a listener?
Options:
A. direction
B. pitch
C. curve
D. wavelength
Answer: | B |
null | Question: In what form do plants and animals store sugar for later use?
Options:
A. processing polysaccharides
B. carrying polysaccharides
C. storage polysaccharides
D. management polysaccharides
Answer: | C |
null | Question: What refers to the development and nourishment of an embryo within the mother’s body but not inside an egg?
Options:
A. adolescence
B. birth
C. ovulation
D. vivipary
Answer: | D |
null | Question: What is a capillary bed that filters blood principally based on particle size?
Options:
A. plexus
B. buds
C. vein
D. glomerulus
Answer: | D |
null | Question: How many amino acids are arranged like "beads on a string" to form proteins?
Options:
A. 25
B. 20
C. 35
D. 15
Answer: | B |
null | Question: Some samples of matter appear to have properties of solids, liquids, and/or gases at the same time. this can occur when the sample is composed of many what?
Options:
A. turn pieces
B. large pieces
C. few pieces
D. small pieces
Answer: | D |
null | Question: In which order does the reactivity of halogen group decline?
Options:
A. bottom to top
B. top to bottom
C. left to right
D. right to left
Answer: | B |
null | Question: Like animals, cyanobacteria possess what kind of biological rhythm?
Options:
A. music rhythm
B. brain rhythm
C. circadian rhythm
D. variable rhythm
Answer: | C |
null | Question: What term refers to the conditions of the atmosphere from day to day?
Options:
A. humidity
B. temperture
C. weather
D. climate
Answer: | C |
null | Question: Energy is absorbed in the process of converting a liquid at its boiling point into a what?
Options:
A. plasma
B. solid
C. gas
D. mesh
Answer: | C |
null | Question: Budding and fission in annelids are examples of what type of reproduction?
Options:
A. sexual
B. byproduct
C. hybrid
D. asexual
Answer: | D |
null | Question: Ultimately, the fluid that is lost from the blood vessels is returned through what system?
Options:
A. urinary
B. venous
C. symptomatic
D. lymphatic
Answer: | D |
null | Question: Bones are the main organs of what system, which also includes cartilage and ligaments?
Options:
A. skeletal system
B. digestive system
C. endocrine system
D. lymphatic system
Answer: | A |
null | Question: Hydrophobic interactions arise because water molecules engage in what type of bonding with other water molecules?
Options:
A. oxygen bonding
B. aquatic bonding
C. helium bonding
D. hydrogen bonding
Answer: | D |
null | Question: What is the final product of the calvin cycle?
Options:
A. chloride
B. glucose
C. sucrose
D. insulin
Answer: | B |
null | Question: Why does water infiltrate the ground?
Options:
A. because soil and rocks are porous
B. gravity
C. prolonged drought conditions
D. run-off from flooding
Answer: | A |
null | Question: Traits controlled by genes on the sex chromosomes are called what?
Options:
A. sex-linked traits
B. chromosome-linked traits
C. gender-linked traits
D. male-related traits
Answer: | A |
null | Question: Series and parallel circuits are two basic types of what?
Options:
A. mutual circuits
B. chemical circuits
C. mechanical circuits
D. electric circuits
Answer: | D |
null | Question: Amines are bases; they react with acids to form what?
Options:
A. oils
B. salts
C. ions
D. proteins
Answer: | B |
null | Question: Exposure to what can increase the amount of pigment in the skin and make it appear darker?
Options:
A. gamma rays
B. ultraviolet radiation
C. nuclear radiation
D. sunlight
Answer: | B |
null | Question: What layer covers the bones that make them look tough, shiny, and white?
Options:
A. epithelium
B. periosteum
C. epidermis
D. cuticle
Answer: | B |
null | Question: Coal, oil and natural gas are types of what formed from the remains of once living organisms?
Options:
A. fossil compounds
B. living fossils
C. fossil fuels
D. crop fuels
Answer: | C |
null | Question: What are the key to species evolving?
Options:
A. mutations
B. radiation
C. parasites
D. microbes
Answer: | A |
null | Question: The tensor fascia latae acts as what, in relation to the gluteus medius and iliopsoas, for the purpose of flexing and abducting the thigh?
Options:
A. synergist
B. symbiotic
C. spicule
D. antagonist
Answer: | A |
null | Question: What does liquid change to due to vaporization?
Options:
A. oil
B. solid
C. gas
D. plasma
Answer: | C |
null | Question: What type of tissue runs the length of a stem in vascular bundles?
Options:
A. thermal tissue
B. muscle tissue
C. cardiac tissue
D. vascular tissue
Answer: | D |
null | Question: Polymers, ceramics, adhesives, coatings, and liquid crystals are examples of materials recently discovered or developed by what type of scientists?
Options:
A. engineers
B. material scientists
C. geologists
D. chemists
Answer: | D |
null | Question: What is composed of very long strands of glucose monomers, is largely indigestible and comprises the cell walls of plants?
Options:
A. tree bark
B. chlorophyll
C. vascular cambrium
D. cellulose
Answer: | D |
null | Question: Oils are liquid lipids that plants use to store what?
Options:
A. Protein
B. carbo
C. fat
D. energy
Answer: | D |
null | Question: The reverse process of moving material into a cell is the process of what?
Options:
A. exocytosis
B. osmosis
C. proteolysis
D. endocytosis
Answer: | A |
null | Question: The two main agents of soil erosion are water and what else?
Options:
A. humidity
B. steam
C. glaciers
D. wind
Answer: | D |
null | Question: What is the angiosperm seed surrounded by?
Options:
A. uterus
B. egg
C. ovary
D. cone
Answer: | C |
null | Question: Which single most factor is responsible for the extinction of hundreds of species of birds?
Options:
A. habitat
B. diet
C. human actions
D. animal actions
Answer: | C |
null | Question: In the mammal family, what is the name for hoofed animals, such as deer, sheep, goats, pigs, buffalo, elephants and giraffes?
Options:
A. primates
B. ungulates
C. bovines
D. rodents
Answer: | B |
null | Question: What can be worn to protect hands and skin from harm?
Options:
A. masks
B. gloves
C. splints
D. filters
Answer: | B |
null | Question: Do metals tend to gain electrons or lose electrons in chemical reactions?
Options:
A. lose electrons
B. same number of electrons
C. develop electrons
D. gain electrons
Answer: | A |
null | Question: What ingredient has been used in brewing, winemaking and baking for thousands of years?
Options:
A. yeast
B. fruit
C. oils
D. flour
Answer: | A |
null | Question: What organism constitutes frothy green "pond scum"?
Options:
A. protozoa
B. bacteria
C. algae
D. sponges
Answer: | C |
null | Question: Dna consists of how many long chains of nucleotides?
Options:
A. one
B. zero
C. two
D. three
Answer: | C |
null | Question: Plants can reproduce sexually and in which other way?
Options:
A. horizontally
B. spontaneously
C. genetically
D. asexually
Answer: | D |
null | Question: Compounds with aluminum and silicon are commonly found in the clay fractions of soils derived from what?
Options:
A. volcanic ash
B. mineral ash
C. volatile ash
D. ground ash
Answer: | A |
null | Question: What is the comparison of two factors within a population?
Options:
A. correlation
B. variable
C. hypothesis
D. curve
Answer: | A |
null | Question: Bones, cartilage, and ligaments make up what anatomical system?
Options:
A. Lymphatic system
B. Integumentary system
C. skeletal system
D. Muscular system
Answer: | C |
null | Question: What equals the mass of the object (in kilograms) times the acceleration due to gravity (9.8 m/s 2 )?
Options:
A. weight
B. velocity
C. density
D. speed of light
Answer: | A |
null | Question: Ejaculation occurs when muscle contractions propel sperm from where?
Options:
A. epididymes
B. cervix
C. penis
D. urinary track
Answer: | A |
null | Question: What two forms can fluids take?
Options:
A. vapor or gas
B. liquid or gas
C. mixture or gas
D. water or gas
Answer: | B |
null | Question: What is the term for something that limits the growth or development of an organism, population, or process?
Options:
A. limiting factor
B. variable
C. stumbling block
D. controlling factor
Answer: | A |
null | Question: What is the side to side movement of the mandible called?
Options:
A. shifting
B. excursion
C. twitching
D. cycling
Answer: | B |
null | Question: What happens to the volume of a gas as the kelvin temperature increases?
Options:
A. it drops
B. it increases
C. it continues
D. it decreases
Answer: | B |
null | Question: During an earthquake, the ground shakes as stored up energy is released from what?
Options:
A. the soil
B. fossils
C. grass
D. rocks
Answer: | D |
null | Question: What limits the growth or development of an organism, population, or process?
Options:
A. mutation factor
B. decreasing factor
C. limiting factor
D. limiting membrane
Answer: | C |
null | Question: Narrowing of the arterioles causes an increase of what upstream in the arteries?
Options:
A. white blood cells
B. blood pressure
C. red blood cells
D. heart beat
Answer: | B |
null | Question: Every peripheral nerve is connected directly or indirectly to what?
Options:
A. the optimal cord
B. the spinal cord
C. the umbilical chord
D. the functional cord
Answer: | B |
null | Question: What is the most widely used form of renewable energy in the world?
Options:
A. wind
B. fossil fuel
C. hydropower
D. solar
Answer: | C |
null | Question: What kind of conditions are often inherited as simple recessive traits?
Options:
A. genetic ratios
B. genetic diversivers
C. genetic neurotransmitters
D. genetic disorders
Answer: | D |
null | Question: What are the two main minerals found in ocean water?
Options:
A. sodium, chloride
B. dioxide , chloride
C. quartz, carbon
D. carbon , chloride
Answer: | A |
null | Question: What machines have scientist built to smash particles that are smaller than atoms into each other head-on?
Options:
A. nitrogen accelerators
B. energy accelerators
C. particle accelerators
D. Atom Accelerators
Answer: | C |
null | Question: Steam consists of what common and essential element in its gaseous phase?
Options:
A. plasma
B. air
C. water
D. carbon dioxide
Answer: | C |
null | Question: Insects have a highly specialized type of respiratory system called what?
Options:
A. gland system
B. tracheal system
C. grunion system
D. nasal system
Answer: | B |
null | Question: What is the energy needed to start a reaction between catalysts and reactants called?
Options:
A. decomposition energy
B. reaction energy
C. conductivity energy
D. activation energy
Answer: | D |
null | Question: What are created based upon the loss or gain of electrons?
Options:
A. hydrogens
B. ions
C. atoms
D. crystals
Answer: | B |
null | Question: What must two nuclei do for fusion to occur?
Options:
A. repel each other
B. melt
C. collide
D. explode
Answer: | C |
null | Question: Does atmospheric pressure increase or decrease as the altitude increases?
Options:
A. depends on other factors
B. decreases
C. increase
D. stays the same
Answer: | B |
null | Question: Which kind of genetics approach involves mutating or deleting genes provides researchers with clues about gene function?
Options:
A. possible genetics
B. inverse genetics
C. reverse genetics
D. impossible genetics
Answer: | C |
null | Question: When do hammerhead sharks usually hunt?
Options:
A. winter
B. in the day
C. summer
D. at night
Answer: | D |
null | Question: Visible light has what that can be detected by the human eye?
Options:
A. wavelengths
B. dimensions
C. patterns
D. colors
Answer: | A |
null | Question: According to rutherford, where is the vast majority of the mass of an atom located?
Options:
A. the cytoplasm
B. the nucleus
C. the electrons
D. the shell
Answer: | B |
null | Question: What is the most abundant element in the universe?
Options:
A. fluoride
B. helium
C. oxygen
D. hydrogen
Answer: | D |
null | Question: What causes maple leaves to change their colors?
Options:
A. chemical reactions
B. factor reactions
C. radiation reactions
D. artificial preservatives
Answer: | A |
null | Question: Our digestive system breaks down starch to what?
Options:
A. pattern sugars
B. Salts
C. simple sugars
D. Waste
Answer: | C |
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