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Question: Three distinct layers or tunics form the walls of what structures; the first is a smooth, inner lining of endothelial cells in contact with the red blood cells? Options: A. white blood cells B. alveoli C. blood vessels D. lungs Answer:
C
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Question: Capillaries rejoin to form venules, which convey blood to what? Options: A. glands B. extremities C. arteries D. veins Answer:
D
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Question: What is defined as the change in the size of the population over time? Options: A. extinction B. overpopulation C. population growth D. population density Answer:
C
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Question: Plants, cyanobacteria, and algae are living things that undergo what process and produce glucose? Options: A. cytoplasmic transfer B. glycolysis C. cellular respiration D. photosynthesis Answer:
D
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Question: What is a germ cell that divides into gametocytes during gametogenesis? Options: A. pollenation B. cocklebur C. gametogonium D. gonads Answer:
C
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Question: Vibrating objects such as drumheads produce what? Options: A. sound energy B. heat C. light D. negative ions Answer:
A
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Question: During protein synthesis, ribosomes assemble what into proteins? Options: A. rna acids B. polymer acids C. amino acids D. DNA Acids Answer:
C
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Question: What are bundles of collecting ducts that transport urine made by nephrons to the calyces of the kidney for excretion? Options: A. cartoid B. papillae C. cuticle D. esophagus Answer:
B
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Question: When the maximum amount of solute has been dissolved in a given amount of solvent, we say that the solution is what? Options: A. saturated B. blended C. empty D. used Answer:
A
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Question: The mixture of gases that surrounds the planet and makes up the atmosphere is known as ________. Options: A. air B. vaccum C. energy D. fuel Answer:
A
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Question: When light transfers its energy to objects, this is known as what? Options: A. absorption B. evaporation C. accumulation D. condensation Answer:
A
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Question: What is a force that opposes motion between any surfaces that are touching? Options: A. gravity B. friction C. tension D. vibration Answer:
B
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Question: What is the term for a scalar measure of how quickly an object is moving along this line? Options: A. force B. speed C. velocity D. motion Answer:
B
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Question: Scientists found that the youngest rocks on the seafloor were where? Options: A. trenches. B. mid-ocean ridges C. mid - ocean glaciers D. mid - ocean sediments Answer:
B
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Question: Weathering is fundamental to the creation of what, which exists as a very thin layer over solid rock? Options: A. soil B. aquifers C. moss D. fungus Answer:
A
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Question: What is connected to, and dependent on, the gametophyte? Options: A. the zygote B. the chromosomes C. the sperm D. the sporophyte Answer:
D
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Question: How does alcohol expand over a wide range of temperatures? Options: A. variably B. uniformly C. erratically D. exponentially Answer:
B
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Question: Hyenas and cockroaches are examples of what decomposers that consume the soft tissues of dead animals? Options: A. parasites B. scavengers C. foragers D. predators Answer:
B
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Question: Change in momentum in an object is equivalent to what other measurement? Options: A. resistance B. velocity C. gravity D. impulse Answer:
D
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Question: What is the the process by which remains or traces of living things become fossils called? Options: A. gentrification B. extirpation C. fossilization D. fasciculation Answer:
C
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Question: Bones are far from static, or unchanging. instead, they are what? Options: A. stable B. continuous C. fluid D. dynamic Answer:
D
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Question: Branching food chains and complex trophic interactions form what? Options: A. food fields B. food maps C. food trees D. food webs Answer:
D
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Question: What group of animals has adapted to live in both water and on land? Options: A. omnivores B. amphibians C. herbivores D. reptiles Answer:
B
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Question: What happens to meteors as they fall through the mesosphere? Options: A. they bounce B. they grow C. they burn D. they stop suddenly Answer:
C
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Question: Kelvin is a temperature measure in which the lowest temperature is what? Options: A. definitive zero B. accurate zero C. absolute zero D. anomalous zero Answer:
C
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Question: What color is the fungus in blue cheese? Options: A. green B. purple C. pink D. blue Answer:
D
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Question: How do animals obtain nitrogen? Options: A. eating plants other animals B. eating plants or organisms C. eating plants or bugs D. eating plants or sediments Answer:
B
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Question: In cellular respiration, glucose is broken down and what is made? Options: A. atp B. chlorophyll C. rna D. simple sugars Answer:
A
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Question: What term refers to something supplied by nature that helps support life? Options: A. simple resource B. existing resource C. free resource D. natural resource Answer:
D
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Question: Kidney stones can form anywhere in what system? Options: A. digestive B. intestinal C. respiratory D. urinary Answer:
D
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Question: Inserting an extra plane of atoms into a crystal lattice produces what? Options: A. edge dislocation B. spot location C. edge location D. spot dislocation Answer:
A
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Question: What biochemicals mediate changes in target cells by binding to specific receptors? Options: A. enzymes B. hormones C. acids D. amino acids Answer:
B
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Question: Because plants lack what kind of system, their first line of defense is usually the death of cells surrounding infected tissue to prevent spread of infection? Options: A. hormones system B. digestion system C. nervous system D. immune system Answer:
D
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Question: Single-displacement reactions are a subset of what? Options: A. kinetic reactions B. gravitational reactions C. redox reactions D. particle reactions Answer:
C
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Question: The field of organic chemistry studies the structure and reactivity of compounds containing what element? Options: A. nitrogen B. hydrogen C. oxygen D. carbon Answer:
D
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Question: Although quite different, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium are all classified as what type of metals? Options: A. mucous earth metals B. alkaline earth metals C. detergent earth metals D. acidic earth metals Answer:
B
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Question: In the chest, what divides as it enters the lungs to form the right and left bronchi? Options: A. thyroid B. Aorta C. trachea D. nerves Answer:
C
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Question: What is the structure which hangs from a newly hatched salmon larva? Options: A. air sac B. yolk sac C. stomach sac D. liquid sac Answer:
B
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Question: What is the year cycle that sunspots occur? Options: A. 12 B. 22 C. 15 D. 11 Answer:
D
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Question: What third property is different if two boxes have the same volume but one has greater mass? Options: A. output B. diameter C. oxygen D. density Answer:
D
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Question: Where does egg production happen? Options: A. testes B. ovaries C. uterus D. fallopian tube Answer:
B
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Question: In vascular plants, the sporophyte generation is what? Options: A. resting B. non-existant C. submissive D. dominant Answer:
D
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Question: Vitamin d is made in the skin when it is exposed to what? Options: A. darkness B. sunlight C. water D. dirt Answer:
B
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Question: Like mammals and birds, and unlike other reptiles, crocodiles have how many chambers in their heart? Options: A. four B. one C. two D. six Answer:
A
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Question: What is the smallest unit of a living thing? Options: A. electron B. proton C. organ D. cell Answer:
D
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Question: Where does the energy from an atomic bomb come from? Options: A. electron shell B. nucleus of atom C. neutron D. isotope of atom Answer:
B
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Question: What is caused by the same virus that causes chicken pox? Options: A. mumps B. boils C. shingles D. blisters Answer:
C
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Question: The cycle of copper reacting is a good example of what principle? Options: A. law of inertia B. conservation of energy C. conservation of mass D. conservation of momentum Answer:
C
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Question: What do you call a specialized type of plant tissue that transports water and nutrients throughout the plant? Options: A. thermal tissue B. cambrium layer C. vascular tissue D. chloroplasm Answer:
C
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Question: What is an ionic compound that produces negative hydroxide ions when dissolved in water Options: A. base B. acid C. catalyst D. isomer Answer:
A
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Question: What contains positive protons and neutral neutrons? Options: A. nucleus B. ions C. electrons D. epidermis Answer:
A
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Question: What transition occurs as heat is added or removed from a substance? Options: A. phase transition B. thermal reaction C. heat wave D. diffusion transition Answer:
A
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Question: How many sets of chromosomes does each somatic cell have? Options: A. two B. six C. one D. four Answer:
A
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Question: Basidiomycetes do what to wood and other plant material? Options: A. revive B. evaporate C. evolve D. decompose Answer:
D
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Question: Organic chemistry is the study of the chemistry of what? Options: A. oxidation B. hydrogen C. metals D. carbon compounds Answer:
D
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Question: What are the primary producers in the ocean? Options: A. algea B. fish C. zooplankton D. phytoplankton Answer:
D
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Question: What kinds of acids are proteins made out of? Options: A. amino acids B. acetic acids C. protein acids D. sequence acids Answer:
A
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Question: What are the gas giants mostly made of . Options: A. nitrogen and helium B. hydrogen and carbon C. hydrogen and helium D. calcium and helium Answer:
C
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Question: What helps deposit the material in caves as stalactites, stalagmites, and columns Options: A. wastewater B. precipitation C. groundwater D. gas Answer:
C
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Question: What is used to measure blood pressure? Options: A. barometer B. sphygmomanometer C. anemometer D. spectrometer Answer:
B
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Question: What are composed of a phosphate group, a sugar, and one of five different nitrogenous bases. Options: A. nucleotides B. cytotypes C. prokaryotes D. carotenoids Answer:
A
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Question: What is the ability of an atom to emit charged particles and energy from its nucleus called? Options: A. accumulation B. conductivity C. power D. radioactivity Answer:
D
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Question: Sound is the transfer of energy from a vibrating object in waves that travel through what? Options: A. time B. water C. light D. matter Answer:
D
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Question: What are the two types of charges? Options: A. energy and mass B. volume and acceleration C. positive and negative D. ions and neutrons Answer:
C
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Question: What makes up the dense outer layer of bones? Options: A. compact bone B. cartilage C. marrow D. scales Answer:
A
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Question: Temperature can be defined as the average of what type of energy of the molecules? Options: A. magnetic B. optical C. kinetic D. potential Answer:
C
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Question: In type 2 diabetes, body cells do not respond to normal amounts of what hormone? Options: A. glucose B. hemoglobin C. insulin D. estrogen Answer:
C
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Question: What do scientists think are the oldest eukaryotes? Options: A. fungi B. prokaryotes C. protists D. arthropods Answer:
C
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Question: What is energy that travels in the form of an electromagnetic wave? Options: A. gravity B. light C. sound D. microwave Answer:
B
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Question: Many ionic compounds occur as hydrates, compounds that contain specific ratios of loosely bound water molecules, called waters of hydration. waters of hydration can often be removed simply by doing this? Options: A. heating B. cooling C. observing D. melting Answer:
A
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Question: What makes viral stis more dangerous than other types? Options: A. they are incurable B. they are more contagious C. they are larger D. they are more severe Answer:
A
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Question: What happens to the electrical conductivity of metals when placed in a pot of boiling water? Options: A. increases slowly B. increases quickly C. decreases slowly D. stays the same Answer:
C
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Question: A doorknob and a ferris wheel are examples of what type of simple machine? Options: A. ball and socket B. lever and pulley C. wheel and axle D. ball and axle Answer:
C
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Question: In combination or synthesis reactions, two chemical species combine to produce a what? Options: A. new compound B. alloy C. fusion D. mixture Answer:
A
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Question: When do alkane reactions usually occur? Options: A. at high altitudes B. in cold climates C. under extreme conditions D. underwater Answer:
C
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Question: What is the common name for a simple harmonic oscillator, which basically consists of a small object suspended on a wire or string? Options: A. metronome B. pendulum C. pendant D. yo-yo Answer:
B
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Question: What elements tend to conduct well? Options: A. oils B. gases C. metals D. organics Answer:
C
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Question: Who first proposed that earth is a magnet? Options: A. william gilbert B. Albert Einstein C. Isaac Newton D. Marconi Answer:
A
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Question: In what stage of their life cycle do insects begin developing their wings? Options: A. larva B. crystalline C. pupal D. pupa Answer:
D
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Question: What are hurricanes called in the pacific? Options: A. tornados B. twisters C. rainstorms D. typhoons Answer:
D
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Question: How do most plants create food? Options: A. photosynthesis B. atherosclerosis C. electrolysis D. glycolysis Answer:
A
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Question: Scientists who find and study fossils are called what? Options: A. paleontologists B. geologists C. anthropologist D. biologists Answer:
A
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Question: What is the simplest unit that has the fundamental chemical properties of an element? Options: A. atom B. neutron C. cell D. nucleus Answer:
A
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Question: Which trait of particles causes even cold objects to have some thermal energy? Options: A. equilibrium B. momentum C. constant random motion D. kinetic energy Answer:
C
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Question: What is the number waves that pass a fixed point in a given amount of time called? Options: A. heating frequency B. combination frequency C. wave tendency D. wave frequency Answer:
D
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Question: What scale measures acidity? Options: A. frequency scale B. ph scale C. salinity scale D. richter scale Answer:
B
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Question: What term is used to describe a compound that does not conduct an electric current in either aqueous solution or in the molten state? Options: A. nonelectrolyte B. porous C. kilocalorie D. xerophyte Answer:
A
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Question: What type of event nearly always occurs at plate boundaries? Options: A. earthquake B. tsunami C. hurricane D. eruption Answer:
A
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Question: What is the term for heat being transferred from molecule to molecule? Options: A. convection B. decomposition C. conduction D. oxidation Answer:
C
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Question: What term describes a disease in which the immune system attacks the body’s own cells? Options: A. inflammatory B. autoimmune C. acute D. contagious Answer:
B
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Question: What are two types of frozen percipitation? Options: A. rain and hail B. snow and hail C. icycles and icebergs D. ice and frost Answer:
B
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Question: What anatomical feature is shared by all chordates? Options: A. notochord B. laxchord C. isochord D. botachord Answer:
A
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Question: What works by selecting for alleles that confer beneficial traits or behaviors, while selecting against those for deleterious qualities? Options: A. natural selection B. artificial selection C. characteristic selection D. same selection Answer:
A
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Question: A rusty bike has been left outside in damp weather too many times, so the iron in the metal parts have? Options: A. melted B. decayed C. rusted D. eroded Answer:
C
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Question: Muscles and skin are examples of what, consisting of specialized cells? Options: A. tissues B. ligaments C. layers D. molecules Answer:
A
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Question: In which organ of the body does gluconeogenesis primarily take place? Options: A. kidney B. spleen C. heart D. liver Answer:
D
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Question: Which class of acids acetic acid (ch 3 cooh) belongs to? Options: A. strong acids B. organic acids C. anorganic acids D. common acids Answer:
B
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Question: Hiv is a retrovirus, which means it reverse transcribes its rna genome into what? Options: A. amino acid chains B. ribosomes C. atp D. dna Answer:
D
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Question: What forms when nitrogen and oxygen combine at high temperatures? Options: A. oxygen oxide B. ammonia oxide C. nitrogen oxide D. carbon dioxide Answer:
C
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Question: What organs filter wastes from blood so they can be excreted from the body? Options: A. kidneys B. pancreas C. lungs D. liver Answer:
A