Hydrosphere
What are two types of faults? A dip-slip B earthquakes C San-Andrea D Strike-Slip
What are dip-slip and Strike-Slip?
Where do plants get most of the energy they need to live and grow? A water B soil C air D sunlight
What is the sunlight
The factor that best explains why some people will react differently than others to the same dose of an antibiotic.
A high potency B low concentration C individual exposure D individual susceptibility
What is individual susceptibility
Evidence that elements can combine to form new compounds.
A. melting a solid B. freezing a liquid C. moving a piece of metal with a magnet D. pouring two liquids together to create a solid
What is pouring two liquids together to create a solid?
Which would best allow a species to survive environmental changes? A similar physical features B low mutation rate C small population D genetic diversity
D genetic diversity
Which is a way the agricultural biotechnology industry could have a positive impact on the environment?
A by producing crops that are virus resistant B by making robots to replace large farm machines C by reducing the need for countries to import food D by increasing the use of wind farms that produce electricity
What is reducing the need to import crops?
The statement that best describes influenza.
A Influenza causes most forms of lung cancer. B Influenza is caused by poor hygiene. C Influenza is cured with antibiotics. D Influenza is highly contagious.
What is Influenza is highly contagious
The property of metals that allows them to be used to make coins that have the same thickness.
A. electrical conductivity B. density C. malleability D. specific heat
What is malleability.
Which of the following is a measure of how clear water is? A. pH, B.Temperature, C. Nitrates, D. Turbidity
What is Turbidity?
Index fossils tell scientists what most important fact? A. Time, B. Place, C. Identification of Plant/Animal, D. Is the Globe Warming
What is Time?
What are organisms that break down things called? A. Decomposers, B. Eubacteria, C.Genetic Engineering, D. The Lytic Cycle
What are Decomposers?
The type of training local schools offer in order to prepare potential workers in the pharmaceutical industry.
A biotechnology B ecology C engineering D geology
What is biotechnology?
If a chemical reaction such as photosynthesis begins with 6 atoms of carbon (C), how many atoms of carbon (C) should be in the products?
A. 12 atoms of carbon (C) B. 6 atoms of carbon (C) C. 3 atoms of carbon (C) D. 2 atoms of carbon (C)
What is 6 atoms of Carbon?
Places along the Mid Ocean Ridge where hot gases and lava escape? A Seamounts B Hydro-thermal vents C Continental margin D Estuary
What is Hydro-thermal vents?
Scientists find dinosaur fossils in the bottom rock layers of a cliff and mammal fossils in the middle rock layer of the cliff. Which could best be concluded from this evidence?
A Dinosaurs ate plants. B Dinosaurs were eaten by the mammals. C Dinosaurs lived on Earth before the mammals. D Dinosaurs and mammals lived at the same time.
What is Dinosaurs lived on Earth before the mammals.
The process where oxygen is added to nutrients to release energy in the form of ATP. A. photosynthesis B. endocytosis C. exocytosis D. cellular respiration
What is cellular respiration
A less complex cell composed of no true nucleus. A. unicellular B. multicellular C. prokaryote D. eukaryote
What is a prokaryote?
This best describes the physical change of an aluminum soda can after it is crushed.
A. There is a change in the mass of the can. B. There is a change in the weight of the can. C. There is a change in the volume of the can. D. There is a change in the specific heat of the can.
What is there is a change in the volume of the can?
Which of the following isn't true of estuaries? A. Have deep waters B. help the economy C. Nurseries for fish D. Where rivers meet the sea
What is they have deep water?
Scientists think that dolphins and whales may have evolved from a common ancestor. What evidence supports this hypothesis?
A They swim the same way. B They eat the same food. C They live in the same area of the ocean. D They have similar anatomies.
What is they have similar anatomies?
Which best explains the importance of nitrogen in the cycling of energy and matter?
A. Nitrogen increases protein production in plants. B. Nitrogen decreases protein production in plants. C. Nitrogen decreases the effectiveness of photosynthesis. D. Nitrogen increases the effectiveness of photosynthesis.
What is Nitrogen increases protein production in plants.
Which is the best way to help prevent the flu from becoming a pandemic?
A getting a vaccination B taking antibiotics C eating fruits and vegetables D washing hands often
What is getting a vaccination?
Which of the following is a chemical properties? A. density B. flammability C. polarity D. state of matter
What is flammability.