GED Life Science
GED Physical Science
GED Earth Science
GED American History
GED Civics and Government
100
The soft, spongy center of many bones makes new blood cells. What is this center called?
What is bone marrow?
100
Touching a metal spoon left in hot soup feels hot because heat moves through the spoon by a process called _____.
What is conduction?
the process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance
100
All life exists on this layer of the earth.
What is the crust?
100
George Washington was the first person to hold which office in the United States government?
Who was the President of the United States?
100
The first three words of the U.S. Constitution are “____ ___ ____.”
What are “We the People”?
200
Mushrooms absorb food instead of making it from sunlight, so they belong to which kingdom of living things?
What is the fungi kingdom?
200
This simple machine is a flat surface tilted at an angle, used to move heavy objects up or down with less force.
What is an inclined plane?
200
The imaginary line that circles Earth halfway between the poles is called the _____.
What is the equator?
200
Which 19th‑century reformer is best known for helping enslaved people escape via the Underground Railroad?
Who was Harriet Tubman?
200
How many justices currently sit on the United States Supreme Court?
What is nine?
300
A human body cell normally contains 46 chromosomes. After meiosis, how many chromosomes does each resulting gamete have?
23
300
Newton’s First Law is often nicknamed the law of _____, meaning objects stay at rest or in motion unless acted on.
What is inertia?
a property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless that state is changed by an external force.
300
What scale (ranging roughly 1 – 8+) is commonly used to rate earthquake magnitude based on energy released?
What is the Richter scale?
300
The grim route enslaved Africans were forced to travel across the Atlantic Ocean is known by what name?
What was the middle passage?
300
If the President vetoes a bill, Congress can still make it law with a _____‑thirds vote in each house.
What is two‑thirds?
400
Which molecule speeds up chemical reactions by lowering activation energy?
a. Hemoglobin b. Enzyme c. Glucose d. DNA
What is b. Enzyme?
400
Which subatomic particle determines an element’s atomic number?
a. Neutron b. Proton c. Electron d. Positron
What is b. Proton?
400
400 pts — Which gas makes up the largest percentage of Earth’s present‑day atmosphere?
a. Oxygen b. Nitrogen c. Carbon dioxide d. Argon
What is b. Nitrogen?
400
The 1917 U.S. entry into World War I was MOST directly triggered by
a. The Zimmermann Telegram b. Pearl Harbor attack c. Soviet invasion of Poland d. Sinking of the Lusitania in 1941
What is a. The Zimmermann Telegram?
400
Which part of the federal government holds the power to ratify treaties negotiated by the President?
a. House of Representatives b. Senate c. Supreme Court d. State governors
What is b. Senate?
500
Clue: If a parent with a dominant allele for a trait (like brown eyes) and a recessive allele (like blue eyes) has a child with a parent who has two recessive alleles for that trait, this is the percentage chance that their child will have the recessive phenotype.
What is 50%?
500
A photon of violet light has more energy than a photon of red light because it has
a. a longer wavelength b. a higher frequency c. a lower speed d. greater mass
What is b. a higher frequency?
500
This type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move past one another, often causing earthquakes along faults like California’s San Andreas Fault.
What is a transform boundary?
500
The Supreme Court case Korematsu v. United States (1944) upheld the constitutionality of which wartime policy?
What was Japanese‑American internment?
500
Which of the following best defines impeachment?
a) The removal of a government official from office by popular vote.
b) A formal accusation by the House of Representatives that a public official has committed serious misconduct.
c) A trial held by the Supreme Court to determine the guilt of a political leader.
d) A simple majority vote in the Senate to remove an official from their position.
What is b.) A formal accusation by the House of Representatives that a public official has committed serious misconduct.
