Fossils
Which rock is the least likeliest to have a fossil in it?
a. sandstone
b. coquina
c. granite
d. shale
c. granite
Roughly how many species of insects are thought to exist
What is 10 million?
As the mass of white dwarfs increases, their radius tends to ________?
A. Stay the same
B. Increase
C. Decrease
D. Radius of white dwarfs are generally independent of their mass
C. Decrease
Elevator weight limits are best described as follows:
a) Medical Care
b) Counseling and Education
c) Preventative Medicine
d) Making Healthy Decisions the Default
d) Making Healthy Decisions the Default
Which of the following is a type of cell in the epidermis?
a. Melanocytes
b. Langerhans cells
c. Merkel cells
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
True or False:
Tar is an uncommon mode of preservation because it requires very specific conditions to preserve an organism.
WHAT IS TRUE?
The Monarch butterfly completes a migration in the fall, where do they migrate to?
Mexico or California (some to Florida)
Betelgeuse is a:
a. Red Giant
b. Blue Giant
c. Red Supergiant
d. Main sequence star
C. Red Supergiant
Regarding the chain of infection, which of the following would best describe an open
wound? (1 pt)
a) Mode of Transmission
b) Portal of exit
c) Reservoir
d) Portal of entry
e) Both B and D
e) Both B and D
Which of the following is not a function of the Integumentary system?
a. Excretion and secretion
b. Temperature regulation
c. Synthesis and storage
d. Hormone production
d. Hormone production
The mass extinction event that ended the Paleozoic era was the _____.
a. Permian -Triassic extinction event
b. Cretaceous - Paleogene extinction event
c. Late Ordovician extinction event
d. Late Devonian extinction event
a. Permian -Triassic extinction event
The 4 major insects orders
Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, and Diptera
What type of signal does LIGO detect? What type of instrument does it use to detect
these signals?
A. Gravitational Waves, Telescope
B. Light, Telescope
C. Light, Interferometer
D. Gravitational Waves, Interferometer
D. Gravitational Waves, Interferometer
When was the miasma theory popular?
a) Ancient times – 1950s
b) 1740s–1950s
c) Ancient times – 1850s
a) Ancient times – 1950s
What is the white crescent on a nail known as?
a. Lunula
b. Eponychium
c. Nail bed
d. Catagen
a. Lunula
_____ organisms are less likely to be preserved than _____ organisms.
a. Hard-shelled; soft-shelled
b. Terrestrial; aquatic
c. Mummified; frozen
d. Older; younger
b. Terrestrial; aquatic
The ear-like sound receptor organ found on some insects
Tympanum
18. Which of these objects is not considered a stellar remnant?
a. Neutron Stars
b. Red Giant
c. White Dwarf
d. Black Hole
Select all vectors from the following list
a) Mosquitos
b) Doorknobs
c) Infected patients
d) Feces
e) Ticks
f) Water bottles
(A) Mosquitos
(E) Ticks
What type of skin cancer might someone who doesn’t wear sunscreen get?
a. Melanoma
b. Basal cell carcinoma
c. Squamous cell carcinoma
d. Both A and C
e. All of the above
e. All of the above
The half life of Carbon-14
5730 years
The organ that can be used to sense sound, or even electrical currents and is present in almost all orders of insects
Johnston’s organ
Which of the following are used as a standard candle
a. Cepheid Variable Stars
b. Type II Supernova
c. Black Holes
d. Brown Dwarfs
a. Cepheid Variable Stars
R0 is a very common symbol in calculating herd immunity threshold. What does this represent?
a. Number of secondary cases generated by a typical infectious individual when the
rest of the population is susceptible
b. The proportion of the population that must be immune to stop the spread of
disease.
c. The reproductive rate of the disease after herd immunity has been achieved.
d. The time it takes for a disease to spread through a population.
e. The effectiveness of a vaccine in preventing the disease.
a. Number of secondary cases generated by a typical infectious individual when the rest of the population is susceptible
___________ is another word for the thumb.