Dynamic Planet
Which of the following rocks is the oceanic crust mostly made up of? A) Rhyolite B) Granite C) Andesite D) Basalt
D) Basalt
compound machine consisting of two simple machines, each having an IMA of 3, has an IMA of: A. 3 B. 9 C. 6 D. 1
B. 9
Proteins are polymers of… a. Amino acids b. Peptides c. Saccharides d. Fatty Acids e. Nucleic Acids
a. Amino acids
A wave travels from a steel core string to the wooden base of a violin. Which of the following characteristics remain the same? a. Young’s modulus b. Speed c. Wavelength d. Frequency e. Bulk modulus
d. Frequency
How many grains of rice would it take to weigh as much as the biggest cruise ship in the world?
12
Which of the following elements are you least likely to find in the black smoke of a hydrothermal vent? A) Copper B) Zinc C) Calcium D) Lead
C) Calcium
A jackscrew combines a screw with this other type of simple machine: A. Pulley B. Lever C. Wedge D. Wheel and Axle
B. Lever
What does CRISPR stand for? a. Clustered Regularly Interspersed Short Polymorphic Repeats b. Clustered Regularly Interspaced Small Palindromic Repeats c. Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats d. Clustered Regularly Integral Short Palindromic Repeats e. Clustered Reversibly Interspersed Short Palindromic Repeats
c. Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
A musician blows harder into the mouthpiece of a clarinet. Which of the following increases? (select all that apply) a. Timbre b. Amplitude c. Frequency d. Velocity e. Period
b. Amplitude AND c. Frequency
How many miles long is an aglet?
-5
Which of the following is not true of the oceanic ridge? A) It’s the longest topographic feature on Earth. B) It’s created when a divergent plate boundary exposes upwelling from the mantle. C) Not all of the oceanic ridge is a mid-ocean ridge. D) Its average width is about 100m.
D) Its average width is about 100m.
Stress has the same dimensions as: A. Strain B. Force C. Pressure D. Torque
C. Pressure
The CRISPR system functions as a component of the: a. viral immune system b. viral reproductive system c. human immune system d. bacterial reproductive system e. bacterial immune system
e. bacterial immune system
8. An observer is R meters away from a speaker. What sound intensity I would the observer experience if the distance between the observer and the speaker was halved? a. I/2 b. I c. 2I d. 4I e. 6I
d. 4I
How many lumens per square foot does the Sun emit on Earth?
4
30. Which of the following places would you find an submerging coast? A) Delaware bay B) The coast of California C) Hudson bay D) The coasts of Scandinavia
A) Delaware bay
The distance between adjacent threads on a screw is called the: A. Separation B. Pitch C. Depth D. Radius
B. Pitch
Which of the following is not a type of non-covalent interaction that would stabilize protein structure? a. Hydrogen bonds b. Hydrophobic interactions c. Salt Bridges d. Van Der Waals attractions e. Pi-stacking interactions
e. Pi-stacking interactions
A drum contains a circular membrane with lowest frequency f. What is the lowest frequency of a drumhead with twice the radius and twice the density under the same tension? (A) √ 2f (B) f (C) f/2 (D) f/4 (E) f/√ 8
E f/√ 8
How many nautical miles long is a standard Hot Wheels Car?
-5
During which of the following seasons the concentration of nutrients in surface waters is the highest? A) Winter B) Spring C) Summer D) Fall
A) Winter
An object is given an initial velocity of 5 m/s and sent up an inclined plane. It travels 10m along the length of the plane and stops right as it reaches the top. What is the ideal mechanical advantage of the inclined plane? Neglect friction. Assume g = 10 N/kg. A. 12 B. 3 C. 5.5 D. 8
D. 8
2. What CRISPR-Cas system has primary processing that occurs in the context of Cas9, which is followed by the trimming of the 5’-end repeat and spacer sequences of the int-crRNA to create mat-crRNAs? a. I b. II c. III d. B and C e. All of the above
b. II
If an observer at rest is sufficiently distant from a moving sound source, then as a result, (A) the Doppler Effect is negligible (B) the Doppler Effect is negligible only if the source moves away from the observer (C) the Doppler Effect is negligible only if the source approaches the observer (D) the distance does not affect the Doppler Effect
D, the distance does not affect the Doppler Effect
How many standard playing cards weigh as much as an average Boeing 747?
8