biology! (the big stuff)
biology! (the little stuff)
chemistry!
chemistry (again)
physics!
100
all organisms within the same order belong to the same:
A: domain
B: genus
C: family
D: species
what is domain?
100
Organisms within the same geographic area that
can mate and produce fertile offspring are part
of the same
A) community.
B) population.
C) ecosystem.
D) biosphere.
E) phylum.
what is a population?
100
What is the molar mass of the mineral
magnetite, Fe3O4, in grams per mole?
A) 231.55
B) 34
C) 71.85
D) 271.4
E) 37.00
what is 231.55?
100
Which of these is not a valid empirical
formula?
A) CH
B) CH2
C) CH3
D) CH4
E) C2H4
what is C2H4?
100
what flag is this?
turkey! happy thanksgiving!!!
200
The field of biology that studies characteristics of
organisms and attempts to classify them into specific
groups is called
A) population biology.
B) phylogeny.
C) biological diversity.
D) ecology.
E) taxonomy.
what is taxonomy?
200
If an organism is homozygous recessive for a trait,
which of the following is not a possible genotype of
the organism’s progeny?
A) AA
B) Aa
C) aa
D) Unable to determine.
what is AA?
200
What is absolute zero (0 K) measured in
degrees Fahrenheit?
A) 0
B) 32
C) –273.15
D) –459.67
E) –218.52
what is -459.67?
200
1026 kJ of heat increases the temperature of a
sample of water at sea level from 40°C to
80°C. If 1026 kJ more heat is added, what
will the final temperature of the water be?
A) 120°C because the water will continue to
heat up at the same rate.
B) More than 100°C but less than 120°C
because some of the heat will be used to
boil the water.
C) Less than 100°C because as the water gets
hotter, it takes a greater amount of heat to
raise the temperature by one degree.
D) 100°C because that's the highest
temperature water can reach at 1 atm
pressure.
E) The water will all boil away before that
much heat can be added.
what is 100 C?
200
An object accelerates at a rate of 285 inches/minute^2.
What is this acceleration in cm/s^2?
A) 0.0312 cm/s2
B) 0.0792 cm/s2
C) 0.201 cm/s2
D) 1.87 cm/s2
E) 4.75 cm/s2
what is 0.201 cm/s^2?
300
In the water cycle, the process of carrying water
through plants and exiting leaves as vapor into the
atmosphere is termed
A) condensation.
B) precipitation.
C) infiltration.
D) evaporation.
E) transpiration.
what is transpiration?
300
The light-harvesting pigments of photosynthesis in
eukaryotes are typically found within
A) nuclear membranes.
B) the endoplasmic reticula.
C) the plasma membrane.
D) thylakoid membranes.
E) mitochondria.
what are thylakoid membranes?
300
Under which of these conditions does the ideal
gas law begin to fail?
A) large volume
B) high temperature
C) high pressure
D) large number of moles
E) when R is not in units of L·atm/mol·K
what is high pressure?
300
The number of atoms in one formula unit of
potassium dichromate is
A) 3
B) 8
C) 11
D) 12
E) 14
what is 11?
300
A 1.20kg box sits on top of a frictionless slide at a
height of 3.20m above the ground. The box
descends down the slide and onto the ground. What
is the velocity of the box when it reaches the
ground?
A) 4.85 m/s
B) 5.60 m/s
C) 6.13 m/s
D) 7.92 m/s
E) 8.68 m/s
what is 7.92 m/s?
400
DNA replication in Domain Bacteria occurs
A) within the nucleus.
B) prior to mitosis.
C) immediately prior to cell division.
D) during gene expression.
E) only for one of the DNA strands in the double
helix.
when is prior to cell division?
400
Which of the following would you not find
associated with the plasma membrane of a cell?
A) Transmembrane proteins
B) Phospholipids
C) Integral proteins
D) Selective permeability
E) Ribosomes
what are ribosomes?
400
Our current periodic table lists 118 elements.
Is it possible that there are still any
undiscovered elements in between the elements listed in the periodic table?
A) Yes, but to avoid detection for this long
they would have to exist in very small quantities or not occur on Earth at all.
B) Yes, but they would have to be totally
non-reactive so they are never found in
compounds.
C) Yes, but they would have to be radioactive
with extremely short half lives so they
decay before they can be detected.
D) No, because all the boxes in the periodic
table are already filled.
E) No, because the atomic number is the
number of protons in the nucleus and we
have accounted for all possibilities from 1
through 118.
what is E?
(there may be elements beyond 118, but there is never going to be an element 117.5)
400
According to the Arrhenius definition of acids
and bases, is carbon dioxide an acid, a base, or
neither?
A) Neither, because CO2 does not contain H
or OH in its chemical formula.
B) Neither, because CO2 does not have the
words "acid" or "base" in its name.
C) Neither, because CO2 is a covalent
compound.
D) It is a base, because when you dissolve it
in water the pH goes up.
E) It is an acid because when you dissolve it
in water the pH goes down.
what is an acid because when you dissolve it in water the pH goes down?
400
While cleaning the library, Belle pushes a 21.0kg box
of books across a frictionless floor. She pushes with a
force of 35.0N angled downward at 20.0° below the
horizontal. What is the acceleration of the box of
books?
A) 1.77 m/s2
B) 1.67 m/s2
C) 1.57 m/s2
D) 0.639 m/s2
E) 0.570 m/s2
what is 1.57 m/s^2
500
According to natural selection, which would occur if
a phenotype in 1 out of 100 organisms provided an
advantage for acquiring food and reproducing?
A) Organisms with that gene would die out.
B) Organisms with that phenotype would thrive and
the allele(s) for that phenotype would increase in
the population over time.
C) The phenotype in the population would remain
relatively stable.
D) After several generations, the phenotype would
still represent 1% in the population.
E) Since it is only 1% of the population, organisms
with that phenotype would fail to pass on any
useful genes.
what is B?
500
Which of the following is the correct order of phases
during the nuclear division portion of the eukaryotic
cell cycle for somatic cells?
A) Prophase, Anaphase, Metaphase, Telophase,
Cytokinesis
B) Prophase I, Metaphase I, Anaphase I, Telophase
I, Cytokinesis, Prophase II, Metaphase II,
Anaphase II, Telophase II, Cytokinesis
C) Telophase, Anaphase, Metaphase, Prophase,
Cytokinesis
D) Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase,
Cytokinesis
E) G1, S, G2, mitosis
what is prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, cytokinesis?
500
What is the molar mass of caffeine, shown
below, in grams per mole?
A) 194.22
B) 193.21
C) 169.19
D) 133.16
E) 121.14
what is 194.22?
500
In a mercury thermometer, why does the
mercury level in the tube go up as the
temperature increases?
A) Because that's how thermometers work.
B) Because heat rises, so as the mercury
warms up it rises up the tube.
C) Atoms expand in size as they are heated,
increasing the volume of the mercury in
the tube.
D) The mercury atoms move farther apart as
the temperature increases, increasing the
volume of the mercury in the tube.
E) Some mercury at the bottom of the tube
begins to boil, pushing the mercury above
it higher up the tube.
what is D?
500
According to Natarajan, the Babylonians recorded
the motion of a celestial object that, after two years
of normal motion, would reverse its motion for
about 90 days. Which celestial object were they
observing?
A) Mars
B) Venus
C) The Moon
D) Jupiter
E) Mercury
what is mars?