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100

What gas accounts for approximately 78% of the dry volume of Earth’s atmosphere?

Nitrogen

100

Which of the following processes results in a net reduction in the amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide? W) Photosynthesis  X) Fossil fuel use Y) Respiration Z) Decomposition

W Photosynthesis

100

What are the names for positive and negative ions, respectively?

POSITIVE = CATIONS; NEGATIVE = ANIONS

100

What force is primarily responsible for the collapse of molecular clouds into stars?

GRAVITY

100

In what quadrants does the graph of the equation y = -2x – 3 lie?

2, 3, and 4

200

What term is used to describe the point on the surface, below which an earthquake originates?

Epicenter

200

In the mitochondrial electron transport chain during oxidative phosphorylation [faws-four-il-AY-shun], what molecule is the final electron acceptor?

Oxygen

200

When chemists do flame tests, they often view the flame through a colored transparent piece of glass to filter out any sodium contamination. What color glass do they use?

Blue

200

Physics – Short Answer The electric potential at a point due to a unit positive charge is found to be V. If the distance between the charge and the point is quadrupled, what is the new value of the electric potential?

V/4

200

A geometric sequence has third term 1 and fourth term –3. What is its first term?

-1/9

300

What is the name for a large depression that forms when the vent of a volcano collapses into a drained magma chamber?

Caldera

300

The webbed hand of a human embryo develops into five separate fingers by a process of programmed cell death. What is the term for this process?

Apoptosis

300

What type of covalent bond, found in amine [ah-MEEN] oxides, is formed by two electrons from the same atom?

DATIVE (ACCEPT: DIPOLAR OR COORDINATE)

300

What is the adjective for a process that occurs at constant pressure?

Isobaric

300

If f(x) = (x3 - x– 5)2 and g(x) = 6 − x0.5, what is the value of f(g(16)) ?

1

400

Calcite belongs to which of the following mineral groups: W) oxide X) sulfate Y) carbonate Z) calcium silicate 

Y Carbonate

400

Transesterification is a reaction used to generate biodiesel from what class of biomolecule?

Triglycerides (lipids)

400

The lines in the visible region of the hydrogen spectrum are known as what series

Balmer Series

400

If a fuse can dissipate 600 watts of power without blowing, how much current, in amperes, can it pass at 120 volts without melting?

5

400

Short Answer The graph of f(x) = the fraction with numerator x2 – 5x + 6 and denominator x2 – 9 has a removable discontinuity at x = a for some real number a. What is the limit as x approaches a of f(x)?

1/6

500

What is the name for the type of mass wasting in which perpendicular forces due to freeze-thaw processes in the ground cause soil to lift upwards?

Frost Heave

500

Members of the order Gymnophiona do NOT have which of the following? W) Poison glands X) Teeth Y) Elongated organs Z) Legs

Z Legs

500

Identify all of the following three statements that are TRUE of acetic acid: 1) It exists predominantly in its monomeric form when dissolved in benzene; 2) It exists predominantly in its monomeric form when dissolved in water; 3) It exists predominantly in its monomeric form in the gas phase.

2

500

What is the name of the prediction in classical physics that incorrectly proposed that an ideal black body at thermal equilibrium will emit increasingly higher frequencies of radiation with infinite power?

ULTRAVIOLET CATASTROPHE

500

What is the sum of all the distinct prime factors of 15 factorial?

41