UIL Practice 1 Fall 25

Stars

100

What property of the star determines which life cycle it will follow?

The mass of the star

200

What type of Star is the sun?

A main sequence Star

300

Where do all stars start their life?

in a Stellar Nebula

400

Low mass stars will eventually turn into what type of nebulae? 

A planetary neculae

500

Pulsars are a type of ____ star that rotates several hundred times a second

neutron star

Sig. figs

100

How many sig figs are in this number?

0.0562

3

200

How many sig figs are in this number:

5,062,000

4

300

How many sig figs are in this number: 5.700 x 10⁷

4

400

How many sig figs should the answer have?

4324 x 200

1

500

Write the answer with the correct sig figs

2.452 + 900 

900

Measurements and Conversions

100

How many centimeters in a meter?

100

200

How many grams would a 3 kg weight weigh?

3,000

400

how many centimeters are in a yard?

Hint: 1 inch = 2.54 centimeters  

91.44

500

A marathon runner travels 1500 feet in 2.8 minutes. What is the runner’s speed in meters per second?

Hint: 1 inch = 2.54 cm

approximately 272 m/s

Biology Review

100

Name one part of the cell that all cells have

Ribosome, cell membrane, cytoplasm, etc

200

Which can best be thought of as the shipping center of the cell and is responsible for packaging materials to be sent out of the cell?

the Golgi

300

Which type of macromolecules is responsible for long-term energy storage in animals?

Lipids

400

If the genotypes of the parents are Aa and aa, what percentage of the offspring will be homozygous recessive?

50%

500

What type of RNA brings the amino acids to the ribosome during translation?

tRNA