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100

According to Table 1, as the NaCl concentration decreases, what happens to the boiling point of the liquid?

A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Stays the same
D. Increases then decreases

B. Decreases

100

The animals in Table 1 all share the same:

A. Kingdom
B. Phylum
C. Class
D. Infraorder

A. Kingdom

100

A negative particle from Figure 3 corresponds to which of the following terms in Model 1?

A. Cloud
B. Corpuscle
C. Gauss's Law
D. Ring

B. Corpuscle

200

Which of the following correctly lists the compounds in order of least to greatest boiling point?

A. Diethyl Ether, Water, Anisole, Diphenyl Ether
B. Diphenyl Ether, Anisole, Water, Diethyl Ether
C. Water, Diethyl Ether, Diphenyl Ether, Anisole
D. Anisole, Diphenyl Ether, Water, Diethyl Ether

A. Diethyl Ether, Water, Anisole, Diphenyl Ether

200

Of the following pairs, which most likely share the closest common ancestor?

A. Sea urchin and pink shrimp
B. Queen conch and sea scallop
C. Queen conch and king crab
D. Sea scallop and sea urchin

B. Queen conch and sea scallop

200

As compared to the construct of the atom put forth in Model 2, the density within an atom as put forth in Model 1 would be:

A. more massive
B. less massive
C. more uniform
D. less uniform

C. more uniform

300

Based on the information in Table 2, what description would best characterize the approximate general relationship between atomic weight and boiling point?

A. Inverse
B. Proportional
C. Directly squared
D. Equivalent

B. Proportional

300

Phylogenetically speaking, which species is most distantly related to others in Table 1?

A. Pandalus borealis
B. Echinus esculentus
C. Cryptolithodes sitchensis
D. Lobatus gigas

B. Echinus esculentus

300

If a scientist recreates the experiment from Figure 2 with results that give confirmation to Model 1, he would find:

A. no spectral lines
B. no deflection of particles
C. no negative charges toward the boundaries of the atom
D. no positive charge in the center

B. no deflection of particles

400

A chef wishes to boil asparagus at as high a temperature as possible, but without adding unnecessary salt. Based on Table 1, which of the following concentrations of NaCl would best accomplish this?

A. 0.1 mol/L
B. 1.0 mol/L
C. 10.0 mol/L
D. 100 mol/L

C. 10.0 mol/L

400

Based on information in the passage, lobsters most likely belong to the class:

A. Gastropoda
B. Bivalvia
C. Malacostraca
D. Decapoda

C. Malacostraca

400

If Model 1 were correct and the experiment from Model 2 were recreated, if the alpha particles are uniformly released from the surface of a circular emiter, what could a researcher most reasonably expect to find as the configuration of glowing particles along the gold foil?

A. A random configuration of glow throughout the foil
B. A mostly circular configuration of glow directly from the emitter
C. Both A and B
D. cannot be determined from the information provided

B. A mostly circular configuration of glow directly from the emitter

500

A student is going to cook a fish in pure water that is heated in the exact same way as the water is heated an Experiment 1. The fish needs to be poached at a constant temperature in order to be cooked correctly. In which of the following time ranges after starting to heat the water would it make the most sense to cook the fish?

A. 10-20 minutes
B. 20-30 minutes
C. 25-35 minutes
D. 30-40 minutes

B. 20-30 minutes

500

Based on the information in the passage, the closest common ancestor of all shellfish was most likely:

A. Invertebrate
B. Semiaquatic
C. Immobile
D. Autoregenerative

A. Invertebrate

500

Which of the following did NOT most likely make it tougher to detect the positively charged nucleus as described in Model 2?

A. its location int he atom
B. Its size
C. lack of spectral lines produced by it
D. its tendency to absorb particles

D. its tendency to absorb particles