Math
Pete the dog breeder is fencing in two square areas in order to separate his male and female dogs. One square region has an area of 100 square feet. The smaller square region has an area of 81 square feet. How many total feet of fencing does he need to enclose both square regions if the regions do not share any fence?
76
An iceberg is formed by the breakage of an ice shelf. What is the term for this event?
Calving
What is the name of the mechanism responsible for the evolution of a species?
Natural Selection
Name the four parts of the operating cycle of an internal combustion engine.
INTAKE, COMPRESSION, POWER AND EXHAUST
Which family would an element belong to if it was placed in the 7th row, first column of the periodic table?
ALKALI METALS (ACCEPT: GROUP 1, GROUP 1A)
The length of a rectangle is increased by 20%, and the width of the rectangle is increased by 30%. By what percentage will the area of the rectangle be increased?
56
Of the planets visible to the naked eye, which moves the slowest across the sky on average?
Saturn
What is the primary type of intermolecular bond that water molecules are able to form because of their polarity?
Hydrogen
Calculate the potential energy, in joules, of a 30 kilogram mass 15 meters above the Earth’s surface.
4500 (ACCEPT: 4410)
Convert 147 in base 10 to base 6.
403
What is the name of the type of volcano that is built almost entirely of low viscosity basaltic lava flows?
BASALT DOME
Place the following four items in order from smallest to largest: nucleus, ribosomes [RY-buh-sohms], mitochondria [my-tuh-KON-dree-uh], myoglobin [my-uh-GLOH-bin].
MYOGLOBIN, RIBOSOMES, MITOCHONDRIA, NUCLEUS
What is the quantity obtained by multiplying a uniform object’s specific heat by its mass?
Heat Capacity
The endpoints of the diameter of a semicircle are represented by the coordinates (0, a) and (0, -a). If the area of the semicircle is 32π, what is the value of a?
8
What is the name of the type of volcano that is built almost entirely of low viscosity basaltic lava flows?
Shield Volcano
Rank the following in terms of largest to smallest carbon reservoirs: biosphere, atmosphere, ocean, sedimentary carbonates.
SEDIMENTARY CARBONATES, OCEAN, BIOSPHERE, ATMOSPHERE