Math
A number is obtained by doubling an original value a total of 5 times. What is the final result if the original number is 1?
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There is a corn field with two varieties of corn, Corn A and Corn B, planted in alternating rows. The tassels are removed from Corn A, ensuring that the only pollen released in the field comes from Corn B. Not considering pollen that could be carried in from outside of the field, how can we characterize the ears of corn that will grow on Corn A?
HYBRID
What mineral characteristic is defined as a mineral’s ability to break along preexisting planes of weakness?
CLEAVAGE
What physical quantity does a wattmeter measure?
SUPPLY RATE OF ELECTRIC POWER (ACCEPT: ELECTRIC POWER)
You have a yellow banana with no spots. You cut it into chunks to put it into a fruit salad, and it starts to turn brown. What process is causing the banana to turn brown?
OXIDATION
A number is obtained by doubling an original value, then doubling that result, and repeating that doubling process 6 times. If the final value is 320, how large was the original number?
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Name the 4 nucleic acids found in DNA.
ADENINE, GUANINE, THYMINE, CYTOSINE
r In some regions of the U.S., sinkholes form in the bedrock when rocks are naturally dissolved by circulating ground water. Name a rock type which can dissolve, collapsing to form spaces and caverns deep underground.
EVAPORITE OR CARBONATE
r A 25 watt lamp has a resistance of 4 ohms. What is the voltage applied across the lamp?
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What is the chemical name for the compound NaCl?
SODIUM CHLORIDE
What is the surface area, in terms of π, of a cylinder with a radius of π and height of π?
4 π3
What is the phenomenon of water moving across a semipermeable membrane from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration?
OSMOSIS
What type of igneous rock forms underground, cools slowly, and can be identified by its large grain sizes and phaneritic texture?
PLUTONIC
What is the name for all the molten rock that is hidden underground?
MAGMA
What is the chemical name for the compound Cd(MnO4)2?
CADMIUM PERMANGANATE
What is 4(z + 3) - 2 (read as: 4 times the quantity z plus 3) when z = 6?
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What are pinocytosis (read as: py-noh-si-TŌE-sis), phagocytosis (read as: fah-goh-sy-TŌE-sis), and exocytosis (read as: ehk-sōe -sy-TŌE-sis ) types of?
ACTIVE TRANSPORT
What is the name given to the supercontinent believed to have existed around 250 million years ago, before the continents split apart and drifted to where they are today?
PANGAEA
The dinosaur known as a Brontosaurus since 1879 is correctly referred to by what name?
APATOSAURUS
Name the environmental phenomenon most closely associated with air movement and measured using millimeters of mercury.
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE (ACCEPT: AIR PRESSURE, BAROMETRIC PRESSURE)
If you had a stem-and-leaf plot in which the first stem 1 had leaves of 2, 2, and 4; the second stem 2 had leaves of 1, 4, and 5; and the third stem 3 had leaves of 0, 0, and 1; what is the median?
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Rank the seven continents in order from largest to smallest area.
ASIA, AFRICA, NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA, ANTARCTICA, EUROPE, AUSTRALIA
In millimeters of mercury, what is the standard atmospheric pressure at sea level?
760