LIFE SCIENCE
What process involves a nucleated cell doubling its DNA and duplicating chromosomes so the cell can then divide and produce two identical daughter cells?
MITOSIS
In the reaction sodium plus fluorine yields sodium fluoride, what are the reactants and products, respectively?
REACTANTS = SODIUM AND FLUORINE; PRODUCTS = SODIUM FLUORIDE
Name all the terrestrial planets from the one that is closest to the Sun to the one that is farthest from the Sun.
MERCURY; VENUS; EARTH; MARS
Name all the prime numbers greater than 20 and less than 30.
23 AND 29
What is the name for the manipulated variable group in all experiments that is compared to the experimental group?
CONTROL
What general type of human blood vessel returns blood to the heart?
VEIN
Distillation depends mostly upon what physical property?
BOILING POINT
Rocks that are produced when magma cools and solidifies deep below the Earth's crust are called:
W) extrusive igneous
X) intrusive igneous
Y) extrusive metamorphic
Z) intrusive sedimentary
X) INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS
Which of the following is NOT true:
W) two numbers are reciprocals if their product is 1
X) one-half of three quarters is three eighths
Y) a whole number is divisible by 5 if the 'ones' digit is 0 or 5
Z) an example of a proper fraction is 4/6
Z) AN EXAMPLE OF A PROPER FRACTION IS 4/6
Which of the following is a coniferous tree:
W) poplar X) oak Y) elm Z) fir
Z) FIR
Which one of the following 5 organisms is LEAST related to the others: centipede; beetle; fly; bed bug; wasp
CENTIPEDE
In which of the following organizational sections of the Periodic Table are lithium, beryllium, boron and carbon all sequentially located:
W) gases X) periods Y) halogens Z) groups
X) PERIODS
Studies using which of the following processes is BEST used for calculating the age of Earth:
W) radioisotope half-life
X) heat loss from the Sun
Y) principle of superposition
Z) ice core sampling
W) RADIOISOTOPE HALF-LIFE
Which of the following is NOT true:
W) 30% × 60% = 18%
X) the square of an odd number is always odd
Y) the reciprocal of the smallest prime number is 1/2
Z) the number 27 is a perfect square
Z) THE NUMBER 27 IS A PERFECT SQUARE
Convert 10 square feet into square inches:
1440
How many nucleotide bases make up a codon?
3
Which disaccharide is present in high levels in milk:
maltose; fructose; glucose; lactose; hexose?
LACTOSE
Which is immediately released when an earthquake occurs:
W) mantle convection currents
X) mantle radiation
Y) solar heat
Z) elastic energy in rocks
Z) ELASTIC ENERGY STORED IN ROCKS
Giving your answer as a proper fraction in its simplest form, multiply: (-5/11) × (-1/5)
1/11
Arrange from first to appear on Earth to most recent: fish; invertebrates; reptiles; mammals
INVERTEBRATES; FISH; REPTILES; MAMMALS
What is the general name for the twenty or so different building blocks from which most proteins are made?
AMINO ACIDS
Which of the following would MOST likely occur to a sample of water if it underwent an increase in atmospheric pressure from 1 atmosphere to 5 atmospheres:
W) its mass would increase and its temperature would rise by about 5℃
X) its mass would increase and its volume would decrease by about 5%
Y) its mass would decrease and its volume would decrease by about 25%
Z) its mass would remain the same and its volume would remain the same
Z) ITS MASS WOULD REMAIN THE SAME AND ITS VOLUME WOULD REMAIN THE SAME
Which of the following is NOT true about volcanoes:
W) magma that flows out of a volcano is called lava
X) the Ring of Fire borders the entire edge of the Pacific Ocean Basin
Y) shield volcanoes are associated with hot spots
Z) the vast majority of volcanoes are found along the mid-oceanic ridge
Z) THE VAST MAJORITY OF VOLCANOES ARE FOUND ALONG THE MID-OCEANIC RIDGE
Which of the following numbers is evenly divisible by 4:
W) 174
X) 414
Y) 636
Z) 1,126
Y) 636
In which biome are you MOST likely to find permafrost:
W) taiga X) deciduous forest Y) tundra Z) chaparral
Y) TUNDRA