UIL Science #12 (2022-2023)

What would be a possible goal for a nuclear engineer?

• to decrease the number materials in a new skyscraper

• to ensure the safety of people living around a reactor

• to develop a plastic that can decompose

• to design a tunnel that goes through a mountain

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The main purpose of a catalyst in a chemical reaction is to do what?

• split the parts of the reaction

• stop the reaction

• add heat to the reaction

• speed up the reaction

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What is another name for a positively charged ion?

• anion

• cation

• bation

• potion

Where is the eustachian tube in the diagram?

• 2

• 9

• 11

• 13

All living things what?

• have mothers and fathers

• are made of cells

• move around

• have toes

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Engineers have been using the inspiration of nature and biological entities to design structures, materials, and systems. The practice of doing this is called what?

• sheer resistance

• plasticizing

• biomimicry

• cross linking

Which of the following diseases are caused by insect bites?

• malaria

• chagas

• mononucleosis

• both malaria and chagas

Most bees native to North America are what type?

• communal

• solitary

• semisocial

• eusocial

What body system delivers nutrients and oxygen to the cells and organs and carries the waste product away?

• circulatory

• excretory

• urinary

• nervous

Large pieces of the lithosphere that move around on the Earth's surface are called what?

• faults

• tectonic plates

• continents

• crust

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