WorksheetsQuiz
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 34mins
What property of a sound wave is most commonly associated with loudness?
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What term BEST describes 2 angles with 90º as the sum of their measurements?
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What is the MOST common term for the behavior of light where it appears to bend around small obstacles or the spreading out of waves as light passes through pinholes or slits?
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Divide the following and give your answer : (4x104)218x107
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Find the mass of 1 mole of cuprous oxide, or Cu2O. Assume the atomic mass of copper is 64 and oxygen is 16.
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What is the most common term used in genetics to describe the observable physical characteristics of an organism caused by the expression of a gene or set of genes?
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What is the biological term most often used for the act of a cell engulfing a particle by extending its pseudopodia (read as: SU-doe-POH-dee-ah) around the particle?
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An aqueous solution in which the concentration of OH– ions is greater than that of H+ ions is:
acidic
basic
neutral
in equilibrium
Subtract the following 2 numbers and give your answer with the proper significant figures: 25.101 – 0.9608
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How many significant figures are in the number 0.00750?
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Human epidermis is mostly composed of which of the following basic animal tissues types:
epithelial
connective
nervous
muscle
What are the 2 basic categories of lymphocyte cells?
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What general type of bonding is found in molecules in which electrons are shared by nuclei?
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Although not known as such at the time, what was the first form of spectacular electric discharge seen by humans?
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A constant force acting on a body experiencing no change in its environment will give the body:
constant acceleration
constant speed
constant velocity
zero acceleration
Giving your answer in inches and in simplest radical form, if the hypotenuse of a 45-45-90º triangle is 10 inches, find the length of the other sides: Round off to two decimal places.
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Rounded to the nearest whole number, how many feet does light travel in one-billionth of one second?
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How many embryonic seed leaves does a bean seedling have?
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Which of the following is a metallic element, composes about 5% of the Earth’s crust, oxidizes very easily, and when pure is a dark, silver-grey metal:
cobalt
nickel
iron
titanium
In general, metals are relatively hard except for what group of metals in the Periodic Table?
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Upon which of the following does the mass of a body MOST directly depend:
its magnetic properties
how much volume it has
the amount of matter it contains
its location
Mary and Joe are on a merry-go-round. Mary is seated near the center of rotation and Joe is on the outer edge. Which of the following BEST describes their motion:
Mary has a greater acceleration than Joe
Joe has a greater acceleration than Mary
neither Mary nor Joe are accelerating
both Mary and Joe have the same acceleration
Giving your answer in terms of pi and in inches, what is the arc-length of a semi-circle whose diameter is 18 inches?
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What is the area, in square feet, of a triangle whose perpendicular height is 20 feet with a base of 12 feet?
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What gas is most directly responsible for the bends or decompression sickness that divers may experience?
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In degrees Celsius to the nearest whole number, what is the normal core body temperature of a human being?
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Using the traditional system of classification, when organisms belong to the same class, name all of the following 4 taxonomic categories to which they must also belong: order; family; phylum; kingdom
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According to standard chemical nomenclature and indicating the proper charge, what is the formula for hydrogen sulfide?
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Of the following group of 4 cations, which is the LARGEST ions, : K+ ; Na+ ; Rb+ ; Li+
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Martin is swinging a yo-yo in a large room with a circular motion perpendicular to a level floor. If the yo-yo breaks away from its string at the top of the yo-yo’s circular path, in what direction will the yo-yo initially move:
at an angle between horizontal and vertical
straight up, toward the ceiling
straight down, to the floor
horizontally, tangent to its original circular path
What is the BEST term for the tendency of any mass at rest to remain at rest?
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What is the genus name of the most thoroughly studied bacterium?
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Name all of the following 3 processes that do NOT occur in E. coli: glycolysis; photosynthesis; glycogenolysis (read as: GLYKO-jen-oh-LY-sis)
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What is the scientific term for the ratio between the density of a given substance to that of water when both are at the same temperature?
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Which of the following pure substances has the highest melting point at 1 atmosphere of pressure:
magnesium oxide
diamond
sodium chloride
cesium chloride
What is the MOST common anatomical synonym for ventral, when locating a part of the human body in relation to another part?
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What are the names for the pyrimidine bases found in DNA?
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According to one of the most common color triangles, if blue and green are primary colors, what is the third primary color?
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What is the most common name for the pattern of light and dark lines produced when coherent light is passed through two horizontal slits in a thin opaque sheet, causing superposition of waves projected on a wall?
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What is the smaller of two integers whose sum is 19 and whose product is 48?
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Which of the following numbers is evenly divisible by both 11 and 3:
7791
7553
5181
8769
The related quantities charted on a line graph are most often called:
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How many grams of sodium chloride is in 2,000 milliliters of 0.9% NaCl solution?
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What basic force of the universe is most responsible for holding the planets of our solar system in their orbits?
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Group 1 cations and group 7 anions combine to form:
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Give the chemical name for the compound formed when pure iron and pure sulfur are mixed together and heated:
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From what chamber of the human heart does blood carried by the left pulmonary artery leave?
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What human gland or organ produces tri-iodothyronine (read as: TRY- I-OH-doh-THY-row-neen)?
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A white-colored object illuminated by a green light will appear as what color to the human eye?
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What is the MOST common term for the inwardly directed force exerted on an object to keep the object moving in a circle?
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Although in many respects difficult to define, what term is MOST often described as a push or a pull that can cause an object to accelerate?
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From what monosaccharide is cellulose primarily composed?
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Which of the following substances is water soluble:
ethanol
dichloro-methane
chloroform
benzene
From what protein is gelatin, which is used as a food additive, most commonly derived?
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Find the prime factorization of 240:
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One-fifth of 0.04% is equal to:
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Multiply the following 4 numbers and give your answer in scientific notation: 30,000 × 3,000 × 30 × 0.1
Answer: (a) x 10^8
Anthropogenic means:
generated by humans
created many years ago
carried in primate genes
harmful to elderly people
The primary anthropogenic cause of acid rain is the emission of what 2 gases?
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What is the atomic number for the ground state element with the following electron configuration: 1s2 2s2 2p5
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