PRACTICE TEST 1 (50)

Question 1

BLOOD OXYGEN LEVELS ARE MOST LIKELY LOW WHEN BLOOD?

Answer 1

FILLS THE RIGHT ATRIUM

Question 2

AN INTRACELLULAR CHEMICAL SIGNAL CAN BE PRODUCED IN THE CELL MEMBRANE. ONCE IT IS PRODUCED, WHERE DOES IT GO?

Answer 2

TO ANOTHER PART OF THE SAME CELL

Question 3

AFTER FOOD HAS BEEN MASTICATED IN THE ORAL CAVITY, WHERE DOES IT GO NEXT?

Answer 3

PHARYNX

Question 4

THE DIFFUSION OF NUTRIENTS THROUGH THE WALLS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM IS CRITICAL TO HOMEOSTASIS IN THE BODY. WHERE DOES THE MAJORITY OF THIS DIFFUSION TAKE PLACE IN THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM?

Answer 4

SMALL INTESTINE

Question 5

WHERE IS THE SKELETAL MUSCLE FOUND?

Answer 5

ATTACHED TO THE BONE

Question 6

IF A PERSON SMELLS SOMETHING SWEET, WHAT FORM OF INFO IS THIS INITIALLY PERCEIVED AS IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM?

Answer 6

SENSORY

Question 7

A PERSON IS STARTLED. HER PALMS GET SWEATY AND HER HEART STARTS RACING. WHICH PART OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM WAS DIRECTLY STIMULATED ?

Answer 7

SYMPATHETIC

Question 13

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF TISSUES INCLUDE CELLS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND OF THE BLOOD?

Answer 13

CONNECTIVE

Question 14

WHICH BEST DESCRIBES HOMEOSTASIS?

Answer 14

A RELATIVELY CONSTANT ENVIRONMENT IN THE BODY

Question 14

FERTILIZATION (THE FUSING OF ONE SPERM AND AN OVUM) RESULTS IN AN?

Answer 14

ZYGOTE

Question 15

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE INCLUDED IN THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM?

Answer 15

THE PENIS & EPIDIDYMIS

Question 16

WHAT STRUCTURE PLAYS A ROLE IN AIR CONDUCTION?

Answer 16

TRACHEA

Question 17

WHAT BODY SYSTEM IN THE SKELETAL SYSTEM MOST CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH WHEN HEMATOPLESIS HAPPENS?

Answer 17

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

Question 18

WHAT IS THE FINAL STRUCTURE THROUGH WHICH URINE MUST TRAVEL TO EMPTY OUT OF THE BODY?

Answer 18

URETHRA

Question 19

WHICH SEQUENCE DESCRIBES THE HIERARCHY LEVEL OF BIOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION?

Answer 19

KINGDOM-PHYLUM-CLASS-ORDER-FAMILY-GENUS-SPECIES

Question 20

WHAT EXAMPLE IS PART OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD?

Answer 20

A RESEARCHER ANALYZES HOW MANY PLANTS RESPOND WELL TO A NEW FERTILZER

Question 23

WHAT STANDARD IS USED TO MAKE COMPARISONS IN EXPERIMENTS?

Answer 23

CONTROL GROUP

Question 24

WHY DID IT TAKE MANY YEARS FOR THE CELL THEORY TO BE DEVELOPED?

Answer 24

ADVANCEMENTS IN MICROSCOPY TOOK PLACE SLOWLY

Question 25

WHAT ORGANELLE IS ONLY ASSOCIATED WITH PLANT CELLS?

Answer 25

CELL WALLS

Question 26

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS SUPPORTED BY THE CELL THEORY?

Answer 26

CELLS ARE ALIVE & RECOGNIZED AS THE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR LIFE

Question 27

WHAT RAW INORGANIC MATERIAL WOULD AN AUTOTROPH MOST LIKELY USE TO CREATE CHEMICAL ENERGY FOR GROWTH?

Answer 27

MINERALS IN SOIL

Question 28

WHEN WOULD A CELL MOST LIKELY CONTAIN THE MOST NUCLEOTIDES?

Answer 28

G1 PHASE

Question 29

WHAT IS THE CORRECT ORDER OF THE STAGES OF THE CELL CYCLE?

Answer 29

G1, S1, G2, M

Question 30

A STUDENT NOTICES A PATTERN OF STRIPES ON 5 TIGERS. EACH OF THE FIVE TIGERS HAS THE SAME STRIPE PATTERN. USING HIS INDUCTIVE REASONING, WHAT DOES HE LOGICALLY ASSUME BASED ON THIS INFO?

Answer 30

EACH OFFSPRING WILL HAVE THE SAME STRIPE PATTERN

Question 31

A RESEARCHER NOTICES A POSITIVE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE HEIGHT OF A PLANT & NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION OVERTIME. BASED ON THIS OBSERVATION, WHAT CONCLUSION DOES HE REACH?

Answer 31

WHEN THE AMOUNT OF NUTRIENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PLANT INCREASES, ITS HEIGHT ALSO INCREASES

Question 32

WHICH STATEMENT BEST REPRESENTS MENDEL'S EXPERIMENTS WITH GARDEN PEAS?

Answer 32

MENDEL COLLABORATED W/OTHERS INTERESTED IN GENETICS TO DEVELOP HEREDITARY GUIDELINES WE STILL USE TODAY

Question 33

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A COMPONENT OF A CHROMOSOME?

Answer 33

CENTROMERE

Question 34

WHICH SOLUTION HAS pH OF 7 ?

Answer 34

PURE WATER

Question 35

WHICH IS CLASSIFIED AS A TYPE OF ACID-BASE REACTION THAT PRODUCES A SALT ?

Answer 35

NEUTRALIZATION

Question 36

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DETERMINES THE STRENGTH OF AN ACIDIC SOLUTION?

Answer 36

MEASURED pH VALUE LESS THAN 7

Question 37

WHAT TYPE OF BOND FORMS BETWEEN NITROGEN & OXYGEN AND WHY?

Answer 37

COVALENT, B/C ELECTRONS ARE SHARED

Question 38

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ATOMS IS A CATION?

Answer 38

82 PROTONS, 125 NEUTRONS, 78 ELECTRONS

Question 39

A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR IS ADDED TO A HOT CUP OF TEA. ALL THE SUGAR DISSOLVES. HOW CAN THE RESULTING SOLUTION BE DESCRIBED ?

Answer 39

UNSATURATED AND HOMOGENOUS

Question 40

IN THE FOLLOWING SINGLE-REPLACEMENT REACTION, ________REPLACES________ C12+2Na-->2NaCl+I2

Answer 40

CHLORINE AND IODINE

Question 41

WHAT TYPE OF REACTION IS DESCRIBED BY THE FOLLOWING EQUATION? ZnBr2(aq)+2KOH(aq)----->Zn(OH)2(8)+2KBr(aq)

Answer 41

DOUBLE REPLACEMENT

Question 42

____________ IS DEPENDENT NOT ONLY ON THE TEMPERATURE, BUT ALSO ON THE AMOUNT OF SUBSTANCE AVAILABLE

Answer 42

EVAPORATION

Question 43

DURING WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CHANGES WILL THE COHESION BETWEEN THE PARTICLES IN A SUBSTANCE DECREASE?

Answer 43

VAPORIZATION

Question 49

WHICH IS TRUE REGARDING THE URINARY SYSTEM ?

Answer 49

- KIDNEY HELP REGULATE WATER BALANCE - REGULATES LEVELS OF ELECTROLYTES SUCH AS SODIUM + POTASSIUM - ELIMINATES METABOLIC WASTES

Question 49

MENDEL DISCOVERED THE PATTERN ASSOCIATED WITH ______AFTER DEVELOPING A SERIES OF RULES IN GENETICS?

Answer 49

HEREDITY

Question 49

IN WHICH STATE OF MATTER ARE THE INTERMOLECULAR FORCES BETWEEN PARTICLES IN A SUBSTANCE IS THE STRONGEST?

Answer 49

SOLID

Question 50

THE SEQUENCE OF AMINO ACIDS IN A GENE DETERMINES?

Answer 50

THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE OF A PROTEIN

Question 51

DURING THE AGING PROCESS, NOT ALL HOROMONE LEVELS DECREASE, SOME ACTUALLY INCREASE, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A HOROMONE THAT MAY INCREASE AS A PERSON AGES?

Answer 51

LUTEINIZING

Question 54

WHAT PHASE IS THE CELL CYCLE A PART OF?

Answer 54

INTERPHASE

Question 54

IN WHICH STATE OF MATTER DO THE PARTICLES OF IRON HAVE THE LOWEST AMOUNT OF COHESION?

Answer 54

GASEOUS IRON PARTICLES HAVE THE LOWEST AMOUNT OF COHESION

Question 55

A PERSON IS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING ACIDOSIS A CONDITION IN WHICH THE BLOOD pH IS BELOW 7.45. WHAT DOES THE DOCTOR MOST LIKELY CONCLUDE?

Answer 55

TOO MUCH CARBON DIOXIDE IS FOUND IN THE BLOOD

Question 56

AN ATOM HAS 28 PROTONS, 32 NEUTRONS AND 28 ELECTRONS. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS ISOTOPE?

Answer 56

NICKEL-60

Question 57

THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OR ____________ OF AN ORGANISM IS DETERMINED BY A SET OF ALLELES?

Answer 57

PHENOTYPE

Question 58

ARRANGE THE PATH OF FOOD THROUGH THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM?

Answer 58

ORAL CAVITY PHARYNX PYLORIC SPHINCTER SMALL INTESTINE LARGE INTESTINE COLON