Round #4 Flashcards
(50 cards)
1) EARTH AND SPACE Multiple Choice What size of particle is loess [LOH-es]?
W) Clay
X) Silt
Y) Sand
Z) Gravel
ANSWER: X) SILT
1) EARTH AND SPACE Multiple Choice Which of the following is LEAST likely to occur at a
subduction zone?
W) Transform faulting
X) Offshore trenches
Y) Deep-focus earthquakes
Z) Active volcanism
ANSWER: W) TRANSFORM FAULTING
2) LIFE SCIENCE Multiple Choice In pea plants, the yellow seed trait is completely dominant
over the green seed trait. Suppose you cross a pea plant that is heterozygous [het-er-uh-ZYguhs] for the yellow seed trait with a pea plant containing green seeds. What colors of seed will
the offspring have?
W) Green
X) Yellow
Y) Half of the offspring will have green seeds and half will have yellow seeds
Z) A seed color that is halfway between green and yellow
ANSWER: Y) HALF OF THE OFFSPRING WILL HAVE GREEN SEEDS AND HALF WILL HAVE
YELLOW SEEDS
2) LIFE SCIENCE Short Answer Plants that are said to be non-vascular are lacking what two
types of conductive tissues?
ANSWER: XYLEM AND PHLOEM
3) MATH Multiple Choice Which of the following is a real number that does NOT have a
reciprocal?
W) -1
X) 0
Y) 1
Z) �
ANSWER: X) 0
3) MATH Short Answer What is the total surface area of a cylinder with a base radius of 2 and a
height equal to the diameter of the base?
ANSWER: 24π
4) ENERGY Short Answer If an electrochemical device is operating at 1.5 volts and delivering 1
ampere of current, how much power is it delivering in watts?
ANSWER: 1.5
4) ENERGY Multiple Choice In a residence, how are appliances generally connected to the
power supply?
W) In series
X) In parallel
Y) In a delta to wye connection
Z) In a wye to delta connection
ANSWER: X) IN PARALLEL
5) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Short Answer How many protons and how many neutrons are there in
carbon-13?
ANSWER: 6 PROTONS; 7 NEUTRONS
5) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following does NOT describe ideal fluid
flow?
W) Viscous [VIS-kuhs]
X) Laminar
Y) Incompressible
Z) Steady state
ANSWER: W) VISCOUS
6) GENERAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice Leprosy is a bacterial disease that results in skin
lesions and nerve damage. Which of the following animals is known to be a common host of this
disease?
W) Raccoons
X) Armadillos
Y) Coyotes
Z) Opossums
ANSWER: X) ARMADILLOS
6) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer According to endosymbiotic theory, cyanobacteria [syuh-noh-bak-TEER-ee-uh] gave rise to which cellular organelle?
ANSWER: CHLOROPLAST
7) EARTH AND SPACE Multiple Choice Which of the following igneous minerals would be the
first to melt as temperature increases?
W) Quartz
X) Potassium feldspar
Y) Olivine
Z) Hornblende
ANSWER: W) QUARTZ
7) EARTH AND SPACE Multiple Choice In 1953, two scientists, Stanley Miller and Harold Urey,
conducted a famous experiment on the origin of life. They passed an electrical charge through a
closed system containing methane, ammonia, hydrogen, and water. What did this process
produce that led to the currently accepted theory of biogenesis?
W) Nucleic acids
X) Lipids
Y) Amino acids
Z) Proteins
ANSWER: Y) AMINO ACIDS
8) LIFE SCIENCE Short Answer In what form does energy that is not passed on to the next
level in a food web exit from an ecosystem?
ANSWER: HEAT (ACCEPT: THERMAL)
8) LIFE SCIENCE Short Answer What are the names of the two different groups of trees: those
that generally lose their leaves in autumn and those with needle-shaped leaves with cones?
ANSWER: DECIDUOUS, CONIFEROUS (ACCEPT: CONIFERS)
9) MATH Short Answer Simplify the following, if y is not equal to 1:
y/(y - 1) – 1/(y - 1) [y over open parenthesis y minus 1 close parenthesis minus 1 over the
quantity y minus 1]
ANSWER: 1
9) MATH Short Answer Given the geometric sequence with first three terms of 8, 2, and 1/2,
respectively, what is its 6th term?
ANSWER: 1/128
10) ENERGY Multiple Choice Why is copper one of the most common materials used to make
wires that carry electricity?
W) Because of its dielectric properties
X) Because of its perfect insulating properties
Y) Because it has both conducting and dielectric properties
Z) Because it is a good conductor
ANSWER: Z) BECAUSE IT IS A GOOD CONDUCTOR
10) ENERGY Multiple Choice Which of the following units is used to describe the amount of
electric current passing through a conductor?
W) Volt
X) Ohm
Y) Ampere
Z) Weber
ANSWER: Y) AMPERE
11) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice Batteries require energy transfer in a redox reaction.
Which of the following describes one possible type of cell in a battery?
W) Magnetic
X) Electrolytic
Y) Galvanic
Z) Electrochemical
ANSWER: Y) GALVANIC
11) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following is true of Coulomb’s law?
W) It describes the interaction of two magnets in a magnetic field
X) It is independent of the separation distance between the two points of charge
Y) It measures the total energy in an electric field
Z) It is a vector function
ANSWER: Z) IT IS A VECTOR FUNCTION
12) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer Name one of the two elements that formed Earth’s first
atmosphere.
ANSWER: HYDROGEN OR HELIUM
12) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer Put the following four atmospheric layers in order from
lowest to highest altitude: 1) mesosphere, 2) troposphere, 3) thermosphere, 4) stratosphere.
ANSWER: 2, 4, 1, 3 (ACCEPT: TROPOSPHERE, STRATOSPHERE, MESOSPHERE,
THERMOSPHERE)
