Round #4 Flashcards
(50 cards)
1) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice A child’s seesaw would be considered:
W) a complex machine
X) a form of inclined plane
Y) a compound lever
Z) a class 1 lever
ANSWER: Z) A CLASS ONE LEVER
1) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Short Answer A 100-watt light bulb is lighted by a 100 volt power
source. What is the current, in amperes, running through the bulb?
ANSWER: 1 AMPERE
2) LIFE SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following is the scientific name for the part
of the human brain where higher brain operations occur such as thinking, imagination,
mathematical reasoning and language:
W) cerebral cortex
X) cerebellum
Y) medulla oblongata
Z) hypothalamus
ANSWER: W) CEREBRAL CORTEX
2) LIFE SCIENCE Short Answer What is the common botanical term for the response a cell or
plant has towards or away from a stimulus?
ANSWER: TAXIS
3) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer What layer of the Sun’s atmosphere is immediately
interior to the corona?
ANSWER: THE CHROMOSPHERE
3) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer How many angstroms are in 1 micron?
ANSWER: 10,000
4) LIFE SCIENCE Multiple Choice What is the joint that is formed by the articulation of the
tibia, fibula, and femur?
W) wrist
X) knee
Y) elbow
Z) ankle
ANSWER: X) KNEE
4) LIFE SCIENCE Multiple Choice The exchange of gases between blood and the tissue
occurs normally in:
W) venules
X) arterioles
Y) veins
Z) capillaries
ANSWER: Z) CAPILLARIES
5) MATH Short Answer What does 12 times 13 divided by 2 equal?
ANSWER: 78
5) MATH Short Answer Four factorial equals what number?
ANSWER: 24
6) EARTH SCIENCE Short Answer During which month does the vernal equinox occur?
ANSWER: MARCH
6) EARTH SCIENCE Short Answer The temperature at which the relative humidity reaches
100% and condensation starts is called the:
ANSWER: DEW POINT
7) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer Sigmund Freud proposed the idea that the
subconscious mind exited in three separate divisions two of which he called the ego and the
superego. What was the third?
ANSWER: THE ID
7) GENERAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice Galaxies are:
W) clouds of gases around stars
X) clusters of billion of stars
Y) rare in the universe
Z) always spherical in shape
ANSWER: X) CLUSTERS OF BILLION OF STARS
8) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Short Answer The amount of heat needed to increase the temperature
of 1.00 gram of water from 14.5°C to 15.5°C is defined as what unit of measurement?
ANSWER: CALORIE
8) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Short Answer What is the chemical formula for hydrogen peroxide?
ANSWER: H2O2
9) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following minerals best illustrates the
property of cleavage:
W) quartz
X) diamond
Y) topaz
Z) mica
ANSWER: Z) MICA
9) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple Choice Based on how it was formed, slate is classified as what
type of rock:
W) igneous
X) sedimentary
Y) metamorphic
Z) volcanic
ANSWER: Y) METAMORPHIC
10) MATH Short Answer What is the name of the famous theorem of geometry that states the
sum of the squares of a right triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuse?
ANSWER: PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM (ACCEPT: PYTHAGOREAN OR PYTHAGORAS
10) MATH Short Answer What is the following Roman Numeral number equal to in an Arabic
number: MCMLXI
ANSWER: 1961
11) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice The mass of a quantity of matter divided by its
volume provides which specific property?
W) weight
X) specific gravity
Y) density
Z) malleability
ANSWER: Y) DENSITY
11) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Short Answer Assuming friction is negligible, if a lever has a
mechanical advantage of 5, how much effort in newtons is needed to lift a 10 newton load?
ANSWER: 2 NEWTONS
12) LIFE SCIENCE Multiple Choice In 1665, what person, using a microscope he built,
observed perforations in plant stems, which he called cells:
W) Robert Hooke
X) Anton Van Leewenhoek
Y) Carolus Linnaeus
Z) Theodor Schwann
ANSWER: W) ROBERT HOOKE
12) LIFE SCIENCE Short Answer What are the four main human blood types?
ANSWER: O, A, B, AND AB
