Round #6 Flashcards
(46 cards)
1) Earth and Space – Short Answer What river in North America has the largest drainage
area?
ANSWER: MISSISSIPPI RIVER
1) Earth and Space – Short Answer Identify all of the following three rocks that are have a
phaneritic [fan-er-IT-ik] texture: 1) Diorite; 2) Andesite; 3) Rhyolite.
ANSWER: 1
2) Math – Short Answer Evaluate 8 minus open absolute value 11 minus 16 close absolute
value.
ANSWER: 3
2) Math – Short Answer A triangle has two exterior angles that have degree measures
of 136 and 117, respectively. What is the degree measure of their common remote interior angle?
ANSWER: 73
3) Physical Science – Short Answer What is the term for the substances that are mixed
together at the beginning of a chemical reaction and are consumed?
ANSWER: REACTANTS
3) Physical Science – Short Answer Identify all of the following three properties that are
generally shared by nonmetals: 1) Malleable; 2) Good conductors of electricity;
3) Form anions [AN-eye-ons]
ANSWER: 3
4) Earth and Space – Short Answer What is the name of the high-pressure region in the
atmosphere of Jupiter that has been continuously observed for almost 200 years, but may be
dissipating?
ANSWER: GREAT RED SPOT
4) Earth and Space – Short Answer As a low-mass star begins to burn out, it can produce
some oxygen-16 by fusing alpha particles with the nucleus of what element?
ANSWER: CARBON
5) Energy – Multiple Choice Scientists at the National Renewable Energy Lab are studying
magnesium batteries as an alternative to current lithium-ion technology. What is the charge on
the magnesium ions in these batteries?
W) +1
X) +2
Y) +3
Z) –1
ANSWER: X) +2
5) Energy – Short Answer Fermi National Accelerator Lab is now in the possession of the
ICARUS [IH-kah-rus] neutrino detector. Results from this detector were important in showing
that neutrinos could not travel superluminally [super-LOO-min-uh-lee], which means they
cannot travel faster than what?
ANSWER: LIGHT (ACCEPT: SPEED OF LIGHT, PHOTONS)
6) Life Science – Short Answer Butterflies, spiders, and shrimp are all part of what phylum
[FYE- lum] that is thought to contain the largest number of animal species?
ANSWER: ARTHROPODA (DO NOT ACCEPT: ARTHROPODS)
6) Life Science – Short Answer What process can produce energy from glucose in the absence
of oxygen and produces ethanol or lactic acid as products?
ANSWER: FERMENTATION
7) Physical Science – Short Answer What is the general term for a material, such as rubber or
glass, that is a poor conductor of electrical current?
ANSWER: INSULATOR
7) Physical Science – Multiple Choice An aspiring science student has a quantity of an
unknown liquid in an unmarked, irregularly-shaped container. If a
hydrometer [high-DRAW-meh-tur] reads 1.0 after being placed in the liquid, what other physical
property of the liquid could be used to obtain the volume of liquid in the container?
W) Temperature
X) Mass
Y) Color
Z) Boiling point
ANSWER: X) MASS
8) Math – Short Answer What is the area of a right triangle with legs of lengths 6 and 13?
ANSWER: 39
8) Math – Short Answer A student club sells tickets to a school play. They sell 253 tickets,
averaging 6.7 tickets per member, rounded to the nearest tenth. How many members are in the
club?
ANSWER: 38
9) Life Science – Short Answer What part of an egg functions to store nutrients for the
developing embryo?
ANSWER: YOLK (ACCEPT: VITELLUS)
9) Life Science – Multiple Choice Which of the following statements is true about meiosis
[my-OH-sis]?
W) In the first meiotic division, sister chromatids separate
X) The second meiotic division results in four haploid daughter cells
Y) Crossing over occurs during the second meiotic [my-AW-tik] division
Z) Individual chromatids line up at the midzone for separation during metaphase I
ANSWER: X) THE SECOND MEIOTIC DIVISION RESULTS IN FOUR HAPLOID
DAUGHTER CELLS
10) Energy – Multiple Choice Oak Ridge National Lab scientists have been studying a new
derivative of vitamin B12 that must be bound to a certain enzyme for that enzyme to function.
The derivative can therefore be classified as what?
W) Catalyst
X) Reactant
Y) Cofactor
Z) Protein
ANSWER: Y) COFACTOR
10) Energy – Short Answer Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab are incorporating
graphene into fuel cells. Of what element is graphene composed?
ANSWER: CARBON
11) Earth and Space – Multiple Choice What layer of Earth’s atmosphere is primarily
responsible for absorbing harmful radiation?
W) Thermosphere
X) Troposphere
Y) Stratosphere
Z) Mesosphere
ANSWER: Y) STRATOSPHERE
11) Earth and Space – Short Answer Identify all of the following three statements that are true
of minerals: 1) Native elements like gold and silver are considered minerals; 2) Organic
sedimentary rocks like coal are considered minerals; 3) Silicates are the most abundant mineral
class in Earth’s crust.
ANSWER: 1, 3
12) Math – Short Answer To the nearest whole number, what is 35.26 plus 97.843?
ANSWER: 133
12) Math – Short Answer Two six-sided dice are rolled. What is the probability that the sum
of the two numbers is prime?
ANSWER: 5/12
