Round #6 Flashcards
(50 cards)
1) LIFE SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following accounts for the largest increase in
cancer death rate in the USA between the years 1900 and 1990:
W) lung
X) breast
Y) colon
Z) stomach
ANSWER: W) LUNG
1) LIFE SCIENCE Multiple Choice The structure of DNA proposed by Watson and Crick was
partly based on the x-ray work of:
W) Louis Pasteur
X) Rosalind Franklin
Y) Linus Pauling
Z) Eleonore Rubinstein
ANSWER: X) ROSALIND FRANKLIN
2) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice If light is passed through two pin holes and the
patterns allowed to overlap on a wall, the pattern produced by the intersection of waves is called:
W) an intersection pattern
X) an interference pattern
Y) an arcing pattern
Z) a construction pattern
ANSWER: X) AN INTERFERENCE PATTERN
2) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Short Answer Add a second proton and two neutrons to the
hydrogen nucleus and you have which element?
ANSWER: HELIUM (ACCEPT: He)
*3) GENERAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice To guard against sparks causing a fire, mechanics
aboard submarines during World War II often used tools made from which of the following:
W) chrome plated steel
X) vanadium
Y) cold rolled steel
Z) bronze
ANSWER: Z) BRONZE
*3) GENERAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice The shape of galaxies, stars, planets and their
orbits is mostly attributed to:
w) light
x) matter
y) electricity
z) gravity
ANSWER: Z) GRAVITY
4) MATH Short Answer What is the sum of the internal angles of a pentagon
ANSWER: 540°
46 MATH Multiple Choice Assuming a year in a dog’s life is equivalent to 7 years of a
human’s life, what is 1 hour of a dog’s life approximately equivalent to in a human’s life?
W) 3 ½ hours
X) 7 hours
Y) 5 hours
Z) 4 ½ days
ANSWER: X) 7 HOURS
5) MATH Multiple Choice The longest straight line that can be drawn inside a circle is called
its:
W) radius
X) vector
Y) tangent
Z) diameter
ANSWER: Z) DIAMETER
5) MATH Short Answer If you walk north for 3 miles along 1st street and make a 90 degree
right turn east onto B street and then walk for another 4 miles what would be the shortest
distance back to where you started, if you could walk in a straight line?
ANSWER: 5 MILES
6) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple Choice If air masses move toward mountains from the west,
most of the moisture will fall on the
W) north side of the mountains
X) south side of the mountains
Y) west side of the mountains
Z) east side of the mountains
ANSWER: Y) WEST SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS
6) EARTH SCIENCE Short Answer Order the following periods of geological time from oldest
to youngest: Jurassic, Cambrian, Triassic,
ANSWER: CAMBRIAN; TRIASSIC; JURASSIC
7) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Short Answer Which planet is the brightest when viewed from
Earth?
ANSWER: VENUS
7) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Short Answer If an atom of carbon has an atomic number of 6 and
an atomic mass of 12.01, how many protons and neutrons are in the nucleus?
ANSWER: 6 PROTONS, 6 NEUTRONS
8) LIFE SCIENCE Short Answer In the traditional 5 Kingdom classification of organisms, four
of the 5 Kingdoms are Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, and Protista. What is the fifth?
ANSWER: MONERA
2) LIFE SCIENCE Short Answer Give the scientific names for the four chambers of the human
heart:
ANSWER: LEFT VENTRICLE, RIGHT VENTRICLE, LEFT ATRIUM, RIGHT ATRIUM
(ACCEPT IN ANY ORDER)
9) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following dominates the gasses in the
Earth’s atmosphere, making up some 78% of the air by volume:
W) nitrogen
X) oxygen
Y) helium
Z) hydrogen
ANSWER: W) NITROGEN
9) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple Choice Metamorphism transforms limestone into a
metamorphic rock called:
W) quartzite
X) marble
Y) hornfel
Z) granite
ANSWER: X) MARBLE
10) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer This powerful telescope weighs about 11 tons, has a
primary mirror 7.9 feet in diameter, and orbits about 380 miles above the earth:
ANSWER: THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE
10) GENERAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following is NOT commonly thought
of as an input device:
W) scanner
X) printer
Y) touch-screen video screen
Z) speaker
ANSWER: X) PRINTER
11) LIFE SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following is a feeding structure in
arachnids:
W) dentipalps
X) radula
Y) proboscis
Z) chelicerae (PRONOUNCED Chill-iss-er-ah)
ANSWER: Z) CHELICERAE
11) LIFE SCIENCE Multiple Choice In humans, ovulation usually occurs how many days
before the start of the next menstrual period:
W) 4
X) 9
Y) 14
Z) 21
ANSWER: Y) 14
10) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Short Answer What color light is produced by adding equal
amounts of red, green, and blue light?
ANSWER: WHITE
10) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Short Answer Name the most common disaccharide, known as milk
sugar, that is found in milk.
ANSWER: LACTOSE
