Thursday, September 27, 2018

LET REVIEWER: General Education : SCIENCE

LET REVIEWER: GENED : SCIENCE

1. In Chemistry, the Periodic Table of the elements is an organized array of all the chemical elements in order of _______.

A. increasing number of protons in the atomic nucleus
B. date of discovery
C. decreasing atomic number
D. increasing number of neutrons in the atomic nucleus

2. It is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
A. Oxygen
B. Nitrogen
C. Helium
D. Argon

3. The earth’s crust is composed mainly of this element.

A. Silicon
B. Aluminum
C. Oxygen
D. Iron

4. A scientist studied a species of fish. She found that when a certain nutrient was added to the diet of the fish just after hatching, the fish gained an average of 3
kilograms in the first year. What additional information is needed to determine whether the nutrient is affecting the growth of the fish?

A. how much adult fish gained on average when the same nutrient was added to their diet
B. how much of the nutrient is available for the fish species in their natural surroundings
C. how much other species of fish gain in the first year when the nutrient is added to their diet
D. how much newly hatched fish in this species gain in the first year without the nutrient in their diet

5. A scientist studied the number of eggs a species of bird lays each year. He found that the most common number of eggs laid in a year is three. Which statistical measurement did the scientist find?

A. the mode of the number of eggs laid in a year
B. the mean number of eggs laid in a year
C. the median number of eggs laid in a year
D. the range of the number of eggs laid in a year

6. Louis Pasteur discovered that the bacteria in a substance can be killed by heating the substance for a short period of time. Which of these practices benefited most from Pasteur’s discovery?

A. building ovens and other heating devices
B. storing foods for longer periods of time
C. creating medicines that cure infections
D. transporting living organisms without injuring them

7. In which situation would osmosis most likely occur in cells?

A. across a permeable membrane that separates solutions of the same concentration
B. across a non-permeable membrane that separates solutions of the same concentration
C. across a permeable membrane that separates solutions of different concentrations
D. across a non-permeable membrane that separates solutions of different concentrations

8. Which statement best describes the process of respiration?

A. Water and sugar are used to in the process that provides energy to cells; oxygen and carbon dioxide are its waste products.
B. Oxygen and carbon dioxide are used in the process that provides energy to cells; sugar and water are its waste products.
C. Carbon dioxide and sugar are used in the process that provides energy to cells; water and oxygen are its waste products.
D. Oxygen and sugar are used in the process that provides energy to cells; water and carbon dioxide are its waste products.

9. What is a difference between mitosis and meiosis?

A. In mitosis, the products are identical to the parent cell, while in meiosis the products are different from the parent cell.
B. Mitosis occurs in all the cells in animals and plants, while meiosis occurs only in bacteria.
C. In mitosis, one cell divides into two cells, while in meiosis two cells combine to make one cell.
D. Mitosis involves separating the chromosomes, while meiosis involves only the cytoplasm of the cell.


10. In humans, B is the allele for brown eyes and b is the allele for blue eyes. Two brothers both have brown eyes, but one of them has both the B and b alleles while the other only has B alleles. Which statement is true about the brothers?

A. They have the same genotype and phenotype.
B. They have the same phenotype but different genotypes.
C. They have different phenotypes and genotypes.
D. They have the same genotype but different phenotypes.

11. Use this Punnett square to answer the question.
            
In horses, the gene for white hair (W) is dominant to the gene for nonwhite hair (ω). A horse with genotype (WW) was crossed with a horse with genotype (ωω), as shown in the Punnett square.
What fraction of the offspring should be expected to have white hair?

A. none
B. onehalf
C. threequarters
D. all

12. What do scientists mean when they refer to a population?

A. all the organisms in an ecosystem
B. all the species that share similar anatomical features
C. all the animals that acquire resources through similar methods
D. all the interbreeding members of a certain species in an ecosystem***

13. Which relationship is mutualistic?

A. an insect that lives and feeds on the body of an alligator
B. an ant that lives on a plant and defends the plant from other insects
C. a bird that migrates to follow the movements of the butterflies that it eats
D. a deer that eats one kind of plant, which allows another kind of plant to grow in its place

14. Which example describes a behavioral adaptation?

A. A bird builds its nest in the ash near a volcano.
B. A whale has the ability to hold its breath for 20 minutes.
C. A fox’s hair is white in the winter and brown in the summer.
D. A monkey has long arms that allow it to swing from one branch to another.

15. In a large forest with many animals, there are only a small number of bears. Which of these most likely limits the population of bears in the forest?

A. supply of food
B. type of tree
C. predation by carnivores
D. amount of suitable shelter

16. What is the main reason humans need nitrogen to survive?

A. Nitrogen is used in respiration to generate energy.
B. Nitrogen is used in making the proteins in the body.
C. Nitrogen is used to help the body eliminate wastes.
D. Nitrogen is used by nerve cells to conduct impulses.

17. Which statement best describes the roles of photosynthesis and respiration in the carbon cycle?

A. Respiration and photosynthesis both add carbon to the atmosphere.
B. Respiration and photosynthesis both remove carbon from the atmosphere.
C. Respiration adds carbon to the atmosphere, while photosynthesis removes carbon from the atmosphere.
D. Photosynthesis adds carbon to the atmosphere, while respiration removes carbon from the atmosphere.

18. Scientists have observed an increase in global temperatures over the past 100 years. Which phenomena do scientists believe contributes to the increase in temperatures?

A. an increase in undersea volcanic activity
B. a decrease in the distance between Earth and the Sun
C. an increase in certain gases released during the use of fossil fuels
D. a decrease in the amount of water on Earth due to overconsumption

19. Which flowchart shows a likely path of a waste molecule through the body?

A. skin cell → blood → kidney → large intestine → rectum → out of body
B. muscle cell → blood → liver → blood → lung → out of body
C. bone cell → blood → liver → gallbladder → rectum → out of body
D. brain cell → blood → kidney → urine → bladder → out of body 

20. A scientist plans to investigate the nervous system of sea slugs. What should the scientist do first?

A. Develop a theory about sea slugs that can be tested.
B. Go to the ocean to observe the behavior of sea slugs.
C. Obtain several sea slugs and conduct experiments with them.
D. Review the research other scientists have done on sea slugs.

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Answers:



1A 2B 3C 4D 5A 6B 7C 8D 9A 10B 11D 12D 13B 14A 15A 16B 17C 18C 19D 20D


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