MS Sample Set 9, Round 15 from NSB
Which of the following elements would one be likely to find in a catalytic converter? W) Calcium X) Thorium Y) Palladium Z) Neodymium
W: W) Calcium
X: X) Thorium
Y: Y) Palladium
Z: Z) Neodymium
Answer: Y) Y) Palladium
What part of a car engine is responsible for blending air and fuel before combustion?
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How many bones can you find in the body of a Chondrichthyan?
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What is the term for the circular movement of bodily extremities? W) Rotation X) Elevation Y) Circumduction Z) Extension
W: W) Rotation
X: X) Elevation
Y: Y) Circumduction
Z: Z) Extension
Answer: Y) Y) Circumduction
What is the term for a plate margin at which no tectonic activity occurs?
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Which of the following ores is NOT a sulfide? W) Pyrite X) Galena Y) Sphalerite Z) Barite
W: W) Pyrite
X: X) Galena
Y: Y) Sphalerite
Z: Z) Barite
Answer: Z) Z) Barite
What value, in regard to the electron, did J.J. Thompson discover?
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What class of lever is typified by a pair of tweezers?
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What is the main excitatory neurotransmitter in the human neuromuscular junction?
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Most of the growth in a plant is due to which of the following? W) Cell elongation X) Cell division Y) Cell differentiation Z) Morphogenesis
W: W) Cell elongation
X: X) Cell division
Y: Y) Cell differentiation
Z: Z) Morphogenesis
Answer: W) W) Cell elongation
A combination lock requires 3 numbers to open the lock. The lock uses numbers one through 9. If you are allowed to repeat numbers, how many combinations could there be?
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If a prism has 18 edges, how many vertices does it have?
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A child is holding a helium-filled balloon in an enclosed car. If the car suddenly accelerates in the positive x direction, in what direction will the balloon lean?
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What principle states that no two electrons can occupy the same quantum state?
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Which of the following is NOT an important step in natural gas processing and treatment? W) Dehydration X) Oxygen extraction Y) Methane separation Z) Fractionation
W: W) Dehydration
X: X) Oxygen extraction
Y: Y) Methane separation
Z: Z) Fractionation
Answer: X) X) Oxygen extraction
Mercaptan is added to what energy resource to give it an odor?
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The 21-centimeter radiation is characteristic of what element that is commonly found in interstellar space?
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What gas is most common in the atmosphere of Venus? W) Nitrogen X) Carbon dioxide Y) Sulfuric acid Z) Hydrogen fluoride
W: W) Nitrogen
X: X) Carbon dioxide
Y: Y) Sulfuric acid
Z: Z) Hydrogen fluoride
Answer: X) X) Carbon dioxide
If the temperature of a surface is below the freezing point of water, instead of dew formation, ice crystals will deposit on the surface. What are these ice formations called?
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Odontoceti and Mysticeti are terms given to: W) Whales, based on the structure of their mouths X) Crustaceans, based on their reproductive patterns Y) Marine mammals, based on their feeding behaviors Z) Marine invertebrates, based on hibernation periods
W: W) Whales, based on the structure of their mouths
X: X) Crustaceans, based on their reproductive patterns
Y: Y) Marine mammals, based on their feeding behaviors
Z: Z) Marine invertebrates, based on hibernation periods
Answer: W) W) Whales, based on the structure of their mouths
Radioactive iodine is used to image what organ?
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Identify all of the following four amino acids that have a nonpolar side chain: 1) Valine; 2) Isoleucine; 3) Glutamate; 4) Phenylalanine.
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Which of the following is not a triangle congruence theorem? W) Side-side-side X) Side-side-angle Y) Side-angle-side Z) Angle-angle-side
W: W) Side-side-side
X: X) Side-side-angle
Y: Y) Side-angle-side
Z: Z) Angle-angle-side
Answer: X) X) Side-side-angle
A woman drove to work at an average speed of 40 miles per hour and returned along the same route at 30 miles per hour. Expressing your answer as a mixed fraction, if her total traveling time was 1 hour, what was the total number of miles in the round trip?
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Order the following sectors from least to greatest in terms of U.S. coal consumption: 1) Heating; 2) Electricity; 3) Industry
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Mixed oxide fuels are a form of fuel used in what method of energy production?
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What is 76 times 84?
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At the start of camp, Gracie scored 78 on her pre-test. At the end of the week, she scored 84 on her post test. Rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent, what is her percent increase?
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Which of the following toxins is produced by Aspergillus flavus and can be found on contaminated peanuts? W) Atropine X) Taxol Y) Sarin Z) Aflatoxin
W: W) Atropine
X: X) Taxol
Y: Y) Sarin
Z: Z) Aflatoxin
Answer: Z) Z) Aflatoxin
Aside from carbon, which of the following elements can one find in Teflon? W) Oxygen X) Chlorine Y) Fluorine Z) Nitrogen
W: W) Oxygen
X: X) Chlorine
Y: Y) Fluorine
Z: Z) Nitrogen
Answer: Y) Y) Fluorine
By what process does a mother cell split into four haploid daughter cells?
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In genetics, what is the general term for the type of cross between the F1 generation of unknown genotype and a homozygous recessive organism?
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If a car is traveling at a constant velocity of 2.5 meters per second, how far, in meters, will it have traveled in 15 seconds?
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Which of the following substances would show the Tyndall effect? W) Blood X) Air Y) Gasoline Z) Salt water
W: W) Blood
X: X) Air
Y: Y) Gasoline
Z: Z) Salt water
Answer: W) W) Blood
What term describes a region where fresh water flows to the surface from underground? W) Aquifer X) Artesian Y) Spring Z) Geyser
W: W) Aquifer
X: X) Artesian
Y: Y) Spring
Z: Z) Geyser
Answer: Y) Y) Spring
What effect refers to cities that have hotter temperatures than nearby areas?
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If you double the mass of a cart while it is undergoing a constant unbalanced force, the acceleration will be: W) Doubled X) Quadrupled Y) Halved Z) Quartered
W: W) Doubled
X: X) Quadrupled
Y: Y) Halved
Z: Z) Quartered
Answer: Y) Y) Halved
Which of the following electromagnetic waves has a shorter wavelength than visible light? W) Radar X) Infrared Y) Ultraviolet Z) Microwave
W: W) Radar
X: X) Infrared
Y: Y) Ultraviolet
Z: Z) Microwave
Answer: Y) Y) Ultraviolet
Yardangs are formed by what erosional agent?
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The red color in the rocks of southern Utah is caused by oxides of what element?
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An autoclave would often be used by which of the following scientists? W) Cosmologist X) Microbiologist Y) Paleontologist Z) Philologist
W: W) Cosmologist
X: X) Microbiologist
Y: Y) Paleontologist
Z: Z) Philologist
Answer: X) X) Microbiologist
What genus of protists are well known for their pseudopodia and are part of the phylum Rhizopoda?
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For a weekend trip, you pack the following: three different shirts, three different pairs of shorts, two different belts, and one pair of shoes. How many unique outfits can you make using one of each article of clothing?
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What is the sum of the integers between 90 and 99, inclusive?
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What structural carbohydrate is found in the cell walls of fungi and the exoskeletons of arthropods?
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What effect occurs when a population is greatly reduced by events such as a natural disaster and causes certain alleles to be overrepresented?
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