MS Sample Set 4, Round 3 from NSB
Approximately what percentage of the energy need in the U.S. is currently met by biomass? W) 15% X) 10% Y) 4% Z) 1%
W: W) 15%
X: X) 10%
Y: Y) 4%
Z: Z) 1%
Answer: Y) Y) 4%
Which of the following is an advantage of using biomass in the form of corn to produce ethanol? W) Using corn to produce ethanol means that the U.S. will no longer need to import petroleum-based products X) Corn-based ethanol is more fuel efficient than gasoline Y) Corn-based ethanol production has little impact on water supply Z) Food for cattle is produced when corn grain is converted to ethanol
W: W) Using corn to produce ethanol means that the U.S. will no longer need to import petroleum-based products
X: X) Corn-based ethanol is more fuel efficient than gasoline
Y: Y) Corn-based ethanol production has little impact on water supply
Z: Z) Food for cattle is produced when corn grain is converted to ethanol
Answer: Z) Z) Food for cattle is produced when corn grain is converted to ethanol
What is the shape of the orbits of the planets around the Sun in our Solar System?
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What was the first planet discovered with a telescope?
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When looking through a glass of water with a straw in it, why might the straw appear bent and somewhat distorted? W) Refraction X) Diffraction Y) Reflection Z) Pressure
W: W) Refraction
X: X) Diffraction
Y: Y) Reflection
Z: Z) Pressure
Answer: W) W) Refraction
Which of the following regions of the electromagnetic spectrum has a longer wavelength than visible light? W) Ultraviolet X) Gamma rays Y) Microwaves Z) X-rays
W: W) Ultraviolet
X: X) Gamma rays
Y: Y) Microwaves
Z: Z) X-rays
Answer: Y) Y) Microwaves
Which of the following activities will increase your carbon footprint? W) Eating a more beef-rich diet X) Eating a more local vegetarian diet Y) Keeping your family’s car tires inflated to the correct level Z) Using public transportation like buses and trains
W: W) Eating a more beef-rich diet
X: X) Eating a more local vegetarian diet
Y: Y) Keeping your family’s car tires inflated to the correct level
Z: Z) Using public transportation like buses and trains
Answer: W) W) Eating a more beef-rich diet
Which of the following is least likely to be impacted by climate change? W) Atmosphere X) Hydrosphere Y) Cryosphere Z) Mantle
W: W) Atmosphere
X: X) Hydrosphere
Y: Y) Cryosphere
Z: Z) Mantle
Answer: Z) Z) Mantle
Which of the following must be true about the product of an integer and one greater than the integer? W) The product is negative X) The product is positive Y) The product is even Z) The product is odd
W: W) The product is negative
X: X) The product is positive
Y: Y) The product is even
Z: Z) The product is odd
Answer: Y) Y) The product is even
The circumference of a circle is 6π. What is its area in terms of π?
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Melting an ice cube and boiling water are examples of what type of change that does not produce a new substance?
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Thermodynamics tells us that we cannot reduce entropy in a closed system; it will always increase. Of what does entropy serve as a measure? W) System size X) Temperature Y) Disorder Z) Flux
W: W) System size
X: X) Temperature
Y: Y) Disorder
Z: Z) Flux
Answer: Y) Y) Disorder
What do we call the evaporation of water from plants that occurs chiefly while their stomata are open for the passage of carbon dioxide and oxygen during photosynthesis? W) Transpiration X) Chemotaxis Y) Chemosynthesis Z) Chlorophyll
W: W) Transpiration
X: X) Chemotaxis
Y: Y) Chemosynthesis
Z: Z) Chlorophyll
Answer: W) W) Transpiration
Which of the following organisms cannot perform photosynthesis? W) Cyanobacteria X) Ferns Y) Mushrooms Z) Trees
W: W) Cyanobacteria
X: X) Ferns
Y: Y) Mushrooms
Z: Z) Trees
Answer: Y) Y) Mushrooms
What is the largest prime number less than 9?
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The lengths of two sides of a triangle are 3 and 12. Which of the following could be the length of the third side? W) 4 X) 8 Y) 12 Z) 16
W: W) 4
X: X) 8
Y: Y) 12
Z: Z) 16
Answer: Y) Y) 12
Which of the following is NOT true about incandescent lamps? W) They have the least expensive initial purchase price X) They typically can last over one million hours Y) They provide warm light Z) They operate without a ballast
W: W) They have the least expensive initial purchase price
X: X) They typically can last over one million hours
Y: Y) They provide warm light
Z: Z) They operate without a ballast
Answer: X) X) They typically can last over one million hours
In most developing countries excluding China and India, which of the following is the primary source of energy for household energy consumption in rural and poor areas? W) Hydroelectricity X) Wind Y) Biomass Z) Solar
W: W) Hydroelectricity
X: X) Wind
Y: Y) Biomass
Z: Z) Solar
Answer: Y) Y) Biomass
If a heavy box is sitting on a table, not moving at all, what force is counteracting the pull of gravity?
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You are standing on a scale in an elevator that is accelerating upwards as it goes from the basement to the roof. How does the reading of the scale compare with that obtained when the elevator was standing still?
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Express 14⁄50 as a simplified mixed number.
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At the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, underwater robots dove down in the water 5000 feet. If the robot dove down another 3000 feet, then rose up 6500 feet, where would the robot be in relation to sea level?
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In vascular plants, what is the name of the transport tissue that primarily carries water to the plant?
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What force allows the xylem to transport water against gravity?
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Which of the following is a primary issue associated with harnessing solar power via panels? W) Low efficiency X) Overheating the foundation under the panels Y) Difficult assembly Z) Rain damage to the solar panels
W: W) Low efficiency
X: X) Overheating the foundation under the panels
Y: Y) Difficult assembly
Z: Z) Rain damage to the solar panels
Answer: W) W) Low efficiency
Based solely on wind speeds, rank the following states in order from most to least windy: Florida; Missouri; Nebraska; Arkansas.
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What is the name of a fracture or zone of fractures in the Earth that allows large masses of rocks to move relative to each other?
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Which of the following is used to describe a thrust fault? W) Divergent X) Transverse Y) Spreading Z) Convergent
W: W) Divergent
X: X) Transverse
Y: Y) Spreading
Z: Z) Convergent
Answer: Z) Z) Convergent
In the Pythagorean theorem, a² + b² = c². If all side lengths are smaller than 1 unit long, which of the following is largest? W) a² X) b² Y) c² Z) c
W: W) a²
X: X) b²
Y: Y) c²
Z: Z) c
Answer: Z) Z) c
What is the length of the hypotenuse in a right triangle with legs of length 7 and 24?
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The human genome has been mapped. In this mapping process, they identified genes that coded for all of the following, except: W) Race X) Hair color Y) Handedness Z) Vision
W: W) Race
X: X) Hair color
Y: Y) Handedness
Z: Z) Vision
Answer: W) W) Race
Feather color in chickens can be a codominant trait. You cross a white chicken with a black chicken. Which of the following phenotypes will you see in the first generation of chicks? W) All of the chicks will be gray X) The chicks will be more black than white Y) Each of the chicks will be black and white in about equal proportions Z) The chicks will be more white than black
W: W) All of the chicks will be gray
X: X) The chicks will be more black than white
Y: Y) Each of the chicks will be black and white in about equal proportions
Z: Z) The chicks will be more white than black
Answer: Y) Y) Each of the chicks will be black and white in about equal proportions
What element is considered the main building block of life on Earth?
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What is the most abundant element in the universe?
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Which of the following well types is used to determine whether oil or gas is present: exploration, confirmation, or development?
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What is the purpose of a confirmation well? W) To verify that the site will physically support a drilling platform X) To verify that the oil is accessible Y) To verify that a formation has enough hydrocarbons to make it worth developing Z) To verify that the cost of extricating the oil will not be too high
W: W) To verify that the site will physically support a drilling platform
X: X) To verify that the oil is accessible
Y: Y) To verify that a formation has enough hydrocarbons to make it worth developing
Z: Z) To verify that the cost of extricating the oil will not be too high
Answer: Y) Y) To verify that a formation has enough hydrocarbons to make it worth developing
A bicyclist rode 25,000 meters in 30 minutes. How many kilometers per hour is this?
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What is the product of the first three even negative integers?
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Which of the following is NOT a mineral? W) Quartz X) Marble Y) Feldspar Z) Calcite
W: W) Quartz
X: X) Marble
Y: Y) Feldspar
Z: Z) Calcite
Answer: X) X) Marble
Which of the following is a type of metamorphic rock that is created from sandstone? W) Andesite X) Schist Y) Gneiss Z) Quartzite
W: W) Andesite
X: X) Schist
Y: Y) Gneiss
Z: Z) Quartzite
Answer: Z) Z) Quartzite
When you stretch a rubber band and hold it, what type of energy results? W) Kinetic X) Stationary Y) Torque Z) Potential
W: W) Kinetic
X: X) Stationary
Y: Y) Torque
Z: Z) Potential
Answer: Z) Z) Potential
Name two forms of potential energy.
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What is the name for a narrow, cylindrical container that is scaled and used in a laboratory to measure exact amounts of a liquid, which is then poured out of the top?
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Which of the following is true about the use of boiling chips in an experiment? W) The addition of boiling chips increases the safety of the boiling process X) The addition of boiling chips slows down the boiling process Y) Boiling chips provide a surface area upon which chemical reactions can occur Z) Larger boiling chips are more effective than smaller boiling chips
W: W) The addition of boiling chips increases the safety of the boiling process
X: X) The addition of boiling chips slows down the boiling process
Y: Y) Boiling chips provide a surface area upon which chemical reactions can occur
Z: Z) Larger boiling chips are more effective than smaller boiling chips
Answer: W) W) The addition of boiling chips increases the safety of the boiling process
What kind of vertebrates have hair or fur and feed their young with milk?
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By name or number, indicate which one or ones of the following biomes that animals with thick fur and large amounts of fat storage would most likely live in: 1) Coniferous forest; 2) Savannah; 3) Rainforest; 4) Tundra; 5) Temperate forest.
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Which of the following is an inevitable consequence of the global climate change we are facing today? W) Extinction of humans X) Rise in sea level Y) World war Z) Closing down of Arctic waterways
W: W) Extinction of humans
X: X) Rise in sea level
Y: Y) World war
Z: Z) Closing down of Arctic waterways
Answer: X) X) Rise in sea level
Which part of Earth’s atmosphere is farthest from Earth’s surface? W) Stratosphere X) Exosphere Y) Thermosphere Z) Troposphere
W: W) Stratosphere
X: X) Exosphere
Y: Y) Thermosphere
Z: Z) Troposphere
Answer: X) X) Exosphere
Which of the following animals does NOT live in or around Antarctica? W) Seal X) Polar bear Y) Penguin Z) Nematode
W: W) Seal
X: X) Polar bear
Y: Y) Penguin
Z: Z) Nematode
Answer: X) X) Polar bear
What is the name given to ground that is continuously frozen for at least two years?
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