MS Sample Set Rounds, Round 12 from NSB

Questions in Packet

TOSS-UP general multiple_choice

Which of the following types of reactions releases the most energy per kilogram of fuel? W) Chemical X) Nuclear Y) Mechanical Z) Physical

W: W) Chemical

X: X) Nuclear

Y: Y) Mechanical

Z: Z) Physical

Answer: X) X) Nuclear

BONUS general phrase

How many newtons does one kilogram of water weigh at the surface of the Earth?

Acceptable Answers:

  • 9.8
  • 10

TOSS-UP ess multiple_choice

Which of the following is the hardest coal and gives off a great amount of heat when it burns: W) Anthracite X) Bituminous Y) Subbituminous Z) Lignite

W: W) Anthracite

X: X) Bituminous

Y: Y) Subbituminous

Z: Z) Lignite

Answer: W) W) Anthracite

BONUS ess order

Order the following 3 regions of the ocean floor from the one with the steepest gradient to the least: 1) abyssal plain; 2) continental slope; 3) continental rise.

Choices:

  • abyssal plain
  • continental slope
  • continental rise

Correct Order:

  • 2
  • 3
  • 1

TOSS-UP math phrase

What is the square root of 169?

Acceptable Answers:

  • 13

BONUS math phrase

What is the largest odd integer which is both less than 100 and evenly divisible by 7?

Acceptable Answers:

  • 91

TOSS-UP bio multiple_choice

What organism acts as the vector of malaria in humans? W) The Anopheles mosquito X) The Tsetse fly Y) The Kissing bug Z) The Flea

W: W) The Anopheles mosquito

X: X) The Tsetse fly

Y: Y) The Kissing bug

Z: Z) The Flea

Answer: W) W) The Anopheles mosquito

BONUS bio phrase

What organ of the human body is primarily responsible for eliminating abnormal red blood cells from the circulation and then recycling iron to the bone marrow?

Acceptable Answers:

  • SPLEEN

TOSS-UP phys multiple_choice

Who was the first scientist to be awarded two Nobel Prizes for science and did extensive research on radioactivity? W) Niels Bohr X) Albert Michelson Y) Hendrik Lorentz Z) Marie Curie

W: W) Niels Bohr

X: X) Albert Michelson

Y: Y) Hendrik Lorentz

Z: Z) Marie Curie

Answer: Z) Z) Marie Curie

BONUS phys phrase

Ignoring friction, what acceleration in meters per second squared is produced by a force of 20 newtons applied to a 10 kilogram bicycle?

Acceptable Answers:

  • 2

TOSS-UP general multiple_choice

How many miles are there in an Astronomical Unit? W) About 5.86 trillion miles X) About 273 million miles Y) About 93 million miles Z) About 240 thousand miles

W: W) About 5.86 trillion miles

X: X) About 273 million miles

Y: Y) About 93 million miles

Z: Z) About 240 thousand miles

Answer: Y) Y) About 93 million miles

BONUS general multiple_choice

When the Moon appears through the night as a thin crescent, the Sun’s light: W) Is being blocked by the Earth X) Still illuminates about half the surface of the Moon Y) Is only hitting the crescent region Z) Only shines during the day

W: W) Is being blocked by the Earth

X: X) Still illuminates about half the surface of the Moon

Y: Y) Is only hitting the crescent region

Z: Z) Only shines during the day

Answer: X) X) Still illuminates about half the surface of the Moon

TOSS-UP ess multiple_choice

Pluto is the farthest planet from the Sun during most, but not all, of its 249-year orbit. For about 20 years, what planet is actually the farthest from the Sun? W) Neptune X) Uranus Y) Saturn Z) Jupiter

W: W) Neptune

X: X) Uranus

Y: Y) Saturn

Z: Z) Jupiter

Answer: W) W) Neptune

BONUS ess phrase

The K-T boundary, which greatly supported the mass extinction of dinosaurs, refers to the boundary between what two geological periods?

Acceptable Answers:

  • CRETACEOUS; TERTIARY

TOSS-UP math phrase

The number 2002 is a palindrome because it is the same number read forward or backward. What is the next year that is a palindrome?

Acceptable Answers:

  • 2112

BONUS math phrase

What is the least positive integer with exactly six factors?

Acceptable Answers:

  • 12

TOSS-UP bio multiple_choice

Flowering plants called angiosperms are divided into two major groups, monocots and dicots, based primarily on what feature? W) Number of seed leaves X) Size and color of flower Y) Tolerance for heat and humidity Z) Ability to withstand herbicides

W: W) Number of seed leaves

X: X) Size and color of flower

Y: Y) Tolerance for heat and humidity

Z: Z) Ability to withstand herbicides

Answer: W) W) Number of seed leaves

BONUS bio multiple_choice

What gland, located in the area beneath the sternum, is essential for a fully functional immune system? W) The pineal gland X) The hippocampus Y) The pituitary gland Z) The thymus

W: W) The pineal gland

X: X) The hippocampus

Y: Y) The pituitary gland

Z: Z) The thymus

Answer: Z) Z) The thymus

TOSS-UP phys multiple_choice

Which of the following is a mixture? W) Pure gold X) Distilled water Y) Carbon dioxide Z) Air

W: W) Pure gold

X: X) Distilled water

Y: Y) Carbon dioxide

Z: Z) Air

Answer: Z) Z) Air

BONUS phys phrase

In what phase of matter is the ionized substance inside a typical fluorescent light?

Acceptable Answers:

  • PLASMA

TOSS-UP general phrase

On the Kelvin temperature scale, give the whole number value that is the closest to absolute zero.

Acceptable Answers:

  • 0

BONUS general phrase

What metal recently replaced aluminum as the interconnect metal of choice on computer chips due to its low electrical resistance?

Acceptable Answers:

  • COPPER

TOSS-UP ess multiple_choice

Maximum sunspot activity occurs at regular intervals of about how many years? W) 15–16 years X) 11–12 years Y) 5–6 years Z) 25–30 years

W: W) 15–16 years

X: X) 11–12 years

Y: Y) 5–6 years

Z: Z) 25–30 years

Answer: X) X) 11–12 years

BONUS ess phrase

What is the name of the region of low pressure located around the equator?

Acceptable Answers:

  • THE DOLDRUMS

TOSS-UP math phrase

What is the volume of a cube whose edge is 2 inches long?

Acceptable Answers:

  • 8
  • 8 cubic inches
  • 8 inches cubed

BONUS math phrase

A roller blade wheel has a diameter of 7 centimeters. How many centimeters, in terms of π, has the wheel traveled after 8 revolutions?

Acceptable Answers:

  • 56π

TOSS-UP bio multiple_choice

Actin and myosin are proteins most directly associated with the function of which of the following tissues or systems of the human body? W) Adipose X) Nervous Y) Digestive Z) Muscle

W: W) Adipose

X: X) Nervous

Y: Y) Digestive

Z: Z) Muscle

Answer: Z) Z) Muscle

BONUS bio multiple_choice

Which of the following genetic mutations would cause the greatest change in the nucleotide sequence of a gene? W) Addition of 3 bases X) Deletion of 6 bases Y) Addition of 1 base Z) Deletion of 3 bases

W: W) Addition of 3 bases

X: X) Deletion of 6 bases

Y: Y) Addition of 1 base

Z: Z) Deletion of 3 bases

Answer: Y) Y) Addition of 1 base

TOSS-UP phys phrase

Most televisions use a cathode ray tube to generate the picture on the screen. A cathode ray is made up of what subatomic particles?

Acceptable Answers:

  • ELECTRONS

BONUS phys phrase

Which subatomic particle is most directly responsible for the chemical properties of an element?

Acceptable Answers:

  • ELECTRONS
  • VALENCE ELECTRONS

TOSS-UP general multiple_choice

Stars appear to have different colors because they have different: W) Distances X) Ages Y) Temperatures Z) Names

W: W) Distances

X: X) Ages

Y: Y) Temperatures

Z: Z) Names

Answer: Y) Y) Temperatures

BONUS general phrase

Of the following five elements, which one is the least chemically reactive? Sodium; Oxygen; Francium; Boron; Xenon

Acceptable Answers:

  • XENON

TOSS-UP ess multiple_choice

Tsunamis, when seen in the deep ocean far from land, typically are about how much in amplitude? W) 1 foot X) 20 feet Y) 50 feet Z) 100 feet

W: W) 1 foot

X: X) 20 feet

Y: Y) 50 feet

Z: Z) 100 feet

Answer: W) W) 1 foot

BONUS ess phrase

The contour interval for a topographic map is 150 meters. Starting at 150 meters and on uniform incline, what is the elevation 8 contour lines away?

Acceptable Answers:

  • 1350 METERS

TOSS-UP math phrase

The sum of two whole numbers is 8 and their positive difference is 2. What is the product of these two numbers?

Acceptable Answers:

  • 15

BONUS math phrase

Twelve pool balls numbered 1 to 12 are on the pool table. Kira noticed that when she separated the balls into two equal groups the sum of the balls was the same in each group. What was the common sum?

Acceptable Answers:

  • 39

TOSS-UP bio multiple_choice

The name of Dr. Joseph Lister is most often associated with what? W) First heart transplant X) Pioneering the development and use of vaccines Y) The eradication of Yellow Fever Z) Sterile surgical techniques

W: W) First heart transplant

X: X) Pioneering the development and use of vaccines

Y: Y) The eradication of Yellow Fever

Z: Z) Sterile surgical techniques

Answer: Z) Z) Sterile surgical techniques

BONUS bio phrase

What term do scientists use to describe how animals maintain a constant internal environment when the external world is changing?

Acceptable Answers:

  • HOMEOSTASIS
  • HOMEOSTATIC

TOSS-UP phys multiple_choice

What is the shape of the surface of the secondary mirror in a Newtonian telescope? W) Spherical X) Parabolic Y) Flat Z) Hyperbolic

W: W) Spherical

X: X) Parabolic

Y: Y) Flat

Z: Z) Hyperbolic

Answer: Y) Y) Flat

BONUS phys phrase

As an atom’s atomic mass increases, more of what type of particles are needed to maintain nuclear stability?

Acceptable Answers:

  • NEUTRONS

TOSS-UP general phrase

What is the mineral that has tricked so many people into thinking it was the precious metal gold, such that its common name is “fool’s gold”?

Acceptable Answers:

  • IRON PYRITE
  • PYRITE

BONUS general multiple_choice

What name did ancient Greek astronomers give the heavenly bodies that seemed to wander in their paths among the stars? W) Sun spots X) Asteroid belts Y) Constellations Z) Planets

W: W) Sun spots

X: X) Asteroid belts

Y: Y) Constellations

Z: Z) Planets

Answer: Z) Z) Planets

TOSS-UP ess phrase

California has a very long strike-slip fault that has been associated with several damaging earthquakes during historical times. What is the name given to this very long zone of crustal confrontation?

Acceptable Answers:

  • THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT
  • SAN ANDREAS

BONUS ess phrase

Name the two crustal plates on either side of the San Andreas Fault in California:

Acceptable Answers:

  • PACIFIC PLATE and NORTH AMERICAN PLATE

TOSS-UP math multiple_choice

The number 0.13 is written with a bar drawn over the last two digits. This means that: W) the number terminates at 3 X) the pair of digits 13 repeats forever Y) the number 3 repeats forever Z) the number is negative

W: W) the number terminates at 3

X: X) the pair of digits 13 repeats forever

Y: Y) the number 3 repeats forever

Z: Z) the number is negative

Answer: X) X) the pair of digits 13 repeats forever

BONUS math phrase

How many positive integers less than 100 are perfect squares?

Acceptable Answers:

  • 9

TOSS-UP bio phrase

What is the primary secretion of the lacrimal glands?

Acceptable Answers:

  • TEARS

BONUS bio phrase

Rods and cones are located in what tissue layer of the human eye?

Acceptable Answers:

  • RETINA

TOSS-UP phys phrase

What radioactive element, formed from the decay of U-238, sometimes seeps and collects in well-insulated buildings until it becomes hazardous to human inhabitants and poses the greatest radiation risk to humans in the U.S.?

Acceptable Answers:

  • RADON

BONUS phys multiple_choice

Which of the following solutions will conduct electricity the best? W) Sugar and distilled water X) Alcohol and distilled water Y) Sodium chloride and distilled water Z) Moth balls and alcohol

W: W) Sugar and distilled water

X: X) Alcohol and distilled water

Y: Y) Sodium chloride and distilled water

Z: Z) Moth balls and alcohol

Answer: Y) Y) Sodium chloride and distilled water