MS Sample Set 4, Round 11 from NSB
Which of the following choices is an example of a continuous variation? W) Family size X) Height Y) Pierced ears Z) Gender
W: W) Family size
X: X) Height
Y: Y) Pierced ears
Z: Z) Gender
Answer: X) X) Height
What type of nucleic acid is translated into a protein sequence?
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Brass is an alloy of which two metals? W) Copper and gold X) Copper and aluminum Y) Copper and zinc Z) Copper and tin
W: W) Copper and gold
X: X) Copper and aluminum
Y: Y) Copper and zinc
Z: Z) Copper and tin
Answer: Y) Y) Copper and zinc
Which of the following processes is not part of the water cycle? W) Transpiration X) Precipitation Y) Distillation Z) Evaporation
W: W) Transpiration
X: X) Precipitation
Y: Y) Distillation
Z: Z) Evaporation
Answer: Y) Y) Distillation
Which of the following is the approximate age of the Universe in years? W) 3 million X) 1 billion Y) 5 billion Z) 14 billion
W: W) 3 million
X: X) 1 billion
Y: Y) 5 billion
Z: Z) 14 billion
Answer: Z) Z) 14 billion
Name the current geologic era.
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Expressing your answer in exponential form, simplify: $$8^5 \times 8^5$$.
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Express the following in simplest exponential form: $$6^4 \times (3+2)^3 \times 6^3$$.
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Where on Earth would sunrise and sunset occur at approximately the same times all year round?
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If you see part of the moon one night, then three nights later you can see more of it, you know that the moon is: W) Waning X) Waxing Y) Gibbous Z) Full
W: W) Waning
X: X) Waxing
Y: Y) Gibbous
Z: Z) Full
Answer: X) X) Waxing
Elements are often classified by their atomic number. The atomic number denotes the number of: W) Atoms per gram X) Protons per atom Y) Neutrons per atom Z) Protons and neutrons per atom
W: W) Atoms per gram
X: X) Protons per atom
Y: Y) Neutrons per atom
Z: Z) Protons and neutrons per atom
Answer: X) X) Protons per atom
Which of the following elements has the largest atomic weight? W) Aluminum X) Neon Y) Nitrogen Z) Lithium
W: W) Aluminum
X: X) Neon
Y: Y) Nitrogen
Z: Z) Lithium
Answer: W) W) Aluminum
Which of the following can NOT be considered a solution? W) Soda pop X) Salt water Y) Household vinegar Z) Ethanol
W: W) Soda pop
X: X) Salt water
Y: Y) Household vinegar
Z: Z) Ethanol
Answer: Z) Z) Ethanol
A vinaigrette salad dressing is an example of: W) Solution X) Emulsion Y) Suspension Z) Alloy
W: W) Solution
X: X) Emulsion
Y: Y) Suspension
Z: Z) Alloy
Answer: X) X) Emulsion
By name or number, identify all of the following which can represent either sexual or asexual reproduction: 1) plant seed generation; 2) bacteria binary fission; 3) fungi sporulation; 4) yeast budding.
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Which of the following is NOT a mechanism plants use to disperse their seeds? W) Ingestion by animals X) Wind Y) Apomixis Z) Storage by animals
W: W) Ingestion by animals
X: X) Wind
Y: Y) Apomixis
Z: Z) Storage by animals
Answer: Y) Y) Apomixis
Which of the following best describes what drives plate tectonics? W) Energy from the Sun driving ocean currents and plates X) Heat from the Earth’s interior driving convection in the mantle Y) Scientists have not yet developed a robust theory but some leading researchers are linking it to ocean currents Z) Earthquakes drive plate tectonics, volcanism, and global wind systems
W: W) Energy from the Sun driving ocean currents and plates
X: X) Heat from the Earth’s interior driving convection in the mantle
Y: Y) Scientists have not yet developed a robust theory but some leading researchers are linking it to ocean currents
Z: Z) Earthquakes drive plate tectonics, volcanism, and global wind systems
Answer: X) X) Heat from the Earth’s interior driving convection in the mantle
Which of the following best describes what kinds of rocks are formed because of plate tectonics? W) Volcanic rocks only X) Igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary Y) Sandstones and marble Z) Coal and fossil fuels
W: W) Volcanic rocks only
X: X) Igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary
Y: Y) Sandstones and marble
Z: Z) Coal and fossil fuels
Answer: X) X) Igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary
What is the name of a gigantic wave caused by an underwater earthquake?
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Which of the following best explains why a tsunami produced by an underwater earthquake might be deadly? W) The wave acquires a tremendous velocity if the depth of the earthquake is small X) The height of a wave created by an earthquake increases the potential energy of the wave Y) The wave possesses intense pressure when it reaches the shore Z) The wave acquires tremendous energy when there is a shallow focus and high magnitude earthquake in deep water
W: W) The wave acquires a tremendous velocity if the depth of the earthquake is small
X: X) The height of a wave created by an earthquake increases the potential energy of the wave
Y: Y) The wave possesses intense pressure when it reaches the shore
Z: Z) The wave acquires tremendous energy when there is a shallow focus and high magnitude earthquake in deep water
Answer: Z) Z) The wave acquires tremendous energy when there is a shallow focus and high magnitude earthquake in deep water
Which of the following natural resources did NOT originally get its energy from the Sun? W) Natural gas X) Petroleum Y) Coal Z) Uranium
W: W) Natural gas
X: X) Petroleum
Y: Y) Coal
Z: Z) Uranium
Answer: Z) Z) Uranium
An electric vehicle has two stages. If the first stage, the battery, has an efficiency of 90% and the second stage, the inverter, has an efficiency of 80%, calculate the approximate overall efficiency of the vehicle to the nearest percent.
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In kilometers and rounded to the nearest ten million, what is the average distance from the Earth to the Sun?
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Available incoming solar radiation is known as: W) Solar absorption X) Solar reflection Y) Solar re-radiation Z) Solar insolation
W: W) Solar absorption
X: X) Solar reflection
Y: Y) Solar re-radiation
Z: Z) Solar insolation
Answer: Z) Z) Solar insolation
During a chemical reaction, which of the following will never occur? W) Production of heat X) Destruction of energy Y) Production of light Z) Formation of a new substance
W: W) Production of heat
X: X) Destruction of energy
Y: Y) Production of light
Z: Z) Formation of a new substance
Answer: X) X) Destruction of energy
Which of the following does NOT include a chemical reaction? W) Making caramel from sugar X) Immersing an iron nail in a copper sulfate solution to coat the nail with copper metal Y) Combining water, rocks and gravel with cement to make concrete Z) Combining copper and tin to make bronze
W: W) Making caramel from sugar
X: X) Immersing an iron nail in a copper sulfate solution to coat the nail with copper metal
Y: Y) Combining water, rocks and gravel with cement to make concrete
Z: Z) Combining copper and tin to make bronze
Answer: Z) Z) Combining copper and tin to make bronze
What is the SI unit for pressure?
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Why is it winter in the northern hemisphere when it is summer in the southern hemisphere? W) The manner in which the Earth rotates regulates the seasons on Earth X) The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun when the southern hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun Y) Because of the Earth’s revolution, each hemisphere experiences summer when it is closest to the Sun and winter when it is further away Z) Because of the Earth’s rotation, seasons are regulated by photoperiods
W: W) The manner in which the Earth rotates regulates the seasons on Earth
X: X) The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun when the southern hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun
Y: Y) Because of the Earth’s revolution, each hemisphere experiences summer when it is closest to the Sun and winter when it is further away
Z: Z) Because of the Earth’s rotation, seasons are regulated by photoperiods
Answer: X) X) The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun when the southern hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun
What fraction represents the repeating decimal $$0.\overline{2}$$?
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Stating your answer as an improper fraction in simplest form, if $$17s + 8$$ is 9 more than $$6s - 14$$, then what is the value of $$s$$?
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As pressure increases, what happens to the volume of a gas?
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Which of the following elements is often added to steel to make it harder? W) Aluminum X) Zirconium Y) Chromium Z) Sodium
W: W) Aluminum
X: X) Zirconium
Y: Y) Chromium
Z: Z) Sodium
Answer: Y) Y) Chromium
In a cross of two mice that are heterozygous for coat color with brown the dominant allele, what proportion of their offspring would you expect to be brown?
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A brown mouse and a white mouse mate and have a litter of babies which are all brown. Assuming the trait is controlled by a simple dominant/recessive gene; use the appropriate scientific names to describe the genotypes for the coat color in each of the parents.
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A doctor orders 15 milligrams of a certain drug. The drug is only available as 60 milligrams per cubic centimeter. How many ccs should the nurse administer?
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Cal has 88 feet of fencing to make a rectangular pen for his dog. Which of the following respective lengths and widths in feet will give him the largest area? W) 22 by 22 X) 28 by 16 Y) 30 by 14 Z) 43 by 1
W: W) 22 by 22
X: X) 28 by 16
Y: Y) 30 by 14
Z: Z) 43 by 1
Answer: W) W) 22 by 22
When a fighter pilot fires a machine gun on a plane directly in front of her, the momentum of the fighter pilot and her plane changes in what way? W) Increases X) Decreases Y) Stays the same Z) Changes direction
W: W) Increases
X: X) Decreases
Y: Y) Stays the same
Z: Z) Changes direction
Answer: X) X) Decreases
Gross production is the amount of energy acquired while net production is the energy available for the next organism in the food chain. By name or number, identify which of the following organisms has the highest net production of energy: 1) zooplankton; 2) phytoplankton; 3) fish; 4) bear.
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What term is used to describe various forms of an element which can vary in structural properties while maintaining the same number of neutrons?
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Name two allotropes of oxygen.
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What is the area in square inches of an isosceles triangle with legs of 5 inches and a base of 6 inches?
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A right circular cone has a 6-inch radius, a slant height of 10 inches and a perpendicular height of 8 inches. If we remove the base and then cut the cone along the slant height and open it out flat, what is the radius in inches of the formed sector?
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What is the name used for a diagram that focuses on novel characteristics of evolutionary significance as a method to illustrate relationships between organisms?
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Which of the following is NOT an accurate representation of cladograms? W) They emphasize the sequence in which derived characteristics arose X) They illustrate the benefits provided by the derived characteristic Y) They visually organize the relationships between organisms that share characteristics Z) They can be constructed for any group of organisms
W: W) They emphasize the sequence in which derived characteristics arose
X: X) They illustrate the benefits provided by the derived characteristic
Y: Y) They visually organize the relationships between organisms that share characteristics
Z: Z) They can be constructed for any group of organisms
Answer: X) X) They illustrate the benefits provided by the derived characteristic
If two identical billiard balls, each weighing 1 kilogram, roll in opposite directions toward one another at the same speed of 1 meter per second, what will their net momentum be when they meet?
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While driving down the freeway, a bug splatters on your windshield. Which of the following is true? W) The bug experiences more of an absolute change in momentum X) The car experiences more of an absolute change in momentum Y) Both the car and the bug experience the same absolute change in momentum Z) Neither the car nor the bug experiences a change in momentum
W: W) The bug experiences more of an absolute change in momentum
X: X) The car experiences more of an absolute change in momentum
Y: Y) Both the car and the bug experience the same absolute change in momentum
Z: Z) Neither the car nor the bug experiences a change in momentum
Answer: Y) Y) Both the car and the bug experience the same absolute change in momentum
Rocks vary greatly in density. Which well-known rock is less dense than water?
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What type of front forms when a cold front overtakes a warm front?
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Express 4 factorial as a whole number.
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Expressing your answer in simplest form, simplify: $$4x^3 - 6(x^2 + 2) - 3 + 3x(x^2) + 6 - 8$$.
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