MS Sample Set 9, Round 11 from NSB
What subatomic particles are hadrons, such as protons and neutrons, composed of?
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An alpha particle is equivalent to the nucleus of what element?
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In the most common type of geothermal power plant, what rotates the turbines? W) Steam X) Water Y) Ice Z) Hot air
W: W) Steam
X: X) Water
Y: Y) Ice
Z: Z) Hot air
Answer: W) W) Steam
What is the name of the second, reduction stage of photosynthesis?
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Solve the following equation for x: $$-2x^2 + 2 = 0.$$
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A right circular cone has volume 72 cubic inches. A second cone has half the radius and three times the height of the first cone. In cubic inches, what is the volume of the second cone?
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Where on an Hertzsprung–Russell diagram would one find a red supergiant? W) Bottom left X) Bottom right Y) Top left Z) Top right
W: W) Bottom left
X: X) Bottom right
Y: Y) Top left
Z: Z) Top right
Answer: Z) Z) Top right
What is the term for a water-bearing layer of permeable, underground rock? W) Aquifer X) Aquitard Y) Fjord Z) Clay
W: W) Aquifer
X: X) Aquitard
Y: Y) Fjord
Z: Z) Clay
Answer: W) W) Aquifer
What is the study of woody plants? W) Botany X) Horticulture Y) Dendrology Z) Mycology
W: W) Botany
X: X) Horticulture
Y: Y) Dendrology
Z: Z) Mycology
Answer: Y) Y) Dendrology
In photosynthesis, the energy from light is used to split what molecule?
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What term is used by biologists to describe an organism’s appearance or observable traits?
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What muscle is responsible for extending the arm at the elbow?
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What is the area of the smallest possible square that contains a circle of radius 5?
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What is the area of a right triangle with hypotenuse 10 and one leg of length 4?
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What rock texture is characterized by broken fragments of older rocks? W) Foliated X) Nonfoliated Y) Clastic Z) Bioturbated
W: W) Foliated
X: X) Nonfoliated
Y: Y) Clastic
Z: Z) Bioturbated
Answer: Y) Y) Clastic
Identify all of the following three objects that are known to have a dipolar magnetic field: 1) Earth; 2) Jupiter; 3) Earth’s moon.
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What type of nuclear reactor produces fissile fuel as a waste product?
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One major trouble with using absolute ethanol as a fuel source is that ethanol forms an azeotrope with what ubiquitous liquid?
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Which of the following is the region of the body where the thyroid gland is located? W) Neck X) Abdomen Y) Brain Z) Arm pit
W: W) Neck
X: X) Abdomen
Y: Y) Brain
Z: Z) Arm pit
Answer: W) W) Neck
Which of the following is an example of metamorphosis? W) A rabbit giving birth to eight young X) A bumble bee larva forming a puparium and emerging as a mature adult Y) A baby bird emerging from the egg Z) A stink bug transitioning through multiple instars eventually becoming a mature adult
W: W) A rabbit giving birth to eight young
X: X) A bumble bee larva forming a puparium and emerging as a mature adult
Y: Y) A baby bird emerging from the egg
Z: Z) A stink bug transitioning through multiple instars eventually becoming a mature adult
Answer: X) X) A bumble bee larva forming a puparium and emerging as a mature adult
Cell membranes are described as fluid mosaic models consisting of proteins embedded in a bilayer of phospholipids. Which of the following components of a plant cell do NOT contain two of these bilayers? W) Chloroplast X) Mitochondria Y) Endoplasmic reticulum Z) Nucleus
W: W) Chloroplast
X: X) Mitochondria
Y: Y) Endoplasmic reticulum
Z: Z) Nucleus
Answer: Y) Y) Endoplasmic reticulum
Johannes Kepler’s laws of planetary motion were based upon observations of what planet?
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Identify all of the following three substances that are considered basic: 1) Vinegar; 2) Ammonia; 3) Milk.
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At what temperature do the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales have the same value?
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What type of fault is characterized by two tectonic plates that slide past one another horizontally? W) Transform fault X) Normal fault Y) Reverse fault Z) Fracture zone
W: W) Transform fault
X: X) Normal fault
Y: Y) Reverse fault
Z: Z) Fracture zone
Answer: W) W) Transform fault
In which of the following locations could a hurricane never develop? W) North Pacific X) North Atlantic Y) South Pacific Z) Equator
W: W) North Pacific
X: X) North Atlantic
Y: Y) South Pacific
Z: Z) Equator
Answer: Z) Z) Equator
Which of the following best describes the relationship between epiphytes and the trees they live on? W) Mutualism X) Commensalism Y) Amensalism Z) Parasitism
W: W) Mutualism
X: X) Commensalism
Y: Y) Amensalism
Z: Z) Parasitism
Answer: X) X) Commensalism
Identify all of the following three choices that arise, directly or indirectly, from meristematic activity: 1) Leaves; 2) Dermal tissue; 3) Xylem.
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Which of the following standard units is defined in terms of a physical object? W) Kilogram X) Meter Y) Second Z) Liter
W: W) Kilogram
X: X) Meter
Y: Y) Second
Z: Z) Liter
Answer: W) W) Kilogram
Two physics students can push on a box of mass M and give it acceleration A. How many students would be required to give a box of 0.5M an acceleration of 3A? W) 2 X) 3 Y) 4 Z) 6
W: W) 2
X: X) 3
Y: Y) 4
Z: Z) 6
Answer: X) X) 3
In many drugs, hydrogens are replaced with what element that is similar in size to hydrogen but is much more electronegative?
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Which of the following statements about the magnetic north pole is NOT true? W) It is currently in the same place as the geographic north pole X) It is constantly moving to the north-west Y) It is south of the geographic north pole Z) It was once the magnetic south pole, and will likely be again
W: W) It is currently in the same place as the geographic north pole
X: X) It is constantly moving to the north-west
Y: Y) It is south of the geographic north pole
Z: Z) It was once the magnetic south pole, and will likely be again
Answer: W) W) It is currently in the same place as the geographic north pole
What is the greatest common factor of 36 and 48?
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The base-six numeral 124 is equivalent to what in base ten?
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Order the following four types of coal from greatest to least in energy density: 1) Subbituminous; 2) Anthracite; 3) Lignite; 4) Bituminous.
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A 100-watt lightbulb is left on between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm. How many kilowatt-hours of energy were consumed?
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Two jokers are inserted into a standard 52-card deck. If one card is drawn at random, what is the probability that a joker is drawn?
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To the nearest whole number, what is the slant height of a right circular cone with radius 8 and height 4?
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Which of the following types of magmas has the greatest percentage of dissolved gas? W) Ultramafic X) Basaltic Y) Andesitic Z) Rhyolitic
W: W) Ultramafic
X: X) Basaltic
Y: Y) Andesitic
Z: Z) Rhyolitic
Answer: Z) Z) Rhyolitic
What layer of the Sun’s atmosphere is hidden during totality? W) Corona X) Chromosphere Y) Photosphere Z) Solar wind
W: W) Corona
X: X) Chromosphere
Y: Y) Photosphere
Z: Z) Solar wind
Answer: Y) Y) Photosphere
What is the term for the fluid inside of the chloroplast?
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Which of the following is the causative agent for some cases of familial fatal insomnia, Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, and kuru? W) Bacteria X) Virus Y) Prion Z) Protist
W: W) Bacteria
X: X) Virus
Y: Y) Prion
Z: Z) Protist
Answer: Y) Y) Prion
What is the momentum, in newton-seconds, of a 15 kg object moving at 13 m/s?
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Giving your answers in scientific notation to two significant figures, how many atoms of nitrogen and oxygen, respectively, are found in one mole of dinitrogen tetroxide?
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In an experiment on the effects of sugar on rat hyperactivity, rats in group 1 are given plain water, while rats in group 2 are given sugar water. What is the name for group 1?
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With what celestial bodies is Hawking radiation associated?
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