MS Sample Set 10, Round 2 from NSB
What water cycle process causes water molecules to move from a lake and into the atmosphere? W) Precipitation X) Evaporation Y) Transpiration Z) Condensation
W: W) Precipitation
X: X) Evaporation
Y: Y) Transpiration
Z: Z) Condensation
Answer: X) X) Evaporation
What reflecting space telescope has the largest collecting area?
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Chemistry emerged from efforts to transmute lead into gold. What was the name of this practice?
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When a measurement is close to the theoretically correct value for that measurement, it is considered which of the following? W) Accurate X) Precise Y) Significantly correct Z) Insignificantly different
W: W) Accurate
X: X) Precise
Y: Y) Significantly correct
Z: Z) Insignificantly different
Answer: W) W) Accurate
Which of the following is the general relationship between the availability of soil nutrients and bacterial populations? W) Increased bacterial populations are predicted as soil nutrients increase X) Decreased bacterial populations are predicted as soil nutrients increase Y) Bacterial populations are not impacted by nutrient availability Z) There are no bacteria in soil
W: W) Increased bacterial populations are predicted as soil nutrients increase
X: X) Decreased bacterial populations are predicted as soil nutrients increase
Y: Y) Bacterial populations are not impacted by nutrient availability
Z: Z) There are no bacteria in soil
Answer: W) W) Increased bacterial populations are predicted as soil nutrients increase
Some scientists believe that humans have possibly caused the sixth mass extinction on Earth. Which of the following is a major consequence of mass extinction? W) Loss of biodiversity X) Increased fitness Y) Increased environmental health Z) Stabilizing population flux within a specific environment
W: W) Loss of biodiversity
X: X) Increased fitness
Y: Y) Increased environmental health
Z: Z) Stabilizing population flux within a specific environment
Answer: W) W) Loss of biodiversity
What fundamental law states that “energy can be neither created nor destroyed”?
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What is the name of the SI unit of measure for electric charge, equivalent to an ampere-second?
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A renewable energy source generates 7 kilowatts. If the power lost due to transmission is 1 kilowatt, what is the efficiency, to the nearest whole percentage, of the distribution system?
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What thermal property of home insulation does the R-value represent? W) Transmissibility X) Resistance per unit area Y) Flux resistance Z) Insolance per unit area
W: W) Transmissibility
X: X) Resistance per unit area
Y: Y) Flux resistance
Z: Z) Insolance per unit area
Answer: X) X) Resistance per unit area
Evaluate the following expression: 27 minus 19 minus (19 minus 27).
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Identify all of the following four statements about angles that are true: 1) Two angles that form a linear pair must be supplementary 2) Supplementary angles must form a linear pair 3) An exterior angle of a triangle must be obtuse 4) An exterior angle of a triangle must have greater measure than either of its remote interior angles
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The family Mephitidae is characterized by having contrasting black and white fur patterns and modified anal glands that expel a highly irritating fluid when faced with danger. What is the common name of species found in this family?
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In a cell, the presence or absence of a nucleus distinguishes between: W) Plant and animal cells X) Gymnosperms and angiosperms Y) Bacteria and viruses Z) Prokaryotes and eukaryotes
W: W) Plant and animal cells
X: X) Gymnosperms and angiosperms
Y: Y) Bacteria and viruses
Z: Z) Prokaryotes and eukaryotes
Answer: Z) Z) Prokaryotes and eukaryotes
One of the qualitative characteristics used in evaluating minerals by their scratch resistance was invented by a mineralogist in 1812 and is used today. What is that scale called?
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Fires are categorized by class. What type of fire is a class C fire?
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Natural gas is mostly composed of what hydrocarbon?
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Cellulosic biomass can be converted via fermentation to what usable form of energy? W) Ethanol X) Biogas Y) Liquefied natural gas Z) Nitrogen
W: W) Ethanol
X: X) Biogas
Y: Y) Liquefied natural gas
Z: Z) Nitrogen
Answer: W) W) Ethanol
What layer of the Earth includes the crust and the uppermost mantle?
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Identify all of the following four choices that are tectonic plates: 1) Atlantic 2) African 3) Pacific 4) Australian
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A square of side length 4 is divided into four squares. One of these is then split diagonally. What is the area of one of the resulting triangles?
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A ball moves 0.24 kilometers in one minute. What is the speed of this ball in meters per second?
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The electric force on a point charge as a result of another charge is given as M. If the distance between the two particles is halved, then in terms of M, what is the new force on the point charge?
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In some materials, an electrical signal travels at about two-thirds the speed of light. Giving your answer in scientific notation to one significant figure and in meters per second, what is the speed of this signal?
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How many teeth do average human adults have? W) 28 X) 32 Y) 34 Z) 36
W: W) 28
X: X) 32
Y: Y) 34
Z: Z) 36
Answer: X) X) 32
Benzyl bromide is a lacrymating agent. This means that it causes humans to produce what?
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Which of the following is the name of the grid or coordinate system on which points in a plane are described with ordered pairs? W) Descartes’s plane X) Cartesian coordinate system Y) Ordered pairs graph Z) Scatter plot
W: W) Descartes’s plane
X: X) Cartesian coordinate system
Y: Y) Ordered pairs graph
Z: Z) Scatter plot
Answer: X) X) Cartesian coordinate system
Place the following four divisions of human prehistory in order, from earliest to most recent: 1) Paleolithic; 2) Bronze Age; 3) Neolithic; 4) Iron Age
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Most room temperature permanent magnets are magnets due to what phenomenon that is commonly seen in iron, nickel, and cobalt?
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Pascal's principle states that applied forces are evenly distributed in what state of matter?
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Fossils tell us about the evolution of life. In which of the following rock types are you most likely to find a well-preserved fossil? W) Basalt X) Granite Y) Shale Z) Amphibolite
W: W) Basalt
X: X) Granite
Y: Y) Shale
Z: Z) Amphibolite
Answer: Y) Y) Shale
Which one of the solar system's rocky planets rotates in the opposite direction from all the others?
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For a group of 200 students, 75 percent had brown eyes, 15 percent had blue eyes, and the rest had green eyes. How many students in the group had green eyes?
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How many times do the graphs of the following equations intersect? x² + y² = 4 (x – 2)² + (y – 2)² = 4 W) 0 X) 1 Y) 2 Z) 4
W: W) 0
X: X) 1
Y: Y) 2
Z: Z) 4
Answer: Y) Y) 2
How many states in the US mined coal in 2013? W) 10 X) 25 Y) 48 Z) 50
W: W) 10
X: X) 25
Y: Y) 48
Z: Z) 50
Answer: X) X) 25
As of the third quarter of 2015, what state generates the most electricity via wind power?
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In the human gut, what segment of the small intestine is between the duodenum and ileum?
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Blood is classified as what type of body tissue? W) Epithelial tissue X) Connective tissue Y) Nerve tissue Z) Muscle tissue
W: W) Epithelial tissue
X: X) Connective tissue
Y: Y) Nerve tissue
Z: Z) Muscle tissue
Answer: X) X) Connective tissue
On the Mohs scale of hardness, what mineral is defined to have hardness 1?
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Which of the following is true every year when the United States experiences winter solstice? W) Earth is at its maximum distance from the Sun X) The Southern Hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun Y) Antarctica experiences 24 hours of darkness Z) The Moon is a waning crescent
W: W) Earth is at its maximum distance from the Sun
X: X) The Southern Hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun
Y: Y) Antarctica experiences 24 hours of darkness
Z: Z) The Moon is a waning crescent
Answer: X) X) The Southern Hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun
What is the commonly used name for circuits that are composed of a resistor and a capacitor?
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What electronic circuit components produce magnetic fields as current flows through them and can be used to block AC current while letting DC current pass?
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A jet travels 2500 miles in 6 hours. To the nearest whole number of miles per hour, over the six-hour period, what is the average speed of the jet?
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Identify all of the following four sets of numbers that are Pythagorean triples: 1) 5-12-13 2) 13-13-15 3) 6-9-12 4) 9-40-41
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The potential energy stored in a spring is proportional to which of the following? W) The square of the spring constant X) The square root of the spring's mass Y) The spring's height from Earth's surface Z) The square of the spring's stretch from equilibrium
W: W) The square of the spring constant
X: X) The square root of the spring's mass
Y: Y) The spring's height from Earth's surface
Z: Z) The square of the spring's stretch from equilibrium
Answer: Z) Z) The square of the spring's stretch from equilibrium
Consider a Carnot engine operating between two reservoirs of different temperatures. If the absolute temperatures of both reservoirs are doubled, by what factor is the efficiency multiplied?
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