MS Sample Set 14, Round 1 from NSB
What general series of reactions do cells use to convert the energy in sugar into ATP?
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What type of biome is characterized by sparse vegetation and less than 25 centimeters of rainfall a year?
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What planet in our solar system has the furthest average distance from the Sun?
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Identify all of the following three statements about Jupiter and Saturn that are TRUE: 1) Jupiter is more massive than Saturn; 2) Hydrogen is the most abundant gas in the atmospheres of both planets; 3) Both planets have planetary rings.
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How much longer is the circumference of a circle with radius 12 than the circumference of a circle with radius 10?
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The price of a shirt is marked up by 20%, and then the shirt goes on sale for 20% off the marked price. What is the percent discount on the shirt relative to the original price?
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Researchers at the National Energy Technology Lab are developing membranes that absorb carbon dioxide. Which of the following terms most accurately describes dissimilar molecules sticking to one another? W) Cohesion X) Fusion Y) Adhesion Z) Erosion
W: W) Cohesion
X: X) Fusion
Y: Y) Adhesion
Z: Z) Erosion
Answer: Y) Y) Adhesion
Brookhaven National Lab researchers are developing catalysts to break down sarin gas. Sarin is a poison that inhibits what neurotransmitter-related enzyme? W) Catalase X) Acetyl-cholin-esterase Y) ATP synthase Z) DNA polymerase
W: W) Catalase
X: X) Acetyl-cholin-esterase
Y: Y) ATP synthase
Z: Z) DNA polymerase
Answer: X) X) Acetyl-cholin-esterase
What volcanic rock is characterized by abundant vesicles, a low density, and a light color? W) Pumice X) Granite Y) Scoria Z) Obsidian
W: W) Pumice
X: X) Granite
Y: Y) Scoria
Z: Z) Obsidian
Answer: W) W) Pumice
Identify all of the following three landforms that could be represented by closed contours on a topographic map: 1) Hill; 2) Basin; 3) Mountain range.
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What is the term for matter that is made of only one kind of atom?
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What is the SI derived unit, equal to one joule per coulomb, that is used to quantify electric potential?
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Which of the following structures is too small to be seen reliably with a basic light microscope with a 400-times objective? W) Frog egg X) Viral capsid Y) Chloroplast Z) Bacterial cell
W: W) Frog egg
X: X) Viral capsid
Y: Y) Chloroplast
Z: Z) Bacterial cell
Answer: X) X) Viral capsid
Place the following three events in order from earliest to latest in the process of generating protein from a DNA sequence in eukaryotes: 1) Translocation of mRNA to the cytoplasm; 2) Transcription; 3) Translation.
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What is the name for the regions of the Moon where most of the early Apollo missions landed, which are characterized by smooth, basaltic lowland plains?
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Mars has solid ice at its polar regions. Because of its low surface pressure, when the ice caps warm up, what type of phase change does the ice undergo?
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Sarah launches a projectile over flat ground at 10 meters per second at an angle of 15 degrees. If Jake wants to launch a projectile the same horizontal distance, which of the following launch parameters would be appropriate? W) 5 meters per second at 45 degrees X) 5 meters per second at 75 degrees Y) 10 meters per second at 45 degrees Z) 10 meters per second at 75 degrees
W: W) 5 meters per second at 45 degrees
X: X) 5 meters per second at 75 degrees
Y: Y) 10 meters per second at 45 degrees
Z: Z) 10 meters per second at 75 degrees
Answer: Z) Z) 10 meters per second at 75 degrees
A circuit consists of an 18-volt battery wired in series with a 4-ohm resistor. In watts, how much power is dissipated by the resistor?
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DOE-funded researchers are studying the crystalline properties of a potential solar cell material, boron arsenide. What is the chemical formula of boron arsenide?
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Researchers at Brookhaven National Lab are seeking to better understand high-temperature superconductors made from cuprates. What two elements comprise cuprates?
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If Mr. Malone buys \(1\tfrac{5}{12}\) pounds of bananas and \(\tfrac{11}{4}\) pounds of apples, how many pounds of fruit does he buy?
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A trapezoid has area 360. If its height is 12 and one base has length 12, what is the length of the second base?
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Which of the following has the lowest energy wavelength? W) Radio waves X) Blue light Y) Infrared light Z) Gamma rays
W: W) Radio waves
X: X) Blue light
Y: Y) Infrared light
Z: Z) Gamma rays
Answer: W) W) Radio waves
When you hang a box from a spring with a spring constant of 30 newtons per meter, the spring is extended by 1.3 meters. To the nearest kilogram, what is the mass of the box?
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What human organ system is responsible for transporting blood throughout the body?
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What is the term for the genetic interaction in which two alleles are both equally expressed, resulting in a phenotype such as AB blood type that has properties of both traits?
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What is the slope of the line that contains the points \((-1,3)\) and \((3,-5)\)?
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For the universal set consisting of the integers from 1 through 10, what is the sum of the elements in the union of the set of all prime numbers and the set of all odd numbers?
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Which form of precipitation is typically produced in large cumulonimbus clouds when small ice pellets collect supercooled water droplets as they fall through the cloud? W) Glaze X) Sleet Y) Hail Z) Rime
W: W) Glaze
X: X) Sleet
Y: Y) Hail
Z: Z) Rime
Answer: Y) Y) Hail
Which of the following minerals commonly has either a metallic or dull luster and produces a red streak? W) Plagioclase X) Pyroxene Y) Hematite Z) Gold
W: W) Plagioclase
X: X) Pyroxene
Y: Y) Hematite
Z: Z) Gold
Answer: Y) Y) Hematite
Laser A has a wavelength of 400 nanometers, and laser B has a wavelength of 800 nanometers. Which of the following is NOT true? W) Light from laser A is blue, and light from laser B is near infrared X) Photons from laser A have half the energy of those from laser B Y) Light from laser A has twice the frequency of laser B Z) Light from lasers A and B travel at the same speed in vacuum
W: W) Light from laser A is blue, and light from laser B is near infrared
X: X) Photons from laser A have half the energy of those from laser B
Y: Y) Light from laser A has twice the frequency of laser B
Z: Z) Light from lasers A and B travel at the same speed in vacuum
Answer: X) X) Photons from laser A have half the energy of those from laser B
A 1200-kilogram car is parked on a 30-degree incline. If the car remains parked for eight hours, how much work, in joules, is done by the brakes to keep it from rolling down the incline?
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Rounded to the nearest whole number, what is 105 divided by 9?
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A cylinder of radius 3 and height 5 is capped with a hemisphere on one end. What is the total volume of this solid?
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The information that encodes a protein sequence is located in what group of macromolecules, of which DNA and RNA are examples?
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What structure connects the middle ear to the throat?
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In planetary formation, what is the process in which a dispersed cloud of particles coalesces into a spherical mass?
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Nicolaus Copernicus introduced what model of the solar system to explain the retrograde motion of the planets?
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Researchers at Sandia National Laboratory are enhancing artificial neural networks by taking inspiration from biology. In their new system, artificial neurons transmit a yes or no status instead of a floating-point number. This corresponds to what biological function of real neurons?
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Scientists at Jefferson Lab are studying plants with PET imaging. What does PET stand for?
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Convert \(4\tfrac{2}{7}\) to an improper fraction.
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A team of three factory workers tighten 1,285 bolts in 9 minutes. To the nearest whole number, what is the average number of bolts each worker tightened per minute?
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Which of the following pairs is NOT a correct matching of an organism with its external symmetry classification? W) Heliozoan and spherical X) Crocodile and bilateral Y) Starfish and radial Z) Lobster and biradial
W: W) Heliozoan and spherical
X: X) Crocodile and bilateral
Y: Y) Starfish and radial
Z: Z) Lobster and biradial
Answer: Z) Z) Lobster and biradial
Place the following three locations in chronological order that a breath of air will pass through during human inhalation: 1) Larynx; 2) Pharynx; 3) Bronchi.
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Which of the following is the shortest amount of time? W) 5 microseconds X) 1 nanosecond Y) 2000 picoseconds Z) 15 milliseconds
W: W) 5 microseconds
X: X) 1 nanosecond
Y: Y) 2000 picoseconds
Z: Z) 15 milliseconds
Answer: X) X) 1 nanosecond
How much power, in watts, is used by a laptop computer with a 12-volt battery and a current draw of 5 amps?
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