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1
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Light first enters the eye through which part?

A

cornea

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2
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Put the following is in the correct order for receiving a signal? Antenna, secondary reflector, dish, feedhorn,

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Dish, secondary reflector, feedhorn, antenna

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3
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging involves magnetic fields and what else?

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Radio waves

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Which of the following animals lives in a savanna? Lemurs, brown bears, wildebeasts, or camels?

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Wildebeasts

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Which type of rock is based on the latin word for fire? Igneous, sedimentary, shale, metamorphic

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Igneous

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What is the name for the interstellar clouds of dust and hydrogen gas? Nebulae, galaxies, constellations, comets

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nebulae

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When light passes through a double convex lens, in which direction is light reflected? In the same direction as the incoming light, backwards, outward- diverging, inward – converging

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Inward, converging

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8
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Which is not a type of flowering plant? Pine, cactus, rose, grass

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pine

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9
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Which is correct? A pressure cooker 1. cooks food at higher temperatures than a regular pot, 2. cooks food faster, 3. makes tough meat more tender, 4. all of the above

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all of the above

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10
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A buffet has 4 salads, 5 entrees, 3 deserts, how many combinations are there possible?

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4x5x3=60

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11
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What does SETI stand for

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Search for extra terrestrial intelligence

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Plants in the Arctic tundra tend to do what in the winter? Grow later, go dormant, grow faster, flower?

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go dormant

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13
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People who have myopia… see spots, cannot see things that are far away, cannot see things that are up close, see flashes of light?

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cannot see things far away

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Which country created a famous cryptography machine during World War 2? England, USA, Germany, Canada?

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Germany

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Which is a good example of a rainforest animal that absorbs toxins making it deadly to eat? Boar, sloth, poison dart frog, jaguar?

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Poison dart frog

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16
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What is the term for images which are visualized as ‘slices’ of the body? Mammogram, fluoroscopic images, tomographic images, radiographic images

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Tomographic images

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17
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What can you get from a bright light reflecting off the fundus of your eye? Yellow eye, black eye, red eye, pink eye?

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Red eye

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Which is the correct order for the layers of the earth from inside to outside? 1. inner core, middle core, outer core, crust. 2. crust, mantle, inner core, outer core. 3. inner core, mantle, outer core, crust. 4. inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

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  1. inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
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19
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Which of the following is the outermost layer of a plant cell? Cell wall, nuclear membrane, cell membrane, cytoplasm

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cell wall

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20
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Which of the following is NOT a gas law? Gay-Lussac’s law, Charles’s law, Boyle’s law, Brannigan’s law

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Brannigan’s law

21
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Tropical rainforests are very hot and dry, warm and humid, warm and dry, cold and dry?

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warm and humid

22
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Which type of telescope uses lenses to bend incoming light? X-ray telescope, radio telescope, reflecting telescope, refracting telescope

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refracting telescope

23
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Which of the following people use x-ray imaging in their jobs? Dentists, mammographers, airport security guards, all of the above?

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all of the above

24
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Which of the following plants has cones and needle-shaped leaves? Conifers, bryophytes, angiosperms, mosses

A

conifers

25
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Which of the following are physical properties of minerals? Hardness, lustre, density, all of the above?

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all of the above

26
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If you flip a coin, what is the probability as a fraction of getting heads 5 times in a row?

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½ x ½ x ½ x ½ x ½ = 1/32

27
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If you keep the volume of gas constant (such as a closed container) and you apply heat, what happens? Gas pressure increases, gas pressure decreases, molecules of gas increase, pressure stays the same?

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pressure of the gas increases

28
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What is an eye condition that is the result of aging? Hyperopia, myopia, utopia, presbyopia

A

Presbyopia

29
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You are playing a game with a spinner with 1,2,3,4. What are the chances as a fraction that it will land on 1?

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¼

30
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Which of the following types of plants does not reproduce using spores? Ferns, conifers, mosses, green algea

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conifers

31
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What part of the eye is reshaped during laser eye surgery? Lens, pupil, cornea, retina

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cornea

32
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Which of the following is an adaption plants have for living in deserts? Fast growth, large leaves, many leaves, hairs or spines?

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hairs or spines

33
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Which of the following is not an organelle found in plant cells… mitochondrion, endoplasmic reticulum, xylem, vacuole?

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xylem

34
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On an electromagnetic spectrum, which waves have the shortest wavelength..xray, ultraviolet, infrared, gamma ray

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gamma ray

35
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What would appear the lightest/ whitest in an x-ray machine? Metal pins, skin, bones, muscles?

A

metal pins

36
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Which of the following are considered to be valuable minerals?

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all of the above

37
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Blowing up a balloon can be explained using which gas law? Avogadro’s law, Gay-Lussac’s law, Charles’s, Boyle’s law

A

Avogadro’s law

38
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What type of code would change mathematics to mthmcs? Subsitution code, compression code, morse code, Caesar shift cipher

A

compression code

39
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Which of the following is NOT a capacity unit used in the measurement of volume? Kilolitre, mililitre, litre, kilogram

A

kilogram

40
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What is the biggest challenge facing SETI researchers? Background noise, weather, money for research, analyzing huge amounts of data

A

analyzing huge amounts of data

41
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In northern Alberta, approximately how many abandoned well sites require land reclamation?

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14000

42
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When light is reflected off a surface, the angle of incidence is 1. equal to the angle of refraction, 2. greater than the angle of refraction, 3. less than the angle of refraction, 4. equal to the angle of refraction

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equal to the angle of reflection

43
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xrays are useful for looking at images of… gallstones…kidney stones…tumors…all of the above?

A

all of the above

44
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Uranium is only mined in which province/territory? Sask, NWT, Ontario, Alberta

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Sask

45
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How a hot air balloon works can be explained with which gas law? Boyle’s law, Gay-Lussac’s Law, Charles’s law, all of the above

A

Charles’s law

46
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What is the name of the organelle that contains a green pigment and traps light? Chloroplast, lysosome, golgi body, chlorophyll

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chloroplast

47
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Observations of the moons of which planet made Galileo famous? Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus

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Jupiter

48
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What is the name of the encryption method created in ancient Rome? Nero’s knot cipher, Caesar shift cipher, Cicero cipher, Tiberius Trifle Cipher

A

Caesar shift cipher

49
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Which colour of light is not visible to humans? Ultraviolet, green, red, blue

A

ultraviolet

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