Round #1

Question 1

1) LIFE SCIENCE Short Answer Living organisms are often divided into five Kingdoms. In which of the 5 Kingdoms would E. coli be classified?

Answer 1

ANSWER: MONERA

Question 2

1) LIFE SCIENCE Short Answer What is the binomial scientific genus and species name for humans?

Answer 2

ANSWER: HOMO SAPIENS

Question 3

2) EARTH SCIENCE Short Answer The Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous are all periods in what era?

Answer 3

ANSWER: MESOZOIC

Question 4

2) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following is the correct term for a large crack in ice:
W) crevice
X) chasm
Y) canyon
Z) crevasse (PRONOUNCE: crah-VAHSS)

Answer 4

ANSWER: Z) CREVASSE

Question 5

3) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice What is the density given as specific gravity, of a
one centimeter cube of a metal that weighs 5 grams:
W) .5
X) 5
Y) 2
Z) .2

Answer 5

ANSWER: X) 5

Question 6

3) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following has the greatest density:
W) 10 kilogram of pure water
X) 10 kilogram of aluminum
Y) 2 kilogram of silver
Z) 1 kilogram of gold

Answer 6

ANSWER: Z) 1 KILOGRAM OF GOLD

Question 7

4) MATH Peter bought a soda from a vending machine with a dollar bill. The soda cost 35 cents. What is the smallest number of coins he could receive in change if pennies are not included?

Answer 7

ANSWER: FOUR

Question 8

4) MATH What is the integer value of 10 to the power of 5 divided by 10 to the power of 3?

Answer 8

ANSWER: 100 (DO NOT ACCEPT: 102)

Question 9

5) GENERAL SCIENCE Rickets, which was a common disease in the early twentieth century,
is caused by a deficiency in what vitamin:
W) riboflavin
X) vitamin B12
Y) vitamin K
Z) vitamin D

Answer 9

ANSWER: Z) VITAMIN D

Question 10

5) GENERAL SCIENCE Short answer Exposure to sunlight converts cholesterol found in
human skin into what vitamin?

Answer 10

ANSWER: VITAMIN D

Question 11

6) EARTH SCIENCE Which of the following is present only where benthic organisms reside:
W) phytoplankton
X) zooplankton
Y) diatoms
Z) deep sea vents

Answer 11

ANSWER: Z) DEEP SEA VENTS

Question 12

6) EARTH SCIENCE Short Answer What is the name of the rapid rise of coastal water that
accompanies the arrival of a cyclone?

Answer 12

ANSWER: TIDAL SURGE (ACCEPT: STORM OR BASAL SURGE)

Question 13

7) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following metals is attracted to a
magnet?
W) gold
X) silver
Y) iron
Z) aluminum

Answer 13

ANSWER: Y) IRON

Question 14

7) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice The reaction of hydrocarbons found in such things
as wood and paper with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide, water and heat is called:
W) fission
X) fusion
Y) endothermic
Z) combustion

Answer 14

ANSWER: Z) COMBUSTION

Question 15

8) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple Choice Metamorphism transforms limestone into a
metamorphic rock called:
W) quartzite
X) marble
Y) hornfel
Z) granite

Answer 15

ANSWER: X) MARBLE

Question 16

8) EARTH SCIENCE Short Answer What are the icicle-shaped deposits of limestone hanging
from the roof of a cave called:

Answer 16

ANSWER: STALACTITES

Question 17

9) LIFE SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following is the region of the body where the
stapes bone is located:
W) ankle
X) ear
Y) wrist
Z) knee

Answer 17

ANSWER: X) EAR

Question 18

9) LIFE SCIENCE Short Answer Sharks belong the class Chondricthyes because they have a
skeleton made of what substance?

Answer 18

ANSWER: CARTILAGE

Question 19

10) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer Engineers in the USA often report pressure in PSI’s.
What does the abbreviation PSI stand for?

Answer 19

ANSWER: POUNDS per SQUARE INCH

Question 20

10) GENERAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which planet does not have an element named
after it?
W) Uranus
X) Mars
Y) Mercury
Z) Pluto

Answer 20

ANSWER: X) MARS

Question 21

11) MATH Multiple Choice A parallelogram whose adjacent sides are unequal is a:
W) deltoid
X) rectangle
Y) rhomboid
Z) monogram

Answer 21

ANSWER: Y) RHOMBOID

Question 22

11) MATH Short Answer Solve the following equation: 9x – 13 = 14

Answer 22

ANSWER: 3

Question 23

12) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer On the Centigrade temperature scale give the whole
number value that is the closest to absolute zero.

Answer 23

ANSWER: MINUS 273

Question 24

12) GENERAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following is NOT seen by reflection
of sun light:
W) the moon
X) Mercury
Y) Mars
Z) the north star

Answer 24

ANSWER: Z) THE NORTH STAR

Question 25

13) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice Metals that can be hammered into thin sheets are
called:
W) malleable
X) ductile
Y) molten
Z) pure

Answer 25

ANSWER: W) MALLEABLE

Question 26

13) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Short Answer A white-colored object illuminated by a blue light
will appear as what color to the human eye?

Answer 26

ANSWER: BLUE

Question 27

14) LIFE SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following is an intracellular parasite:
W) malaria
X) sleeping sickness
Y) tapeworm
Z) shigella

Answer 27

ANSWER: W) MALARIA

Question 28

14) LIFE SCIENCE Multiple Choice In mammals, what teeth are evolved primarily to function
in gripping and tearing
W) incissors
X) canines
Y) molars
Z) wisdom

Answer 28

ANSWER: X) CANINES

Question 29

15) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple Choice Each day, most coastal beaches encounter:
W) one high tide and one low tide
X) two high tides and one low tide
Y) two high tides and two low tides
Z) three high tides and three low tides

Answer 29

ANSWER: Y) TWO HIGH TIDES AND TWO LOW TIDES

Question 30

15) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following is a metamorphic rock:
W) sandstone
X) granite
Y) quartz
Z) marble

Answer 30

ANSWER: Z) MARBLE

Question 31

16) MATH Short Answer What is the cube root of 8?

Answer 31

ANSWER: 2

Question 32

16) MATH Short Answer Solve the following equation: 3x + 15 = -12

Answer 32

ANSWER: -9

Question 33

17) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer At its greatest possible brightness, which is the
brightest planet in the night sky?

Answer 33

ANSWER: VENUS

Question 34

17) GENERAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice The largest of the suns planets are:
W) Venus and Mars
X) Jupiter and Saturn
Y) Neptune and Pluto
Z) Mercury and Uranus

Answer 34

ANSWER: X) JUPITER AND SATURN

Question 35

18) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple choice By our current estimations, the Earth is approximately
how many billions of years old:
W) 8.4
X) 6.2
Y) 4.6
Z) 2.4

Answer 35

ANSWER: Y) 4.6

Question 36

18) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple Choice The Earth’s mantle is approximately how many miles
thick:
W) 1000
X) 1200
Y) 1500
Z) 1800

Answer 36

ANSWER: Z) 1800

Question 37

19) LIFE SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of these organisms in not a kind of worm?
W) planerian
X) fluke
Y) leech
Z) centipede

Answer 37

ANSWER: Z) CENTIPEDE

Question 38

19) LIFE SCIENCE Short Answer What is the common specific name for the bond that joins
two amino acids to form a growing protein:

Answer 38

ANSWER: PEPTIDE BOND

Question 39

20) MATH Multiple Choice Four divided by zero is:
W) 4
X) undefined
Y) 0
Z) infinity

Answer 39

ANSWER: X) UNDEFINED

Question 40

20) MATH Short Answer Find the value of x2
– y
2
when x = -5 and y = -2:

Answer 40

ANSWER: 21

Question 41

21) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Short Answer What is the common scientific term for the ratio of
the density of a material to that of water at 4°c

Answer 41

ANSWER: SPECIFIC GRAVITY

Question 42

21) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice Starch is made of what simple sugar?
W) fructose
X) mannose
Y) glucose
Z) ribose

Answer 42

ANSWER: Y) GLUCOSE

Question 43

22) EARTH SCIENCE Short Answer A large mass of ice, formed on land by the compaction
and recrystallization of snow, that is moving downhill or outward under the force of gravity is
called:

Answer 43

ANSWER: A GLACIER

Question 44

22) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple Choice A flat-topped plateau bordered on all sides by cliffs is
called a:
W) hillock
X) butte
Y) drumlin
Z) karst

Answer 44

ANSWER: X) BUTTE

Question 45

23) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer How many microgams are in a single milligram?

Answer 45

ANSWER: 1000

Question 46

23) GENERAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice The moon moves around the earth traveling
primarily:
W) east to west
X) north to south
Y) west to east
Z) south to north

Answer 46

ANSWER: Y) WEST TO EAST

Question 47

24) MATH Short Answer If a ≠ 0 (read as: a does not equal 0), what is the multiplicative
inverse of a?

Answer 47

ANSWER: 1 over a

Question 48

24) MATH Short Answer What is the square root of 169?

Answer 48

ANSWER: 13

Question 49

25) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple choice The Tropic of Cancer lies at which of the following
latitudes:
W) 23 ½° North
X) 23 ½° South
Y) 26 ½° North
Z) 26 ½° South

Answer 49

ANSWER: W) 23 ½° NORTH

Question 50

25) EARTH SCIENCE Short Answer Magma that reached the Earth’s surface is called what?

Answer 50

ANSWER: LAVA