Round #1 Flashcards
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: MONERA
1) LIFE SCIENCE Short Answer What is the binomial scientific genus and species name for humans?
ANSWER: HOMO SAPIENS
2) EARTH SCIENCE Short Answer The Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous are all periods in what era?
ANSWER: MESOZOIC
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: Z) CREVASSE
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: X) 5
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: Z) 1 KILOGRAM OF GOLD
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: FOUR
4) MATH What is the integer value of 10 to the power of 5 divided by 10 to the power of 3?
ANSWER: 100 (DO NOT ACCEPT: 102)
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: Z) VITAMIN D
5) GENERAL SCIENCE Short answer Exposure to sunlight converts cholesterol found in
human skin into what vitamin?
ANSWER: VITAMIN D
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: Z) DEEP SEA VENTS
6) EARTH SCIENCE Short Answer What is the name of the rapid rise of coastal water that
accompanies the arrival of a cyclone?
ANSWER: TIDAL SURGE (ACCEPT: STORM OR BASAL SURGE)
7) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following metals is attracted to a
magnet?
W) gold
X) silver
Y) iron
Z) aluminum
ANSWER: Y) IRON
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: Z) COMBUSTION
8) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple Choice Metamorphism transforms limestone into a
metamorphic rock called:
W) quartzite
X) marble
Y) hornfel
Z) granite
ANSWER: X) MARBLE
8) EARTH SCIENCE Short Answer What are the icicle-shaped deposits of limestone hanging
from the roof of a cave called:
ANSWER: STALACTITES
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: X) EAR
9) LIFE SCIENCE Short Answer Sharks belong the class Chondricthyes because they have a
skeleton made of what substance?
ANSWER: CARTILAGE
10) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer Engineers in the USA often report pressure in PSI’s.
What does the abbreviation PSI stand for?
ANSWER: POUNDS per SQUARE INCH
10) GENERAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which planet does not have an element named
after it?
W) Uranus
X) Mars
Y) Mercury
Z) Pluto
ANSWER: X) MARS
11) MATH Multiple Choice A parallelogram whose adjacent sides are unequal is a:
W) deltoid
X) rectangle
Y) rhomboid
Z) monogram
ANSWER: Y) RHOMBOID
11) MATH Short Answer Solve the following equation: 9x – 13 = 14
ANSWER: 3
12) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer On the Centigrade temperature scale give the whole
number value that is the closest to absolute zero.
ANSWER: MINUS 273
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: Z) THE NORTH STAR
13) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice Metals that can be hammered into thin sheets are
called:
W) malleable
X) ductile
Y) molten
Z) pure
ANSWER: W) MALLEABLE
13) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Short Answer A white-colored object illuminated by a blue light
will appear as what color to the human eye?
ANSWER: BLUE
14) LIFE SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following is an intracellular parasite:
W) malaria
X) sleeping sickness
Y) tapeworm
Z) shigella
ANSWER: W) MALARIA
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: X) CANINES
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: Y) TWO HIGH TIDES AND TWO LOW TIDES
15) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following is a metamorphic rock:
W) sandstone
X) granite
Y) quartz
Z) marble
ANSWER: Z) MARBLE
16) MATH Short Answer What is the cube root of 8?
ANSWER: 2
16) MATH Short Answer Solve the following equation: 3x + 15 = -12
ANSWER: -9
17) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer At its greatest possible brightness, which is the
brightest planet in the night sky?
ANSWER: VENUS
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: X) JUPITER AND SATURN
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: Y) 4.6
18) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple Choice The Earth’s mantle is approximately how many miles
thick:
W) 1000
X) 1200
Y) 1500
Z) 1800
ANSWER: Z) 1800
19) LIFE SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of these organisms in not a kind of worm?
W) planerian
X) fluke
Y) leech
Z) centipede
ANSWER: Z) CENTIPEDE
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: PEPTIDE BOND
20) MATH Multiple Choice Four divided by zero is:
W) 4
X) undefined
Y) 0
Z) infinity
ANSWER: X) UNDEFINED
20) MATH Short Answer Find the value of x2
– y
2
when x = -5 and y = -2:
ANSWER: 21
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: SPECIFIC GRAVITY
21) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice Starch is made of what simple sugar?
W) fructose
X) mannose
Y) glucose
Z) ribose
ANSWER: Y) GLUCOSE
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: A GLACIER
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: X) BUTTE
23) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer How many microgams are in a single milligram?
ANSWER: 1000
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: Y) WEST TO EAST
24) MATH Short Answer If a ≠ 0 (read as: a does not equal 0), what is the multiplicative
inverse of a?
ANSWER: 1 over a
24) MATH Short Answer What is the square root of 169?
ANSWER: 13
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: W) 23 ½° NORTH
25) EARTH SCIENCE Short Answer Magma that reached the Earth’s surface is called what?
ANSWER: LAVA
