Round #5 Flashcards
1) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice When an airplane’s ailerons move in opposite
directions they usually cause a plane to:
W) pitch
X) yaw
Y) roll
Z) stall
ANSWER: Y) ROLL
1) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice Calcium, strontium, and barium are commonly
called what kind of elements?
W) halides
X) inert
Y) alkali metals
Z) alkaline earth
ANSWER: Z) ALKALINE
2) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple Choice In which of the geological time periods, did dinosaurs
first appear:
W) Jurassic
X) Triassic
Y) Cretaceous
Z) Tertiary
ANSWER: X) TRIASSIC
2) EARTH SCIENCE Short Answer In what layer of the Earth’s atmosphere does most of our
weather occur?
ANSWER: TROPOSPHERE
3) MATH Short Answer If 2 sides of a quadrilateral are parallel and the other sides are equal
but NOT parallel, what is the quadrilateral known as?
ANSWER: TRAPEZOID
3) MATH Short Answer Find the area of a triangle whose base is 8 and whose height is 6:
ANSWER: 24
4) LIFE SCIENCE Multiple Choice A series of amino acids joined together will make a:
W) polysaccharide
X) DNA
Y) sugar
Z) protein
ANSWER: Z) PROTEIN
4) LIFE SCIENCE Multiple Choice When a nerve message reaches the end of an axon it sends
a message or impulse across the space between the nerves to continue its message to the next
nerve by a substance best known as:
W) synaptic nodes
X) neuromotor stimluli
Y) neurotransmitters
Z) intersynaptic dosimeters
ANSWER: Y) NEUROTRANSMITTERS
5) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following moves in the form of a
longitudinal compression wave:
W) ocean wave
X) sound wave
Y) light wave
Z) electromagnetic wave
ANSWER: X) SOUND WAVE
5) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Short Answer What is the resistance of an electric drill that draws 8
amps on a 120 volt line?
ANSWER: 15 OHMS
6) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer Ergot, Amanita muscaris, Penicillium and smut are
all organisms that belong to which one of the five classical Kingdoms of life?
ANSWER: FUNGI
*6) GENERAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice When the moon appears through the night as a thin
crescent, the suns light:
W) is being blocked by the earth
X) still illuminates about half the surface of the moon
Y) is only hitting the crescent region
Z) only shines during the day
ANSWER: X) STILL ILLUMINATES ABOUT HALF THE SURFACE OF THE MOON
7) MATH Multiple Choice If a biker traveled at an average speed of 3 meters/second for 100
seconds, the length of the biker’s path was about:
W) 33 meters
X) 300 meters
Y) 100 meters
Z) 1 kilometer
ANSWER: X) 300 METERS
7) MATH Short Answer If a perfect number is an integer equal to the sum of all its divisors,
except the number itself, what is the lowest perfect number?
ANSWER: 6
8) LIFE SCIENCE Multiple Choice Most animal eukaryotic cells have:
W) a cell wall, nucleus, and cytoplasm
X) a plasma membrane, nucleus, and cytoplasm
Y) a cell wall, nucleus, and nucleolus
Z) a cell wall, nucleus, and mitochondrion
ANSWER: X) A PLASMA MEMBRANE, NUCLEUS, AND CYTOPLASM
8) LIFE SCIENCE Short Answer What is the term used by Charles Darwin that he believed was
the principle mechanism of evolution and way that nature chose certain members of a population
to survive over others?
ANSWER: NATURAL SELECTION
9) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer In order from the beginning, what are the first 5 letters
of the Greek alphabet?
ANSWER: alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon
9) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer Rounded to the nearest whole number, what is the
temperature in Fahrenheit of a substance at -40°C ?
ANSWER: -40
10) MATH Short Answer Identify the quotient, dividend, and divisor for 15 ÷ 3:
ANSWER: QUOTIENT = 5; DIVIDEND = 15; DIVISOR = 3
10) MATH Short Answer Give the product of (x + 7) 2 in standard form:
ANSWER: x2 + 14 x + 49
11) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice Ultrasonic sound frequencies are typically
considered to be
W) above 20,000 kilohertz
X) below 20,000 kilohertz
Y) above 20,000 Hertz
Z) below 20,000 Hertz
ANSWER: Y) ABOVE 20,000 HERTZ
11) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice Predict which object made of the following metal
will sink in a pool of Mercury, which has a density 13.5 grams per cubic centimeter:
W) aluminum, which has a density of 2.6 grams per cubic centimeter
X) iron, which has a density of 7.9 grams per cubic centimeter
Y) lead, which has a density of 11.34 grams per cubic centimeter
Z) uranium, which has a density of 19.5 grams per cubic centimeter
ANSWER: Z) URANIUM, WHICH HAS A DENSITY OF 19.5 GRAMS PER CUBIC
CENTIMETER
12) EARTH SCIENCE Short Answer In what layer of the Earth’s atmosphere does most of
our weather occur?
ANSWER: TROPOSPHERE
12) EARTH SCIENCE Short Answer Lines on a weather map connecting places of equal air
pressure are called:
ANSWER: ISOBARS
13) LIFE SCIENCE Short Answer What main artery carries oxygenated blood immediately
away from left ventricle of the heart?
ANSWER: AORTA
13) LIFE SCIENCE Short Answer What is the vector that transmits Rocky Mountain Spotted
Fever to humans?
ANSWER: THE TICK (ACCEPT: DERMACENTAR)
14) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer On the Kelvin temperature scale give the whole
number value that is the closest to absolute zero.
ANSWER: 0
14) GENERAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice Stars appear to have different colors because they
have different:
W) distances
X) ages
Y) temperatures
Z) names
ANSWER: Y) TEMPERATURES
15) MATH Short Answer Solve the following equation: -4 + x = -5
ANSWER: -1
15) MATH Short Answer Give the median for the following data set: 32, 59, 68, 70, 84
ANSWER: 68
16) EARTH SCIENCE Short Answer Identify the type of structure associated with the
following man-made structures in the United States: Hungry Horse, Yellowtail, Glen Canyon,
Grand Coulee, and Hoover
ANSWER: DAMS
16) EARTH SCIENCE Short Answer What is the name of the boundary between the
troposphere and the stratosphere?
ANSWER: TROPOPAUSE
17) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice The electrons that are shared in chemical bonds
between atoms are most accurately called:
W) inner electrons
X) quantum electrons
Y) valence electrons
Z) jumping electrons
ANSWER: Y) VALENCE ELECTRONS
17) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice In grams per milliliter, which of the following is
closest to the density of ice:
W) 0.26
X) 0.92
Y) .99
Z) 3.00
ANSWER: Y) .99
18) LIFE SCIENCE Short Answer What is the protein found in red blood cells that carries
oxygen:
ANSWER: HEMOGLOBIN
18) LIFE SCIENCE Short Answer What is the vector for the germ which caused the black
plague?
ANSWER: FLEA
19) EARTH SCIENCE Short Answer With a Mohs’ hardness of 10, what is the hardest mineral
known?
ANSWER: DIAMOND
19) EARTH SCIENCE Short Answer Most of the ozone in the Earth’s atmosphere is present in
which layer?
ANSWER: STRATOSPHERE
20) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer What is the mineral that has tricked so many people
into thinking it was the real precious metal gold that its common name is “fool’s gold” ?20) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer What is the mineral that has tricked so many people
into thinking it was the real precious metal gold that its common name is “fool’s gold” ?
ANSWER: IRON PYRITE
20) GENERAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice Early astronomers observed lights that wandered
among the stars, today we know these are:
W) sun spots
X) asteroid belts
Y) constellations
Z) planets
ANSWER: Z) PLANETS
21) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer What is the term used for the unusual infectious
agents that cause mad cow disease?
ANSWER: PRIONS
21) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer George Washington Carver found over 100 uses for
the organic molecules derived from what common plant?
ANSWER: PEANUT
22) EARTH SCIENCE Short Answer What is the name of the form of oxygen that is present in
the atmosphere that protects life on Earth by absorbing much of the ultraviolet radiation from the
sun?
ANSWER: OZONE (ACCEPT: O3)
22) EARTH SCIENCE Short Answer What are the names of the tides that occur when the
sun’s tidal bulges and the moon’s tidal bulges are at right angles to each other?
ANSWER: NEAP TIDES
23) MATH Short Answer The identity element for multiplication is what number?
ANSWER: 1
23) MATH Short Answer After a discount of 20%, the price of a motorcycle was $10,000.
What was the original price of the motorcycle?
ANSWER: $12,500.00
24) LIFE SCIENCE Short Answer Mendel did most of his original experimentation using this
type of plant:
ANSWER: PEA
24) LIFE SCIENCE Short Answer Where is intercellular fluid normally found?
ANSWER: OUTSIDE OF CELLS (ACCEPT: IN BETWEEN CELLS OR IN THE
INTERSTITIUM)
25) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Short Answer Whole multiples of the fundamental tone are usually
called:
ANSWER: HARMONICS (ACCEPT: HARMONIC OVERTONES OR PERFECT
OVERTONES)
25) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Short Answer If an atom of fluorine has an atomic number of 9 and
an atomic mass of 18.998 , how many protons and neutrons are in the nucleus?
ANSWER: 9 PROTONS, 10 NEUTRONS
