Round #6 Flashcards
1) LIFE SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following accounts for the largest increase in
cancer death rate in the USA between the years 1900 and 1990:
W) lung
X) breast
Y) colon
Z) stomach
ANSWER: W) LUNG
1) LIFE SCIENCE Multiple Choice The structure of DNA proposed by Watson and Crick was
partly based on the x-ray work of:
W) Louis Pasteur
X) Rosalind Franklin
Y) Linus Pauling
Z) Eleonore Rubinstein
ANSWER: X) ROSALIND FRANKLIN
2) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice If light is passed through two pin holes and the
patterns allowed to overlap on a wall, the pattern produced by the intersection of waves is called:
W) an intersection pattern
X) an interference pattern
Y) an arcing pattern
Z) a construction pattern
ANSWER: X) AN INTERFERENCE PATTERN
2) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Short Answer Add a second proton and two neutrons to the
hydrogen nucleus and you have which element?
ANSWER: HELIUM (ACCEPT: He)
*3) GENERAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice To guard against sparks causing a fire, mechanics
aboard submarines during World War II often used tools made from which of the following:
W) chrome plated steel
X) vanadium
Y) cold rolled steel
Z) bronze
ANSWER: Z) BRONZE
*3) GENERAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice The shape of galaxies, stars, planets and their
orbits is mostly attributed to:
w) light
x) matter
y) electricity
z) gravity
ANSWER: Z) GRAVITY
4) MATH Short Answer What is the sum of the internal angles of a pentagon
ANSWER: 540°
46 MATH Multiple Choice Assuming a year in a dog’s life is equivalent to 7 years of a
human’s life, what is 1 hour of a dog’s life approximately equivalent to in a human’s life?
W) 3 ½ hours
X) 7 hours
Y) 5 hours
Z) 4 ½ days
ANSWER: X) 7 HOURS
5) MATH Multiple Choice The longest straight line that can be drawn inside a circle is called
its:
W) radius
X) vector
Y) tangent
Z) diameter
ANSWER: Z) DIAMETER
5) MATH Short Answer If you walk north for 3 miles along 1st street and make a 90 degree
right turn east onto B street and then walk for another 4 miles what would be the shortest
distance back to where you started, if you could walk in a straight line?
ANSWER: 5 MILES
6) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple Choice If air masses move toward mountains from the west,
most of the moisture will fall on the
W) north side of the mountains
X) south side of the mountains
Y) west side of the mountains
Z) east side of the mountains
ANSWER: Y) WEST SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS
6) EARTH SCIENCE Short Answer Order the following periods of geological time from oldest
to youngest: Jurassic, Cambrian, Triassic,
ANSWER: CAMBRIAN; TRIASSIC; JURASSIC
7) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Short Answer Which planet is the brightest when viewed from
Earth?
ANSWER: VENUS
7) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Short Answer If an atom of carbon has an atomic number of 6 and
an atomic mass of 12.01, how many protons and neutrons are in the nucleus?
ANSWER: 6 PROTONS, 6 NEUTRONS
8) LIFE SCIENCE Short Answer In the traditional 5 Kingdom classification of organisms, four
of the 5 Kingdoms are Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, and Protista. What is the fifth?
ANSWER: MONERA
2) LIFE SCIENCE Short Answer Give the scientific names for the four chambers of the human
heart:
ANSWER: LEFT VENTRICLE, RIGHT VENTRICLE, LEFT ATRIUM, RIGHT ATRIUM
(ACCEPT IN ANY ORDER)
9) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following dominates the gasses in the
Earth’s atmosphere, making up some 78% of the air by volume:
W) nitrogen
X) oxygen
Y) helium
Z) hydrogen
ANSWER: W) NITROGEN
9) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple Choice Metamorphism transforms limestone into a
metamorphic rock called:
W) quartzite
X) marble
Y) hornfel
Z) granite
ANSWER: X) MARBLE
10) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer This powerful telescope weighs about 11 tons, has a
primary mirror 7.9 feet in diameter, and orbits about 380 miles above the earth:
ANSWER: THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE
10) GENERAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following is NOT commonly thought
of as an input device:
W) scanner
X) printer
Y) touch-screen video screen
Z) speaker
ANSWER: X) PRINTER
11) LIFE SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following is a feeding structure in
arachnids:
W) dentipalps
X) radula
Y) proboscis
Z) chelicerae (PRONOUNCED Chill-iss-er-ah)
ANSWER: Z) CHELICERAE
11) LIFE SCIENCE Multiple Choice In humans, ovulation usually occurs how many days
before the start of the next menstrual period:
W) 4
X) 9
Y) 14
Z) 21
ANSWER: Y) 14
10) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Short Answer What color light is produced by adding equal
amounts of red, green, and blue light?
ANSWER: WHITE
10) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Short Answer Name the most common disaccharide, known as milk
sugar, that is found in milk.
ANSWER: LACTOSE
13) MATH Short Answer Convert 3/20 into a percentage:
ANSWER: 15%
13) MATH Short Answer Solve the following equation: 6x – 8 = 8 – 10x
ANSWER: 1
14) LIFE SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following plants traps and digests insects:
W) begonia
X) bird of paradise
Y) sun dew
Z) lady’s slipper
ANSWER: Y) SUN DEW
14) LIFE SCIENCE Multiple Choice In human nerves, the nerve impulse or message occurs
primarily because of the movement of ions of what two elements across the cell membranes of
nerves:
W) sodium and potassium
X) potassium and calcium
Y) calcium and sodium
Z) calcium and magnesium
ANSWER: W) SODIUM AND POTASSIUM
*15) GENERAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice An autoclave would often be used by which of the
following scientists?
W) cosmologist
X) microbiologist
Y) paleontologist
Z) philologist
ANSWER: X) MICROBIOLOGIST
15) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer Which ones, if any, of the following elements are
liquids at standard temperature and pressure: chlorine, bromine, mercury, selenium?
ANSWER: BROMINE AND MERCURY
16) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple Choice What happened in 1815 to cause that year to be named
“the year without a summer?”
W) a large meteor struck the Earth
X) a large volcano erupted
Y) there was a radical shift in the jet-stream southward
Z) several large earthquakes occurred simultaneously around the globe
ANSWER: X) A LARGE VOLCANO ERUPTED
16) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple Choice When, in the geologic column, did dinosaurs become
extinct?
W) at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary
X) at the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary
Y) at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary
Z) at the Permian-Triassic boundary
ANSWER: W) AT THE CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY
17) GENERAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice The common mineral beryl, when found in its
green crystalline form, is most commonly known as what gem stone:
W) emerald
X) opal
Y) malachite
Z) septantaine
ANSWER: W) EMERALD
17) GENERAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice The unique property of carbon that is important to
living organisms is its ability to:
W) conduct electricity in graphite form.
X) combine with other elements
Y) form long chains of carbon atoms
Z) exist as both diamond and graphite
ANSWER: Y) FORM LONG CHAINS OF CARBON ATOMS
18) MATH Short Answer Convert the decimal fraction 0.055 into its common fraction:
ANSWER:
1000
55 (ACCEPT: 55/103
and 11/200)
18) MATH Short Answer Solve the following equation: -2 + x = 5
ANSWER: 7
19) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Short Answer When Natalie rides in a circle on her horse she
perceives a force which tends to throw her off her horse to the outside of the ring. What is the
common name for this fictitious force center fleeing force:
ANSWER: CENTRIFUGAL FORCE
19) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Short Answer If an atom of gold has an atomic number of 79 and
an atomic mass of 197, how many protons and neutrons are in the nucleus?
ANSWER: 79 PROTONS, 118 NEUTRONS
20) LIFE SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following is the organ mainly responsible
for producing digestive enzymes and insulin:
W) spleen
X) liver
Y) thyroid
Z) pancreas
ANSWER: Z) PANCREAS
20) LIFE SCIENCE Short Answer Made up of barbs, calami, and shafts these are one of the
most distinctive structures of the vertebrate class Aves.
ANSWER: FEATHERS
21) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Multiple Choice Which of the following musical instruments can
produce a pure tone:
W) violin
X) clarinet
Y) piano
Z) electronic synthesizer
ANSWER: Z) ELECTRONIC SYNTHESIZER
21) PHYSICAL SCIENCE Short Answer Which is the lightest metal in the group known in the
periodic table as the alkali metals?
ANSWER: LITHIUM (ACCEPT: Li)
22) EARTH SCIENCE Short Answer What is the name given to the tides that occur during the
new moon and full moon?
ANSWER: SPRING TIDES
22) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple Choice In limestone formations, the development of caves
requires water and which of the following:
W) oxygen
X) nitrogen
Y) carbon monoxide
Z) carbon dioxide
ANSWER: Z) CARBON DIOXIDE
23) MATH Short Answer What is the formula for the volume of a sphere of radius R
ANSWER:
4
3 πR3
23) MATH Short Answer Which of the following are rational numbers:
-8, - 3 , 1/5, 0, π (pronounced: pie)
ANSWER: -8, 1/5, 0
24) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer What is the name for the outermost layer of the sun?
ANSWER: CORONA
24) GENERAL SCIENCE Short Answer Kevin wishes to look at the stars with his binoculars.
He also wants to look at a star chart with a flashlight, but he knows a regular white light will
interfere with the sensitivity of his eyes to dim light. What color light is best for his flashlight?
ANSWER: RED
25) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple choice The typical thunderstorm clouds of summer,
sometimes referred to as hammerheads or thunderheads, are called:
W) cumulonimbus
X) altocumulus
Y) stratocumulus
Z) cirrocumulus
ANSWER: W) CUMULONIMBUS
25) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple Choice About how far away is the closest star to the Earth?
W) 83 thousand miles
X) 19 million miles
Y) 93 million miles
Z) 2 light years
ANSWER: Y) 93 MILLION MILES
