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1
Q

Which of the following is correctly matched?

A

Colon / absorption of water and vitamins

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2
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Which of the following moves the bolus down the esophagus to the stomach?

A

Peristalsis

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3
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Which of the following is NOT associated with the large intestine?

A

Enzyme secretion for digestion

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4
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The purpose of the pancreatic juice INCLUDES ALL BUT which of the following?

A

Emulsifies fats

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5
Q

Which of the following organs has both endocrine and digestive functions?

A

Pancreas

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6
Q

Protein digestion begins in the ______ and ends in the _________.

A

Stomach / small intestine

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7
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The female gametes are called ___ and contain a ____ set of chromosomes.

A

Ova / half

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8
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Meiosis is to gametes as fertilization is to ____

A

Zygote

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9
Q

Which of the following is NOT PART of the male reproductive system

A

Bladder

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10
Q

Which of the following describes the dermis of the skin?

A

The layer of the skin where many accessory structures originate.

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11
Q

The integumentary system protects the body by ____

A

Providing a large surface area through which metabolic wastes are excreted.

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12
Q

Match the accessory with its function.

A

Ceruminous glands / earwax production

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13
Q

Match the gland with the secretion that it produces.

A

Eccrine glands / the primary perspiration involved in evaporative cooling

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14
Q

Which of the following is true about thermoregulation?

A

Perspiration allows for evaporative cooling.

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15
Q

The epidermis ____

A

Is a major component of the innate immune system.

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16
Q

Which of the following statements is true?

A

Hair is produced from epithelial tissue that dips down into the dermis to form hair follicles.

17
Q

What does DNA —> RNA —> Protein mean?

A

The sequence of bases in a gene is used to make an mRNA copy, which is read by a ribosome to make a chain of amino acids that folds into a protein.

18
Q

Chromosomes are replicated_____

A

in a phase of the cell cycle.

19
Q

Which of the following statements is true?

A

Up to two electrons can be held in one orbital.

20
Q

Which of the following statements is true?

A

Periods in the periodic table correspond to the shell number of valence shells.

21
Q

Select the option that has the state of matter correctly matched with its description.

A

Solid: constant volume and constant shape.

22
Q

Sublimation is _____

A

The transition of a substance from solid to gas without passing through the liquid state.

23
Q

Select the option that has the state of matter correctly matched with its description.

A

Liquid: constant volume but not a constant shape.

24
Q

Deposition is _____

A

The transition of a substance from gas to solid without passing through the liquid state.

25
Q

Which of the following is not correct?

A

O2 is a compound

26
Q

What type of chemical reaction is the following?

CuSO4 + Zn —-> ZnSO4 + Cu

A

Single replacement reaction

27
Q

Why does the concentration of reactants cause the reaction rate to increase, too?

A

It increases the likelihood that reactants will come into contact with one another.

28
Q

Which of the following statement is correct?

A

Lemon juice is 1,000 times more acidic than black coffee.

29
Q

Which of the following molecules is held together by ionic bonds?

A

LiCl

30
Q

Combustion is an example of which of the following?

A

Oxidation-reduction reaction

31
Q

Which of the Following instruments would you use to measure the distance of two square blocks from your house?

A

Surveyors wheel

32
Q

Which of the following is not a base unit of the SI system of measurements?

A

Liter

33
Q

Place the following prefixes in sequential order, from largest to smallest,

A

Kilo, hecta, cents, milli

34
Q

Which of the following is approximately the mass of an Asian elephant?

A

5,400 kg

35
Q

A correlation is

A

A linked trend in data that is not causal.