Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What does this
organism use to move about and capture food? a. | Tentacles with stinging cells | b. | Water vascular
system with tube feet | c. | Swim bladder and poison spines | d. | Closed
circulatory system and fangs | | |
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2.
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Which
diagnostic method uses magnetism to find injuries to muscles and other soft tissue? a. | Arthroscopy | b. | Fracture | c. | X-rays | d. | MRI | | |
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3.
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Directions: Use the diagram below to answer qustions 3 and
4.
Which letter represents the organ through which food is
absorbed?
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4.
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Which
letter represents the organ in which bile is produced?
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5.
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What
do fungi have in common with animals? a. | They are autotrophs. | b. | They are
heterotrophs. | c. | They can move. | d. | They use spores
to reproduce. | | |
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Which
land biome is extremely cold and dry? a. | Deserts | b. | Tundra | c. | Grassland | d. | Mountains | | |
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What
produces the egg and sperm cells during the life cycle of plants? a. | Gametes | b. | Gametophytes | c. | Sporophytes | d. | Zygotes | | |
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The
water in a cell -- a. | allows the temperature of the cell to change
rapidly | b. | keeps substances from moving in and out of
cells | c. | helps the cell keep its size and
shape | d. | prevents chemical reactions from taking
place | | |
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Why
do scientists organize living things into groups? a. | So they can find them in the wild more
easily | b. | So organisms are easier to study | c. | So they can make
sense of the variety of rocks on Earth | d. | So products from living things can be easily found in
groceries | | |
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Which
of the following SI units are listed in the correct order, from smallest to largest? a. | Kilometer,
hectometer, dekameter, meter, decimeter, centimeter, millimeter | b. | Centimete,
decimeter, dekameter, hectometer, kilometer, meter, millimeter | c. | Millimeter,
centimeter, decimeter, meter, dekameter, hectometer, kilometer | d. | Millimeter,
centimeter, dekameter, meter, decimeter, hectometer, kilometer | | |
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Which
of the following statements is part of the cell theory? a. | Only plants are
composed of cells. | b. | All cells are produced from other
cells. | c. | Cells can be produced from nonliving
matter. | d. | Cells are one of several basic units of structure and function
in living things. | | |
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Which
is NOT a characteristic of a plants's vascular tissue? a. | It transports
water and food inside the plant. | b. | It supports the plant's stems and
leaves. | c. | It positions the plant's leaves closer to the
sun. | d. | It transports
egg and sperm cells for reproduction. | | |
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What cell
process is represented in the drawing? a. | Diffusion | b. | Osmosis | c. | Active transport | d. | Engulfing | | |
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Which
of the following should you never do? a. | Heat a liquid in an open container. | b. | Heat a liquid in
a closed container. | c. | Heat a liquid in a glass container. | d. | Heat a liquid in
a metal container. | | |
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Immunity is the body's ability to -- a. | distinguish
pathogens from one another | b. | destroy pathogens before they can cause
disease | c. | fight disease with the inflammation
response | d. | produce antigens | | |
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Directions: Use the information and the chart below to answer
questions 16 and 17.
What can you infer about the baby's parents? a. | Neither has type
AB blood. | b. | Both have type AB blood. | c. | One has type A
blood, and the other has type B blood. | d. | Neither has type O blood. | | |
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Why
does the baby have only two alleles if the inheritance of blood type is controlled by three
alleles? a. | Each of two
chromosomes carries only one allele. | b. | Each chromosome can carry only two
alleles. | c. | She has three alleles, but one is
recessive. | d. | Each of her parents has only one
allele. | | |
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18.
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Which of the
following organisms is most closely related to those shown above?
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Which
of the following kingdoms includes both unicellular and multicellular organisms? a. | Eubacteria | b. | Protists | c. | Plants | d. | Archaebacteria | | |
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During DNA replication, adenine (A) always pairs with -- a. | guanine
(G) | b. | cytosine
(C) | c. | thymine
(T) | d. | adenine(A) | | |
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21.
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The
many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem make up a(n) a. | food
web | b. | niche | c. | energy pyramid | d. | feeding
level | | |
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Gasses pass in and out of a leaf through the -- a. | phloem | b. | xylem | c. | cuticle | d. | stomata | | |
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What
characteristics do all mammals have in common? a. | They have feathers. | b. | They have a
pouch. | c. | They are omnivorous. | d. | Their young feed
on milk. | | |
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24.
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Which
of the following is an example of predator adaptation?
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25.
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Which
of these is an example of a human tissue?
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26.
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Which
of the following characteristics do bacterial cells have in common with plant cells? a. | Both have
chloroplasts. | b. | Both have cell walls. | c. | Both are
prokaryotes. | d. | Both have mitochondria. | | |
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27.
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Directions:Use the information given below to answer questions 27 and
28.
What was Samantha trying to discover? a. | Does decaying
meat produce maggots? | b. | Do maggots prefer one type of meat to
another? | c. | Does the appearance of maggots depend on
temperature? | d. | Does plastic wrap prevent meat from
spoiling? | | |
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What
conclusion should Samantha have reached? a. | Meat will not decay if it is covered. | b. | Decaying meat
produces maggots. | c. | Decaying meat does not produce
maggots. | d. | Maggots live in meat and grow as the meat
ages. | | |
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Which
characteristics do biologists use to classify fishes into three major groups? a. | Number of fins
and type of diet | b. | Eye structure and number of teeth | c. | Color and
length | d. | Mouth structure and type of skin | | |
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30.
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Directions: Use the information given below to answer questions 30 and
31.
How much unsaturated fat does each serving of this food
contain?
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31.
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What
Percent Daily Value of carbohydrates would one serving of this food provide to a person who consumes
2,500 Calories each day? a. | More than 12% | b. | Between 7% and
12% | c. | 7% | d. | Less than 7% | | |
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32.
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Louis
Pasteur demonstrated that killing organisms that cause a disease could -- a. | prevent the
spread of the disease | b. | be accomplished only with antibiotics | c. | be accomplished
only with over-the-counter medications | d. | make a person sick with that disease | | |
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Consumers that eat both plants and animals are called -- a. | omnivores | b. | herbivores | c. | carnivores | d. | scavengers | | |
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34.
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Which
of these organisms is a protists?
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35.
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Which
of the following is an example of the benefits of genetic engineering? a. | Cross-breeding
to create disease-resistant crops | b. | Creating human insulin to treat people with
diabetes | c. | Analyzing karyotypes and pedigree
charts | d. | Growing a new plant from a cutting | | |
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36.
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Which
of the following shows the path of food through the human digestive system?
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37.
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How
do police use DNA fingerprinting to help solve crimes? a. | By proving that
a suspect's blood type matches evidence in a crime | b. | By showing that
a suspect's fingerprints are at a crime scene | c. | By comparing a
suspect's DNA patterns with evidence from a crime scene | d. | By matching
phenotypes of suspects with DNA samples | | |
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38.
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Ponds
and rivers are two types of -- a. | marine biomes | b. | rain forest
biomes | c. | freshwater biomes | d. | estuary
biomes | | |
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39.
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Which
of these plants is NOT a dicot?
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