TEAS practice test (science portion)
Questions And Answers!!
Breakdown of what begins in the small intestine?
a) protein
b) fats
c) fiber
d) carbohydrates - Answer - Fats
In geology, what is considered a significant departure from previous ideas?
a) ideology
b) theoretical refinement
c) a paradigm shift
d) model adjustment - Answer - A paradigm shift
What describes the increase in alleles that permits a species to survive and reproduce better in an
environment from generation to generation?
a) DNA
b) Genetic drift
c) Mutation
d) adaptation - Answer - Adaptation
What nervous systems directs the bodies flight or flight response?
a) peripheral
b) central
,c) parasympathetic
d) sympathetic - Answer - Sympathetic
What is used in quantitative investigations?
a) sensory information
b) numerical information
c) phenomenological research
d) ethnographic research - Answer - Numerical information
Which of the following taxonomic ranks is the most general? Order, genus, phylum, family
a) order
b) genus
c) phylum
d) family - Answer - Phylum
Water undergoes relatively minor temperature and phase changes compared to other substances due
to both its what?
a) low specific heat and low vaporization
b) low specific heat and high heat vaporization
c) high specific heat and low heat of vaporization
d) high specific heat and high heat of vaporization - Answer - High specific heat and high heat of
vaporization
What is an example of hydrocarbons containing double bonds?
a) C2H6
b) C4H8
c) C6H10
d) C8H12 - Answer - C4H8
, What represents the correct order of scientific process?
a) hypothesis, data, analysis
b) hypothesis, analysis, data
c) data, hypothesis, analysis
d) data, analysis, hypothesis - Answer - Hypothesis, data, analysis
What organ system supplies the body cells with oxygen and nutrients?
a) cardiovascular
b) digestive
c) nervous
d) immune - Answer - Cardiovascular
Through what does blood pass after leaving the right ventricle during contraction of the heart?
a) aorta
b) pulmonary artery
c) vena cava
d) mitral valve - Answer - Pulmonary artery
What organ system supplies the body with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide?
a) integumentary
b) endocrine
c) respiratory
d) renal - Answer - Respiratory
What is responsible for the peristalsis that occurs in the digestive tract?
a) smooth muscle
b) skeletal muscle
c) connective tissue
d) subcutaneous tissue - Answer - Smooth muscle
Questions And Answers!!
Breakdown of what begins in the small intestine?
a) protein
b) fats
c) fiber
d) carbohydrates - Answer - Fats
In geology, what is considered a significant departure from previous ideas?
a) ideology
b) theoretical refinement
c) a paradigm shift
d) model adjustment - Answer - A paradigm shift
What describes the increase in alleles that permits a species to survive and reproduce better in an
environment from generation to generation?
a) DNA
b) Genetic drift
c) Mutation
d) adaptation - Answer - Adaptation
What nervous systems directs the bodies flight or flight response?
a) peripheral
b) central
,c) parasympathetic
d) sympathetic - Answer - Sympathetic
What is used in quantitative investigations?
a) sensory information
b) numerical information
c) phenomenological research
d) ethnographic research - Answer - Numerical information
Which of the following taxonomic ranks is the most general? Order, genus, phylum, family
a) order
b) genus
c) phylum
d) family - Answer - Phylum
Water undergoes relatively minor temperature and phase changes compared to other substances due
to both its what?
a) low specific heat and low vaporization
b) low specific heat and high heat vaporization
c) high specific heat and low heat of vaporization
d) high specific heat and high heat of vaporization - Answer - High specific heat and high heat of
vaporization
What is an example of hydrocarbons containing double bonds?
a) C2H6
b) C4H8
c) C6H10
d) C8H12 - Answer - C4H8
, What represents the correct order of scientific process?
a) hypothesis, data, analysis
b) hypothesis, analysis, data
c) data, hypothesis, analysis
d) data, analysis, hypothesis - Answer - Hypothesis, data, analysis
What organ system supplies the body cells with oxygen and nutrients?
a) cardiovascular
b) digestive
c) nervous
d) immune - Answer - Cardiovascular
Through what does blood pass after leaving the right ventricle during contraction of the heart?
a) aorta
b) pulmonary artery
c) vena cava
d) mitral valve - Answer - Pulmonary artery
What organ system supplies the body with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide?
a) integumentary
b) endocrine
c) respiratory
d) renal - Answer - Respiratory
What is responsible for the peristalsis that occurs in the digestive tract?
a) smooth muscle
b) skeletal muscle
c) connective tissue
d) subcutaneous tissue - Answer - Smooth muscle
