CSET GENERAL SCIENCE PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
On the periodic table, from top to bottom in the same group (column), the _____
increases because new energy levels are required to hold the electrons.
Atomic Ionization
Atomic radius
Atomic trend
Atomic valence - Answer-Atomic radius
____ are solutions with a pH greater than seven on the pH scale.
Acids
Neutral solutions
Bases
Hydrogen solutes - Answer-Bases
_____ are replenished by an environment in short periods of time.
Finite resources
Non-renewable resources
Renewable resources
Recycled resources - Answer-Renewable resources
Charged particles that move around always create _____.
Electricity
Thermal induction
Magnetic fields
Static electricity - Answer-Magnetic fields
_____ is the metabolic process during which there is no oxygen and only glycolysis is
completed.
Aerobic respiration
Cellular respiration
Transcription
Anaerobic respiration - Answer-Anaerobic respiration
The scientific model best suited to calculations of great complexity, animations, or
simulations based on math and/or other data is the _____ model.
Mathematical
Flow chart
Computer
Visual - Answer-Computer
, The complex movement of genetic information from DNA to heritable traits is called
_____ by scientists.
Protein synthesis
Transcription
The central dogma
Translation - Answer-The central dogma
The reaction in which two atomic nuclei fuse together to create a larger nucleus and, by
doing so, release energy is called _____.
The coulomb force
Nuclear fission
Inertial confinement
Nuclear fusion - Answer-Nuclear fusion
In plants, we see reproduction by vegetative propagation, which is a form of _____.
Transcription
Grafting
Asexual reproduction
Photosynthesis - Answer-Asexual reproduction
The force of gravity between two objects decreases exponentially as they move farther
apart from each other. The law which explains this phenomenon is the _____.
Law of conservation of energy
Law of conservation of momentum
Inverse-square law
Law of universal gravitation - Answer-Law of conservation of momentum
Inverse-square law
nonliving things in an ecosystem are referred to as _____.
Abiotic factors
Mineral factors
Limiting factors
biotic factors - Answer-Abiotic factors
Each virion is protected by a protein exoskeleton and sometimes also a lipid bilayer
derived from a host cell. We call these two protective layers, respectively, the _____.
Viral capsid and bacteriophage
Lacrimal and viral envelope
Antibody and viral solute
Viral capsid and viral envelope - Answer-Viral capsid and viral envelope
According to _____, constricted fluid decreases in pressure but increases in velocity.
The coriolis effect
The venturi effect
The bernoulli principle
Tectonic plate theory - Answer-The venturi effect
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
On the periodic table, from top to bottom in the same group (column), the _____
increases because new energy levels are required to hold the electrons.
Atomic Ionization
Atomic radius
Atomic trend
Atomic valence - Answer-Atomic radius
____ are solutions with a pH greater than seven on the pH scale.
Acids
Neutral solutions
Bases
Hydrogen solutes - Answer-Bases
_____ are replenished by an environment in short periods of time.
Finite resources
Non-renewable resources
Renewable resources
Recycled resources - Answer-Renewable resources
Charged particles that move around always create _____.
Electricity
Thermal induction
Magnetic fields
Static electricity - Answer-Magnetic fields
_____ is the metabolic process during which there is no oxygen and only glycolysis is
completed.
Aerobic respiration
Cellular respiration
Transcription
Anaerobic respiration - Answer-Anaerobic respiration
The scientific model best suited to calculations of great complexity, animations, or
simulations based on math and/or other data is the _____ model.
Mathematical
Flow chart
Computer
Visual - Answer-Computer
, The complex movement of genetic information from DNA to heritable traits is called
_____ by scientists.
Protein synthesis
Transcription
The central dogma
Translation - Answer-The central dogma
The reaction in which two atomic nuclei fuse together to create a larger nucleus and, by
doing so, release energy is called _____.
The coulomb force
Nuclear fission
Inertial confinement
Nuclear fusion - Answer-Nuclear fusion
In plants, we see reproduction by vegetative propagation, which is a form of _____.
Transcription
Grafting
Asexual reproduction
Photosynthesis - Answer-Asexual reproduction
The force of gravity between two objects decreases exponentially as they move farther
apart from each other. The law which explains this phenomenon is the _____.
Law of conservation of energy
Law of conservation of momentum
Inverse-square law
Law of universal gravitation - Answer-Law of conservation of momentum
Inverse-square law
nonliving things in an ecosystem are referred to as _____.
Abiotic factors
Mineral factors
Limiting factors
biotic factors - Answer-Abiotic factors
Each virion is protected by a protein exoskeleton and sometimes also a lipid bilayer
derived from a host cell. We call these two protective layers, respectively, the _____.
Viral capsid and bacteriophage
Lacrimal and viral envelope
Antibody and viral solute
Viral capsid and viral envelope - Answer-Viral capsid and viral envelope
According to _____, constricted fluid decreases in pressure but increases in velocity.
The coriolis effect
The venturi effect
The bernoulli principle
Tectonic plate theory - Answer-The venturi effect
