TEAS practice test (science portion)
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Breakdown of what begins in the small intestine?
a) protein
b) fats
c) fiber
d) carbohydrates - correct answers✅✅Fats
In geology, what is considered a significant departure from
previous ideas?
a) ideology
b) theoretical refinement
c) a paradigm shift
d) model adjustment - correct answers✅✅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 - correct answers✅✅Adaptation
What nervous systems directs the bodies flight or flight response?
a) peripheral
b) central
,TEAS practice test (science portion)
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c) parasympathetic
d) sympathetic - correct answers✅✅Sympathetic
What is used in quantitative investigations?
a) sensory information
b) numerical information
c) phenomenological research
d) ethnographic research - correct answers✅✅Numerical
information
Which of the following taxonomic ranks is the most general?
Order, genus, phylum, family
a) order
b) genus
c) phylum
d) family - correct answers✅✅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 - correct
answers✅✅High specific heat and high heat of vaporization
,TEAS practice test (science portion)
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
What is an example of hydrocarbons containing double bonds?
a) C2H6
b) C4H8
c) C6H10
d) C8H12 - correct answers✅✅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 - correct answers✅✅Hypothesis,
data, analysis
What organ system supplies the body cells with oxygen and
nutrients?
a) cardiovascular
b) digestive
c) nervous
d) immune - correct answers✅✅Cardiovascular
Through what does blood pass after leaving the right ventricle
during contraction of the heart?
a) aorta
, TEAS practice test (science portion)
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b) pulmonary artery
c) vena cava
d) mitral valve - correct answers✅✅Pulmonary artery
What organ system supplies the body with oxygen and removes
carbon dioxide?
a) integumentary
b) endocrine
c) respiratory
d) renal - correct answers✅✅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 - correct answers✅✅Smooth muscle
A proton should have what two characteristics when compared to
the charge and the mass of an electron?
a) the same charge and the same mass
b) the same charge and larger mass
c) an opposite charge and same mass
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
Breakdown of what begins in the small intestine?
a) protein
b) fats
c) fiber
d) carbohydrates - correct answers✅✅Fats
In geology, what is considered a significant departure from
previous ideas?
a) ideology
b) theoretical refinement
c) a paradigm shift
d) model adjustment - correct answers✅✅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 - correct answers✅✅Adaptation
What nervous systems directs the bodies flight or flight response?
a) peripheral
b) central
,TEAS practice test (science portion)
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
c) parasympathetic
d) sympathetic - correct answers✅✅Sympathetic
What is used in quantitative investigations?
a) sensory information
b) numerical information
c) phenomenological research
d) ethnographic research - correct answers✅✅Numerical
information
Which of the following taxonomic ranks is the most general?
Order, genus, phylum, family
a) order
b) genus
c) phylum
d) family - correct answers✅✅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 - correct
answers✅✅High specific heat and high heat of vaporization
,TEAS practice test (science portion)
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
What is an example of hydrocarbons containing double bonds?
a) C2H6
b) C4H8
c) C6H10
d) C8H12 - correct answers✅✅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 - correct answers✅✅Hypothesis,
data, analysis
What organ system supplies the body cells with oxygen and
nutrients?
a) cardiovascular
b) digestive
c) nervous
d) immune - correct answers✅✅Cardiovascular
Through what does blood pass after leaving the right ventricle
during contraction of the heart?
a) aorta
, TEAS practice test (science portion)
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
b) pulmonary artery
c) vena cava
d) mitral valve - correct answers✅✅Pulmonary artery
What organ system supplies the body with oxygen and removes
carbon dioxide?
a) integumentary
b) endocrine
c) respiratory
d) renal - correct answers✅✅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 - correct answers✅✅Smooth muscle
A proton should have what two characteristics when compared to
the charge and the mass of an electron?
a) the same charge and the same mass
b) the same charge and larger mass
c) an opposite charge and same mass
