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ABCTE MSE Practice Exam 2 Questions
And Answers (Guaranteed A+)
Rational Counting - Answer✔one-to-one correspondence
Rote Counting - Answer✔counting that does not involve physical objects, but merely a recitation
of numbers
Leaning a board against a wall that is perpendicular to the floor creates what type of triangle? -
Answer✔A right triangle.
Compass - Answer✔A mathematical tool used to draw arcs and circles of various radii
Protractor - Answer✔A tool that assists in drawing an arc, but produces an arc of only one
radius.
A Pie Chart - Answer✔A good method for laying out categorical data.
Bar charts - Answer✔Typically present one variable over a certain amount of time.
Factorial - Answer✔represented by n!, the product of all positive integers less than or equal to
that number.
Is zero a whole number? - Answer✔Yes
What is an acute angle? - Answer✔An angle whose measure is between 0 and 90 degrees.
Milligrams is a useful unit for measuring what type of objects? - Answer✔Very small, like
grains of sand or grapes.
A kilogram is about what number in pounds? - Answer✔2 pounds is equivalent to how many
kilograms?
What is an equation for a line parallel to the x-axis in the Cartesian coordinate plane? -
Answer✔y=2
The volume of a pyramid - Answer✔1/3(area of the base)(height)
Area of a rectangle - Answer✔a = length(width)
Area of a triangle - Answer✔a=1/2(base)(height)
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The Partial Sum Method - Answer✔Algorithm that requires the student to tally the total sum of
each place value and then add those place value totals to get the final answer. This method is
often used while using Base-10 blocks.
The duplicate of a gene - Answer✔Allele
In the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, data from the radio telescope at Arecibo, Puerto
Rico is analyzed for ... - Answer✔Modulated radio transmissions from outer space
The correct order for the scientific process. - Answer✔Question, Hypothesis, Observation,
Analysis, Conclusion
Silt - Answer✔Made up of tiny rock particles, left behind on flood plains when the water
recedes. These deposits create favorable agricultural conditions and can be found on the
Mississippi, Nile, and Tigris rivers.
Element - Answer✔A substance that can't be separated into two or more substances by ordinary
chemical or physical means.
Compound - Answer✔contains two or more elements and can be separated.
Mixture - Answer✔two or more substances that can be separated by physical means without
making/breaking chemical bonds.
Ice changing into vapor - Answer✔sublimation, a physical transformation.
Charles Darwin - Answer✔Best known for 'The Origin of Species'. Studied populations and the
factors that affect them.
The ozone layer is in what layer of the Earth's Atmosphere? - Answer✔Stratosphere. Lies above
troposphere.
Troposphere - Answer✔The layer of Earth's atmosphere closest to earth.
Endoplasmic Reticulum - Answer✔Transporter of proteins produced by ribosomes. Transports to
various regions of the cell where they are needed or to the Golgi body to move them out of the
cell.
Nucelus - Answer✔control center of the cell
Mitochondria - Answer✔the power house
Plasma Membrane - Answer✔protects the cell contents
Igneous rock - Answer✔formed by cooled, hardened magma.
Sedimentary Rock - Answer✔made over time from compressed layers of sediment, usually
forming on top of an igneous rock layer.
Metamorphic rock - Answer✔an existing rock that has been changed by pressure and/or heat.
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ABCTE MSE Practice Exam 2 Questions
And Answers (Guaranteed A+)
Rational Counting - Answer✔one-to-one correspondence
Rote Counting - Answer✔counting that does not involve physical objects, but merely a recitation
of numbers
Leaning a board against a wall that is perpendicular to the floor creates what type of triangle? -
Answer✔A right triangle.
Compass - Answer✔A mathematical tool used to draw arcs and circles of various radii
Protractor - Answer✔A tool that assists in drawing an arc, but produces an arc of only one
radius.
A Pie Chart - Answer✔A good method for laying out categorical data.
Bar charts - Answer✔Typically present one variable over a certain amount of time.
Factorial - Answer✔represented by n!, the product of all positive integers less than or equal to
that number.
Is zero a whole number? - Answer✔Yes
What is an acute angle? - Answer✔An angle whose measure is between 0 and 90 degrees.
Milligrams is a useful unit for measuring what type of objects? - Answer✔Very small, like
grains of sand or grapes.
A kilogram is about what number in pounds? - Answer✔2 pounds is equivalent to how many
kilograms?
What is an equation for a line parallel to the x-axis in the Cartesian coordinate plane? -
Answer✔y=2
The volume of a pyramid - Answer✔1/3(area of the base)(height)
Area of a rectangle - Answer✔a = length(width)
Area of a triangle - Answer✔a=1/2(base)(height)
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The Partial Sum Method - Answer✔Algorithm that requires the student to tally the total sum of
each place value and then add those place value totals to get the final answer. This method is
often used while using Base-10 blocks.
The duplicate of a gene - Answer✔Allele
In the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, data from the radio telescope at Arecibo, Puerto
Rico is analyzed for ... - Answer✔Modulated radio transmissions from outer space
The correct order for the scientific process. - Answer✔Question, Hypothesis, Observation,
Analysis, Conclusion
Silt - Answer✔Made up of tiny rock particles, left behind on flood plains when the water
recedes. These deposits create favorable agricultural conditions and can be found on the
Mississippi, Nile, and Tigris rivers.
Element - Answer✔A substance that can't be separated into two or more substances by ordinary
chemical or physical means.
Compound - Answer✔contains two or more elements and can be separated.
Mixture - Answer✔two or more substances that can be separated by physical means without
making/breaking chemical bonds.
Ice changing into vapor - Answer✔sublimation, a physical transformation.
Charles Darwin - Answer✔Best known for 'The Origin of Species'. Studied populations and the
factors that affect them.
The ozone layer is in what layer of the Earth's Atmosphere? - Answer✔Stratosphere. Lies above
troposphere.
Troposphere - Answer✔The layer of Earth's atmosphere closest to earth.
Endoplasmic Reticulum - Answer✔Transporter of proteins produced by ribosomes. Transports to
various regions of the cell where they are needed or to the Golgi body to move them out of the
cell.
Nucelus - Answer✔control center of the cell
Mitochondria - Answer✔the power house
Plasma Membrane - Answer✔protects the cell contents
Igneous rock - Answer✔formed by cooled, hardened magma.
Sedimentary Rock - Answer✔made over time from compressed layers of sediment, usually
forming on top of an igneous rock layer.
Metamorphic rock - Answer✔an existing rock that has been changed by pressure and/or heat.
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