TEAS PRACTICE TEST (SCIENCE
PORTION) – COMPREHENSIVE
REVIEW WITH RATIONALES
Fats - correct answers ✔✔Breakdown of what begins in the small intestine?
a) protein
b) fats
c) fiber
d) carbohydrates
A paradigm shift - correct answers ✔✔In geology, what is considered a significant
departure from previous ideas?
a) ideology
b) theoretical refinement
c) a paradigm shift
d) model adjustment
,Adaptation - correct answers ✔✔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
Sympathetic - correct answers ✔✔What nervous systems directs the bodies flight or
flight response?
a) peripheral
b) central
c) parasympathetic
d) sympathetic
Numerical information - correct answers ✔✔What is used in quantitative investigations?
a) sensory information
b) numerical information
c) phenomenological research
d) ethnographic research
Phylum - correct answers ✔✔Which of the following taxonomic ranks is the most
general? Order, genus, phylum, family
a) order
b) genus
c) phylum
d) family
High specific heat and high heat of vaporization - correct answers ✔✔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
C4H8 - correct answers ✔✔What is an example of hydrocarbons containing double
bonds?
a) C2H6
b) C4H8
c) C6H10
d) C8H12
Hypothesis, data, analysis - correct answers ✔✔What represents the correct order of
scientific process?
a) hypothesis, data, analysis
, b) hypothesis, analysis, data
c) data, hypothesis, analysis
d) data, analysis, hypothesis
Cardiovascular - correct answers ✔✔What organ system supplies the body cells with
oxygen and nutrients?
a) cardiovascular
b) digestive
c) nervous
d) immune
Pulmonary artery - correct answers ✔✔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
Respiratory - correct answers ✔✔What organ system supplies the body with oxygen
and removes carbon dioxide?
a) integumentary
b) endocrine
c) respiratory
d) renal
Smooth muscle - correct answers ✔✔What is responsible for the peristalsis that occurs
in the digestive tract?
a) smooth muscle
b) skeletal muscle
c) connective tissue
d) subcutaneous tissue
An opposite charge and a larger mass - correct answers ✔✔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
d) an opposite charge and larger mass
Skeletal - correct answers ✔✔The spine is part of what system?
a) lymphatic
b) nervous
c) skeletal
d) endocrine
PORTION) – COMPREHENSIVE
REVIEW WITH RATIONALES
Fats - correct answers ✔✔Breakdown of what begins in the small intestine?
a) protein
b) fats
c) fiber
d) carbohydrates
A paradigm shift - correct answers ✔✔In geology, what is considered a significant
departure from previous ideas?
a) ideology
b) theoretical refinement
c) a paradigm shift
d) model adjustment
,Adaptation - correct answers ✔✔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
Sympathetic - correct answers ✔✔What nervous systems directs the bodies flight or
flight response?
a) peripheral
b) central
c) parasympathetic
d) sympathetic
Numerical information - correct answers ✔✔What is used in quantitative investigations?
a) sensory information
b) numerical information
c) phenomenological research
d) ethnographic research
Phylum - correct answers ✔✔Which of the following taxonomic ranks is the most
general? Order, genus, phylum, family
a) order
b) genus
c) phylum
d) family
High specific heat and high heat of vaporization - correct answers ✔✔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
C4H8 - correct answers ✔✔What is an example of hydrocarbons containing double
bonds?
a) C2H6
b) C4H8
c) C6H10
d) C8H12
Hypothesis, data, analysis - correct answers ✔✔What represents the correct order of
scientific process?
a) hypothesis, data, analysis
, b) hypothesis, analysis, data
c) data, hypothesis, analysis
d) data, analysis, hypothesis
Cardiovascular - correct answers ✔✔What organ system supplies the body cells with
oxygen and nutrients?
a) cardiovascular
b) digestive
c) nervous
d) immune
Pulmonary artery - correct answers ✔✔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
Respiratory - correct answers ✔✔What organ system supplies the body with oxygen
and removes carbon dioxide?
a) integumentary
b) endocrine
c) respiratory
d) renal
Smooth muscle - correct answers ✔✔What is responsible for the peristalsis that occurs
in the digestive tract?
a) smooth muscle
b) skeletal muscle
c) connective tissue
d) subcutaneous tissue
An opposite charge and a larger mass - correct answers ✔✔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
d) an opposite charge and larger mass
Skeletal - correct answers ✔✔The spine is part of what system?
a) lymphatic
b) nervous
c) skeletal
d) endocrine
