EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS | ULTIMATE STUDY
GUIDE & PRACTICE EXAM | ALL VERSIONS COVERED
1. _________ is dependent not only on the temperature, but also on the amount of substance
available. ANSWER evaporation
2. A person is diagnosed as having acidosis, a condition in which the blood pH is below 7.45. What
does the doctor most likely conclude? ANSWER Too much carbon dioxide is found in the blood
3. A researcher notices a positive correlation between the height of a plant and nutrient concentration
over time. Based on this observation, what conclusion does he reach? ANSWER When the amount
of nutrients available to the plant increases, its height also increases.
4. A spoonful of sugar is added to a hot cup of tea. All the sugar dissolves. How can the resulting
solution be described? ANSWER Unsaturated and homogeneous
5. A student notices a pattern of stripes on five tigers. Each of the five tigers has the same stripe
pattern. Using his inductive reasoning, what does he logically assume based on this information?
ANSWER Each offspring will have the same stripe pattern
6. After food has been masticated in the oral cavity, where does it go next? ANSWER pharynx
7. An atom has 28 protons, 32 neutrons, and 28 electrons. What is the name of this isotope? ANSWER
Nickel-60
8. Protons+neurons
9. An intracellular chemical signal can be produced in the cell membrane. Once it is produced, where
does it go? ANSWER To another part of the same cell
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, 10. Arrange the path of food through the digestive system. ANSWER Oral Cavity
11. Pharynx
12. Esophagus
13. Pyloric Sphincter
14. Small Intestine
15. Large Intestine
16. Colon
17. As soon as an invader, known as a(n) _____, enters the body, the body begins to fight. ANSWER
pathogen
18. Blood oxygen levels are most likely low when blood _________. ANSWER fills the right atrium
19. During the aging process, not all hormone levels decrease; some actually increase. Which of the
following is a hormone that may increase as a person ages? ANSWER luteinizing hormone
20. During which of the following phase changes will the cohesion between the particles in a substance
decrease? ANSWER vaporization
21. Fertilization (the fusing of one sperm and an ovum) results in a(n) _________. ANSWER zygote
22. If a person smells something sweet, what form of information is this initially perceived as in the
nervous system? ANSWER sensory
23. In the following single-replacement reaction, __________ replaces __________.
24. Cl2+2NaI -> 2NaCl+I2 ANSWER Chlorine, Iodine
25. In which state of matter are the intermolecular forces between particles in a substance the
strongest? ANSWER solid
26. In which state of matter do the particles of iron have the lowest amount of cohesion? ANSWER
Gaseous iron particles have the lowest amount of cohesion
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