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1. Proteins necessary for body's mainte- nance, growth, and repair (GS) 2. Carbohydrates and Fats used primarily for energy (GS) 3. 212 Water boils at degrees fahrenheit (GS) 4. 100 Water boils at degrees Cel- sius (GS) 5. 373 Water boils at Ks on the Kelvin scale (GS) 6. Veins carry blood from capillaries toward the heart. (GS) 7. Arteries carry blood away from the heart. (GS) 8. Ventricles lower chamber of the heart (GS) 9. Red Blood Cells component of blood which car- ries oxygen (GS) 10. Rust Formed on Iron when an elec- trolyte (example: H2O) turns iron and oxygen into iron oxide (GS) 11. Fe2O3 iron oxide aka rust (GS) 12. Chemical Iron forming rust is an example of a process. (GS) 13. Respiration process by which animals convert oxygen and sug- ars into carbon dioxide and water (GS) 14. photosynthesis process by which plants convert car- bon dioxide and water into oxygen and sugar (GS) 15. Inert Noble Gases Helium and neon are examples of , and do not react chemi- cally. (GS) 16. Solution When sugar and water are mixed together, they form a , in which the sug- ar particles be- come evenly dis- tributed through- out the water. This is not chemical, as sugar can be re- stored by boiling the water. (GS) 17. Does Not Ice (Does/Does Not) alter the chemistry of H2O. (GS) 18. O Negative Type of blood which can be given to any- body without an adverse reaction (universal donor) (GS) 19. Vena Cava blood enters the right atrium of the heart from the (GS) 20. Higher Basic substances are on the pH scale. (GS) 21. Lower Acidic substances are lower on the pH scale. (GS) 22. 7 Water is a on the pH scale. (GS) 23. Small Intestine Digestive organ which does the most of the work in breaking down food. (GS) 24. Enzymes Produced in the walls of the small intestine, pan- creas, and liver, which completely breaks down food. (GS) 25. Testes produces sperm (male reproduc- tive system) (GS) 26. Oviduct aka Fallopian tube (GS) 27. Gene most basic unit of inheritance (GS) 28. Genotype combination of al- leles that code for a particular trait (GS) 29. Phenotype physical expres- sion of a certain genotype (GS) 30. Chromosomes tightly coiled strands of DNA which contain mul- tiple genes (GS) 31. Sedimentary Shale is derived from clay, and is a rock. (GS) 32. Autotroph known as a pro- ducer, can pro- duce it's own food (GS) 33. Saprotroph aka decomposer (GS) 34. Heterotroph relies on other or- ganisms to be it's food (GS) 35. Scavenger relies on decay- ing flesh; example: Vulture (GS) 36. Momentum tendency of an object to con- tinue moving in the same direction (GS) 37. Velocity rate at which an object changes di- rection (GS) 38. Acceleration rate of change of velocity (GS) 39. Force push or pull on an object that forces an object to change it's speed or direction (GS) 40. Centimeter one hundredth of a meter (GS) 41. Millimeter one thousandth of a meter (GS) 42. Decameter 10 meters (GS) 43. Hectometer 100 meters (GS) 44. Igneous examples of this rock: obsidian, granite, basalt, etc, formed by the cooling of lava (GS) 45. Lunar type of eclipse where the Earth is between the Moon and the Sun, the Moon pass- es through Earth's shadow (GS) 46. Red color with the lowest frequency (GS) 47. Violet color with the highest frequency (GS) 48. Neutrons and Protons major portion of an atom's mass (GS) 49. Negligible Masses electrons, positrons, neutrinos, and. other subatomic particles have . (GS) 50. Arthropods characterized by chitinous ex- oskeletons, seg- mented bodies, and jointed legs, examples: crabs, spiders, cen- tipedes (GS) 51. Echinodermata Phylum which the Sea Urchin be- longs to (GS) 52. Ionic Compound Table salt is an be- cause each chlo- rine atom bor- rows an electron from each sodi- um atom, which then forms a very strong ionic bond. (GS) 53. Axis The Earth ro- tates 360 degrees about it's every 24 hours. (GS) 54. Monera most primitive kingdom because they are prokary- otic and lack nu- clei (GS) 55. Chordata the PHYLUM which contains hu- mans (and all oth- er animals with vertebrae) (GS) 56. Animalia the KINGDOM which includes hu- mans (GS) 57. Mammalia the CLASS which includes humans (GS) 58. Primata the ORDER which includes humans (and other pri- mates) (GS) 59. Probability number of desired outcomes number of possi- ble outcomes (AR) 60. 5! 5x4x3x2x1 (MK) 61. Load device which con- verts electrical en- ergy into heat, light, or motion (EI) 62. Photosensitive Diode Left side- Anode Right side- Cath- ode 63. Zener Diode Left side- Anode Right side- Cath- ode 64. Light Emitting Diode (LED) Left side- Anode Right side- Cath- ode 65. Tunnel Diode 66. Hertz used to express frequency (cycle per second) of al- ternating current; 1 = one cycle per second (EI) 67. Conductor element which freely conducts electricity (EI) 68. Insulator does not conduct electricity at all (EI) 69. Semiconductor neither a good conductor or insu- lator (EI) 70. Earth Ground usually found out- side a building, uses conductors, used to funnel away stray elec- tricity in appli- ances to avoid shocks (EI) 71. Electron Flow Theory Electrons flow from areas of excess negative charge to areas of less negative charge (EI) 72. Positive When a conduc- tor is connected across the termi- nals of a bat- tery, the electrons in the conductor will be forced from the negative ter- minal of the bat- tery toward the ter- minal. (EI) 73. Solids, Gasses, and Liquids Electrons can flow through , , . (EI) 74. Resistance can slow down the flow of electrons but will not stop it completely (EI) 75. Voltage electrical pressure is known as this, measured in volts 76. Ohmmeter used to measure resistance 77. Series-Parallel Circuit 78. Ohm's Law V= I x R R= V/I 79. Drop Ohm's law: If volt- age stays con- stant, and resis- tance (R) rises, current (I) would have to . (EI) 80. Voltage When current is the same across all resistors, an in- crease in resis- tance must result in the drop. (EI) 81. Capacitor blocks DC so AC can flow (EI) 82. Capactive Reactance capacitor's oppo- sition to the flow of current, tends to diminish as the AC frequency in- creases (EI) 83. Herbivores aka primary con- sumers (GS) 84. Liters basic unit of vol- ume (GS) 85. 100 Hecto- base x (GS) 86. Yellow Dwarf What type of star is the sun? 87. Trachea aka windpipe (GS) 88. Heat When energy is lost, it is usual- ly dissipated as . (EI) 89. .1 Deci- base x (GS) 90. .01 Centi- base x (GS) 91. Cerebellum The is the portion of the brain that controls bal- ance and muscle coordination. (GS) 92. Capillaries the smallest blood vessels, deliver oxygenated blood to the body's tis- sues and carry away deoxygenat- ed blood (GS) 93. Lower leg Where is the tibia located? (GS) 94. Tendons connects muscle to bone (GS) 95. Ligaments connects bone to bone (GS) 96. Net Force total of various pushes and pulls acting on an ob- ject (MC) 97. Cerebrum portion of brain considered to be the center of intel- ligence (GS) 98. Third Newton's Law of Motion States: For every action there is an equal or opposite reaction (MC) 99. Arteries carry oxygenated blood (GS) 100. Veins carry deoxygenat- ed blood (GS) 101. Refraction when light bends due to passing through a medium (GS) 102. Gram basic unit of mass or weight in metric system (GS) 103. Covalent bond formed when two atoms bond by sharing a pair of electrons (GS) 104. Mass amount of mat- ter an object has (MC) 105. Weight amount of force exerted on the object's mass by gravity (GS) 106. Ten On the Richter scale each num- ber greater is times greater than the last. (GS) 107. 9.8 acceleration due to gravity is meters per second (MC) 108. Transpiration when water evap- orates from the leaves of plants (GS) 109. Pathogen disease causing agent (GS) 110. Refractive Index ratio by which light is slowed when passing through a medi- um's (GS) 111. Kuiper Belt loose group of as- troids and other objects that lies beyond Neptune (GS) 112. Second Newton's Law of Motion: F=ma (MC) 113. First Newton's Law of Motion: An object at rest tends to stay at rest. An object in motion at con- stant velocity un- less acted on by an unbalanced force. (MC) 114. Power Formula for : work divided by time w/t (MC) 115. Energy capacity to do work (MC) 116. Delta represents change in quantity (MC) 117. Joule (J) basic unit of work (MC) 118. Momentum Formula for : p=mv 119. Inertia tendency objects to resist changes in their motion 120. Newton basic unit of force (MC) 121. Potential this type of ener- gy is derived from position, shape, or state NOT from motion (MC) 122. Work Formula for : w=fd f-force d- displacement (MC) 123. Acceleration Formula for : change in velocity change in time (MC) 124. Kinetic type of ener- gy possessed by a moving object (MC) 125. Power rate at which work is preformed (MC) 126. Watts Power is mea- sured in or sometimes horsepower. (MC) -one joule per sec- ond. or one am- pere x one volt 127. Hertz used to measure frequency (EI) 128. Shells Electrons orbit in a set of layers/ lev- els called . 129. Neutral When an atom is it has the same number of protons and elec- trons. (EI) 130. Valence Shell Outer shell of an atom (EI) 131. Voltage Regulator The re- sponds to a de- crease of voltage by increasing the output of the alter- nator. (AI) 132. PCM aka Powertrain Control Module aka the car's com- puter (AI) 133. Engine Block framework in which the cylin- ders are arranged (AI) 134. Primary Coil Winding low-voltage wind- ing in a car's igni- tion (AI) 135. Four-stroke Most internal com- bustion engines employ this type of cycle (AI) 136. Coolant flows through ra- diator hoses; goes to and from radia- tor and engine (AI) 137. Exhaust Manifold spent fuel gases pass into this after they exit the cylin- der (AI) 138. timing belt (or chain) what the camshaft is driven by crankshaft with (AI) 139. Water Jackets hollow sections of engine block where coolant flows (AI) 140. Crankshaft converts linear motion of the pis- ton into rotary mo- tion (AI) 141. Piston moves up and down inside an en- gine's cylinder (AI) 142. Cylinder The following oc- cur in an engine's : fuel and air are ignited, pushing the piston down, and expelling gas- es when piston moves back up (AI) 143. Oil Pan The following oc- cur in an engine's : oil drips from var- ious parts and is picked up by the oil tube and is sent back to the oil pump (AI) 144. Secondary Coil Winding high-voltage wind- ing in a car's igni- tion system (AI) 145. Sensors sends data to a car's computer (AI) 146. Actuators receives com- mands from a car's computer (AI) 147. Crankshaft powers the car's oil pump (usually) (AI) 148. Internal Combustion Engines takes chemical energy, convert it to heat energy, and then into me- chanical energy (AI) 149. Oil Galleries passages throughout the engine that deliver oil to various engine components 150. Electronic Fuel Injection most cars have this instead of car- buretors now (AI) 151. Viscosity ability to flow 152. Connecting Rod connects each piston to the en- gine's crankshaft (AI) 153. Lead Car's battery has plates made from this which is im- mersed in sulfuric acid and water (AI) 154. Air -cooling and water-cooling are the two major types of engine cooling systems. (AI) 155. Pressure The two valves on the radiator caps are a valve and a vacu- um valve. 156. OHV aka overhead valve (AI) 157. High Pressure Diesel engines employ this to ig- nite the air-fuel mixture. 158. DC type of electricity a car's batter pro- vides (AI) 159. Muffler In most cars, exhaust gases pass from the catalytic convert- er and through the before leaving the car. 160. 50 Engine Coolant: % an- tifreeze (the rest is water) 161. half The camshaft turns at the speed of the crankshaft. (AI) 162. Rectifier AC (electricity from the alterna- tor) is converted to DC by the . (AI) 163. Shock Absorbers protect the car parts form ener- gy produced by up and down movement of the wheels (AI) 164. Transmission matches engine speed to desired speed of vehicle (AI) 165. Stoichiometric Ratio ideal air-fuel mix- ture for insertion into the engine cylinder (14.7:1) (AI) 166. Fuel Rail delivers fuel under pressure to the en- gine's fuel injec- tors (AI) 167. Spark-ignition System Diesel engines don't have this compared to gas engines for burn- ing gas (AI) 168. Camshaft opens and closes the cylinders' in- take and exhaust valves (AI) 169. Half Shaft short drive shaft between the CV joints and drive axle 170. Hydraulic aka fluid; Type of pressure breaks work through 171. Newton-meter Used to express torque (also a foot-pound) (MC) 172. Socket Instead of us- ing a wrench to loosen a fastener in a tight space you could use a with a ratchet handle. (SI) 173. 90 A measuring de- vice with two arms that meet at a degree angle are called steel square, Car- penter's square, or framing square. 174. One End of Lever Where the fulcrum is on a third-class lever 175. Middle of Lever Where force is applied on third-class lever 176. PE=mgh Formula for calcu- lating gravitational potential energy 177. Directly 178. A square has how many sides? 4 179. How much is 2 plus 2? 4 180. A rose is a what? A flower 181. What is the best explanation of how a smooth round stone became smooth? It was in a stream for a long time 182. If you place bean seeds between moist paper towels and watch the stem leaves appear you will see a demonstration of? 183. Any astronomical body that revolves around a larger body is called? 184. In chemistry, to be classified as an organic sub- stance, a substance must contain? germination satellite carbon atoms 185. What element does not contain any neutrons? Hydrogen 186. What is the symbol for hydroxyl ion? OH- 187. A perpetual-motion machine can never be built be- cause it is not possible to eliminate what? 188. The chemical formula of a compound describes the elements the compound contains and the... 189. When scientists measures a liquids resistance to flow, they are measuring the liquids... Clasticity the ratio of ele- ments in a com- pound Viscosity 190. The tympanic membranes are also known as the... Ear drums 191. When sodium atoms form sodium ions they: lose electrons 192. Choking is prevented by the...? epiglottis covering the voice box 193. Which of the following actions produce & chemical change? Adding salt to the hot water 194. Which of the following is a non-renewable resource? Copper 195. What are the 2 main gases that make up stars? Hydrogen and he- lium 196. 50% A radar is designed to report the track of an aircraft every second. If this radar reports 30 tracks in one minute, what percentage of the time did the radar track the aircraft? 197. Jerry walked a dog from 6:40am to 7:30pm one day. If he was paid at the rate of 6$ per hour, how much did he earn that day? 198. A women is looking for a bigger square office. She finds an office twice the area of her current office. If the perimeter of her current office is 88 feet, how many square feet is the new office? 199. If the perimeter of a square garden is 84 feet, what is the area of the garden? 200. How many feet of chain fence are necessary to en- close a dog pen that is square and has an area of 64sqft 201. The pet store had 6 puppies selling for $104 each and 12 kittens selling for $24 each. Today, only 2 puppies and 8 kittens we're left. In dollar terms, what was the ratio of sales of puppies and kittens? 202. The price of salmon at a fish market is $5.40 per pound. This is 150% of it's cost at a supermarket. How much would it cost per pound at a supermarket? $5.00 176 sq ft 441sqft 32 13 to 3 $3.60 203. A train goes twice as fast downhill as it can go uphill, 1/2 hour and 2/3 as fast uphill as it can go on level ground. If it goes 120 mph downhill, how long will it take to travel 45 miles on flat land? 204. Jamie just bought two boxes. The first box is square, 16 units with each side measuring 10 units, and is 4 units high. The second box is rectangular and has twice the volume of the square box. If the height of the second box is 5 units, and the width is 10 units, what is the length of the second box? 205. Each August, a restaurant's rent is adjusted to the cost of living index. The rent has been 1,550 a month, and the cost of living index for this August was 3.7%. What is the new rent per month? 206. There are 9 red and 6 green marbles in a bag. A child reaches in the bag and randomly takes one marble. What is the probability pf that child getting a green marble? 207. Before being painted, a concrete play area was marked off into squares and then into triangles. For the square shown, what is the area of the triangular part labeled XYZ? 208. if the population of a certain city increased 25% in 2 years, the new population was what percent of the old? $1,607.35 .66 32sqft 125% 209. a printing press will print 6,000 copies in 20 minutes. 3,000 a second press can print 15,000 copies in 60 minutes. how many more copies per minute will the faster press print than the slower press? 210. Debra and Ian shared in a $1,000,000 estate. If Ian received 125,000, and Debra the rest, what fraction of the estate did Debra receive? 7/8 211. Small most nearly means a little 212. Prestige most nearly means status 213. we will long remember our perilous journey hazardous 214. Inept most nearly means silly 215. Oppressive most nearly means painful 216. "Complexity" most nearly means intricacy 217. Nurture most nearly means cultivate 218. void most nearly means empty 219. Fervently most nearly means passionately 220. Devout most nearly means pious 221. Erratically most nearly means irregularly 222. sustain most nearly means tolerate 223. They "consoled" each other after the accident. solaced 224. the cashier negated the charge of the item nullified 225. crass most nearly means crude 226. Peruse most nearly means study 227. the lens of the eye focuses light rays as they en- ter the eye. muscles around the lens react to light and change the shape of the lens by expanding or contracting. certain diseases or injury to the lens of the eye can result in blurry vision. according to the paragraph,the lens of the eye is used to 228. Your heart's mitral valve does an awfully big job. Letting blood from the left atrium of the heart into the left ventricle without losing a drop is one of the toughest tasks in the circulatory system. In fact, if the system was suddenly opened at that point the force of the valve closing with send blood 5 feet into the air In this passage the author's purpose is to? 229. riding the mail plane is a low-budget way to vis- it america's largest national park---- 13 million acres of scenic beauty. copper first drew focus light convince the read- ers of the stress on the mitral valve copper drew prospectors, cop- per ran out, prospectors to this part of alaska. from 1911 to 1938, town abandoned, the kennicott mine produced 200 million tons of it. now a mecca for tourists, the town of kennicott was abandoned to the ghosts when the copper ran out. which of the following illustrates the correct se- quence of events? 230. Physicists seek out those features of nature that are simple and universal. The secret of their success is not so much a matter of finding answers as it is ask- ing the right questions. The trick is keeping the ques- tions simple and sticking to universal phenomena. Simple questions can be answered unambiguously by careful observation of repeated experiments and by logical thinking. which of the following questions is most clearly an example of the kind discussed in the paragraph? 231. An allergy is a hypersensitivity to substances that are essentially harmless. For as yet poorly understood reasons, the immune system malfunctions and mar- shals up an army of antibodies to fight these sub- stances. For many allergies, this malfunction causes a large amount of histamine to flood into the blood- stream. It is overabundance of histamine that caus- es allergic symptoms such as headaches, rashes, and sneezing. the passage states all of the following about allergies except 232. a period of time is usually measured by comparing it with another period of example, a year on mercury is equal to 88 earth days. a year on uranus is approximately 348 mercury years. according to the passage, the way time is usually measured shows that the time is 233. weather radar is a great help to pilots in detecting thunderstorms. however, pilots must be aware that radar does not reliably detect hail. radar operates by transmitting a pulse of radio energy and receiving the tourists attraction how fast do stones of a particular size fall? medical science does not fully un- derstand why the body has an aller- gic reaction to cer- tain substances calendar-based its penetrable sur- face pulse again after it is reflected by a target. large rain- drops, the kind found in intense thunderstorms, are the best radar reflectors and will show up as intense targets on the screen. hail is somewhat porous and has an uneven structure; it tends to absorb or scat- ter the radar pulse rather than reflect it back to the antenna. according to the paragraph, weather radar does not reliably. detect hail because of 234. according to mark twain, october is a particularly dangerous month to speculate in stocks. others in- clude july, january, september, april, november, may, march,june, december, august, and february. what was mark twain's point? 235. Physical sound energy is transmitted through the external ear ( the pinna ) and the middle ear to the inner ear, where it creates pressure waves in the fluid of the cochlea. there, hairs on the organ of corti are moved by the pressure waves. the movement of the hairs starts the process by which nerve impulses are generated. where is the organ of corti located? 236. An analysis of the mandatory oil quota program shows that separate quotas were established for crude oil and for petroleum products. Petroleum products were divided into light products mostly gasoline jet fuel and desolate and heavy or residual fuel oil products. The quota for crude oil imports was set at approximately 10% of crude oil consumption the passage implies which of the following about the oil quota program? 237. the women's flying training detachment was the brainchild of jacqueline cochran, the famous flyer. because of the overwhelming demand for qualified men to fly in combat during world war 2, she was able to persuade the army to train women pilots to ferry military aircraft from manufractures to embarkation points for later shipment overseas. the author implies october is an especially bad month for specu- lating in stocks in the inner ear the quota for resid- ual fuel oil prod- ucts was the same as for crude oil products unavailability of qualified male pi- lots that the primary motivation for establishing a training program for women pilots during world war 2 was the 238. 4x+12=0 -3 239. what is 5x times (3x^2-5)? 15x^3-25x 240. what is the area of a parallelogram if its length is x+4 and its height is x+3? x^2+7x+12 241. Simplify 3/5x+x 8/5x 242. Graphs of the following equations are straight lines except? 243. the hypotnuse of a right triangle has a length of 14 units and a side that is 9 units long. which equation can be used to find the length of the remaining side? y=x^2+3 x^2=14^2+9^2 244. the factors of 2x^2+xy-3y^2 are (2x+3y)(x-y) 245. what is the area of a triangle with a base of 8 feet and a height of 4 feet? 16 square feet 246. the reciprocal of 3-1/5 is 5/16 247. If 4/3x3/4=5k, then k=? 1/5 248. what does the abbreviation AC stand for? alternating current 249. in making permanent electronic connections, use soldering iron 250. When current flow is interrupted by a blown fuse, the circuit becomes? open 251. a standard multimeter does NOT measure frequency 252. this is a symbol for a transformer 253. utility company power lines carry what kind of cur- rent? alternating 254. when measuring resistance with an ohmmeter, Disconnect power 255. in this schematic, the total resistance is 100ohms 256. electrical current flowing from one component to the next is an example of what kind of circuit? 257. When wire conductors are coated with solder, the process is called? 258. in order to make an electric current flow, it is neces- sary to have 259. a device that converts sound waves to electric cur- rent is a open tinning an ammeter transistor 260. Wires are joined together with solder to ensure Maximum voltage 261. which of the following can NOT be used to store an electrical charge? 262. which of the following is a type of resistance in an AC transformer circuit? 263. the type of electricity used to power a car radio is typically 264. the most commonly used fuel for running automobile engines are fuse impedance DC gasoline 265. which of the following is NOT part of a car's drive train? transmission 266. Which engine component stores oil for lubrication? oil pan 267. the catalytic converter is part of what system? Emission control system 268. How many crankshafts are there in a V-8 automobile 8 engine? 269. The engine flywheel bolts to the? crankshaft 270. What kind of wrench should be used to tighten en- gine components such as a manifolds and cylinder heads? torque 271. the function of the master cylinder is to Apply hydraulic pressure to the wheel cylinders 272. which of the following part of a conventional distrib- utor? rotor 273. Coolant flow through an engine is regulated by the ..? thermostat 274. Nails are usually driven into wood with hammers 275. which of the following uses a penny system to specify its size? finishing nail 276. Taps and dies are tools to? Cut threads for nuts and bolts 277. which tool is used to bend large sections of sheet metal? lathe 278. what is placed around a chimney to prevent leaks? flashing 279. knurling 280. Self-tapping screws are primarily used when fasten- ing objects to..? sheet metal 281. Anchor bolts are used to hold the? Rebar to the con- crete 282. which of these does NOT make wood chips when it is used? drill press 283. to properly turn wood stock, one should use a lathe 284. the best saw for accurately cutting 3 inches off the length of a 2 x 8 x 18-inch piece of lumber is a 285. Gear A is the driving gear. If all the teeth are shoot off of Gear B, which gears will turn? 286. a series of 4 gears (W,X,Y,Z) is driven by pulley V and a belt. if V turns in the direction shown, which gears will rotate clockwise? 287. a box sits on a smooth table. 3 strings are attached to the box, each having a weight of 10 Ibs. attached to the other end. the box will move in direction 288. 4 weights are tied together and hung from the ceil- ing. what will be the tension in the cord at the point labeled X? 289. the illustration shows a water tank that is made of wood planks and reinforced metal hoops. why are the hoops closer together near the bottom of the tank? radial arm sawt gears A and C Y and X D 60 pounds the water pressure pushing against the sides of the 290. Spaces are placed between slabs of concrete in city sidewalks to? tank is greater near the bottom allow for expan- sion and contrac- tion 291. is it true that frictional forces... only operate in vertical directions 292. This drive pulley always turn Faster than pulley A or C but not pul- ley B 293. a belt passes over a drum and its ends are connected to springs. if the drum rotates in the direction shown and there is friction between the drum and the belt, then 294. a spring will compress 1 inch for every 50 pounds of force that is applied to it. how much force is needed to compress the same spring 10 inches? spring 1 will get shorter, and spring 2 longer 500 Ibs 295. As part A moves to the left, gear C will turn C. first in direction 1 and then in di- rection 2 296. a spring is compressed against a wall by a wooden block that has a force applied to it. if the force is removed from the block, the block of wood will move to the right 297. the illustration shows an example of... an inclined plane 298. what would you tell the person who is trying to loosen the rusty nut with the wrench? move your hand farther from the nut