Biology question and answers for February 26, 2024
- Q Read the following list of items.Improved city hospitalsImproved city schoolsHelped the poor and immigrantsWhat do all of these items have in common?All were performed by local government.All were positives of...
- Q What did the leaders of a political machine control?The courtThe CongressMunicipal jobsThe White House
- Q During the French and Indian War, who did the colonists ally themselves with?A. FranceB. Great BritainC. SpainD. No one
- Q The unconventional grammar, spelling, and spacing used by e.e. cummings in his poetryA. didn't catch on at all.B. influenced many other poets of the Modernist Movement.C. are practices used only...
- Q The start of the American Revolution occurred when the colonists attempted to protect their arsenal of weapons at what location?A. Concord, MAB. Pittsburgh, PAC. New York, NYD. Washington, D.C.
- Q In the poem "in Just," e.e. cummings creates a fanciful spring image with "eddyandbill," who come "running" and "bettyandisabel," who come A. "dancing."B. playing marbles and piracies.C. hop-scotching and jump-roping.
- Q What figure of speech does Moore incorporate in these lines of her poem "Poetry"? "the immovable critic twitching his skin like a horse that feels a flea" A. Personification --...
- Q Why are skyscrapers a sign of urban improvement?Because architects were competing against each other.Because politicians wanted to show pride and glory through these constructions.Because citizens had invested their money on...
- Q "A pillar that connects earth to heaven and the four compass directions to one another." This is used to best describeThe Brooklyn BridgeCathedralsSkyscrapersA compass Rose
- Q Why did cities pave streets, sanitize water and create public transportation systems between 1865 and 1920?To increase taxes, since better living conditions were offered.To improve living conditions, since rban areas...
- Q What restrictions were imposed by the Southern states in an effort to prevent African Americans from voting?They had to have a passport.They had to own land.They had to have a...
- Q Look at this timeline.1850-1880 - Massive Chinese immigration1882 Chinese Exclusion Act1900 - Mexican labor recruitment1908 16,000 Mexicans working in the southwestUsing this timeline and your own knowledge, these eventsmost correlate...
- Q "Let me tell you what I think of (it). I think it hasdone more to emancipate women than anything elsein the world. It gives women a feeling of freedom andself-reliance....
- Q Scott Joplin is adancervocalistpianist and composertennis player
- Q Read the following list of items: Tennis Bicycling Hershey Coca ColaWhat do all of these items have in common?All became popular at the turn of the century.All competed for sales...
- Q Study this list.The Great Train RobberyThe Perils of PaulineThe Birth of a NationAll of these could be categorized asbook titlesplaysearly motion picturessong titles
- Q Between the years 1890 .and 1920, America experienced many reforms. The most profound reforms occurred in politics and big business. Progressive presidents supported various reforms that were aimed at helping...
- Q Based on this photo and your own knowledge, how did this 1889 ladies safety bicycle affect the popular fashion of the time?Women began wearing pants.Women began wearing mini-skirts.Women split their...
- Q Why is it difficult to determine what LUCA was and what the relationships among Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya are using gene trees?
- Q Study this list.mind readersinstrumentalistsescape artists - Houdini and his many imitatorscontortionistsbalancing actsfreak actsdancers, etc.anyone acting crazy or silly - eccentricregurgitators these individuals drank liquids and thenbrought them back up to...
- Q In 1881 the "Greatest Show on Earth" wasbaseballVaudeville'sBarnum and Bailey Circusminstrel shows
- Q Effort to improve efficiency in the workplace by applying scientific principles to make tasks simpler and easier is calledMass productionInterchangeable PartsScientific ManagementScientific Method
- Q Study the following list.1. EnglandII. FranceIII. SpainPrior to the year 1880, what had the countries on the list been able to do that America had not yet done?Raise a powerful...
- Q Study the following list.Faith-based organizationsBegan to operate during the Progressive MovementBoth are still in operation today.Both strive to relieve urban problems by promoting socialwelfare reformThe characteristics found in the list...
- Q The Treaty of Versailles imposed very rigid restrictions against which European country?BritainFranceGermanyRussia
- Q When did the World War I begun between central powers and allied powers?August 1914April 1914August 1941April 1941
- Q The banning of the consumption, sale and distribution of alcohol is called:purgingprohibitionrevolutionreform
- Q Posters like the one pictured below appeared all over America during World War I as a result of the work of which of the following organizations?Committee on Public InformationCommittee on...
- Q The policy of influencing the political and economic developments of another country through diplomacy, economic, and military power is calledInfringementImperialismColonizationAnnexation
- Q The included the countries of France, Britain, Russia, Serbia, and eventually the USA.Central PowersAllied PowersNational Defense CommitteeNone of these choices
- Q Study the following list.I. Police Commissioner Edwin Curtis refuses to deal with the labor union of the Boston Police.II. The Boston police go on strike.III. Calvin Coolidge sent in the...
- Q Which of the following outlines the rules the government must follow?A. Declaration of IndependenceB. Articles of ConfederationC. Constitution
- Q In the 1920s, people were able to live beyond their means by purchasing goods throughlayawayan installment planbarter systempromissory notes
- Q Choose the correct four goals of progressivism:Protecting social welfare, promoting moral reform, creating economic reform, improving efficiencyPromoting the general welfare, establishing justice, providing for the common defense, securing libertiesProviding children...
- Q The Treaty of Paris of 1898 allowed the United States to annex all of these exceptGuamPuerto Ricothe Philippines in exchange for $20 millionCuba
- Q According to Article 2 of the Constitution, what is the president allowed to do once per year to speak to the entire government? A. The president runs for office.B. The...
- Q Study the following diagram.General Intelligence Division in the Justice DepartmentWhich of the following BEST completes the diagram?The Central Intelligence AgencyThe Federal Bureau of InvestigationThe Congressional Intelligence AgencyThe Federal Bureau of...
- Q Who campaigned for the Presidency in 1920 on a platform to return America to a state of "normalcy"?Herbert HooverCalvin CoolidgeWoodrow WilsonWarren G. Harding
- Q During Rhodopsin signaling, negative feedback weakens the strength of the response in rod cells, allowing us to sense small changes in light intensity over a broad range of brightness. The...
- Q When myoblasts in cell culture are treated with purified "proteinX", they increase in size and then divide. What type of signal is proteinX?Growth factorSurvival factorO MitogenMitogen and growth factorMyostatin
- Q How does mitogen binding to a Receptor Tyrosine Kinase (RTK) lead to the activation of Ras?The RTK recruits cytosolic Ras to the membrane.The RTK recruits both Ras and Ras-GEF from...
- Q Which of these is a mechanism used to terminate Receptor Tyrosine Kinase (RTK) signaling?Kinases remove phosphates from the receptors.The alpha subunit of the G protein hydrolyzes its bound GTPThe receptors...
- Q Which protein is activated by CAMP?Adenylyl CyclaseCAMP PhosphodiesteraseProtein kinase AGlycogen synthaseProtein kinase C
- Q Which of the following is FALSE?Biological membranes usually contain lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates.Membranes are two molecules thick.Simple membranes are impermeable to other molecules.Membrane are held together noncovalently.Proteins can allow specific...
- Q Which of the following is NOT a common way that proteins are associated with membranes?enzymatic active sitesbeta "barrel" porestransmembrane alpha-helicesattached lipidshydrophobic patches
- Q In a regressive tax, what occurs the LESS you spend?A. The more the tax amount is in the end.B. The less the tax is in the end.C. The tax amount...
- Q "Which of the characteristics identified using SIM media, which would be most useful in differentiating E. coli and Klebsiella?"lactose fermentationhemolysismotilityhydrogen sulphide formation
- Q Which of these abiotic factors can affect the organisms found in aquatic biomes? CHECK ALLTHAT COULD APPLYwater depthoxygen contentwater temperaturelight penetration
- Q A population is correctly defined as having which of the following characteristics? CHECK ALLTHAT COULD APPLYpossessing a constant and uniform density and dispersioninhabiting the same general areaindividuals belonging to the...
- Q True or False: a microclimate is determined by large-scale differences in the environment that affect light and wind patternsTrueFalse
- Q A group of interbreeding individuals occupying the same habitat at the same time is a(n)species.quadrat.guild.population.equilibrium.
- Q Lakes with elevated dissolved nutrients and low water clarity are calledphotic.pelagic.eutrophic.lotic.oligotrophic.
- Q Which of the following is protected by the 1st Amendment?A. Accurate reporting of the facts in the news.B. Inaccurate reporting of actions of the president.C. Destroying someone's character on Twitter...
- Q In the Plessy vs. Ferguson case, the Supreme Court sided with who?A. Homer PlessyB. John FergusonC. William McKinley
- Q Which of the following is an example of a "regressive" tax?A. Tax placed onretirement wages.B. Tax from buying ahouse.C. Taxes on your weeklypaycheck.
- Q A poll was done a few years ago to gauge the public's active participation in social issues. What percentage of people participated per the poll results?A. about 30%B. about 60%C....
- Q How long do you need to live in the United states before you are allowed to start the naturalization process?A. 5 yearsB. 7 yearsC. 10 years
- Q Which of the following best describes the term "Output" as it relates to machinery?A. the efficiency of amachineB. the effort needed tomaintain a machineC. the overall cost of amachine itself
- Q Most of the knowledge a manager in manufacturing has about the job comes from whichof the following areas?A. high school vocationalcoursesB. college classes anddegreesC. on-site training andexperienceD. reference manuals andbooklets
- Q The strongest evidence for the endosymbiotic origin of eukaryotic organelles is the similaritybetween current prokaryotes and which of the following?mitochondria and ciliacilia and mitochondriamitochondria and chloroplastsnuclei and chloroplastsmitochondria and nuclei
- Q Among the invertebrates, molluscs are unique in possessinga radulaa ventral nerve cordsegmented bodiesa clitelluman open circulatory system
- Q Increasing the surface area facilitates which of the following digestive processes? Check all that could applysecretionabsorptionhydrolysiselimination
- Q Which of the following is NOT one of the ways in which the election of 1896 changed American politics?Democrats became a party of business, industry, and a strong national government.Campaigns...
- Q Which of the following is the best antonym for "meticulous"?A. diligentB. conscientiousC. carelessD. scrupulous
- Q An fish that lives in the ocean provides an extreme example ofprocess by which animals control solute concentrations and balance water gain andloss.filtrationhydrationosmosisosmoregulation
- Q To increase the effectiveness of exchange surfaces lining the lungs and the intestines, evolutionary pressures haveincreased the number of cell layers in these linings.increased the exchange surface area with folds...
- Q An advantage of a complete (tube) digestive system over a gastrovascular cavity is that the complete systemallows digestive enzymes to be less specific.allows extensive branching.allows specialized functions in specialized regions.facilitates...
- Q In a survivably cold environment, an ectotherm is more likely to survive an extended period of food deprivation than would an equally sized endotherm because the ectothermexpends more energy per...
- Q Where do the amino groups from the nitrogenous wastes come from?proteins and lipidsfats and DNADNA, RNA and proteinsRNA and cabohydrates
- Q What is it about carbon that makes it good for building organic molecules?it is found in many environmentsit doesn't contain pesticides or hormonesit is attracted to waterit can bond with...
- Q Since 1980, the black population in comparison to the Hispanic population of the United States has:shifted from the suburbs to the citiesincreasedstayed the samedecreased
- Q An orientation toward the present is particularly valued by:Hispanic cultureAsian cultureWhite mainstream American cultureBlack African American culture
- Q An orientation toward the future is particularly valued by:Native American cultureWhite mainstream American cultureHispanic cultureAsian culture
- Q For western culture, research has identified personal space to exist from:18 inches to 4 feetcontact to 18 inchesfrom 4 to 12 feetgreater than 12 feet
- Q Because health care professionals and clients belong to different subcultures, their interaction is always, to some extent, transcultural, even when the health care professional and client come from the same...
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