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In this collection, we will go over a bunch of questions to all science, medical, agriculture and biomedical engineering students for the science test preparation.
Study Set Content:
Science Bowl
GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 1
GENR-91; Short Answer: What weather phenomenon causes more deaths in the U.S. annually
than any other except lightning?
ANSWER: TORNADOES
GENR-91; Short Answer: What is given to wood whose normal cells have been replaced with
mineral deposits?
ANSWER: PETRIFIED WOOD
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: Pollination by birds is called:
w) autogamy
x) ornithophily
(pron: or-nith-o-philly)
y) entomophily
(pron: ent-eh-mof-illy)
z) anemophily
(pron: an-eh-mof-illy)
ANSWER: X -- ORNITHOPHILY
GENR-91; Short Answer: Unlike rodents, the rabbit has how many incisor teeth?
ANSWER: FOUR
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: What percent of fire-related deaths are due to smoke inhalation
rather than burns?
w) 10%
x) 50%
y) 80%
z) 99%
ANSWER: Y -- 80%
GENR-91; Short Answer: To what familiar fruit is the plantain similar?
ANSWER: BANANA
GENR-91; Short Answer: What U.S. President was recognized as a world authority on American
game animals?
ANSWER: THEODORE ROOSEVELT
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 2
GENR-91; Short Answer: How many men have walked on the moon?
ANSWER: TWELVE
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: The fastest-running terrestrial animal is:
w) cheetah
x) lion
y) man
z) jaguar
ANSWER: W -- CHEETAH
GENR-91; Short Answer: In what country do the greatest number of tornadoes occur?
ANSWER: UNITED STATES (Central and Southeastern portions)
GENR-91; Short Answer: What wonder drug was used for three years by the Army and Navy
before becoming available to the general public in 1944?
ANSWER: PENICILLIN
GENR-91; Short Answer: Which sea is the saltiest natural lake and is also at the lowest elevation
on the face of the earth?
ANSWER: THE DEAD SEA
GENR-91; Short Answer: The scarab, worshipped by the Egyptians, is what type of beetle?
ANSWER: DUNG BEETLE
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: As you go down into a well, your weight:
w) increases slightly
x) decreases slightly
y) remains exactly the same
ANSWER: X -- DECREASES SLIGHTLY
GENR-91; Short ANSWER: W cloud at ground level is called what?
ANSWER: FOG
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 3
GENR-91; Short Answer: What invention in about 1450 A.D. revolutionized communication and
the world?
ANSWER: THE PRINTING PRESS
GENR-91; Short Answer: What is the name for the new technology whereby a glass fiber carries
as much information as hundreds of copper wires?
ANSWER: FIBER OPTICS (OPTO-ELECTRONICS)
GENR-91; Short Answer: What mammal lays eggs?
ANSWER: PLATYPUS
GENR-91; Short Answer: Linseed oil comes from what plant?
ANSWER: FLAX
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: Bees must collect nectar from approximately how many flowers to
make 1 pound of honeycomb? Is it:
w) 10 thousand
x) 2 million
y) 20 million
z) 50 million
ANSWER: X -- 20 MILLION
GENR-91; Short Answer: What is the name of the largest North American terrestrial rodent,
distinguished by its spiny covering?
ANSWER: PORCUPINE
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: Albacore is a type of:
w) shell-fish
x) tuna
y) marble
z) meteoroid
ANSWER: X -- TUNA
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 4
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: The only species of cat that lives and hunts in groups is:
w) lion
x) leopard
y) jaguar
z) cougar
ANSWER: W -- LION
GENR-91; Short Answer: Linen is made from what plant?
ANSWER: FLAX
GENR-91; Short Answer: What is arachnology?
ANSWER: STUDY OF ARACHNIDS (accept: study of spiders or scorpions or
relatives of spiders)
GENR-91; Short Answer: What is another name for the Paleolithic Age?
ANSWER: THE STONE AGE
GENR-91; Short Answer: What nocturnal animal group makes up one-fourth of all mammals
species?
ANSWER: BATS or CHIROPTERA
GENR-91; Short Answer: What is the name of the whale that has a long protruding tusk?
ANSWER: NARWHAL
GENR-91; Short Answer: How many time zones are there on Earth?
ANSWER: TWENTY-FOUR
GENR-91; Short Answer: What land mammal holds the record for the greatest age?
ANSWER: MAN
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 5
GENR-91; Short Answer: What is the better known name for the deadly poison prussic acid?
ANSWER: CYANIDE or HYDROGEN CYANIDE
GENR-91; Short Answer: What colorless, pungent gas is often dissolved in water to yield a
solution that is used as a biological preservative?
ANSWER: FORMALDEHYDE
GENR-91; Short Answer: What is the rest mass of a photon?
ANSWER: ZERO
GENR-91; Short Answer: What yellow metal is an alloy of copper and zinc?
ANSWER: BRASS
GENR-91; Short Answer: What is the name given to the process, discovered by Goodyear, of
adding sulfur to heated rubber?
ANSWER: VULCANIZATION
GENR-91; Short Answer: Used primarily in fertilizers, which element is never found free in
nature even though it makes up about 2.5% of the earth's crust?
ANSWER: POTASSIUM
GENR-91; Short Answer: What element, whose symbol derived from the Latin for "liquid
silver", has been found in Egyptian tombs from 1500 B.C.?
ANSWER: MERCURY
GENR-91; Short Answer: What poisonous alkaloid is extracted from tobacco leaves and widely
used as an insecticide?
ANSWER: NICOTINE
GENR-91; Short Answer: What is the name for steel alloyed with chromium?
ANSWER: STAINLESS STEEL
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 6
GENR-91; Short Answer: Table sugar, from sugar cane or beet, is what type of sugar?
ANSWER: SUCROSE or DISACCHARIDE or SACCHAROSE
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: Which prefix is often used with scientific terms to indicate that
something is the same, equal or constant?
w) iso
(pron: eye-so)
x) mega
y) meta
z) quasi
ANSWER: W -- ISO
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: The study of phenomena at very low temperatures is called:
w) heat transfer
x) morphology
y) crystallography
z) cryogenics
(pron: cry-o-jen-iks)
ANSWER: Z -- CRYOGENICS
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: The branch of medical science which is concerned with the study of
disease as it affects a community of people is called:
w) epidemiology
x) oncology
y) paleontogy
z) pathology
ANSWER: W -- EPIDEMIOLOGY
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: The study of how people use tools to perform work and how people
physically relate to their working environment is called:
w) engineering
x) ergonomics
y) agronomy
z) physiology
ANSWER: X -- ERGONOMICS
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 7
GENR-91; Short Answer: Name the first woman to travel in space.
ANSWER: (VALENTINW) TERESHKOVA
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: What famous scientist and inventor participated in the invention of
the Aqua-Lung?
w) Thomas Edison
x) Isaac Newton
y) Leonardo da Vinci
z) Jacques Cousteau
ANSWER: Z -- JACQUES COUSTEAU
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: Superconductivity is a material property associated with:
w) cooling a substance without a phase change
x) frictionless liquid flow
y) a loss of thermal resistance
z) a loss of electrical resistance
ANSWER: Z -- A LOSS OF ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: A type of plastic that is biodegradable has been in the news lately.
The ingredient that makes it biodegradable is:
w) vegetable oil
x) petroleum
y) cornstarch
z) leather
ANSWER: Y -- CORNSTARCH
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: Who was the marine biologist and author of Silent Spring who was
one of the first people to warn of the dangers of pesticides like DDT?
w) Jacques Cousteau
x) Rachel Carson
y) Charles Darwin
z) Marlin Perkins
ANSWER: X -- RACHEL CARSON
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 8
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: If a metal can be drawn into wires relatively easily it is called:
w) malleable
x) ductile
y) extractive
z) tactile
ANSWER: X -- DUCTILE
GENR-91; Short Answer: What is the name given to the invasion of warm surface waters off the
Peruvian coast that has been identified with strange climactic effects in recent years?
ANSWER: EL NI¥O
GENR-91; Short Answer: Occasionally, a bad cold will cause a decrease in a persons hearing
ability. What is the name of the tube that becomes blocked to cause this problem?
ANSWER: EUSTACHIAN TUBE (pron: yu-sta-shen)
GENR-91; Short Answer: Name the general type of mammal that gives birth to undeveloped
young that are kept in pouches.
ANSWER: MARSUPIAL
GENR-91; Short Answer: In a musical instrument that produces a fundamental note, what would
the wavelength of the second harmonic be relative to the fundamental?
ANSWER: WAVELENGTH WOULD BE ONE-HALF THE FUNDAMENTAL
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: In which country was a method for making rust-resistant iron
discovered in the fifth century B.C.?
w) Sumeria
x) Egypt
y) India
z) Babylon
ANSWER: Y -- INDIA
Science Bowl
GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 9
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: Cystitis is the infection of which of the following?
w) liver
x) urinary bladder
y) pancreas
z) lung
ANSWER: X -- URINARY BLADDER
GENR-91; Short Answer: What is the subdivision in the Plant Kingdom comprising over 20,000
species of Mosses and Liverworts?
ANSWER: BRYOPHYTES (pron: brI-eh-fites)
GENR-91; Short Answer: Name the medical term given to the inflammation of infection of the
mucous membranes of the nose.
ANSWER: RHINITIS
GENR-91; Short ANSWER: Wutomobile catalytic converters cause the carbon monoxide and
hydrocarbons which result from incomplete combustion to be converted into what two
substances?
ANSWER: CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) AND WATER (H2O)
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: At room temperature, most elements are in which phase of matter?
w) solid
x) liquid
y) gas
z) plasma
ANSWER: W -- SOLID
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: The per capita birth rate of a population is known as its:
w) mortality
x) natality
(pron: nay-tal-eh-ty)
y) population density
z) carrying capacity
ANSWER: X -- NATALITY
Science Bowl
GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 10
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: Who is called the Father of the Nuclear Navy?
w) Edward Teller
x) Robert Oppenheimer
y) Hymen Rickover
z) Chester Nimitz
ANSWER: Y -- HYMEN RICKOVER
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: The science of weights and measures is called:
w) metrology
x) meteorology
y) mineralogy
z) morphology
ANSWER: W -- METROLOGY
GENR-91; Short Answer: The following are the names of man-made structures in the United
States. Identify the type of structure. Hungry Horse, Yellowtail, Dworshak, Don Pedro, Cougar,
Glen Canyon, Grand Coulee and Hoover. Name the type of structure.
ANSWER: DAMS
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: Which of the following is primarily composed of calcium carbonate?
w) Fish scales
x) Shark teeth
y) Oyster Shells
z) Whale bones
ANSWER: Y -- OYSTER SHELLS
GENR-91; Short Answer: What compound is a common component of air pollution, but is
essential in the upper atmosphere to protect life on earth?
ANSWER: OZONE
Science Bowl
GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 11
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: Water flows through a horizontal pipe at a constant volumetric rate.
At a location where the cross sectional area decreases, the velocity of the fluid:
w) increases
x) decreases
y) stays the same
ANSWER: W -- INCREASES
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: What radioactive element is routinely used in treating
hyperthyroidism, and in reducing thyroid activity?
w) Iron-59
x) Gold-198
y) Cobalt-60
z) Iodine-131
ANSWER: Z -- IODINE-131
GENR-91; Short Answer: What is osteoporosis?
ANSWER: IT IS LOSS OF CALCIUM FROM BONES
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: Yeast, used in making bread is a:
w) plant
x) fungus
y) bacteria
z) seed
ANSWER: X -- FUNGUS
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: The Statue of Liberty is green because of:
w) green stone
x) oxidized brass
y) steel painted green
z) oxidized copper
ANSWER: Z -- OXIDIZED COPPER
Science Bowl
GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 12
GENR-91; Short Answer: Name the phase of quartz consistently found in meteorite impact
craters, but rarely found in non-meteorite-related geological formations.
ANSWER: STISHOVITE
GENR-91; Short ANSWER: Wt what point are the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales equal?
ANSWER: -40 DEGREES
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: Which of the following vacuum pumps operates by using a very cold
surface to trap the gases on the cold surface? Is it a:
w) sublimation pump
x) turbo pump
y) cryopump
z) diffusion pump.
ANSWER: Y -- CRYOPUMP
GENR-91; Short Answer: Using the fewest names of the members of this family, identify the tree
family which includes among its members the: Fink, myrtle, turkey, jacks, laurel, white, live and
pin. Name the tree family.
ANSWER: OAK
GENR-91; Short Answer: Using the fewest names of the members of this family, identify the tree
family which includes among its members the: Pignut, scarit, mockernut, bitternut, black and
shagbark. Name the tree family.
ANSWER: HICKORY
GENR-91; Short Answer: Using the fewest names of the members of this family, identify the tree
family which includes among its members the: Chinese, cut-leaved, manchurian, persian, english,
black and american. Name the tree family.
ANSWER: WALNUT
Science Bowl
GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 13
GENR-91; Multiple Choice: The word atom is from a Greek word meaning:
w) small
x) indivisible
y) unseen
z) visible
ANSWER: X -- INDIVISIBLE
GENR-91; Short Answer: Name the famous mathematician/physicist who was born in the year
Galileo died.
ANSWER: (ISAAY) NEWTON
GENR-92; Multiple Choice: In 1991, critical habitat was designated for this well-known species
in the states of Washington, Oregon and California.
w) brown bear
x) northern spotted owl
y) bald eagle
z) snail darter
ANSWER: X -- NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL
GENR-92; Short Answer: This large bird of prey is related to the eagle. The bird is found on all
continents. Three species, the swallow-tailed, white-tailed and the Mississippi are found in North
America. Name this GENR-92; Short Answer: What creatures travel in gaggles?
ANSWER: GEESE
GENR-92; Multiple Choice: Which of the following are NOT native to North America?
w) Mountain Quail
x) Ringneck Pheasant
y) Sharptail Grouse
z) Masked Bob-White
ANSWER: X -- RINGNECK PHEASANT
GENR-92; Short Answer: Members of the order Apodes, these elongated slender fishes are
without pelvic fins and in some species lack pectoral or median GENR-92; Short Answer: What
is a shark's skeleton made of?
ANSWER: CARTILAGE
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 14
GENR-92; Short Answer: Identify the Earth's largest INVERTEBRATE animal.
ANSWER: GIANT SQUID
GENR-92; Short Answer: What creature do the Galapagos Islands take their name from?
ANSWER: TORTOISE
GENR-92; Short Answer: What is the only venomous British snake?
ANSWER: ADDER
GENR-92; Short Answer: What is shed when you desquamate?
ANSWER: SKIN or EPIDERMAL CELLS
GENR-92; Short Answer: What are the only places that dogs have sweat glands?
ANSWER: NOSE AND PAWS
GENR-92; Short Answer: What body function are rats unable to do which makes them extra
vulnerable to poison?
ANSWER: VOMIT
GENR-92; Multiple Choice: A cyclone is an engineering device that is used to
w) transport materials
x) segregate particles
y) control switching devices
z) model fractals
ANSWER: X -- SEGREGATE PARTICLES
GENR-92; Multiple Choice: In the United States, low sulfur coal can be found primarily in the:
w) northeast
x) southeast
y) midwest
z) west
ANSWER: Z -- WEST
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 15
GENR-92; Multiple Choice: Electric power is less expensive at night because:
w) more hydroelectric generation is brought on line at night.
x) there is less demand at night.
y) pollution control is less stringent at night.
z) power plants are more efficient at night.
ANSWER: X -- THERE IS LESS DEMAND AT NIGHT.
GENR-92; Short Answer: Name THREE TECHNIQUES for removing particulates from flue
gas produced from the combustion of coal?
ANSWER:
(1) ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION (ESP)
(2) FABRIC FILTER OR BAGHOUSE
(3) WET SCRUBBERS
(4) MECHANICAL COLLECTORS OR CYCLONES
GENR-92; Short Answer: Name TWO sorbents which are used in conventional wet scrubbing
processes to remove SO2 produced by combusting coal.
ANSWER: (1) LIME
(2) LIMESTONE
(3) SODIUM SULFITE OR NaCO3 OR NaOH
GENR-92; Short Answer: Name THREE gaseous components produced when coal is
combusted.
ANSWER: (1) CO2
(2) SO2
(3) NOX
(4) H2O
GENR-92; Multiple Choice: Electricity generated by coal-fired power plants i the United States
in 1990 was approximately what percentage of the entire electricity produced by all sources of
power production?
w) 10 percent
x) 25 percent
y) 55 percent
z) 90 percent
ANSWER: Y -- 55 PERCENT
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 16
GENR-92; Short Answer: The majority of the U.S. electricity generating plant use what
thermodynamic cycle?
ANSWER: RANKINE
GENR-92; Short Answer: Which continent has the largest KNOWN deposits of coal?
ANSWER: NORTH AMERICA
GENR-92; Multiple Choice: In a typical power plant used to generate electricity in the U.S., the
percentage of energy in the fuel that is converted to electricity is about:
w) 99 percent
x) 50 percent
y) 35 percent
z) 10 percent
ANSWER: Y -- 35 PERCENT
GENR-92; Short Answer: In electronic circuits, what name is given to a frequency discriminating
network designed to select or pass certain bands of frequencies with low attenuation and cause
very high attenuation to other frequencies?
ANSWER: FILTER
GENR-92; Short Answer: This bistable electronic device assumes one of two stable output
states, depending upon the state of the most recently applied input signal. In computer systems
this device is used for storing information. Name this common electronic device.
ANSWER: FLIP-FLOP or TOGGLE
GENR-92; Multiple Choice: In a certain electronic circuit the output is positive if input 1 is
positive and input 2 is zero. If both inputs are positive the output is zero. This is:
w) an AND circuit
x) a NOR circuit
y) an OR circuit
z) a high-pass filter
ANSWER: Y -- AN OR CIRCUIT
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 17
GENR-92; Multiple Choice: To reverse the direction of rotation of a three-phase AC induction
motor, do one of the following:
w) reverse any two of the three-phase connections
x) change the frequency of the applied AC power
y) operate the motor below the stall torque at very high slip
z) none of the above
ANSWER: W -- REVERSE ANY TWO OF THE THREE-PHASE CONNECTIONS
GENR-92; Multiple Choice: What are the three elements of a bipolar transistor? Are they the:
w) grid, plate, cathode
x) suppressor, deflector, target
y) energizer, controller, terminus
z) emitter, base, collector
ANSWER: Z -- EMITTER, BASE, COLLECTOR
GENR-92; Short ANSWER: W 10 pound bag of fertilizer carries the label 20-6-
ANSWER: 2 POUNDS
GENR-92; Multiple Choice: Seawater (i.e. saltwater) freezes at:
w) the same temperature as fresh water.
x) at a slightly higher temperature than fresh water.
y) at a slightly lower temperature than fresh water.
z) seawater does not freeze.
ANSWER: Y -- AT A SLIGHTLY LOWER TEMPERATURE THAN FRESH
WATER.
GENR-92; Multiple Choice: Nitrous oxide, commonly called laughing gas, has been a matter of
concern to environmentalists recently because:
w) it is thought to cause cancer at low concentrations.
x) it produces photochemical smog.
y) it is a greenhouse gas.
z) none of the above
ANSWER: Y -- IT IS A GREENHOUSE GAS.
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 18
GENR-92; Multiple Choice: Ozone in the upper atmosphere is produced from:
w) lightning
x) photochemical reactions
y) electrical appliances on Earth
z) model fractals
ANSWER: X -- PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS
GENR-92; Multiple Choice: Pollination by wind is called:
w) autogamy
x) entomophily
y) anemophily
z) ornithophily
ANSWER: Y -- ANEMOPHILY
GENR-92; Short Answer: What is the technique by which lasers are used to photograph objects
and reproduce them in three dimensions?
ANSWER: HOLOGRAPHY
GENR-92; Short Answer: Name the effect that is caused by scattering of light in colloids or
suspensions.
ANSWER: TYNDALL EFFECT
GENR-92; Short Answer: Name the type of camel that has two humps.
ANSWER: BACTRIAN
GENR-92; Short Answer: Name the California scientist who won the Nobel Prize in 1962 for
elucidating the details of the photosynthetic process.
ANSWER: (MELVIN) CALVIN
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 19
GENR-92; Multiple Choice: Glaucoma is treated by which of the following:
w) androgenic drug
x) androgenic blocking drug
y) cholinergic drug
z) anticholinergic drug
ANSWER: Y -- CHOLINERGIC DRUG
GENR-92; Multiple Choice: Atolls are most probably formed by:
w) a rise in the earth's crust
x) sand brought in from the mainland
y) collapse of the center of a volcano
z) coral reef upbuilding during subsidence
ANSWER: Z -- CORAL REEF UPBUILDING DURING SUBSIDENCE
GENR-92; Short Answer: Identify the tree family which includes among its members the: New
Mexico, Texas honey, thornless honey, water, black and honey. Name this tree family.
ANSWER: LOCUST
GENR-92; Short Answer: Name the order of insects which includes among its members the:
Hawk, Death's Head, Brown-Tail, Carpenter, Clear-Winged, Clothes and Gypsy. Name this
insect order.
ANSWER: MOTHS / BUTTERFLIES (accept Lepidopterw)
GENR-92; Short Answer: With many thousands of species, this is one of the largest families in
the plant kingdom. Identify this plant family which includes among its members the: Brome,
Love, Foxtail, Sudan, Buffalo, Saint Augustine, Burmuda and Blue.
ANSWER: GRASS or GRAMINACEAE
GENR-92; Short Answer: Give the name of the area of science concerned with the study of the
customs and societies of mankind.
ANSWER: WNTHROPOLOGY
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 20
GENR-92; Multiple Choice: Name the English naturalist who, while credited with being the
codeveloper of the theory of evolution by natural selection, is much less famous for this than his
codeveloper.
w) Erasmus Darwin
x) Robert Ludlow
y) Alfred Russel Wallace
z) Rudolf Virchow
ANSWER: Y -- ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
GENR-92; Short Answer: The acronym NEPA stands for what?
ANSWER: NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT
GENR-92; Multiple Choice: The U.S. population receives the largest dose of ionizing radiation
from:
w) natural sources.
x) fallout from nuclear weapons testing.
y) nuclear medicine.
z) nuclear power plants.
ANSWER: W -- NATURAL SOURCES.
GENR-92; Multiple Choice: The radioactive element most commonly detected in humans is:
w) potassium-40
x) cobalt-60
y) iodine-131
z) plutonium-238
ANSWER: W -- POTASSIUM-40
GENR-92; Multiple Choice: The largest breeder reactor built to date is located where?
w) USSR
x) Japan
y) France
z) United States
ANSWER: Y -- FRANCE
