Test your basic knowledge |

CSET Subject 2: Science

Subjects : cset, science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Material inside the cell membrane -- not including the nucleus






2. States that all of the Earth's continents at one time were joined as a single 'super - continent' called Pangaea. Over time - the continents drifted apart.






3. Is an object's rate of motion = Distance/Time






4. Plants response to gravity






5. When the Moon or the Sun are pulling at perpendicular angles we get less extreme tides.






6. Calories






7. 1. Law of Inertia 2. Law of Acceleration 3. Law of Reciprocal Actions

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


8. Occur because the shadow of the Earth or the Moon is cast onto the other body.






9. 1. igneous 2. metamorphic 3. sedimentary






10. 1. evaporation 2. condensation 3. precipitation 4. infiltration 5. runoff






11. 1. solid 2. liquid 3. gas






12. A fairly typical main sequence star.






13. Because carbon bonds readily with a variety of different elements and compounds - making possible the great chemical complexity necessary for life.






14. Require a medium and travel much slower than light.






15. 1. hair 2. warm - blooded 3. live birth 4. nurses their young






16. Occurs when heat is transmitted in the form of electromagnetic waves.






17. Illustrates the relationship between absolute magnitude - luminosity - classification and effective temperature of stars.






18. Begin as huge clouds of dust and other particles called nebulas.






19. 1. convergent 2. divergent 3. transform






20. Cellular division creating diploid cells which are typically capable of beginning the process again.






21. 1. gravity 2. magnetism 3. friction (think of a falling sheet of paper vs. a falling book)






22. A group which resembles the experimental group in all other ways - but on which the hypothesis is not tested. In some clinical trials the control group is given a placebo.






23. Converts energy from food to energy the cell can use






24. Thin - flexible barrier around a cell; regulates what enters and leaves the cell






25. The types of organisms an ecosystem can support is primarily determined by the amount of...






26. Unless an object is moving in a vacuum - the object causes...






27. Protects and supports the cell






28. A material that can be separated by physical means into two or more substances.






29. 1. by row 2. atomic number and mass increase as you move left to right and top to bottom






30. Is the measure of the presence of hydrogen ions in a substance.






31. A bond formed when atoms share one or more of their valence electrons.






32. Stored energy






33. 1. egg 2. larvae 3. pupae/crysalis 4. imago/adult butterfly






34. 1. inner core 2. outer core 3. mantle 4. crust






35. Is something that starts a chemical reaction - such as a spark.






36. Occurs when heat is transferred due to fast moving atoms and molecules colliding with slower ones in a neighboring region.






37. Is the smallest unit of an element that still has the properties of that element.






38. Are a progressive disturbance propagated from point to point (with regularity between points)






39. 1. mutualism 2. parasitism 3. commensalism






40. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.






41. 1. neutral charge 2. located in the nucleus 3. mass is 1 AMU






42. Causes beneficial traits to be propagated and detrimental traits to be eliminated.






43. Is a homogeneous mixture in which one substance has dissolved into the other - example: salt water






44. Grain like organelles that produce proteins






45. Duplicates genetic material






46. 1. positive charge 2. located in nucleus 3. mass is 1 AMU






47. Is a change from one state to another without a change in chemical composition.






48. Radioactively decay back into their 'normal' forms over time






49. Phase where spindle grows and which cuts the cell






50. An atom with an imbalanced charge







Sorry!:) No result found.

Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?


Let me suggest you:

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests



Major Subjects

Tests & Exams


AP
CLEP
DSST
GRE
SAT
GMAT

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests