1.
According to some scientists, the Earth's average, surface temperature is rising as a result of the green house effect. Increase in the atmospheric concentration of which of the following gases is considered to be primarily responsible?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
2.
Finding that a solution conducts an electric current shows conclusively that the solution
A. 
B. 
C. 
Is a good oxidizing agent
D. 
3.
1. Boron atom, atomic, number 5, atomic mass 13
II. Carbon atom, atomic number 6, atomic mass 11
III. Carbon atom, atomic number 6, atomic mass 12
IV. Nitrogen atom, atomic number 7, atomic mass 13
Consider the atoms described above. Which of the
following are isotopes of each other?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
4.
Some substances have no noticeable odor because
these substances
A. 
B. 
Can not lose the heat that must be lost before an odor can be detected
C. 
Have relativity few molecules escaping into the air
D. 
Do not have molecules with one of the two molecular arrangements required to give an odor
5.
Several vehicles, initially at a complete stop, begin a
long race at the same starting point. The vehicle that has
a constant value for which of the following is most likely
to win?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
6.
Which of the following statements is true of hurricanes
but not of tornadoes?
A. 
They form only over warm oceans.
B. 
They have very high winds
C. 
They may cause great property damage
D. 
They may cause human fatalities
7.
The agent most widely and most consistently at work
changing the appearance of the Earth’s surface is.
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
8.
A gelatinous sample of material from a previously
unexplored marine environment is thought to be living or
to be composed of recently living material. Which of the
following would most clearly confirm that the material
has a biological origin?
A. 
The presence of cells in the sample
B. 
The presence of hydrogen in the sample
C. 
Diffusion of material out of the sample
D. 
9.
Which of the following is most directly involved with
controlling levels of sugar in blood?
A. 
B. 
C. 
Thyroid-stimulating hormone
D. 
10.
In which of the following is the battery short-circuited?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
11.
A piece of paper that appears blue in sunlight is illuminated solely by a red light that is passed through a green filter. What color does the paper appear und4er this illumination?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
12.
What quantity of oxygen, O2, contains very nearly the same number of molecules as 36.0 grams of water, H20?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
13.
In an experiment to study the effect of a new fertilizer on the
growth of tall hybrid corn and dwarf hybrid corn, from
immediately after germination to ten days of growth, the data
below were obtained. Other growing conditions such as
water and sunlight were the same for both groups.
Which of the following is the most reasonable
conclusion that can be drawn from the data above?
A. 
The new fertilizer influences the growth of both corn varieties tested
B. 
The new fertilizer causes faster growth rate for both varieties than do other fertilizers.
C. 
The new fertilizer improves the root system of the
tall hybrid to a greater extent than it does that of the
dwarf hybrid
D. 
The new fertilizer is effective in producing faster
growth for both varieties for the first ten days only.
14.
The Earth’s seasons can be attributed primarily to which
of the following in conjunction with its revolution about
the Sun?
A. 
The tilt of the Earth’s axis of rotation relative to the
ecliptic
B. 
The varying amount of sunspot activity
C. 
The earths orbit about the Sun as an ellipse rather than a circle
D. 
The rotation of the Earth during a 24-hour day
15.
Of the following, which atom has the smallest atomic
radius?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
16.
Animals in which of the following groups may have a
backbone and a spinal cord?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
17.
Which of the following parts of the Sun is easily visible
only during a total solar eclipse?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
18.
The true length of a block of wood is 1.010 cm. Three
measurements of this block produced the following
values: 1.4 cm, 1.2 cm, and 0.9 cm. Which of the
following statements is true concerning these
measurements?
A. 
They are precise and accurate
B. 
They are precise but not accurate
C. 
They are accurate but not precise
D. 
They are neither precise nor accurate