Practice Test (Survey of Natural Sciences) Flashcards
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Which gas law states that volume is inversely proportional to pressure at constant temperature?
Answer: Boyle's law
Boyle's law relates pressure and volume inversely at fixed temperature.
Enzymes increase reaction rates primarily by doing what?
Answer: Lowering activation energy
Enzymes are catalysts that lower the activation energy of reactions.
Which blood vessels carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the body?
Answer: Arteries
Systemic arteries carry oxygen-rich blood from the heart to tissues.
What is the oxidation state of sulfur in sulfuric acid (H2SO4)?
Answer: +6
With H at +1 and O at -2, sulfur must be +6 to balance the neutral molecule.
Which structure in plant cells is responsible for photosynthesis?
Answer: Chloroplast
Chloroplasts contain chlorophyll and carry out photosynthesis.
A solution with a pH of 3 is best described as:
Answer: Acidic
A pH below 7 indicates an acidic solution.
Which type of RNA carries amino acids to the ribosome during translation?
Answer: tRNA
Transfer RNA delivers amino acids matching the mRNA codons.