DAT Practice Test (Survey of Natural Sciences) 3

Question 1

Which gas law states that volume is inversely proportional to pressure at constant temperature?

Accepted Answer

Boyle's law

Answer

Charles's law

Answer

Avogadro's law

Answer

Dalton's law

Question 2

Enzymes increase reaction rates primarily by doing what?

Accepted Answer

Lowering activation energy

Answer

Increasing temperature

Answer

Adding reactants

Answer

Changing equilibrium

Question 3

Which blood vessels carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the body?

Accepted Answer

Arteries

Answer

Veins

Answer

Capillaries

Answer

Venules

Question 4

What is the oxidation state of sulfur in sulfuric acid (H2SO4)?

Accepted Answer

+6

Answer

+4

Answer

+2

Answer

-2

Question 5

Which structure in plant cells is responsible for photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

Chloroplast

Answer

Mitochondrion

Answer

Vacuole

Answer

Nucleus

Question 6

A solution with a pH of 3 is best described as:

Accepted Answer

Acidic

Answer

Neutral

Answer

Basic

Answer

Amphoteric

Question 7

Which type of RNA carries amino acids to the ribosome during translation?

Accepted Answer

tRNA

Answer

mRNA

Answer

rRNA

Answer

snRNA