GED Science Test #4

Question 1

A student hypothesizes that ingesting a teaspoon of raw honey will keep pollen-allergic people from sneezing.
She conducts an experiment to verify her theory.
What's the name of the dependent variable?

Accepted Answer

Sneezing

Answer

Pollen

Answer

Raw Honey

Answer

Eating

Question 2

Plants and animals can be breed to have useful characteristics. Humans can alter an organism's genotype by choosing which animals are permitted to breed. What did Dave call this type of evolution in organisms?

Accepted Answer

Artificial selection

Answer

Hybridism

Answer

Natural selection

Answer

Survival of the fittest

Question 3

In 1957, which country launched the first satellite into space?

Accepted Answer

Russia

Answer

United States

Answer

Korea

Answer

Germany

Question 4

In a chemical experiment, 1025 milliliters of water are combined with 175 milliliters of motor oil in a beaker.
1000 milliliters Equals 1 liter
How many liters of liquid remains in the beaker after adding the water?

Accepted Answer

1.2

Answer

1,300

Answer

1,100,000

Answer

01.3

Question 5

The type of light used in a lab experiment to measure the rate at which plants grow under artificial light is which type of variable?

Accepted Answer

Independent

Answer

Dependent

Answer

Responding

Answer

Random

Question 6

Pea plants are known for their purple flowers, yellow seeds, and inflated seed pods. White blooms, green seeds, and restricted seed pods are recessive features. What percentage of the progeny will have yellow flowers if a plant that is homozygous dominant for flower color is crossed with a plant that is heterozygous for flower color?

Accepted Answer

0%

Answer

50%

Answer

30%

Answer

90%

Question 7

Animals that only eat plants are referred to as:

Accepted Answer

Primary Consumers

Answer

Primary Producers

Answer

Tertiary Consumers

Answer

Secondary Consumers

Question 8

When two or more atoms form an ionic bond, which of the following is exchanged?

Accepted Answer

valence electrons

Answer

electrical charges

Answer

neutrons

Answer

transitory electrons

Question 9

Except for one, the rate of a chemical reaction is determined by all of the following factors.

Accepted Answer

amount of mass lost.

Answer

presence of catalysts.

Answer

temperature.

Answer

surface area.

Question 10

A group of computers that are linked together in order to share resources is known as a computer network. The amount of time it takes for a packet of data to go from one specified place to another is referred to as network latency. Minimizing network latency is crucial for computer networks to function properly.

Which of the subsequent modifications would reduce network latency? To determine latency, apply the following equations:

Accepted Answer

Decrease packet size

Answer

Decrease speed

Answer

Increase distance

Answer

Decrease transmission rate

A student hypothesizes that ingesting a teaspoon of raw honey will keep pollen-allergic people from sneezing.She conducts an experiment to verify her theory.What's the name of the dependent variable?

A student hypothesizes that ingesting a teaspoon of raw honey will keep pollen-allergic people from sneezing.
She conducts an experiment to verify her theory.
What's the name of the dependent variable?