Biology MCQ Questions Answers

1. The age of the ocean floor is greatest in subduction zones or _____.

2. The receptor potential is generated at the _______.

3. Multigene families arise as a result of __________.

4. More than _______ percent of north americans suffer back pain in their lifetime.

5. Terrestrial biomes include all of the following regions except the _________ region.

6. The term _____ means abnormally increased carbon dioxide in the blood.

7. Similar species can coexist in a community by using _________.

8. In classical conditioning, a stimulus is used to provoke or elicit a response that __________.

9. Parasitic infections are a primary cause of ________ in many regions of the globe.

10. _____ means "jointed feet."

11. An argument can be made that habituation is not a form of learning, because ___________.

12. Among animals, sponges are unique in that they _____.

13. The use of biofeedback to monitor and control brain wave activity is known as ________.

14. Tiktaalik is an example of a transitional form linking __________ to ancestral __________.

15. The phylum of radiata you will be observing today are the _______.

16. The fossil called lucy is a member of the species ___, which lived about 3.18 million years ago.

17. Sharks have ________________ skeletons, whereas salmon have _______________ skeletons.

18. Nekton include all animals that _____.

19. Modal action patterns are elicited or induced by events called __________.

20. Gastrulation is the process that directly forms the _____. see concept 32.3 (page 679)

21. The term nettles, hives, or ______________ refers to a rash that may be characterized by wheals.

22. A ________ assay is most useful for determining the viability of a viral preparation.

23. Candidates for the original source of viral genomes include __________.

24. All of the following types of viruses have envelopes except __________.

25. The ________ of a virion determines the type of cell it enters.

26. Infection by ________ accounts for nearly half of all reported cases of vulvovaginitis.

27. A varico/cele is the __________ of the veins in the scrotum (male pouch).

28. A ____ is the procedure that frees a kidney from adhesions.

29. On average the kidneys receive approximately _____ of the cardiac output.

30. For his genital herpes, the patient takes ________.

31. Currently, approximately ________ of americans believe that homosexuality is morally wrong.

32. An odalisque, a turkish harem girl, was the subject of a painting by ________.

33. The two types of celibacy are ____ and ____.

34. In comparison to activating effects, organizing effects of hormones take place ____.

35. The capacity of stress to ________ would predispose an organism to develop an infectious illness.

36. One way that estrogen increases sexual responsiveness is by ____.

37. ____ steer new axonal branches and synapses in the right direction.

38. Autoreceptors monitor the ____.

39. After cells have differentiated as neurons or glia, they ____.

40. The human brain starts to resemble a _____________ by the 28th day of embryonic development.

41. The ________ plays a key role in the extinction of drug responding.

42. Humans exposed to the stress of ________ show evidence of brain degeneration in ct scans.

43. Deep brain stimulation of the ________ can alleviate the symptoms of parkinson's disease.

44. More cases of child abuse are perpetrated by _____________ than any other group.

45. Olfactory information is coded in receptor cells through ____.

46. _______ is a sound quality whereby a sound is heard to be of higher or lower pitch.

47. A melody is defined by the _______, rather than by an exact sequence of sound frequencies.

48. For an association claim, you should interrogate all of the following validities except __________.

49. A study finds a correlation coefficient of r = .32 and reports p < .05. the p is a/an ________.

50. Empowerment and egalitarianism are the basis of the ________ therapeutic relationship.

51. A tonotopic map refers to a(n) ____.

52. A symptom of right-hemisphere parietal lobe damage is the tendency to ignore the ____.

53. A person who sees spoken language or music may be experiencing ____.

54. A neuron excretes neurotransmitters through its membrane by a process called ____.

55. Organisms contribute to soils formation by ________.

56. ________ is a soil texture in which none of the three main soil separates dominates the other two.

57. In c3 plants the conservation of water promotes _____.

58. The consensus definition of drug abuse arrived at by rinaldi et al. centers on ___________.

59. The examination is the ____ portion of the e/m service.

60. Inhalation of nitrous oxide is extremely dangerous __________.

61. The drug efficacy study investigation (desi) examined __________.

62. The field of pharmacology is allied with ___________.

63. Epinephrine stimulates the ________ response, increasing blood pressure and relieving bronchospasm

64. The routes of enteral medications include _____ medications.

65. A reasonable circumference for a newborn babys head would be _____ cm.

66. When calculating dosages, you should remember that ____.

67. Medication that relieves pain but also slows respiration _____.

68. Solvent intoxication is similar to alcohol intoxication except for the fact that __________.

69. The recommended treatment for absorbed or contact poisons includes _________.

70. Most tranquilizers reduce anxiety by ____.

71. Most poisonings occur via the __________ route.

72. Phenotype is the ____________; phenotype is dictated by ________________.

73. In chronic glomerulonephritis, an ultrasound or ct will reveal _____.

74. Studies of the genetics of autism spectrum disorders indicate that ____.

75. Mental health disorders typically arise from an interaction between _____ factors.

76. A cell that does not contain a multiple of 23 chromosomes is called a _____ cell.

77. Among dying patients, hopelessness is a symptom of ____.

78. Accumulated cell products that are never enclosed in a unit membrane are called ____________.

79. Variables that determine an athlete's energy needs include ________.

80. When the wild-type allele is mutated, resulting in tumorigenesis, this process is called, ________.

81. Vitamin _____ is required for normal clotting factor synthesis by the _____.

82. Shotgun wounds produce ____ than single bullets.

83. The stanford-binet 5 is to _____ as the wais-iv is to _____.

84. What bleuler meant by schizophrenia was a split between ____ and ____ aspects of experience.

85. The ____ mobilizes the body for action in a fight/flight situation.

86. Brains of people with antisocial personality disorder often exhibit _____ activity in the _____.

87. Anterior cruciate ligament integrity is assessed via the _____ test.

88. Humans are the definitive host for __________, which is a type of __________.

89. Remains or traces of organisms preserved in rock are called _______.

90. __________________ is a paleontologist who studies whales.

91. The body makes antibodies against its own myelin in the diseases of ________ and ________.

92. Just over _____ children had hemispherectomies at johns hopkins between 1975 and 2001.

93. Blindsight suggests that some parts of the brain may play a special role in ___________________

94. Pathological conditions that cause albuminuria include ________.

95. Parkinsonism is characterized by the loss of _____

96. The complete termination of metabolic processes is called _______________ death.

97. Bidirectional, instantaneous synaptic transmission is typical of __________.

98. The nucleus basalis is a key part of the brains system for ____.

99. A/an ______ is administered to temporarily relieve anxiety and to reduce tension.

100. Normally, sodium and potassium leakage channels differ because ___________________.