GED Science Latest 2023-2024 /Complete Questions
And Answers
Quiz :Abiogenesis - Answer :Belief that livings things may develop from lifeless
matter
Quiz :Acid - Answer :A compound that In water produces hydrogen ions,
usually tastes sour, a pH less than 7
Quiz :Acid rain - Answer :rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere
when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides)
combine with water
Quiz :Alloy - Answer :Homogenous mixture composed of two or more metals
Quiz :Amoeba - Answer :A type of Protozoan that has no permanent shape
Quiz :Amorphous - Answer :having no definite form or distinct shape
Quiz :Amplitude - Answer :The maximum value of a wave or vibration
Quiz :Anaerobic respiration - Answer :Fermentation, or respiration in the
absence of oxygen
Quiz :Anemia - Answer :lack of a normal number of red blood cells
Quiz :Anode - Answer :Positive electrode of an electrolytic cell; negative
terminal of a battery; negative plate of a vacuum tube; site where oxidation
occurs
Quiz :Antibiotic - Answer :compound that blocks the growth and reproduction
of bacteria
Quiz :Antibody - Answer :A protein, usually in the blood of an organism, that
serves to counteract the effects of disease-producing bacteriabor viruses
Quiz :Antidote - Answer :a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a
poison
,Quiz :Anticeptic - Answer :A substance that prevents the growth or activity of
bacteria
Quiz :Antitoxin - Answer :Substance in the body neutralizes toxins
Quiz :Appendix - Answer :Wormlike, narrow part of the alimentary canal, in
the lower right-hand part of the human abdomen
Quiz :Armature - Answer :A piece of metal or a coil of wire that moves back
and forth, or rotates, in a magnetic field
Quiz :Artery - Answer :a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
to the periphery of the body
Quiz :Arthropods - Answer :A group of organisms that have jointed
appendages, an exoskeleton, bilateral symmetry, and reproduce sexually;
insects, arachnids, millipedes and cenitpedes, and crustaceans
Quiz :Ascorbic acid - Answer :Vitamin C; found in citrus fruits, tomatoes, and
green vegetables
Quiz :Aseptic - Answer :Free of living bacteria
Quiz :Asexual reproduction - Answer :Producing offspring without inion of
individulaln or germ cells
Quiz :Assimilation - Answer :Process by which digested food is utilized by the
body to build up or repair cells
Quiz :Assimilation - Answer :Process by which digested food is utilized by the
body to build up or repair cells
Quiz :Asteroid - Answer :One of a group of "minor plants" between Mars and
Jupiter, of which about 1,500 are known
Quiz :Atmosphere - Answer :The whole mass of gases surrounding a planet
Quiz :Atom - Answer :smallest particle of an element, consisting of a nucleus
surrounded bynelectrons
, Quiz :Atomic fission - Answer :The breaking down of an atomic nucleus, into
two or more parts, with a great release of energy
Quiz :Atomic fusion - Answer :The joining of atomic nuclei to form heavier
nuclei, such as deuterium (heavy hydrogen) and tritium (another isotope of
hydrogen) to make helium, resulting in the release of enormous quantities of
energy
Quiz :Auricle - Answer :An upper chamber of the heart thatnreceives blood
from the veins-also called the atrium
Quiz :Autotroph - Answer :Organism (a green plant) that nourishes itself by
making organic materials out of inorganic
Quiz :Auxin - Answer :a plant hormone that promotes root formation and bud
growth
Quiz :Bacteria - Answer :(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical
or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission
Quiz :Balance in Nature - Answer :the balence of animals and palntes in their
enviroment
Quiz :Barometer - Answer :an instrument that measures atmospheric
pressure
Quiz :Basel Metabolism - Answer :A term used to discribe the amount of
energy the body expends when in a inactive or basic (basal) state.
Quiz :Base - Answer :any of various water-soluble compounds capable of
turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
Quiz :Bedrock - Answer :solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface
deposits of soil
Quiz :Benign Tumor - Answer :a tumor that is not cancerous
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