GED Science (All possible questions with 100% correct answers)
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GED - General Educational Development
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GED - General Educational Development
Abiogenesis correct answers Belief that livings things may develop from lifeless matter
Acid correct answers A compound that In water produces hydrogen ions, usually tastes sour, a pH less than 7
Acid rain correct answers rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas e...
GED Science (All possible questions with 100% correct answers)
Abiogenesis correct answers Belief that livings things may develop from lifeless matter
Acid correct answers A compound that In water produces hydrogen ions, usually tastes sour, a pH less than 7
Acid rain correct answers rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water
Alloy correct answers Homogenous mixture composed of two or more metals
Amoeba correct answers A type of Protozoan that has no permanent shape
Amorphous correct answers having no definite form or distinct shape
Amplitude correct answers The maximum value of a wave or vibration
Anaerobic respiration correct answers Fermentation, or respiration in the absence of oxygen
Anemia correct answers lack of a normal number of red blood cells
Anode correct answers Positive electrode of an electrolytic cell; negative terminal of a battery; negative plate of a vacuum tube; site where oxidation occurs
Antibiotic correct answers compound that blocks the growth and reproduction of bacteria
Antibody correct answers A protein, usually in the blood of an organism, that serves to counteract the effects of disease-producing bacteriabor viruses
Antidote correct answers a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison
Anticeptic correct answers A substance that prevents the growth or activity of bacteria
Antitoxin correct answers Substance in the body neutralizes toxins
Appendix correct answers Wormlike, narrow part of the alimentary canal, in the lower right-
hand part of the human abdomen
Armature correct answers A piece of metal or a coil of wire that moves back and forth, or rotates,
in a magnetic field
Artery correct answers a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart to the periphery of the body Arthropods correct answers A group of organisms that have jointed appendages, an exoskeleton, bilateral symmetry, and reproduce sexually; insects, arachnids, millipedes and cenitpedes, and crustaceans
Ascorbic acid correct answers Vitamin C; found in citrus fruits, tomatoes, and green vegetables
Aseptic correct answers Free of living bacteria
Asexual reproduction correct answers Producing offspring without inion of individulaln or germ cells
Assimilation correct answers Process by which digested food is utilized by the body to build up or repair cells
Assimilation correct answers Process by which digested food is utilized by the body to build up or repair cells
Asteroid correct answers One of a group of "minor plants" between Mars and Jupiter, of which about 1,500 are known
Atmosphere correct answers The whole mass of gases surrounding a planet
Atom correct answers smallest particle of an element, consisting of a nucleus surrounded bynelectrons
Atomic fission correct answers The breaking down of an atomic nucleus, into two or more parts, with a great release of energy
Atomic fusion correct answers 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
Auricle correct answers An upper chamber of the heart thatnreceives blood from the veins-also called the atrium
Autotroph correct answers Organism (a green plant) that nourishes itself by making organic materials out of inorganic
Auxin correct answers a plant hormone that promotes root formation and bud growth
Bacillus correct answers aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium
Bacteria correct answers (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-
shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission Balance in Nature correct answers the balence of animals and palntes in their enviroment
Barometer correct answers an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
Basel Metabolism correct answers A term used to discribe the amount of energy the body expends when in a inactive or basic (basal) state.
Base correct answers any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and
reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
Bedrock correct answers solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil
Benign Tumor correct answers a tumor that is not cancerous
Bile correct answers a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder
Binomal Nomenclature correct answers the naming system for organism in wich each organsim is given a two part name-a genus name of different species in an area
Biome correct answers a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate
Biospy correct answers taking out and examining living tissue from a living thing
Brain correct answers that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers
Bronchial Tube correct answers one of the pair of tubes that branch off from the trachea and go into the lungs
Calorie correct answers unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure
Cancer correct answers any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
Capillary correct answers long and slender with a very small internal diameter
Capacitor correct answers An electrical device used to store electrical charge.
Carbohydrate correct answers an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals
Carbon Dioxide correct answers a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances
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