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(C) 18 inches (B) pressure
(D) 20 inches (C) temperature
(D) time
49. When two forces act on an object in opposite directions,
the resultant force is equal to the 58. The number of degrees on the Fahrenheit
(A) difference between the forces thermometer between the freezing point and the
(B) ratio of the forces boiling point of water is
(C) product of the forces (A) 100 degrees
(D) sum of the forces (B) 212 degrees
(C) 180 degrees
50. The moon is a (D) 273 degrees
(A) star
(B) satellite 59. An observer on Earth sees the phases of the moon
(C) planetoid because the
(D) planet (A) moon revolves around the sun
(B) moon revolves around the earth
51. Which one of the following is NOT a fruit? (C) earth revolves around the sun
(A) Potato (D) moon rotates on its axis
(B) Tomato
(C) Cucumber 60. Which of the following diseases is NOT caused by a
(D) Green pepper pathogenic bacteria?
(A) Rabies
52. The hammer, anvil, and stirrup bones lie in the (B) Tetanus
(A) knee (C) Typhoid fever
(B) hip (D) Tuberculosis
(C) ear
(D) elbow 61. A vector is used to represent force. The length of the
vector indicates its
53. Of the following, a condition NOT associated with (A) direction
heavy cigarette smoking is (B) magnitude
(A) shorter life span (C) magnitude and direction
(B) slowing of the heartbeat (D) velocity
(C) cancer of the lung
(D) heart disease 62. Of the following, the statement that best describes a
“high” on a weather map is that air
54. You are most likely to develop hypothermia when (A) extends farther up than normal
(A) it is very hot and you have nothing to drink (B) pressure is greater than normal
(B) you are bitten by a rabid dog (C) temperature is higher than normal
(C) you fall asleep in the sun (D) moves faster than normal
(D) it is very cold and your clothes are wet.
63. The smallest particle of gold that still retains the
55. If you are caught away from home during a characteristics of gold is a(n)
thunderstorm, the safest place to be is (A) molecule
(A) in a car (B) proton
(B) under a tree (C) electron
(C) in an open field (D) atom
(D) at the top of a small hill
64. Narcotics may be dangerous if used without
56. During a thunderstorm, we see a lightning bolt before supervision, but they are useful in medicine because
we hear the sound of the accompanying thunder chiefly they
because the (A) increase production of red blood cells
(A) eye is more sensitive than the ear. (B) kill bacteria
(B) wind interferes with the sound of the thunder. (C) relieve pain
(C) storm may be very far away. (D) stimulate the heart
(D) speed of light is much greater than the speed of
sound. 65. The primary reason why fungi are often found in
growing in abundance deep in the forest is that
57. The Kelvin (K) unit is used to measure
(A) density
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