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MCAT Verbal Quiz # MCAT/M48

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n. diffraction
(a) change in the directions and intensities of a group of waves after passing by a barrier
(b) transmission of light through a surface
(c) swelling of a part of the body due to abnormal fluid collection in the spaces between the cells
(d) the waxy substance on the surface of the leaf
 
pref. xeno-
(a) pref. relating to the lungs
(b) pref. of the kidney
(c) pref. foreign
(d) pref. over; excess; high
 
n. constituent
(a) white outer coat of the eye
(b) part making up something; component
(c) the developmental stage between childhood and adulthood where full sexual maturity is reached
(d) speed
 
n. syphilis
(a) frequent and excessive bowel motions
(b) amount of times a particular phenomenon occurs within a specified interval
(c) spatial shape or position; the process of making something
(d) a sexually transmitted disease
 
n. photosynthesis
(a) collection of tissues that perform a specialized function
(b) outer covering of the cerebrum responsible for consciousness, memory, intellect, voluntary activity and sensory perception
(c) fatty acids containing several double carbon-carbon bonds and are not fully saturated with hydrogens
(d) process where plants take in light and carbon dioxide to make glucose

 

n. addition-elimination reaction
(a) a range of difference
(b) a bond connecting atoms of different electronegativity
(c) the jawbone
(d) describes a process where two molecules add together causing another molecule to removed (such as water)
 
v. ionize
(a) to separate or dissociate into ions
(b) to apply to; to advocate
(c) to control
(d) to transfer one form of energy into another form
 
pref. hyper-
(a) pref. foreign
(b) pref. means around
(c) pref. of the kidney
(d) pref. over; excess; high
 
n. action potential
(a) electrical impulse that passes along a muscle or nerve cell to carry information
(b) inability to hear
(c) burning pain the chest area due to reflux of stomach acid; indigestion
(d) the end of life and all functions
 
n. homeostasis
(a) the process that maintains balance or equilibrium of an organism's internal environment
(b) expulsion of a fetus before it is able to survive independently
(c) master endocrine gland which is attached to the hypothalamus at the base of the brain
(d) the contents

n. diffraction (a) change in the directions and intensities of a group of waves after passing by a barrier
pref. xeno- (c) pref. foreign
n. constituent (b) part making up something; component
n. syphilis (d) a sexually transmitted disease
n. photosynthesis (d) process where plants take in light and carbon dioxide to make glucose
n. addition-elimination reaction (d) describes a process where two molecules add together causing another molecule to removed (such as water)
v. ionize (a) to separate or dissociate into ions
pref. hyper- (d) pref. over; excess; high
n. action potential (a) electrical impulse that passes along a muscle or nerve cell to carry information
n. homeostasis (a) the process that maintains balance or equilibrium of an organism's internal environment


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