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Which of the following vessels carries oxygenated blood?

A. Inferior vena cava

B. Pulmonary vein

C. Pulmonary artery

D. Superior vena cava

Answer Explanation:

Pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart. Pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs.
Superior and inferior vena cava bring in deoxygenated blood from all other parts of the body to the heart.

Therefore, the Correct Answer is B.

More Questions on TEAS 7 Science

  • Q #1: Which of the following are structural features of the trachea?

    A. C-shaped cartilage

    B. Smooth muscle fibers

    C. Cilia

    D. All of the above

    Answer Explanation

  • Q #2: Which of Mendel's laws or principles states that gametes carry one allele for each trait?

    A. law of segregation

    B. independent assortment

    C. gene segregation

    D. phenotype assortment

    Answer Explanation

  • Q #3: The Life Cycle of HIV Which of the following allows the AIDS virus, which contains RNA, to insert viral DNA into the DNA of a host T-cell after the AIDS virus enters the cell?

    A. Receptor proteins located on the surface of the virus

    B. The protein that makes up the capsid of the virus

    C. Reverse transcriptase, an enzyme encoded by the virus

    D. The phospholipids found on the envelope of the virus

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    The AIDS virus (HIV virus) is Class VI or Group VI in the Baltimore Classification. Based on the Baltimore Classification, this specifically involves the reverse transcriptase enzyme and it is encoded by the virus.

    This is the enzyme that will produce DNA molecules from the viral RNA. This is the mechanism involved where it will use the reverse transcriptase enzyme to insert viral DNA into the genetic material of the host cell.

  • Q #4: Which of the following best describes veins?

    A. thick walled, small lumens, low pressure, lack valves

    B. thin walled, large lumens, low pressure, have valves

    C. thin walled, small lumens, high pressure, have valves

    D. thick walled, large lumens, high pressure, lack valves

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  • Q #5: Which of the following are used to determine a person’s DNA sequence?

    A. Genes

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    C. Hormones

    D. Blood types

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  • Q #6: The ________ circulation picks up oxygen for cellular use and drops off carbon dioxide for removal from the body.

    A. pulmonary

    B. interlobular

    C. respiratory

    D. bronchial

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    Our blood flow is separated into two major pathways, listed below:

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  • Q #7: Which of the following statements best supports the hypothesis that viruses can cause cancer?

    A. Cellular DNA has sequences related to viral sequences

    B. Cancerous and normal cells share genetic sequences

    C. Genes that regulate cell division are found in some viruses

    D. Viruses and cancer cells both replicate rapidly

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    Cancer is a condition caused by unregulated division of abnormal cells in parts of the body. For a virus to survive in an organism, it must enter into the host’s cell and take control of the cell’s most activities in order to be able to reproduce and replicate.

    Some of the viruses achieve this by inserting their DNA or RNA to that of the host cell. This has a highly likelihood of affecting the DNA or RNA of a host (living organism) which alters their genes, which may lead to host cells becoming cancerous.

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    B. 2 red, 2 white

    C. 1 red, 3 white

    D. 3 red, 1 white

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    We use the Punnet square to find the population of the resulting offspring from the crossing of a plant heterozygous for red flowers with a plant with white flowers.

    Let R be the dominant allele for red while r is the recessive allele color for red. Therefore, the phenotype for parent 1 which is heterozygous for red flower will be Rr and the second parent with white flowers will be rr.

    We cross the two phenotypes in a Punnet square as follows

     

    r

    r

    R

    Rr

    Rr

    r

    rr

    rr

     

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    C. 12

    D. 3

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    The atom is identified by the atomic number in the periodic table. The atomic number is equal to the number of protons and mass number is the sum of the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom. Thus, to find how many neutrons are in lithium atom we use the formula below.

    Mass number = number of protons + number of neutrons.

    Letting n be number of neutrons in the lithium atom, we have

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    Rearranging the above equation

    3+n=7

    n=7-3

    n=4

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    A. Filtration

    B. Titration

    C. Electrophoresis

    D. Spectrophotometry

    Answer Explanation

    Electrophoresis is a lab method that is commonly used to separate charge molecules based on their size. Some of the charged molecules include DNA, RNA, and proteins.