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Invitational A 2015
GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
Ninety minutes should be ample time to complete this contest, but since it is not a race, contestants
may take up to two hours. If you are in the process of actually writing an answer when the signal
to stop is given, you may finish writing that answer.
Papers may not be turned in until 30 minutes have elapsed. If you finish the test in less than
30 minutes, remain at your seat and retain your paper until told to do otherwise. You may use this
time to check your answers.
All answers must be written on the answer sheet provided. Indicate your answers in the appropriate
blanks provided on the answer sheet.
You may place as many notations as you desire anywhere on the test paper except on the answer
sheet, which is reserved for answers only.
You may use additional scratch paper provided by the contest director.
All questions have ONE and only ONE correct (BEST) answer. There is a penalty for all incorrect
answers.
On the back of this page is printed a copy of the periodic table of the elements. You may wish to
refer to this table in answering the questions, and if needed, you may use the atomic weights and
atomic numbers from the table. Other scientific relationships are listed also.
Silent hand-held calculators that do not need external wall plugs may be used. Graphing calculators
that do not have built-in or stored functionality that provides additional scientific information
are allowed. Small hand-held computers are not permitted. Calculators that accept memory cards
or memory sticks are not permitted. Each contestant may bring one spare calculator.
All memory must be cleared.
SCORING:
All questions will receive 6 points if answered correctly; no points will be given or subtracted
if unanswered; 2 points will be deducted for an incorrect answer.
8A
18
H
1.008
2A
3A
4A
5A
6A
7A
13
14
15
16
17
He
4.003
10
Li
Be
Ne
6.941
9.012
10.81
12.01
14.01
16.00
19.00
20.18
11
12
13
Na
Mg
22.99
24.31
19
20
3B
4B
5B
6B
7B
8B
8B
8B
1B
2B
10
11
12
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
14
15
16
17
18
Al
Si
Cl
Ar
26.98
28.09
30.97
32.07
35.45
39.95
31
32
33
34
35
36
Ca
Sc
Ti
Cr
Mn
Fe
Co
Ni
Cu
Zn
Ga
Ge
As
Se
Br
Kr
39.10
40.08
44.96
47.87
50.94
52.00
54.94
55.85
58.93
58.69
63.55
65.41
69.72
72.64
74.92
78.96
79.90
83.80
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
Rb
Sr
Zr
Nb
Mo
Tc
Ru
Rh
Pd
Ag
Cd
In
Sn
Sb
Te
Xe
85.47
87.62
88.91
91.22
92.91
95.94
(98)
101.07
102.91
106.42
107.87
112.41
114.82
118.71
121.76
127.60
126.90
131.29
55
56
57
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
Cs
Ba
La
Hf
Ta
Re
Os
Ir
Pt
Au
Hg
Tl
Pb
Bi
Po
At
Rn
132.91
137.33
138.91
178.49
180.95
183.84
186.21
190.23
192.22
195.08
196.97
200.59
204.38
207.20
208.98
(209)
(210)
(222)
87
88
89
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
Fr
Ra
Ac
Rf
Db
Sg
Bh
Hs
Mt
Ds
Rg
Cn
(223)
(226)
(227)
(261)
(262)
(266)
(264)
(277)
(268)
(281)
(272)
(285)
58
59
60
Ce
Pr
140.12
140.91
90
91
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
Nd Pm Sm
Eu
Gd
Tb
Dy
Ho
Er
Tm
Yb
Lu
144.24
151.96
157.25
158.93
162.50
164.93
167.26
168.93
173.04
174.97
92
(145)
93
150.36
94
Th
Pa
Np
Pu
232.04
231.04
238.03
(237)
(244)
95
96
Am Cm
(243)
(247)
97
98
99
Bk
Cf
Es
(247)
(251)
(252)
100
101
102
103
Fm Md No
(257)
(258)
(259)
Lr
(262)
symbol
value
density of water
density of ice
water
ice
specific heats
ice
water
steam
cice
cwater
csteam
1.000 g cm-3
0.9167 g cm-3
heat of fusion
Hfus or Lf
334 J g-1
heat of
vaporization
Hvap or Lv
index of
refraction
autoionization
n
Kw
2260 J g-1
1.33
1.0 10-14
Pressure
1 atm
760 torr
101325 Pa
14.7 psi
105 Pa
100 kPa
1 cal
4.184 J
1 L atm
101.325 J
1 Cal
1 kcal
1 hp
746 W
1 eV
1.602 10-19 J
1 bar
Energy
value
symbol
universal gas
constant
property
electron rest
mass
me
Plancks
constant
Plancks
reduced
constant
h/2
proton mass
mp
1.6726 10-27 kg
1.00728 u
938.3 MeV c-2
neutron mass
mn
1.6749 10-27 kg
1.008665 u
939.6 MeV c-2
atomic mass
unit
1.6605 10-27 kg
6.626 10-34 J s
4.136 10-15 eV s
1.054
10-34
Js
6.582 10-16 eV s
Boltzmann
constant
kB
StefanBoltzmann
speed of light
speed of sound
vair
(at 20C)
acceleration of
gravity
9.11 10-31 kg
0.000549 u
value
symbol
earth mass
5.972 1024 kg
earth radius
6.371 106 m
343 m s-1
moon mass
7.348 1022 kg
sun mass
1.989 1030 kg
3.844 108 m
1.496 1011 m
9.80 m
s-2
gravitational
constant
distance
earth-moon
Avogadros
number
NA
distance
earth-sun
elementary
charge
1.602
Faraday
96485 C mol-1
Coulombs
law constant
Rydberg
constant
2.178 10-18 J
10-19
1 in
2.54 cm
1 lb
453.6 g
1 mi
5280 ft = 1.609 km
1 gal
permittivity of
free space
permeability
of free space
4 10-7 T m A-1
413
CC
346
CCl 339
CN
305
OH
463
C=C
602
CBr 285
N=N
418
NH
391
CC
835
O=O
HH
436
CO
358
C=O
799
HCl 432
SH
347
NN
945
ClCl
242
HBr 366
HI
299
CN
887
II
151
498
hydroxyl
carboxyl
carbonyl
sulfhydryl
amino
osmosis
a concentration gradient
diffusion
mass movement
entropy
green algae
ferns
mosses
aquatic plants
seedless plants
interstitial fluid
lungs
heart
blood
arteries and veins
prokaryotes
halophytes
eubacteria
eukaryotes
autotrophic
neurons
dendrites
ganglia
synapses
effectors
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
DNA
RNA
ribosomes
peptides
amino acids
reproductive
biological
recognition
phylogenetic
genetic
0 in DNA, 0 in RNA
1 in DNA, 1 in RNA
1 in DNA, 2 in RNA
2 in DNA, 1 in RNA
2 in DNA, 2 in RNA
phylogenetics
nomenology
systems
biogeography
taxonomy
6.18%
51.0%
49.5%
33.3%
56.2%
Li
Zn
Br
Mg
Ca
2 : 13 : 8 : 10
1:6:4:5
1:9:4:5
2 : 14 : 7 : 10
3 : 19 : 12 : 15
HF
64.4 g
51.3 g
94.4 g
48.5 g
72.8 g
678 lbs
413 lbs
510 lbs
2000 lbs
369 lbs
[Ar] 4s 3d
[Ar]4s2 3d10 4p6 5s2 4d10 5p3
[Ar]4s2 3d10 4p6 5s1 4d9 5p4
[Ar]4s2 3d10 4p6 5s2 4d10 5p0 6s2
[Ar]4s2 3d10 4p6 5s2 4d10 5p2
D)
: :
:O:
:O:N:O:
:O:N::O
B)
:O:
: :
::
C)
: :
:N:
:O:O::O
: :
:
: :
:O:
:O:N::O
: :
:
A)
: :
: :
: :
0.137 atm
14.7 atm
8.27 atm
3.91 atm
1.63 atm
41.1 %
33.6 %
50.0 %
66.4 %
58.9 %
NH3
SF4
BeF2
PH3
CH2O
!!
!! !!
!!! !!
!!!
D)
E)
!!!
!
!! !!
!!! !!
!!!
!!!
!!! !!
Venetia Burney
Percival Lowell
Henry Madan
Clyde Tombaugh
Herbert Hall Turner
17.5 m, 318
36.7 m, 343
86.7 m, 323
123 m, 318
146 m, 318
acceleration is zero
acceleration is 9.8 m/s2 downward
acceleration is 9.8 m/s2 upward
velocity is constant
velocity is non-zero
208 N
229 N
293 N
325 N
650 N
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
22 km/hr, 24 E of N
44 km/hr, 24 E of N
44 km/hr, 66 W of N
58 km/hr, 24 W of N
58 km/hr, 66 E of N
4.0 J
20 J
(7.0 i + 6.0 j) J
(12 i 8.0 j) J
(12 i + 8.0 j) J
WL
WL cos
WL/(T cos)
WL sin
WL/(T sin)
4.85 10-12 Pa
9.50 10-4 Pa
1.29 102 Pa
1.96 108 Pa
2.06 1011 Pa
4.7 10-3
3.6 10-1
5.8 10-1
1.6
1.8
450 m/s
508 m/s
530 m/s
750 m/s
281250 m/s
Contestant # ________
9 10 11 12
A 2A 3A 4A 5A
CONFERENCE
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BIOLOGY SCORE
CHEMISTRY SCORE
OVERALL SCORE:
PHYSICS SCORE
1.
21.
41.
2.
22.
42.
3.
23.
43.
4.
24.
44.
5.
25.
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6.
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SCIENCE
Invitational B 2015
GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
Ninety minutes should be ample time to complete this contest, but since it is not a race, contestants
may take up to two hours. If you are in the process of actually writing an answer when the signal
to stop is given, you may finish writing that answer.
Papers may not be turned in until 30 minutes have elapsed. If you finish the test in less than
30 minutes, remain at your seat and retain your paper until told to do otherwise. You may use this
time to check your answers.
All answers must be written on the answer sheet provided. Indicate your answers in the appropriate
blanks provided on the answer sheet.
You may place as many notations as you desire anywhere on the test paper except on the answer
sheet, which is reserved for answers only.
You may use additional scratch paper provided by the contest director.
All questions have ONE and only ONE correct (BEST) answer. There is a penalty for all incorrect
answers.
On the back of this page is printed a copy of the periodic table of the elements. You may wish to
refer to this table in answering the questions, and if needed, you may use the atomic weights and
atomic numbers from the table. Other scientific relationships are listed also.
Silent hand-held calculators that do not need external wall plugs may be used. Graphing calculators
that do not have built-in or stored functionality that provides additional scientific information
are allowed. Small hand-held computers are not permitted. Calculators that accept memory cards
or memory sticks are not permitted. Each contestant may bring one spare calculator.
All memory must be cleared.
SCORING:
All questions will receive 6 points if answered correctly; no points will be given or subtracted
if unanswered; 2 points will be deducted for an incorrect answer.
8A
18
H
1.008
2A
3A
4A
5A
6A
7A
13
14
15
16
17
He
4.003
10
Li
Be
Ne
6.941
9.012
10.81
12.01
14.01
16.00
19.00
20.18
11
12
13
Na
Mg
22.99
24.31
19
20
3B
4B
5B
6B
7B
8B
8B
8B
1B
2B
10
11
12
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
14
15
16
17
18
Al
Si
Cl
Ar
26.98
28.09
30.97
32.07
35.45
39.95
31
32
33
34
35
36
Ca
Sc
Ti
Cr
Mn
Fe
Co
Ni
Cu
Zn
Ga
Ge
As
Se
Br
Kr
39.10
40.08
44.96
47.87
50.94
52.00
54.94
55.85
58.93
58.69
63.55
65.41
69.72
72.64
74.92
78.96
79.90
83.80
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
Rb
Sr
Zr
Nb
Mo
Tc
Ru
Rh
Pd
Ag
Cd
In
Sn
Sb
Te
Xe
85.47
87.62
88.91
91.22
92.91
95.94
(98)
101.07
102.91
106.42
107.87
112.41
114.82
118.71
121.76
127.60
126.90
131.29
55
56
57
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
Cs
Ba
La
Hf
Ta
Re
Os
Ir
Pt
Au
Hg
Tl
Pb
Bi
Po
At
Rn
132.91
137.33
138.91
178.49
180.95
183.84
186.21
190.23
192.22
195.08
196.97
200.59
204.38
207.20
208.98
(209)
(210)
(222)
87
88
89
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
Fr
Ra
Ac
Rf
Db
Sg
Bh
Hs
Mt
Ds
Rg
Cn
(223)
(226)
(227)
(261)
(262)
(266)
(264)
(277)
(268)
(281)
(272)
(285)
58
59
60
Ce
Pr
140.12
140.91
90
91
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
Nd Pm Sm
Eu
Gd
Tb
Dy
Ho
Er
Tm
Yb
Lu
144.24
151.96
157.25
158.93
162.50
164.93
167.26
168.93
173.04
174.97
92
(145)
93
150.36
94
Th
Pa
Np
Pu
232.04
231.04
238.03
(237)
(244)
95
96
Am Cm
(243)
(247)
97
98
99
Bk
Cf
Es
(247)
(251)
(252)
100
101
102
103
Fm Md No
(257)
(258)
(259)
Lr
(262)
symbol
value
density of water
density of ice
water
ice
specific heats
ice
water
steam
cice
cwater
csteam
1.000 g cm-3
0.9167 g cm-3
heat of fusion
Hfus or Lf
334 J g-1
heat of
vaporization
Hvap or Lv
index of
refraction
autoionization
n
Kw
2260 J g-1
1.33
1.0 10-14
Pressure
1 atm
760 torr
101325 Pa
14.7 psi
105 Pa
100 kPa
1 cal
4.184 J
1 L atm
101.325 J
1 Cal
1 kcal
1 hp
746 W
1 eV
1.602 10-19 J
1 bar
Energy
value
symbol
universal gas
constant
property
electron rest
mass
me
Plancks
constant
Plancks
reduced
constant
h/2
proton mass
mp
1.6726 10-27 kg
1.00728 u
938.3 MeV c-2
neutron mass
mn
1.6749 10-27 kg
1.008665 u
939.6 MeV c-2
atomic mass
unit
1.6605 10-27 kg
6.626 10-34 J s
4.136 10-15 eV s
1.054
10-34
Js
6.582 10-16 eV s
Boltzmann
constant
kB
StefanBoltzmann
speed of light
speed of sound
vair
(at 20C)
acceleration of
gravity
9.11 10-31 kg
0.000549 u
value
symbol
earth mass
5.972 1024 kg
earth radius
6.371 106 m
343 m s-1
moon mass
7.348 1022 kg
sun mass
1.989 1030 kg
3.844 108 m
1.496 1011 m
9.80 m
s-2
gravitational
constant
distance
earth-moon
Avogadros
number
NA
distance
earth-sun
elementary
charge
1.602
Faraday
96485 C mol-1
Coulombs
law constant
Rydberg
constant
2.178 10-18 J
10-19
1 in
2.54 cm
1 lb
453.6 g
1 mi
5280 ft = 1.609 km
1 gal
permittivity of
free space
permeability
of free space
4 10-7 T m A-1
413
CC
346
CCl 339
CN
305
OH
463
C=C
602
CBr 285
N=N
418
NH
391
CC
835
O=O
HH
436
CO
358
C=O
799
HCl 432
SH
347
NN
945
ClCl
242
HBr 366
HI
299
CN
887
II
151
498
13.9 %
16.7 %
20.2 %
23.3%
25.3 %
Mg2+
FNa+
O2K+
3 : 21 9 : 6 : 15
1: 8 3:2:5
1:73:4:8
2 : 15 6 : 4 : 10
2 : 15 3 : 2 : 5
H 2O
C) 41.2 g
D) 77.0 g
E) 69.7 g
C) 1284 lbs
D) 479 lbs
E) 721 lbs
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
120
109.5
180
90
60
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
1/5
2/5
3/5
1/3
2/3
SF4
CF4
SF6
PF5
BF3
0.00950 M
0.00725 M
0.00350 M
0.00475 M
0.00525 M
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
1.2 10-11
4.0 10-17
3.4 10-6
1.4 10-22
1.6 10-16
C) 10.25
D) 9.18
E) 9.48
!!!
!! !!!
!! !!!
!!!
C)
D)
!!
!! !!
!!!
!! !!!
Jupiter
Mars
Neptune
Saturn
Uranus
Ceres
Delta Geminorum
Juno
Pallas
Vesta
10 m/s
25 m/s
32 m/s
35 m/s
60 m/s
46. A boy holds his BB gun 40.0 inches above the ground
to shoot. The boy shoots horizontally at a target but
misses the target and his BB hits the ground. If the
initial speed of the BB is 1000 ft/s, then what is the
horizontal range of the BB?
A) 63.2 m
B) 139 m
C) 207 m
D) 305 m
E) 670 m
-3kx
-(3/4)kx
-(1/2)kx3
+(3/4)kx
+3kx
52. While fixing a tire on your car you need to use a jack.
To be able to move the jack handle you need to put a
cheater on the handle to extend the length of the
handle and then apply your full weight of 750 N. The
handle plus cheater are 0.750 m long while the
cheater and handle make a 15.0 angle with the
horizontal. What is the magnitude of the torque you
applied to the jack?
A) 146 Nm
B) 543 Nm
C) 562 Nm
D) 1040 Nm
E) 3860 Nm
0.00 N/C
5.62 106 N/C
1.12 107 N/C
2.25 107 N/C
4.50 107 N/C
0.490
0.950
1.01
1.10
1.19
-1
-2/3
1/3
1
2
Contestant # ________
9 10 11 12
A 2A 3A 4A 5A
CONFERENCE
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34.
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54.
________
15.
________
35.
________
55.
________
16.
________
36.
________
56.
________
17.
________
37.
________
57.
________
18.
________
38.
________
58.
________
19.
________
39.
________
59.
________
20.
________
40.
________
60.
________
BIOLOGY SCORE
CHEMISTRY SCORE
OVERALL SCORE:
PHYSICS SCORE
1.
21.
41.
2.
22.
42.
3.
23.
43.
4.
24.
44.
5.
25.
45.
6.
26.
46.
7.
27.
47.
8.
28.
48.
9.
29.
49.
10.
30.
50.
11.
31.
51.
12.
32.
52.
13.
33.
53.
14.
34.
54.
15.
35.
55.
16.
36.
56.
17.
37.
57.
18.
38.
58.
19.
39.
59.
20.
40.
60.
SCIENCE
District 1 2015
GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
Ninety minutes should be ample time to complete this contest, but since it is not a race, contestants
may take up to two hours. If you are in the process of actually writing an answer when the signal
to stop is given, you may finish writing that answer.
Papers may not be turned in until 30 minutes have elapsed. If you finish the test in less than
30 minutes, remain at your seat and retain your paper until told to do otherwise. You may use this
time to check your answers.
All answers must be written on the answer sheet provided. Indicate your answers in the appropriate
blanks provided on the answer sheet.
You may place as many notations as you desire anywhere on the test paper except on the answer
sheet, which is reserved for answers only.
You may use additional scratch paper provided by the contest director.
All questions have ONE and only ONE correct (BEST) answer. There is a penalty for all incorrect
answers.
On the back of this page is printed a copy of the periodic table of the elements. You may wish to
refer to this table in answering the questions, and if needed, you may use the atomic weights and
atomic numbers from the table. Other scientific relationships are listed also.
Silent hand-held calculators that do not need external wall plugs may be used. Graphing calculators
that do not have built-in or stored functionality that provides additional scientific information
are allowed. Small hand-held computers are not permitted. Calculators that accept memory cards
or memory sticks are not permitted. Each contestant may bring one spare calculator.
All memory must be cleared.
SCORING:
All questions will receive 6 points if answered correctly; no points will be given or subtracted
if unanswered; 2 points will be deducted for an incorrect answer.
8A
18
H
1.008
2A
3A
4A
5A
6A
7A
13
14
15
16
17
He
4.003
10
Li
Be
Ne
6.941
9.012
10.81
12.01
14.01
16.00
19.00
20.18
11
12
13
Na
Mg
22.99
24.31
19
20
3B
4B
5B
6B
7B
8B
8B
8B
1B
2B
10
11
12
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
14
15
16
17
18
Al
Si
Cl
Ar
26.98
28.09
30.97
32.07
35.45
39.95
31
32
33
34
35
36
Ca
Sc
Ti
Cr
Mn
Fe
Co
Ni
Cu
Zn
Ga
Ge
As
Se
Br
Kr
39.10
40.08
44.96
47.87
50.94
52.00
54.94
55.85
58.93
58.69
63.55
65.41
69.72
72.64
74.92
78.96
79.90
83.80
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
Rb
Sr
Zr
Nb
Mo
Tc
Ru
Rh
Pd
Ag
Cd
In
Sn
Sb
Te
Xe
85.47
87.62
88.91
91.22
92.91
95.94
(98)
101.07
102.91
106.42
107.87
112.41
114.82
118.71
121.76
127.60
126.90
131.29
55
56
57
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
Cs
Ba
La
Hf
Ta
Re
Os
Ir
Pt
Au
Hg
Tl
Pb
Bi
Po
At
Rn
132.91
137.33
138.91
178.49
180.95
183.84
186.21
190.23
192.22
195.08
196.97
200.59
204.38
207.20
208.98
(209)
(210)
(222)
87
88
89
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
Fr
Ra
Ac
Rf
Db
Sg
Bh
Hs
Mt
Ds
Rg
Cn
(223)
(226)
(227)
(261)
(262)
(266)
(264)
(277)
(268)
(281)
(272)
(285)
58
59
60
Ce
Pr
140.12
140.91
90
91
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
Nd Pm Sm
Eu
Gd
Tb
Dy
Ho
Er
Tm
Yb
Lu
144.24
151.96
157.25
158.93
162.50
164.93
167.26
168.93
173.04
174.97
92
(145)
93
150.36
94
Th
Pa
Np
Pu
232.04
231.04
238.03
(237)
(244)
95
96
Am Cm
(243)
(247)
97
98
99
Bk
Cf
Es
(247)
(251)
(252)
100
101
102
103
Fm Md No
(257)
(258)
(259)
Lr
(262)
symbol
value
density of water
density of ice
water
ice
specific heats
ice
water
steam
cice
cwater
csteam
1.000 g cm-3
0.9167 g cm-3
heat of fusion
Hfus or Lf
334 J g-1
heat of
vaporization
Hvap or Lv
index of
refraction
autoionization
n
Kw
2260 J g-1
1.33
1.0 10-14
Pressure
1 atm
760 torr
101325 Pa
14.7 psi
105 Pa
100 kPa
1 cal
4.184 J
1 L atm
101.325 J
1 Cal
1 kcal
1 hp
746 W
1 eV
1.602 10-19 J
1 bar
Energy
value
symbol
universal gas
constant
property
electron rest
mass
me
Plancks
constant
Plancks
reduced
constant
h/2
proton mass
mp
1.6726 10-27 kg
1.00728 u
938.3 MeV c-2
neutron mass
mn
1.6749 10-27 kg
1.008665 u
939.6 MeV c-2
atomic mass
unit
1.6605 10-27 kg
6.626 10-34 J s
4.136 10-15 eV s
1.054
10-34
Js
6.582 10-16 eV s
Boltzmann
constant
kB
StefanBoltzmann
speed of light
speed of sound
vair
(at 20C)
acceleration of
gravity
9.11 10-31 kg
0.000549 u
value
symbol
earth mass
5.972 1024 kg
earth radius
6.371 106 m
343 m s-1
moon mass
7.348 1022 kg
sun mass
1.989 1030 kg
3.844 108 m
1.496 1011 m
9.80 m
s-2
gravitational
constant
distance
earth-moon
Avogadros
number
NA
distance
earth-sun
elementary
charge
1.602
Faraday
96485 C mol-1
Coulombs
law constant
Rydberg
constant
2.178 10-18 J
10-19
1 in
2.54 cm
1 lb
453.6 g
1 mi
5280 ft = 1.609 km
1 gal
permittivity of
free space
permeability
of free space
4 10-7 T m A-1
413
CC
346
CCl 339
CN
305
OH
463
C=C
602
CBr 285
N=N
418
NH
391
CC
835
O=O
HH
436
CO
358
C=O
799
HCl 432
SH
347
NN
945
ClCl
242
HBr 366
HI
299
CN
887
II
151
498
synthesis
reduction
anabolism
oxidation
generation
Cellular joining
Catalyzing chemical reactions
Transport of ions
Peptide synthesis
Protein secretion
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
0
1
2
3
cannot be determined from the information
provided.
histone proteins
RNAs
the nucleus
the rough endoplasmic reticulum
peptide bonds
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
prophase
prophase I
prophase II
metaphase I
metaphase
Australopithecus afarensis
Homo habilis
Homo neanderthalensis
Australopithecus africanus
Tyrannosaurus rex
archaea
photosynthetic bacteria
photosynthetic eukaryote
chemosynthetic bacteria
chloroplasts
H 2O
H3PO3
HCl
3.00 M
2.67 M
2.55 M
3.12 M
less than 2.20 M
a covalent compound
a polymer
a bimetallic compound
an ionic compound
a protein
C) 1
D) +1
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
E) 0
D) 2.0 m KBr
E) 1.5 m Al(NO3)3
C) 9.70 kJ
D) 47.3 kJ
E) 11.9 kJ
C) 0.60 atm
D) 0.40 atm
E) 0.80 atm
C) 5 g
D) 38 g
E)
27 g
C) s p 3 d
D) s p
E) s p 2
D) 1.02 hr
E) 9.13 hr
D) 5.910-3
E) 6.4104
Charon
Europa
Hydra
Nix
Phobos
Charon
Hydra
Nix
Phobos
Pluto
1200 m
2400 m
3600 m
7200 m
10800 m
16.4
39.5
57.1
62.8
76.8
(1/4)
(1/2)
2
4
(1/9)gm
(1/3)gm
gm
3gm
9gm
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
2.25 103 J
9.50 105 J
1.30 106 J
2.25 106 J
3.20 106 J
8.11 10-7 m
4.06 10-7 m
5.07 10-5 m
6.45 10-4 m
2.03 10-3 m
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
0.155mc2
0.330mc2
0.577mc2
1.15mc2
3.00mc2
0.081 m
0.088 m
0.177 m
0.219 m
0.481 m
45.9 Hz
115 Hz
289 Hz
1810 Hz
13300 Hz
5.6 cm
6.0 cm
6.5 cm
70 cm
76 cm
Contestant # ________
9 10 11 12
A 2A 3A 4A 5A
CONFERENCE
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21.
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41.
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2.
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22.
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42.
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3.
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23.
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43.
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4.
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24.
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44.
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5.
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25.
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45.
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6.
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26.
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46.
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7.
________
27.
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47.
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8.
________
28.
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48.
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9.
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29.
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49.
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10.
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30.
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50.
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11.
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31.
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51.
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12.
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32.
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52.
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13.
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33.
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53.
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14.
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34.
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54.
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15.
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35.
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55.
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16.
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36.
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56.
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17.
________
37.
________
57.
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18.
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38.
________
58.
________
19.
________
39.
________
59.
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20.
________
40.
________
60.
________
BIOLOGY SCORE
CHEMISTRY SCORE
OVERALL SCORE:
PHYSICS SCORE
1.
21.
41.
2.
22.
42.
3.
23.
43.
4.
24.
44.
5.
25.
45.
6.
26.
46.
7.
27.
47.
8.
28.
48.
9.
29.
49.
10.
30.
50.
11.
31.
51.
12.
32.
52.
13.
33.
53.
14.
34.
54.
15.
35.
55.
16.
36.
56.
17.
37.
57.
18.
38.
58.
19.
39.
59.
20.
40.
60.
46. (C) x = vc(t) dt = v(t1)[t1/t] 2 dt = v(t1)t12 [1/t] 2 dt = v(t1)t12(-1/t|t1 = v(t1)t1 = 12[5(60)] = 3600 m
47. (D) Since the taxi moves with a constant velocity then the acceleration of the taxi is zero, and thus the net
force on the taxi is zero.
48. (B) By conservation of mechanical energy: mv2 = mgh h = v2/(2g) = 1.6 m, then by the diagram of
the situation = cos-1([7.0 1.6]/7.0) = 39.5
49. (E) By N2L in angular form: = /I = (Fd)/I, thus if d 4d then 4
50. (A) With gm = GMm/Rm2, then g = GMm/r2 with r = 3Rm g = GMm/(3Rm)2 = (1/9)gm
51. (E) By F/A = YL/L0 L = [FL0]/[YA] = [(13)(9.8)(1.6)]/[(2E+11)(0.4E-3)2] = 2.03E-3 m
52. (E) By Esho = kA2 k = 2Esho/A2 = 2(1.7)/(0.057)2 = 1050 N/m
53. (E) By = 10 log(I/I0) = + 20 = 10 log(I/I0) 20 = 10[log(I/I0) log(I/I0)] = 10 log(I/I)
I/I = 102 = 100
54. (C) Eint = Q W = (+2.25E+6) (+950E+3) = 1.30E+6 J
55. (A) Erel = mc2 0mc2 = [1 0.52]- mc2 mc2 = 0.155mc2
56. (E) The electric force on a positively charged particle is always in the same direction as the electric field
vector.
57. (C) With V = kQ/r 620= kQ/R & 230 = kQ/(R+0.3) R = [(230)(0.3)]/[620-230] = 0.177 m
58. (B) By Gauss law: E = Eda = Qenc/0 = -EA Qenc = -(8.85E-12)(150)[4(6.37E+6)2] = -6.77E+5 C
59. (A) With f0 = 1/{2[LC]} = 1/{2[(4)(3E-6)]} = 45.9 Hz
60. (C) By n1/do + n2/di = (n2 n1)/r (1.33/8) + (1.00/di) = (1.00 1.33)/(-25) di = -6.5 cm
SCIENCE
District 2 2015
GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
Ninety minutes should be ample time to complete this contest, but since it is not a race, contestants
may take up to two hours. If you are in the process of actually writing an answer when the signal
to stop is given, you may finish writing that answer.
Papers may not be turned in until 30 minutes have elapsed. If you finish the test in less than
30 minutes, remain at your seat and retain your paper until told to do otherwise. You may use this
time to check your answers.
All answers must be written on the answer sheet provided. Indicate your answers in the appropriate
blanks provided on the answer sheet.
You may place as many notations as you desire anywhere on the test paper except on the answer
sheet, which is reserved for answers only.
You may use additional scratch paper provided by the contest director.
All questions have ONE and only ONE correct (BEST) answer. There is a penalty for all incorrect
answers.
On the back of this page is printed a copy of the periodic table of the elements. You may wish to
refer to this table in answering the questions, and if needed, you may use the atomic weights and
atomic numbers from the table. Other scientific relationships are listed also.
Silent hand-held calculators that do not need external wall plugs may be used. Graphing calculators
that do not have built-in or stored functionality that provides additional scientific information
are allowed. Small hand-held computers are not permitted. Calculators that accept memory cards
or memory sticks are not permitted. Each contestant may bring one spare calculator.
All memory must be cleared.
SCORING:
All questions will receive 6 points if answered correctly; no points will be given or subtracted
if unanswered; 2 points will be deducted for an incorrect answer.
8A
18
H
1.008
2A
3A
4A
5A
6A
7A
13
14
15
16
17
He
4.003
10
Li
Be
Ne
6.941
9.012
10.81
12.01
14.01
16.00
19.00
20.18
11
12
13
Na
Mg
22.99
24.31
19
20
3B
4B
5B
6B
7B
8B
8B
8B
1B
2B
10
11
12
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
14
15
16
17
18
Al
Si
Cl
Ar
26.98
28.09
30.97
32.07
35.45
39.95
31
32
33
34
35
36
Ca
Sc
Ti
Cr
Mn
Fe
Co
Ni
Cu
Zn
Ga
Ge
As
Se
Br
Kr
39.10
40.08
44.96
47.87
50.94
52.00
54.94
55.85
58.93
58.69
63.55
65.41
69.72
72.64
74.92
78.96
79.90
83.80
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
Rb
Sr
Zr
Nb
Mo
Tc
Ru
Rh
Pd
Ag
Cd
In
Sn
Sb
Te
Xe
85.47
87.62
88.91
91.22
92.91
95.94
(98)
101.07
102.91
106.42
107.87
112.41
114.82
118.71
121.76
127.60
126.90
131.29
55
56
57
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
Cs
Ba
La
Hf
Ta
Re
Os
Ir
Pt
Au
Hg
Tl
Pb
Bi
Po
At
Rn
132.91
137.33
138.91
178.49
180.95
183.84
186.21
190.23
192.22
195.08
196.97
200.59
204.38
207.20
208.98
(209)
(210)
(222)
87
88
89
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
Fr
Ra
Ac
Rf
Db
Sg
Bh
Hs
Mt
Ds
Rg
Cn
(223)
(226)
(227)
(261)
(262)
(266)
(264)
(277)
(268)
(281)
(272)
(285)
58
59
60
Ce
Pr
140.12
140.91
90
91
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
Nd Pm Sm
Eu
Gd
Tb
Dy
Ho
Er
Tm
Yb
Lu
144.24
151.96
157.25
158.93
162.50
164.93
167.26
168.93
173.04
174.97
92
(145)
93
150.36
94
Th
Pa
Np
Pu
232.04
231.04
238.03
(237)
(244)
95
96
Am Cm
(243)
(247)
97
98
99
Bk
Cf
Es
(247)
(251)
(252)
100
101
102
103
Fm Md No
(257)
(258)
(259)
Lr
(262)
symbol
value
density of water
density of ice
water
ice
specific heats
ice
water
steam
cice
cwater
csteam
1.000 g cm-3
0.9167 g cm-3
heat of fusion
Hfus or Lf
334 J g-1
heat of
vaporization
Hvap or Lv
index of
refraction
autoionization
n
Kw
2260 J g-1
1.33
1.0 10-14
Pressure
1 atm
760 torr
101325 Pa
14.7 psi
105 Pa
100 kPa
1 cal
4.184 J
1 L atm
101.325 J
1 Cal
1 kcal
1 hp
746 W
1 eV
1.602 10-19 J
1 bar
Energy
value
symbol
universal gas
constant
property
electron rest
mass
me
Plancks
constant
Plancks
reduced
constant
h/2
proton mass
mp
1.6726 10-27 kg
1.00728 u
938.3 MeV c-2
neutron mass
mn
1.6749 10-27 kg
1.008665 u
939.6 MeV c-2
atomic mass
unit
1.6605 10-27 kg
6.626 10-34 J s
4.136 10-15 eV s
1.054
10-34
Js
6.582 10-16 eV s
Boltzmann
constant
kB
StefanBoltzmann
speed of light
speed of sound
vair
(at 20C)
acceleration of
gravity
9.11 10-31 kg
0.000549 u
value
symbol
earth mass
5.972 1024 kg
earth radius
6.371 106 m
343 m s-1
moon mass
7.348 1022 kg
sun mass
1.989 1030 kg
3.844 108 m
1.496 1011 m
9.80 m
s-2
gravitational
constant
distance
earth-moon
Avogadros
number
NA
distance
earth-sun
elementary
charge
1.602
Faraday
96485 C mol-1
Coulombs
law constant
Rydberg
constant
2.178 10-18 J
10-19
1 in
2.54 cm
1 lb
453.6 g
1 mi
5280 ft = 1.609 km
1 gal
permittivity of
free space
permeability
of free space
4 10-7 T m A-1
413
CC
346
CCl 339
CN
305
OH
463
C=C
602
CBr 285
N=N
418
NH
391
CC
835
O=O
HH
436
CO
358
C=O
799
HCl 432
SH
347
NN
945
ClCl
242
HBr 366
HI
299
CN
887
II
151
498
restriction endonucleases
plasmid vectors
recombinant DNAses
DNA ligases
RNA ligases
5 AAT CGC 3
3 AAT CGC 5
5 AAU CGC 3
3 AAU CGC 5
5 CGC TAA 3
A)
B)
C)
D)
insects
angiosperms
microbes
fungi
A) random mating
B) differential reproduction
C) heritable variation
target
keystone
clutch
dominant
diverse
connective
squamous
columnar
adipose
epithelial
Golgi apparatus
Ribosome
Mitochondria
Smooth ER
ER lumen
coprophagy
necrophagy
autophagy
phagocytosis
pinocytosis
B)
C)
D)
E)
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
epistasis
norm of reaction
normal distribution
Chi-square distribution
Cu(CrO4)2
CoCr2O7
CuCrO4
CoCO3
Cu2Cr2O7
H 2O
KOH
O2
1:1:2:1
2:1:4:2
3:3:6:2
1:2:2:1
2:2:4:1
E) 0
C) 23.9 psi E)
D) 36.4 psi
2.510-6 M
1.610-9 M
4.010-5 M
6.210-7 M
1.010-5 M
D) 1.2 m Sr(NO3)2
E) 0.50 m Al(NO3)3
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
A) 1.7 m NaCl
B) 1.0 m CaCl2
C) 0.80 m Na3PO4
an ionic compound
a nonpolar covalent compound
a polar covalent compound
an resonance compound
a covalent metalloid compound
A) +2
B) 2
51.2 psi
C) 74.2 kJ
D) 20.0 kJ
E) 61.0 kJ
C) 1.910-5
D) 2.510-5
C) 5.37
D) 8.63
E)
C) He
D) Rb
E)
C) three
D) six
E) seven
E) 2.110-5
9.14
D) 341. J
E) +192. J
Ann Harch
David Jewitt
Gerard Kuiper
Jane Luu
Clyde Tombaugh
[10(29)] m/s
[50i + 20j] m/s
[(24t)j] m/s
[50i + (20 24t)j] m/s
[(25t2)i + (10t2 4.0t3)j] m/s
1.59 m/s
2.07 m/s
2.59 m/s
5.57 m/s
9.07 m/s
0.00 kgm2/s
119 kgm2/s, upward
119 kgm2/s, downward
169 kgm2/s, upward
169 kgm2/s, downward
AA = AB/2
AA = AB/(2)1/2
AA = AB
AA = (2)1/2AB
AA = 2AB
24 N/C
47 N/C
97 N/C
290 N/C
580 N/C
0.474 T
1.20 T
1.53 T
1.59 T
4.80 T
Contestant # ________
9 10 11 12
A 2A 3A 4A 5A
CONFERENCE
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21.
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41.
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2.
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22.
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42.
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3.
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23.
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43.
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4.
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24.
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44.
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5.
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25.
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45.
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6.
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26.
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46.
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7.
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27.
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47.
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8.
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28.
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48.
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9.
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29.
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49.
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10.
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30.
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50.
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11.
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31.
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51.
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12.
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32.
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52.
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13.
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33.
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53.
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14.
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34.
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54.
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15.
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35.
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55.
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16.
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36.
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56.
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17.
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37.
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57.
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58.
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19.
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39.
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59.
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20.
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60.
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BIOLOGY SCORE
CHEMISTRY SCORE
OVERALL SCORE:
PHYSICS SCORE
1.
21.
41.
2.
22.
42.
3.
23.
43.
4.
24.
44.
5.
25.
45.
6.
26.
46.
7.
27.
47.
8.
28.
48.
9.
29.
49.
10.
30.
50.
11.
31.
51.
12.
32.
52.
13.
33.
53.
14.
34.
54.
15.
35.
55.
16.
36.
56.
17.
37.
57.
18.
38.
58.
19.
39.
59.
20.
40.
60.
SCIENCE
Region 2015
GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
Ninety minutes should be ample time to complete this contest, but since it is not a race, contestants
may take up to two hours. If you are in the process of actually writing an answer when the signal
to stop is given, you may finish writing that answer.
Papers may not be turned in until 30 minutes have elapsed. If you finish the test in less than
30 minutes, remain at your seat and retain your paper until told to do otherwise. You may use this
time to check your answers.
All answers must be written on the answer sheet provided. Indicate your answers in the appropriate
blanks provided on the answer sheet.
You may place as many notations as you desire anywhere on the test paper except on the answer
sheet, which is reserved for answers only.
You may use additional scratch paper provided by the contest director.
All questions have ONE and only ONE correct (BEST) answer. There is a penalty for all incorrect
answers.
On the back of this page is printed a copy of the periodic table of the elements. You may wish to
refer to this table in answering the questions, and if needed, you may use the atomic weights and
atomic numbers from the table. Other scientific relationships are listed also.
Silent hand-held calculators that do not need external wall plugs may be used. Graphing calculators
that do not have built-in or stored functionality that provides additional scientific information
are allowed. Small hand-held computers are not permitted. Calculators that accept memory cards
or memory sticks are not permitted. Each contestant may bring one spare calculator.
All memory must be cleared.
SCORING:
All questions will receive 6 points if answered correctly; no points will be given or subtracted
if unanswered; 2 points will be deducted for an incorrect answer.
8A
18
H
1.008
2A
3A
4A
5A
6A
7A
13
14
15
16
17
He
4.003
10
Li
Be
Ne
6.941
9.012
10.81
12.01
14.01
16.00
19.00
20.18
11
12
13
Na
Mg
22.99
24.31
19
20
3B
4B
5B
6B
7B
8B
8B
8B
1B
2B
10
11
12
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
14
15
16
17
18
Al
Si
Cl
Ar
26.98
28.09
30.97
32.07
35.45
39.95
31
32
33
34
35
36
Ca
Sc
Ti
Cr
Mn
Fe
Co
Ni
Cu
Zn
Ga
Ge
As
Se
Br
Kr
39.10
40.08
44.96
47.87
50.94
52.00
54.94
55.85
58.93
58.69
63.55
65.41
69.72
72.64
74.92
78.96
79.90
83.80
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
Rb
Sr
Zr
Nb
Mo
Tc
Ru
Rh
Pd
Ag
Cd
In
Sn
Sb
Te
Xe
85.47
87.62
88.91
91.22
92.91
95.94
(98)
101.07
102.91
106.42
107.87
112.41
114.82
118.71
121.76
127.60
126.90
131.29
55
56
57
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
Cs
Ba
La
Hf
Ta
Re
Os
Ir
Pt
Au
Hg
Tl
Pb
Bi
Po
At
Rn
132.91
137.33
138.91
178.49
180.95
183.84
186.21
190.23
192.22
195.08
196.97
200.59
204.38
207.20
208.98
(209)
(210)
(222)
87
88
89
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
Fr
Ra
Ac
Rf
Db
Sg
Bh
Hs
Mt
Ds
Rg
Cn
(223)
(226)
(227)
(261)
(262)
(266)
(264)
(277)
(268)
(281)
(272)
(285)
58
59
60
Ce
Pr
140.12
140.91
90
91
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
Nd Pm Sm
Eu
Gd
Tb
Dy
Ho
Er
Tm
Yb
Lu
144.24
151.96
157.25
158.93
162.50
164.93
167.26
168.93
173.04
174.97
92
(145)
93
150.36
94
Th
Pa
Np
Pu
232.04
231.04
238.03
(237)
(244)
95
96
Am Cm
(243)
(247)
97
98
99
Bk
Cf
Es
(247)
(251)
(252)
100
101
102
103
Fm Md No
(257)
(258)
(259)
Lr
(262)
symbol
value
density of water
density of ice
water
ice
specific heats
ice
water
steam
cice
cwater
csteam
1.000 g cm-3
0.9167 g cm-3
heat of fusion
Hfus or Lf
334 J g-1
heat of
vaporization
Hvap or Lv
index of
refraction
autoionization
n
Kw
2260 J g-1
1.33
1.0 10-14
Pressure
1 atm
760 torr
101325 Pa
14.7 psi
105 Pa
100 kPa
1 cal
4.184 J
1 L atm
101.325 J
1 Cal
1 kcal
1 hp
746 W
1 eV
1.602 10-19 J
1 bar
Energy
value
symbol
universal gas
constant
property
electron rest
mass
me
Plancks
constant
Plancks
reduced
constant
h/2
proton mass
mp
1.6726 10-27 kg
1.00728 u
938.3 MeV c-2
neutron mass
mn
1.6749 10-27 kg
1.008665 u
939.6 MeV c-2
atomic mass
unit
1.6605 10-27 kg
6.626 10-34 J s
4.136 10-15 eV s
1.054
10-34
Js
6.582 10-16 eV s
Boltzmann
constant
kB
StefanBoltzmann
speed of light
speed of sound
vair
(at 20C)
acceleration of
gravity
9.11 10-31 kg
0.000549 u
value
symbol
earth mass
5.972 1024 kg
earth radius
6.371 106 m
343 m s-1
moon mass
7.348 1022 kg
sun mass
1.989 1030 kg
3.844 108 m
1.496 1011 m
9.80 m
s-2
gravitational
constant
distance
earth-moon
Avogadros
number
NA
distance
earth-sun
elementary
charge
1.602
Faraday
96485 C mol-1
Coulombs
law constant
Rydberg
constant
2.178 10-18 J
10-19
1 in
2.54 cm
1 lb
453.6 g
1 mi
5280 ft = 1.609 km
1 gal
permittivity of
free space
permeability
of free space
4 10-7 T m A-1
413
CC
346
CCl 339
CN
305
OH
463
C=C
602
CBr 285
N=N
418
NH
391
CC
835
O=O
HH
436
CO
358
C=O
799
HCl 432
SH
347
NN
945
ClCl
242
HBr 366
HI
299
CN
887
II
151
498
gene flow
directional selection pressure
population sizes
mutation
genetic drift
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
allopatric speciation.
sympatric speciation.
ecological diversification.
adaptive radiation.
punctuated adaptation.
7. Which is a main difference between cyclic and noncyclic electron flow in photosynthesis?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Reduction of FAD
Reduction of NADP+
Reduction of ADP
Generation of ATP
Phosphorylation of ADP
histone proteins
telomeres
centromeres
DNA
All the above
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
E. coli bacteria
Thermophilic bacteria
Halophilic bacteria
Halophilic archaeans
Thermophilic protists
cellulose
hydrolytic enzymes
vitamin B-12
vitamin C
protein
paraphyletic
polyphyletic
analogous
heterologous
4Al(s) + 3O2(g)
N2(g) + O2 (g)
Pb2+(aq) + 2Cl(aq)
H2O(l) + CO2(g)
1
/2 N2(g) + 3/2 H2(g)
2Al2O3(s)
2 NO(g)
PbCl2(s)
H2CO3(aq)
NH3(g)
26. Estimate the value for H for the following gas phase
reaction producing formaldehyde:
H2(g) + CO(g) H2CO(g)
A) 390 kJ
D) +324 kJ
B) 183 kJ
E) 117 kJ
C) +296 kJ
D) 92.6 torr
E) 67.9 torr
C) Si
D) Pb
E) Sr
C) X
D) H3O+
E) H2X+
H2
15 psi
N2
10 psi
Cl2
5 psi
the H2 container
the N2 container
the Cl2 container
they all have the same kinetic energy
H=U
H = 1/U
H<U
H<0<U
H>U
different
different
the same
the same
;
;
;
;
the same
different
the same
different
B) PO3
D) NO3
C) 1
D) 3
E) 15
asteroid belt
dwarf planets
gas giant planets
Kuiper Belt
terrestrial planets
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
David Jewitt
Bill Nye the Science Guy
Neil DeGrasse Tyson
0.00 m/s
0.21 m/s
0.27 m/s
0.35 m/s
0.55 m/s
39.0 cm
39.5 cm
40.0 cm
41.0 cm
52.5 cm
52. Two tuning forks are struck and the sounds from each
fork reach your ears simultaneously with equal
intensities. One fork has a frequency of 243 Hz and
the second fork has a frequency of 245 Hz. What is
the frequency (or pitch) of the tone that is heard?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
2 Hz
243 Hz
244 Hz
245 Hz
488 Hz
enthalpy
entropy
internal energy
pressure
temperature
54. The volume charge density, , of a solid, nonconducting sphere of radius R varies with radial
distance r as given by (r) = A/r, where A is constant.
What is the total charge of the sphere?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
A ln(R)
A/(2R2)
4A
AR2
2AR2
E = 0 and V = 0
E = 0 and V = 2kq/a
E = (2kq/a2)i and V = 0
E = (2kq/a2)i and V = 2kq/a
none of the above
2.0 10-4 T
6.9 10-4 T
1.0 10-3 T
2.0 10-3 T
2.2 10-3 T
2.20 cm
2.47 cm
18.0 cm
20.2 cm
44.4 cm
Contestant # ________
9 10 11 12
A 2A 3A 4A 5A
CONFERENCE
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42.
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43.
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6.
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46.
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7.
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27.
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47.
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8.
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28.
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48.
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9.
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29.
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49.
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10.
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30.
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50.
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11.
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31.
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51.
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12.
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32.
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52.
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13.
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33.
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53.
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14.
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34.
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54.
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15.
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35.
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55.
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16.
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36.
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56.
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17.
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37.
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57.
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18.
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38.
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58.
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19.
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39.
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59.
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20.
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40.
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60.
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BIOLOGY SCORE
CHEMISTRY SCORE
OVERALL SCORE:
PHYSICS SCORE
1.
21.
41.
2.
22.
42.
3.
23.
43.
4.
24.
44.
5.
25.
45.
6.
26.
46.
7.
27.
47.
8.
28.
48.
9.
29.
49.
10.
30.
50.
11.
31.
51.
12.
32.
52.
13.
33.
53.
14.
34.
54.
15.
35.
55.
16.
36.
56.
17.
37.
57.
18.
38.
58.
19.
39.
59.
20.
40.
60.
43. (A) This is not one of the IAUs criteria for a planet as discussed in Chapter 6.
44. (B) As is often cited (and attributed to Galileo), the stated authority of a thousand is not worth the
humble reasoning of a single individual.
45. (E) By kinematics for the first 35 s: (y y0)1 = v0t + at2 = 0 + (+23)(35)2 = 1.41E+4 m & v = v0 + at =
0 + (+23)(35) = 805 m/s. Then for the free fall part of the motion: (y y0)2 = [v2 v02]/[2a] = [02
8052]/[2(-9.8)] = 3.31E+4 m h = (y y0)1 + (y y0)2 = 1.41E+4 + 3.31E+4 = 4.7E+4 m
46. (D) By p = (F)avgt v = (26)(2)/(150) = 0.346 m/s
47. (D) By the formula for the dot product: = cos-1([AB]/[AB]) = cos-1([(3)(-4)+(5)(3)]/[{(3)2+(5)2}{(4)2+(3)2}]) = 84
48. (C) By the parallel axis theorem: I = Icom + Md2 = (2/5)MR2 + MR2 = (7/5)MR2, and KErot = I2 =
[(7/5)(2.7)(0.1)2][(50)(2/60)]2 = 0.52 J
49. (C) With r(t) = [(v0 cos)t]i + [(v0 sin)t gt2] j p(t) = m{[(v0 cos)]i + [(v0 sin) gt] j } L(t) = r(t)
p(t) = [-mgt2v0 cos ]k (d/dt)L(t) = [-mgtv0 cos]k, which is also equal to the net torque that is
produced solely by the gravitational force.
50. (B) By F/A = YL/L0 L0 = L{F/(YA)+1}-1 = (0.40){(47)/[(0.075E-3)2(200E+9)]+1}-1 = 0.395 m
51. (A) By Poiseuilles law: P = [(8L)/(r4)]Q, where the volume flowrate Q = Av = (r2)v v = [(r2P)/
(8L)] = [(0.02)2(22E+3)]/[8(1E-3)(20)] = 55 m/s
52. (C) The frequency that is heard is the average of the two individual frequencies f = (243+245)/2 = 244
Hz. Note that the intensity of this frequency is modulated by the beat frequency.
53. (E) By definition the temperature of a molecular gas is the average translational kinetic energy of the
molecules of the gas.
54. (E) Q = (r) dV, where dV = (4r2) dr Q = 0R(A/r) (4r2) dr = 2AR2
55. (B) At the midpoint between two identical charges the net electric field is zero and the electric potential
from each charge add to give V = 2kq/a
56. (B) Without the dielectric C0= 0A/d = (8.85E-12)(250E-4)/(0.3E-3) = 8.85e-8 F and thus Q0 = C0V =
(8.85E-8)(120) = 88.5 nC Qbound = Q Q0 = 150 88.5 = 61.5 nC
57. (D) By N2L in the centripetal direction: Fc = FB = |q|vB sin90 = mv2/r and with v = 2r/T
T = [2m]/[|q|B] = [2(6.65E-27)]/[2(1.602E-19)(0.25)] = 5.2E-7 s
58. (A) By the right hand circulation rule, the direction of both magnetic fields from the wires and therefore
the net magnetic field is vertically down.
59. (B) By Amperes law: loopBds = 0ienclosed B(2r) = 0{iwire icylinder[(r2 rinner2)]/[(router2 rinner2)]}
B = (4E-7)/[2(0.002)]{1012[(0.00220.00152)/(0.00320.00152)]} = 6.9E-4 T
60. (B) The objective lens of a compound microscope is a converging lens that will form a real image that is
then viewed by the eyepiece. Thus f = +2.2 cm and di = 18+2.2 = +20.2 cm, which by 1/f = 1/do +
1/di do = 2.47 cm
SCIENCE
State 2015
GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
DO NOT OPEN EXAM UNTIL TOLD TO DO SO.
Ninety minutes should be ample time to complete this contest, but since it is not a race, contestants
may take up to two hours. If you are in the process of actually writing an answer when the signal
to stop is given, you may finish writing that answer.
Papers may not be turned in until 30 minutes have elapsed. If you finish the test in less than
30 minutes, remain at your seat and retain your paper until told to do otherwise. You may use this
time to check your answers.
All answers must be written on the answer sheet provided. Indicate your answers in the appropriate
blanks provided on the answer sheet.
You may place as many notations as you desire anywhere on the test paper except on the answer
sheet, which is reserved for answers only.
You may use additional scratch paper provided by the contest director.
All questions have ONE and only ONE correct (BEST) answer. There is a penalty for all incorrect
answers.
If a question is omitted, no points are given or subtracted.
On the back of this page is printed a copy of the periodic table of the elements. You may wish to
refer to this table in answering the questions, and if needed, you may use the atomic weights and
atomic numbers from the table. Other scientific relationships are listed also.
Silent hand-held calculators that do not need external wall plugs may be used. Graphing calculators
that do not have built-in or stored functionality that provides additional scientific information
are allowed. Small hand-held computers are not permitted. Calculators that accept memory cards
or memory sticks are not permitted. Each contestant may bring one spare calculator.
All memory must be cleared.
SCORING:
All questions will receive 6 points if answered correctly; no points will be given or subtracted
if unanswered; 2 points will be deducted for an incorrect answer.
8A
18
H
1.008
2A
3A
4A
5A
6A
7A
13
14
15
16
17
He
4.003
10
Li
Be
Ne
6.941
9.012
10.81
12.01
14.01
16.00
19.00
20.18
11
12
13
Na
Mg
22.99
24.31
19
20
3B
4B
5B
6B
7B
8B
8B
8B
1B
2B
10
11
12
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
14
15
16
17
18
Al
Si
Cl
Ar
26.98
28.09
30.97
32.07
35.45
39.95
31
32
33
34
35
36
Ca
Sc
Ti
Cr
Mn
Fe
Co
Ni
Cu
Zn
Ga
Ge
As
Se
Br
Kr
39.10
40.08
44.96
47.87
50.94
52.00
54.94
55.85
58.93
58.69
63.55
65.41
69.72
72.64
74.92
78.96
79.90
83.80
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
Rb
Sr
Zr
Nb
Mo
Tc
Ru
Rh
Pd
Ag
Cd
In
Sn
Sb
Te
Xe
85.47
87.62
88.91
91.22
92.91
95.94
(98)
101.07
102.91
106.42
107.87
112.41
114.82
118.71
121.76
127.60
126.90
131.29
55
56
57
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
Cs
Ba
La
Hf
Ta
Re
Os
Ir
Pt
Au
Hg
Tl
Pb
Bi
Po
At
Rn
132.91
137.33
138.91
178.49
180.95
183.84
186.21
190.23
192.22
195.08
196.97
200.59
204.38
207.20
208.98
(209)
(210)
(222)
87
88
89
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
Fr
Ra
Ac
Rf
Db
Sg
Bh
Hs
Mt
Ds
Rg
Cn
(223)
(226)
(227)
(261)
(262)
(266)
(264)
(277)
(268)
(281)
(272)
(285)
58
59
60
Ce
Pr
140.12
140.91
90
91
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
Nd Pm Sm
Eu
Gd
Tb
Dy
Ho
Er
Tm
Yb
Lu
144.24
151.96
157.25
158.93
162.50
164.93
167.26
168.93
173.04
174.97
92
(145)
93
150.36
94
Th
Pa
Np
Pu
232.04
231.04
238.03
(237)
(244)
95
96
Am Cm
(243)
(247)
97
98
99
Bk
Cf
Es
(247)
(251)
(252)
100
101
102
103
Fm Md No
(257)
(258)
(259)
Lr
(262)
symbol
density of water
density of ice
water
ice
1.000 g cm-3
0.9167 g cm-3
specific heats
ice
water
steam
cice
cwater
csteam
heat of fusion
Hfus or Lf
334 J g-1
heat of
vaporization
Hvap or Lv
index of
refraction
autoionization
n
Kw
value
2260 J g-1
1.33
1.0 10-14
Pressure
1 atm
760 torr
101325 Pa
14.7 psi
105 Pa
100 kPa
1 cal
4.184 J
1 L atm
101.325 J
1 Cal
1 kcal
1 hp
746 W
1 eV
1.602 10-19 J
1 bar
Energy
value
symbol
universal gas
constant
property
electron rest
mass
me
Plancks
constant
Plancks
reduced
constant
h/2
proton mass
mp
1.6726 10-27 kg
1.00728 u
938.3 MeV c-2
neutron mass
mn
1.6749 10-27 kg
1.008665 u
939.6 MeV c-2
atomic mass
unit
1.6605 10-27 kg
6.626 10-34 J s
4.136 10-15 eV s
1.054
10-34
Js
6.582 10-16 eV s
Boltzmann
constant
kB
StefanBoltzmann
speed of light
speed of sound
vair
(at 20C)
acceleration of
gravity
9.11 10-31 kg
0.000549 u
value
symbol
earth mass
5.972 1024 kg
earth radius
6.371 106 m
343 m s-1
moon mass
7.348 1022 kg
sun mass
1.989 1030 kg
3.844 108 m
1.496 1011 m
9.80 m
s-2
gravitational
constant
distance
earth-moon
Avogadros
number
NA
distance
earth-sun
elementary
charge
1.602
Faraday
96485 C mol-1
Coulombs
law constant
Rydberg
constant
2.178 10-18 J
10-19
1 in
2.54 cm
1 lb
453.6 g
1 mi
5280 ft = 1.609 km
1 gal
permittivity of
free space
permeability
of free space
4 10-7 T m A-1
413
CC
346
CCl 339
CN
305
OH
463
C=C
602
CBr 285
N=N
418
NH
391
CC
835
O=O
HH
436
CO
358
C=O
799
HCl 432
SH
347
NN
945
ClCl
242
HBr 366
HI
299
CN
887
II
151
498
Evodevolution
Homoplasy
Heterochrony
Symplasy
Heteromorphism
Dermal
Ground
Vascular
Xylem
Phloem
Amplified feedback
Dampened feedback
Negative feedback
Positive feedback
Thalamal feedback
D) 312 mL
E) 260 mL
F) 624 mL
SO2
D) 79.1 %
E) 91.4 %
F) 98.3 %
concentration (mol/L)
A
B
C
D
.9
.8
.7
.6
.5
X
E
.4
.3
.2
.1
50
150
200
time (s)
28. Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane is commonly
known as tris and has a Kb equal to 1.2 10-6. The
formula for tris is (HOCH2)3CNH2. 50 mL of 0.15 M
hydrobromic acid is added to 200 mL of 0.17 M tris.
What is the pH of the resulting 250 mL of solution?
A) 7.53
B) 8.63
D) +299.0 kJ
E) +598.0 kJ
F) +114.4 kJ
100
C) 8.74
D) 8.08
E) 7.42
F) 10.65
C) +230 mV
D) +115 mV
E) +245 mV
F) 230 mV
D) blue-green
E) yellow-orange
F) yellow
C) 639 nm
D) 1250 nm
E) 411 nm
F) 927 nm
C) 8p
D) 5g
E) 6h
F) 3f
[A]
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.24
[B]
0.10
0.20
0.30
0.40
[C]
0.20
0.20
0.40
0.25
rate of formation
of D (M/s)
-3
1.2510
1.2510-3
2.5010-3
4.0010-3
0.0417 [A][C]
0.417 [A][B][C]
0.0417 [A]2[C]
0.625 [B]2[C]
E)
F)
G)
H)
D) 68.2C
E) 40.4C
F) 13.9C
D) 5.87 atm
E) 3.85 atm
F) 4.21 atm
4.17 [A][B]2[C]
0.556 [A]2[B]
0.278 [A]2[C]
0.208 [A][C]2
HO
0.522 V
C) 39
D) 46
E) 45
F) 49
D) 2.3 10-18
E) 1.1 104
F) 1.5 10-9
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C) 37.5 min
D) 4.32 hr
E) 87.5 min
F) < 5 min
Arizona
California
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to act as a laxative
to demote or devalue
to inflate
to move far away
to throw away
asteroids
icy dwarf planets
main plane planets
plutoid
trans-Neptunian object
3.5 m/s
4.9 m/s
8.5 m/s
8.7 m/s
42 m/s
4.47 m/s2
5.50 m/s2
8.31 m/s2
12.1 m/s2
12.5 m/s2
1.6 J
1.8 J
20 J
42 J
57 J
(2/5)L
(1/2)L
(3/5)L
(4/5)L
L
143 kJ
224 kJ
226 kJ
457 kJ
790 kJ
qBR
q2B 2R 2
(qBR)/(2m)
(q2B2R2)/(2m)
(mq2B2R2)/2
2.60 10-4
7.43 10-3
8.30 10-3
2.26 10-1
8.95 10-1
7.5 107 m
1.6 108 m
6.1 109 m
9.1 109 m
4.7 1010 m
5.36 10-5%
5.65%
50.0%
94.3%
100% (to 3 significant digits)
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T = 300.5 K = 27.4C
(C) Flip and double the first. Leave second as is. ADD
+369.2 kJ
4 HCl(g) 2 H2(g) + 2 Cl2(g)
2 H2(g) + O2(g) 2 H2O(g)
483.6 kJ
giving 114.4 kJ
(D) mactual = Tf/Kf = 0.614/1.86 = 0.33 m
0.33/0.30 = 1.10 10% ionized
(C) The X drops from .80 to .45 on the plot which is a decrease of .35 M. The Y will increase from zero
to double that which is .70 and matches plot C.
(B) pKb = -log(1.2e-6) = 5.9208 tris is B
50(.15) = 7.5 mmol H+ 200(.17) = 34.0 mmol B
34 7.5 = 26.5 mmol B left and 7.5 mmol BH+ made
pKa = 14-pKb = 14 5.9208 = 8.0792
pH = pKa + log(B/BH+) = 8.0792 + log(26.5/7.5)
pH = 8.0792 + 0.5482 = 8.6274
(A) The standard potential is zero (same reaction on each side). Left side is anode and therefore the
.88 M cation is a product of the reaction. Use Nernst equation:
E = 0 0.0257/2 ln(.88/.00011) = 0.115 V
30. (D) The pKa for indicator is 4.49 which is where it would be green (50/50 mix of yellow and blue). The
acid pH is calculated: [H+] = sqrt(2.3 10-90.051) = 1.0810-5 which gives a pH of 4.97 which puts
the indicator in a ratio of 3:1 of blue:yellow. That will give a color of blue-green.
HO
H2
H2
C27H46O