The stages associated with continental rifting are, in order from earliest to latest:

A) narrow ocean basin, continental rift, uplift, wide ocean basin
B) narrow ocean basin, wide ocean basin, continental rift, uplift
C) uplift, wide ocean basin, narrow ocean basin, continental rift
D) wide ocean basin, narrow ocean basin, uplift, continental rift
E) uplift, continental rift, narrow ocean basin, wide ocean basin

Malaria is carried by the ____________________ mosquito.

Which of the following is true about tests we can perform on a mineral?

A) a softer mineral will scratch a harder mineral
B) many common minerals react effervesce) with dilute hydrochloric acid
C) a streak plate is used to determine how hard a mineral is
D) many minerals are strongly magnetic
E) none of these

What is the most technically challenging part of using uranium to generate electricity?

A) mining and milling the radioactive material, because of environmental regulations
B) separating the uranium from the rock in which it occurs
C) using gas centrifuges to preferentially enrich the more energetic uranium isotope ²³⁵U)
D) finding a material to moderate the reaction within the reactor

Which of the following characterizes integrated pest management compared to the use of pesticides alone? 

A)  Integrated pest management is more expensive than using pesticides. 
B)  Integrated pest management achieves results sooner than by using pesticides. 
C)  Integrated pest management requires more expert knowledge about individual pest-crop situations than using pesticides. 
D)  Integrated pest management is less expensive than using pesticides.

Climate change and loss of biodiversity are indirect effects of an increase in the ____________________ population.

Which of the following types of faults does NOT generate earthquakes?

A) normal fault
B) reverse fault
C) thrust fault
D) strike-slip fault
E) all types of faults can generate earthquakes

Which molecule might experience a mutation that could be passed from one generation to the next? 

A)  protein 
B)  hydrocarbon 
C)  DNA 
D)  carbohydrate