GACE SCIENCE 024 025 524 ACTUAL PAPER
2026 SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Which of the following minerals effervesces when placed in an
acid solution? Answer: Calcite
◉ Which of the following statements best describes the global wind
pattern at the equator? Answer: Calm Surface winds
◉ A function of the Golgi apparatus in a typical animal cell is to
Answer: modify and package materials for export from the cell
◉ Which of the following is a plant hormone that is responsible for
stem elongation? Answer: Gibberellin
◉ Which of the following planets has the shortest period of
revolution around the Sun? Answer: Mercury
◉ Hydrilla verticillata is a nonnative aquatic plant that has invaded
fresh, slow-moving or still waters in the United States. Which of the
following are most likely true about the presence of H. verticillata in
fresh waters? Answer: H. verticillata displaces native aquatic species
of plants after it is introduced. & H. verticillata can be biologically
controlled by introducing consumers from its native environment.
, ◉ Which of the following statements best summarizes Hutton's
geological principle of uniformitarianism? Answer: Present physical
laws are the key to the past
◉ Which of the following types of biological molecules contain the
most energy per gram? Answer: Lipids
◉ A woman with blood type B (genotype IBIBIBIB or IBiIBi) has
four children with a man whose blood type is unknown. Two of the
children have blood type B, one has blood type O, and one has blood
type AB. What must the blood types of the parents be? Answer:
Woman: IBiIBi , man: IAi
◉ One way in which stars differ from planets is that stars Answer:
Produce their own light
◉ The primary reason that stripping the outer and inner bark from
the circumference of a tree will eventually kill the tree is that
removal of the bark Answer: prevents the transport of sugar to the
roots
◉ Since the lungs in many adult amphibians are small or even
absent, upon which of the following do they mainly depend for gas
exchange? Answer: skin
2026 SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Which of the following minerals effervesces when placed in an
acid solution? Answer: Calcite
◉ Which of the following statements best describes the global wind
pattern at the equator? Answer: Calm Surface winds
◉ A function of the Golgi apparatus in a typical animal cell is to
Answer: modify and package materials for export from the cell
◉ Which of the following is a plant hormone that is responsible for
stem elongation? Answer: Gibberellin
◉ Which of the following planets has the shortest period of
revolution around the Sun? Answer: Mercury
◉ Hydrilla verticillata is a nonnative aquatic plant that has invaded
fresh, slow-moving or still waters in the United States. Which of the
following are most likely true about the presence of H. verticillata in
fresh waters? Answer: H. verticillata displaces native aquatic species
of plants after it is introduced. & H. verticillata can be biologically
controlled by introducing consumers from its native environment.
, ◉ Which of the following statements best summarizes Hutton's
geological principle of uniformitarianism? Answer: Present physical
laws are the key to the past
◉ Which of the following types of biological molecules contain the
most energy per gram? Answer: Lipids
◉ A woman with blood type B (genotype IBIBIBIB or IBiIBi) has
four children with a man whose blood type is unknown. Two of the
children have blood type B, one has blood type O, and one has blood
type AB. What must the blood types of the parents be? Answer:
Woman: IBiIBi , man: IAi
◉ One way in which stars differ from planets is that stars Answer:
Produce their own light
◉ The primary reason that stripping the outer and inner bark from
the circumference of a tree will eventually kill the tree is that
removal of the bark Answer: prevents the transport of sugar to the
roots
◉ Since the lungs in many adult amphibians are small or even
absent, upon which of the following do they mainly depend for gas
exchange? Answer: skin
