GED Exam Questions and Answers
Graded A+
Acid - Correct answer-A compound that In water produces hydrogen ions, usually
tastes sour, a pH less than 7
Amoeba - Correct answer-A type of Protozoan that has no permanent shape
Anemia - Correct answer-lack of a normal number of red blood cells
Antibiotic - Correct answer-compound that blocks the growth and reproduction of
bacteria
Antibody - Correct answer-A protein, usually in the blood of an organism, that
serves to counteract the effects of disease-producing bacteriabor viruses
Antidote - Correct answer-a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison
Anticeptic - Correct answer-A substance that prevents the growth or activity of
bacteria
Antitoxin - Correct answer-Substance in the body neutralizes toxins
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,Artery - Correct answer-a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart to
the periphery of the body
Assimilation - Correct answer-Process by which digested food is utilized by the
body to build up or repair cells
Asteroid - Correct answer-One of a group of "minor plants" between Mars and
Jupiter, of which about 1,500 are known
Atmosphere - Correct answer-The whole mass of gases surrounding a planet
Atom - Correct answer-smallest particle of an element, consisting of a nucleus
surrounded bynelectrons
Bacteria - Correct answer-(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or
spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission
Balance in Nature - Correct answer-the balence of animals and palntes in their
enviroment
Barometer - Correct answer-an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
Bedrock - Correct answer-solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of
soil
Benign (Tumor) - Correct answer-(a tumor) something that is not dangerous or life
threatening
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, Bile - Correct answer-a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the
gallbladder
Biome - Correct answer-a major biotic community characterized by the dominant
forms of plant life and the prevailing climate
Brain - Correct answer-that part of the central nervous system that includes all the
higher nervous centers
Calorie - Correct answer-unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to
raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric
pressure
Cancer - Correct answer-any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and
uncontrolled cell division
Carbohydrate - Correct answer-an essential structural component of living cells
and source of energy for animals
Carbon Dioxide - Correct answer-a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during
respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances
Carbon Monoxide - Correct answer-an odorless very poisonous gas that is a
product of incomplete combustion of carbon
Carnivore - Correct answer-any animal that feeds on flesh
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Graded A+
Acid - Correct answer-A compound that In water produces hydrogen ions, usually
tastes sour, a pH less than 7
Amoeba - Correct answer-A type of Protozoan that has no permanent shape
Anemia - Correct answer-lack of a normal number of red blood cells
Antibiotic - Correct answer-compound that blocks the growth and reproduction of
bacteria
Antibody - Correct answer-A protein, usually in the blood of an organism, that
serves to counteract the effects of disease-producing bacteriabor viruses
Antidote - Correct answer-a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison
Anticeptic - Correct answer-A substance that prevents the growth or activity of
bacteria
Antitoxin - Correct answer-Substance in the body neutralizes toxins
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,Artery - Correct answer-a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart to
the periphery of the body
Assimilation - Correct answer-Process by which digested food is utilized by the
body to build up or repair cells
Asteroid - Correct answer-One of a group of "minor plants" between Mars and
Jupiter, of which about 1,500 are known
Atmosphere - Correct answer-The whole mass of gases surrounding a planet
Atom - Correct answer-smallest particle of an element, consisting of a nucleus
surrounded bynelectrons
Bacteria - Correct answer-(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or
spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission
Balance in Nature - Correct answer-the balence of animals and palntes in their
enviroment
Barometer - Correct answer-an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
Bedrock - Correct answer-solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of
soil
Benign (Tumor) - Correct answer-(a tumor) something that is not dangerous or life
threatening
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, Bile - Correct answer-a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the
gallbladder
Biome - Correct answer-a major biotic community characterized by the dominant
forms of plant life and the prevailing climate
Brain - Correct answer-that part of the central nervous system that includes all the
higher nervous centers
Calorie - Correct answer-unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to
raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric
pressure
Cancer - Correct answer-any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and
uncontrolled cell division
Carbohydrate - Correct answer-an essential structural component of living cells
and source of energy for animals
Carbon Dioxide - Correct answer-a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during
respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances
Carbon Monoxide - Correct answer-an odorless very poisonous gas that is a
product of incomplete combustion of carbon
Carnivore - Correct answer-any animal that feeds on flesh
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