1 :

Hint : 🫁 Gas exchange sacs

Correct Answers:

  • Alveoli


Rationale :

◈ Alveoli are the tiny air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place.

◈ In diseases like emphysema, the alveolar walls are damaged or destroyed, reducing the surface area available for effective gas exchange.

◈ This leads to decreased oxygen absorption and impaired carbon dioxide removal, which causes shortness of breath and decreased respiratory function.

◈ The bronchi and trachea are part of the airways but not the direct site of gas exchange.


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2 :

Hint : ⚛️ Easily loses electron (+)

Correct Answers:

  • Potassium, atomic number 19


Rationale :

🍃 Potassium (K), with atomic number 19, has one electron in its outermost shell, making it energetically favorable to lose this electron to achieve a stable noble gas electron configuration.

🍃 When it loses this electron, it becomes a positively charged cation (K⁺).

🍃 In contrast, fluorine (F), with atomic number 9, readily gains an electron to become an anion (F⁻) due to having seven electrons in its outermost shell.

🍃 Thus, potassium is far more likely to form a cation.


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3 :

Hint : 🧍 Appendix sprouts from cecum

Correct Answers:

  • Cecum


Rationale :

✔️ The vermiform appendix is a narrow, tube-like structure that extends from the cecum, which is the first part of the large intestine located in the lower right abdomen.

✔️ Though once considered vestigial, the appendix may have a role in immune function and maintaining gut flora.

✔️ The jejunum, in contrast, is a part of the small intestine, not associated with the appendix.


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Hint : 🌱 Dominant + recessive = 50/50

Correct Answers:

  • Gg x gg


Rationale :

✍️ Green pod color (G) is dominant, and yellow (g) is recessive.

✍️ A cross between a heterozygous green pod plant (Gg) and a homozygous recessive yellow pod plant (gg) will produce:

• 50% Gg (green pods)

• 50% gg (yellow pods)

✍️ This results in a 1:1 phenotypic ratio, matching the observation that half the offspring had green pods and half had yellow.


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5 :

Hint : 🩸 Filtered blood exits here

Correct Answers:

  • Renal vein


Rationale :

➡️ The renal vein is responsible for carrying oxygen-depleted, filtered blood away from the kidneys to the inferior vena cava, where it returns to the heart.

➡️ After the blood is filtered through nephrons, removing waste and excess substances, it exits via the renal vein.

➡️ This structure plays a critical role in the systemic circulation and detoxification process.


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6 :

Hint : 🥤 Gas pressure release analogy

Correct Answers:

  • A can of soda fizzing when it is opened.


Rationale :

⪢ When a volcano erupts, gas pressure builds up beneath the surface until it is released explosively—similar to how carbon dioxide gas builds up in a sealed soda can and escapes rapidly when the can is opened.

⪢ Both processes involve trapped gases being suddenly released due to a drop in pressure, leading to eruption-like behavior.

⪢ This makes the fizzing soda a fitting analogy for understanding volcanic eruptions.


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7 :

Hint : ⚗️ More surface = faster reaction

Correct Answers:

  • Using a mortar and pestle to grind a solid reactant to a powder


Rationale :

◈ Grinding a solid into a fine powder increases its surface area, allowing more particles to be exposed to react with other substances.

◈ This leads to more frequent and effective collisions between reactant particles, thereby increasing the reaction rate.

◈ Decreasing the concentration of reactants would slow down the reaction by reducing the number of collisions.


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8 :

Hint : ⚽ Full-motion joint

Correct Answers:

  • Ball-and-socket


Rationale :

➡️ The hip joint is a classic ball-and-socket joint, where the rounded head of the femur fits into the acetabulum of the pelvis.

➡️ This structure allows for a wide range of movement, including flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, rotation, and circumduction.

➡️ It provides both mobility and stability, essential for weight-bearing and locomotion.


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9 :

Hint : 🧴 Duct = exocrine; no duct = endocrine

Correct Answers:

  • The presence or absence of ducts


Rationale :

⪢ The main distinction between endocrine and exocrine glands is whether they have ducts.

⪢ Endocrine glands are ductless and secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream, affecting distant target organs.

⪢ Exocrine glands use ducts to transport their secretions (like enzymes, sweat, or saliva) to specific local surfaces.

⪢ This structural difference is what functionally separates the two gland types.


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10 :

Hint : 🩸 Artery → arteriole → capillary

Correct Answers:

  • Blood pumped from the heart first enters arteries that then narrow to form arterioles that deliver blood to capillaries of the organ.


Rationale :

◈ The correct pathway of blood flow from the heart to body tissues is:

👉Heart → Arteries → Arterioles → Capillaries → Venules → Veins → Heart

◈ Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart under high pressure.

◈ They branch into smaller arterioles, which then lead to capillaries—the site of gas and nutrient exchange with tissues.

◈ Veins and venules return deoxygenated blood to the heart, not the other way around.


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