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sciq
sciq201
Lymph vessels, like veins, have what objects that prevent the backflow of fluid?
{ "A": "pumps", "B": "pores", "C": "valves", "D": "fibers" }
C
sciq
sciq202
What do you call the point at which the entire weight of a body may be considered to be concentrated?
{ "A": "center of earth", "B": "complex of gravity", "C": "center of gravity", "D": "direction of gravity" }
C
sciq
sciq203
What is the name of the command center of the cell?
{ "A": "nucleus", "B": "molecules", "C": "vacuole", "D": "mitochondria" }
A
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sciq204
What is the key issue in the small-population approach?
{ "A": "genetic mutation", "B": "disease variation", "C": "alternative variation", "D": "genetic variation" }
D
sciq
sciq205
What are diodes, transistors, and integrated circuits examples of?
{ "A": "computer parts", "B": "electronic components", "C": "radio parts", "D": "machine parts" }
B
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sciq206
What are the layered rocks that form when certain prokaryotes bind thin films of sediment together?
{ "A": "stalactites", "B": "stomatolites", "C": "stalagmites", "D": "quartzes" }
B
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sciq207
Acids can also react with metals, and when they do they produce what?
{ "A": "hydrogen gas", "B": "rust", "C": "alloys", "D": "potassium gas" }
A
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sciq208
Like animals, protozoa are heterotrophic and capable of what?
{ "A": "creating", "B": "moving", "C": "working", "D": "pushing" }
B
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sciq209
The group 18 gases that have 8 valence electrons are referred to as what type of gases?
{ "A": "noble", "B": "important", "C": "metal", "D": "novel" }
A
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sciq210
Where a cell resides, how it appears, and what it does define its what?
{ "A": "minute race", "B": "development fate", "C": "slowing rate", "D": "life cycle" }
B
sciq
sciq211
What purpose does the appendix serve in humans today?
{ "A": "work", "B": "digests food", "C": "none", "D": "filters blood" }
C
sciq
sciq212
What are generally divided into prosimian and non-prosimian?
{ "A": "insects", "B": "primates", "C": "rodents", "D": "carnivores" }
B
sciq
sciq213
Nearly all protists exist in some type of aquatic environment, including freshwater and marine environments, damp soil, and even snow. several protist species are parasites that infect animals or plants. a few protist species live on dead organisms or their wastes, and contribute to what?
{ "A": "habitat loss", "B": "greenhouse gas", "C": "their decay", "D": "spontaneous mutation" }
C
sciq
sciq214
People with osteoporosis have an increase risk of what?
{ "A": "muscle loss", "B": "bone fractures", "C": "weight loss", "D": "cancer" }
B
sciq
sciq215
What part of the plant anchors it into the soil?
{ "A": "buds", "B": "stems", "C": "roots", "D": "leaves" }
C
sciq
sciq216
What term refers to the sequence of community and ecosystem changes after a disturbance?
{ "A": "disturbance succession", "B": "physiological succession", "C": "ecological succession", "D": "progressions" }
C
sciq
sciq217
What rises through solid rocks where conditions are right?
{ "A": "water", "B": "crystals", "C": "nitrogen", "D": "magma" }
D
sciq
sciq218
What causes acid rain, ozone depletion, and global warming?
{ "A": "air pollution", "B": "radiation", "C": "ozone layer", "D": "water pollution" }
A
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sciq219
What type of climates are found around the equator?
{ "A": "arid", "B": "arctics", "C": "tundras", "D": "tropical" }
D
sciq
sciq220
The process when heat is released is referred to as what?
{ "A": "geothermal", "B": "insular", "C": "exothermic", "D": "endothermic" }
C
sciq
sciq221
What lizards can change colors based on the color of their surroundings?
{ "A": "Monitor", "B": "skink", "C": "chameleons", "D": "geckos" }
C
sciq
sciq222
What kind of compound, contained in coffee and alcohol, increases urine volume?
{ "A": "acid", "B": "additive", "C": "anabolic", "D": "diuretic" }
D
sciq
sciq223
What part of the muscle fibers cause shortening and contraction?
{ "A": "fasciae", "B": "myofibrils", "C": "collagen", "D": "pores" }
B
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sciq224
What is the period from earth's origin to the beginning of the phanerozoic eon?
{ "A": "Cenozoic", "B": "precambrian", "C": "Paleolithic", "D": "anatolian" }
B
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sciq225
What muscles are used to pump water over the gills?
{ "A": "lungs and pharynx", "B": "jaws and pharynx", "C": "pharynx and tonsils", "D": "muscles and pharynx" }
B
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sciq226
When populations get close to the carrying capacity, what happens to growth?
{ "A": "dies", "B": "slows", "C": "spikes", "D": "halts" }
B
sciq
sciq227
Skeletal muscle cells and cardiac muscle cells share what property, which is not shared by smooth muscle cells?
{ "A": "overlap", "B": "filaments", "C": "striations", "D": "surfaces" }
C
sciq
sciq228
What organ does asthma periodically cause to narrow?
{ "A": "lungs", "B": "intestines", "C": "liver", "D": "ovaries" }
A
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sciq229
A crow that becomes used to a scarecrow and lands on it is an example of what?
{ "A": "dissociation", "B": "habituation", "C": "assimilation", "D": "adaptation" }
B
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sciq230
Earthquakes have both longitudinal and transverse components, and these travel at what?
{ "A": "the speed of light", "B": "identical speeds", "C": "the speed of sound", "D": "different speeds" }
D
sciq
sciq231
In what human organ system would you find live e. coli bacteria?
{ "A": "circulatory system", "B": "respiratory system", "C": "skeletal system", "D": "digestive system" }
D
sciq
sciq232
Secondary pollutants form from chemical reactions that occur when pollution is exposed to what?
{ "A": "sunlight", "B": "humans", "C": "air", "D": "water" }
A
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sciq233
What is the name of the procedure where an unknown compound can be analyzed in the laboratory in order to determine the percentages of each element contained within it?
{ "A": "electrical analysis", "B": "elemental analysis", "C": "chemical analysis", "D": "gaseous analysis" }
B
sciq
sciq234
What does the human heart do?
{ "A": "destroy blood", "B": "use blood", "C": "make blood", "D": "pump blood" }
D
sciq
sciq235
What organism is at the top of the energy pyramid?
{ "A": "herbivore", "B": "insects", "C": "carnivore", "D": "primate" }
C
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sciq236
Parthenogenesis is the most common form of what in animals that at other times reproduce sexually?
{ "A": "cell division", "B": "budding", "C": "sexual dimorphism", "D": "asexual reproduction" }
D
sciq
sciq237
What do you call a substance that is not an acid or a base?
{ "A": "toxic", "B": "oxidic", "C": "neutral", "D": "equivalent" }
C
sciq
sciq238
What element is all life built around?
{ "A": "neon", "B": "oxygen", "C": "carbon", "D": "hydrogen" }
C
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sciq239
The barrier defenses are not a response to infections, but they are continuously working to protect against a broad range of what?
{ "A": "nutrients", "B": "mates", "C": "pathogens", "D": "ecosystems" }
C
sciq
sciq240
What system is responsible for defending your body against sickness?
{ "A": "digestion system", "B": "nervous system", "C": "immune system", "D": "circulatory system" }
C
sciq
sciq241
What causes reduction of elasticity in all organs?
{ "A": "weight gain", "B": "low vitamin D", "C": "radiation", "D": "age" }
D
sciq
sciq242
What sustains the fetus while it grows inside the mother’s uterus?
{ "A": "mitochondria", "B": "endometrium", "C": "placenta", "D": "bacteria" }
C
sciq
sciq243
Astronomers have wondered if the universe is expanding fast enough to escape the pull of what?
{ "A": "kinetic energy", "B": "Coreolis effect", "C": "gravity", "D": "light" }
C
sciq
sciq244
What organs are the main organs of the urinary system?
{ "A": "spleen", "B": "gall bladder", "C": "prostate", "D": "kidneys" }
D
sciq
sciq245
Many plants generate root pressure during which phase?
{ "A": "growing season", "B": "end of life cycle", "C": "flowering season", "D": "developing season" }
A
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sciq246
Worldwide, viruses seem to play a role in what percentage of the cases of human cancer?
{ "A": "15%", "B": "5%", "C": "20 %", "D": "+.15 %" }
A
sciq
sciq247
The vector of what organism is significant on a map showing the location of malaria?
{ "A": "virus", "B": "worm", "C": "fungi", "D": "mosquito" }
D
sciq
sciq248
What is the outermost layer of the skin?
{ "A": "callus", "B": "dermis", "C": "nexus", "D": "epidermis" }
D
sciq
sciq249
Where is chlorine gas produced?
{ "A": "carbon cycle", "B": "in the nucleus", "C": "at the anode", "D": "epidermis" }
C
sciq
sciq250
What colorful phenomenon occurs in the northern sky when particles from the sun energize ions in the thermosphere?
{ "A": "meteor shower", "B": "northern lights", "C": "Coriolis effect", "D": "aurora nervosa" }
B
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sciq251
What are drumlins, eskers, and kettle lakes formed by?
{ "A": "tsunamis", "B": "meteors", "C": "earthquakes", "D": "glaciers" }
D
sciq
sciq252
Maintaining a high metabolic rate takes a lot of what?
{ "A": "hydrogen", "B": "power", "C": "energy", "D": "fuel" }
C
sciq
sciq253
The pleura that surrounds the lungs consists of how many layers?
{ "A": "one", "B": "four", "C": "two", "D": "three" }
C
sciq
sciq254
What property is the result of the force of gravity being opposed by the normal force?
{ "A": "weight", "B": "sound", "C": "light", "D": "density" }
A
sciq
sciq255
What is defined as a push or pull acting on an object?
{ "A": "force", "B": "effort", "C": "motion", "D": "work" }
A
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sciq256
Pressure relationships inspiration (or inhalation) and expiration (or exhalation) are dependent on the differences in pressure between the atmosphere and these?
{ "A": "bones", "B": "lungs", "C": "enzymes", "D": "salts" }
B
sciq
sciq257
The posterior pituitary releases which hormone, which stimulates uterine contractions during childbirth?
{ "A": "insulin", "B": "oxytocin", "C": "estradiol", "D": "estrogen" }
B
sciq
sciq258
Cycling, shoveling snow and cross-country skiing are examples of what kind of heart-strengthening activity?
{ "A": "anaerobic", "B": "exercise", "C": "metabolism", "D": "aerobic" }
D
sciq
sciq259
Animals can not produce their own food making them _________.
{ "A": "autotrophs", "B": "heterotrophs", "C": "photoreliant", "D": "omnivores" }
B
sciq
sciq260
What rocks are formed by crystallization of chemical precipitates?
{ "A": "carbon sedimentary", "B": "volcanic", "C": "layered", "D": "chemical sedimentary" }
D
sciq
sciq261
What is the most important element to life?
{ "A": "carbon", "B": "nitrogen", "C": "oxygen", "D": "hydrogen" }
A
sciq
sciq262
What type of sedimentary rocks are made of minerals that precipitate from saline water?
{ "A": "chemical sedimentary rocks", "B": "sandstone", "C": "limestone", "D": "shale" }
A
sciq
sciq263
If a solution contains so much solute that its solubility limit is reached, the solution is said to be what?
{ "A": "saturated", "B": "Over done", "C": "temperatures", "D": "carbohydrates" }
A
sciq
sciq264
What kind of surface temperature is found on venus?
{ "A": "extremely high", "B": "a little hot", "C": "cool", "D": "cold" }
A
sciq
sciq265
Almost all vascular plants have mycorrhizae and rely on their fungal partners for what?
{ "A": "sunlight", "B": "air", "C": "nutrients", "D": "respiration" }
C
sciq
sciq266
What is the major cause of chronic respiratory disease as well as cardiovascular disease and cancer?
{ "A": "drinking", "B": "diet", "C": "smoking", "D": "exercise" }
C
sciq
sciq267
What are used to lift large masses of magnetic materials such as scrap iron, rolls of steel, and auto parts?
{ "A": "Tape", "B": "electromagnets", "C": "Glue", "D": "screws" }
B
sciq
sciq268
What are seamounts that rise above the water surface called?
{ "A": "sandbars", "B": "islands", "C": "coasts", "D": "reefs" }
B
sciq
sciq269
He mass spectrometer measures the percent abundance of different what?
{ "A": "isotopes", "B": "reactions", "C": "Proteins", "D": "organisms" }
A
sciq
sciq270
What forms when an atom gains electrons?
{ "A": "crystals", "B": "cations", "C": "anions", "D": "bonds" }
C
sciq
sciq271
A largemouth bass is an example of a cold-blooded animal that conforms to what aspect of the lake it inhabits?
{ "A": "depth", "B": "precipitation", "C": "temperature", "D": "oxygen" }
C
sciq
sciq272
What happens if a person doesn’t take in enough water to replace the water lost in sweat?
{ "A": "diarrhea", "B": "relaxation", "C": "dehydration", "D": "fatigue" }
C
sciq
sciq273
A, t, g, and c pairs are associated with what substance that is important in genetics?
{ "A": "plasma", "B": "dna", "C": "bacteria", "D": "blood" }
B
sciq
sciq274
Name the process of removing wastes from the body.
{ "A": "filtration", "B": "depletion", "C": "excretion", "D": "degradation" }
C
sciq
sciq275
Prokaryotic cells can only regulate gene expression by controlling the amount of what?
{ "A": "translation", "B": "RNA processing", "C": "transcription", "D": "folding" }
C
sciq
sciq276
What type of numbers specify the arrangement of electrons in orbitals?
{ "A": "ionic numbers", "B": "fusion numbers", "C": "stream numbers", "D": "quantum numbers" }
D
sciq
sciq277
What do cells secrete that binds to receptors?
{ "A": "proteins", "B": "factor", "C": "stress", "D": "endorphans" }
B
sciq
sciq278
What is the term for dry climate regions at higher altitudes that have short grasses and low bushes?
{ "A": "fringes", "B": "deserts", "C": "prairie", "D": "steppes" }
D
sciq
sciq279
Tuataras, lizards, and snakes are members of what subclass of reptiles?
{ "A": "lepidosaurs", "B": "arthropods", "C": "dinosaurs", "D": "staurikosaurus" }
A
sciq
sciq280
Why do sharks sense low levels of electricity?
{ "A": "to reproduce", "B": "to locate prey", "C": "to sleep", "D": "to locate mates" }
B
sciq
sciq281
What causes an elastic force in springs?
{ "A": "momentum", "B": "stretching or compressing", "C": "freezing", "D": "velocity" }
B
sciq
sciq282
What year did the soho spacecraft first started to operate?
{ "A": "2012", "B": "1996", "C": "1987", "D": "2006" }
B
sciq
sciq283
The partial pressure of each gas in a mixture is proportional to its what?
{ "A": "mesh fraction", "B": "lactic fraction", "C": "chemical fraction", "D": "mole fraction" }
D
sciq
sciq284
What is the only mechanism that consistently causes adaptive evolution?
{ "A": "genetic drift", "B": "neutral selection", "C": "natural selection", "D": "artificial selection" }
C
sciq
sciq285
What in orange juice makes it taste sour?
{ "A": "citric acid", "B": "carbonation", "C": "amino acid", "D": "acetic acid" }
A
sciq
sciq286
Muscarinic receptors can cause both depolarization or hyperpolarization depending on the what?
{ "A": "strain", "B": "subtype", "C": "gravity", "D": "phenotype" }
B
sciq
sciq287
What is the common measure of how hot or cold something is?
{ "A": "precipitation", "B": "weight", "C": "variation", "D": "temperature" }
D
sciq
sciq288
Organisms that obtain food from outside themselves (i.e. they don't make their own food) are known as what?
{ "A": "heterotrophs", "B": "autotrophs", "C": "zygotes", "D": "fungi" }
A
sciq
sciq289
What is the name of the mineral that contains calcium, carbon and oxygen?
{ "A": "cobalt", "B": "calcite", "C": "quartz", "D": "granite" }
B
sciq
sciq290
What is the term for the energy of motion, which is exhibited by the speed of an object?
{ "A": "inertia", "B": "residual energy", "C": "mechanical energy", "D": "kinetic energy" }
D
sciq
sciq291
What is the process by which a liquid changes to a solid?
{ "A": "vaporizing", "B": "boiling", "C": "freezing", "D": "melting" }
C
sciq
sciq292
How are electrons shared in covalent bonds?
{ "A": "unequally", "B": "orderly", "C": "equally", "D": "randomly" }
C
sciq
sciq293
Are thunderstorms more likely where the ground temperatures are extremely high or extremely low?
{ "A": "extremely low", "B": "extremely high", "C": "somewhat low", "D": "somewhat high" }
B
sciq
sciq294
What is the spreading of white light into its full spectrum of wavelengths called?
{ "A": "saturation", "B": "dispersion", "C": "condensation", "D": "radiate" }
B
sciq
sciq295
What is the term for the application of science to solve problems?
{ "A": "research", "B": "mathematics", "C": "ingenuity", "D": "technology" }
D
sciq
sciq296
Sexually reproducing organisms alternate between which stages?
{ "A": "binary and haploid", "B": "diploid and traploid", "C": "haploid and diploid", "D": "binary and diploid" }
C
sciq
sciq297
What develops in depressions where water flow is low or nonexistent?
{ "A": "ponds", "B": "bogs", "C": "swamps", "D": "sinkholes" }
B
sciq
sciq298
What two ways do channels respond during membrane depolarization?
{ "A": "independently and typically", "B": "independently and sequentially", "C": "sequentially and identically", "D": "typically and sequentially" }
B
sciq
sciq299
Where does the most important monsoon in the world occur?
{ "A": "southern asia", "B": "northern africa", "C": "the atlantic ocean", "D": "eastern aisa" }
A
sciq
sciq300
Electromagnets can be controlled by controlling what type of current?
{ "A": "negative", "B": "electric", "C": "magnetic", "D": "positive" }
B