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Bacteria may become untreatable if they develop what in response to multiple antibiotics?
[ "weakness", "acceptance", "affinity", "resistance" ]
resistance
sciq
52508e0a-e085-4711-b024-762de2a54bcc
What grows through blue cheese that gives it the distinctive appearance and flavor?
[ "Bacteria", "Viruses", "fungus", "Roots" ]
fungus
sciq
1f5dbf58-1a8d-498b-b1a1-e92b998fb3d5
The two main types of phagocytic cells in the mammalian body are neutrophils and what other?
[ "histones", "eukaryotes", "macrophages", "leukocytes" ]
macrophages
sciq
76f25bf6-24c6-4391-a5dd-7b5489dc84e8
What is aggravated by practices such as logging, mining, construction, and paving surfaces?
[ "global warming", "water pollution", "soil erosion", "seismic activity" ]
soil erosion
sciq
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What type of hydrocarbon is coal?
[ "mineral", "solid", "liqued", "gas" ]
solid
sciq
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What chemicals in the liver support glucose homeostasis?
[ "Force and insulin", "cytosol and insulin", "glucagon and insulin", "lactobacilli and insulin" ]
glucagon and insulin
sciq
0ab07849-a47f-4eaf-a0f1-7f943dd88581
When resources become limiting, populations follow a logistic growth curve in which the size will level off at a point called what?
[ "carrying capacity", "believed capacity", "containing capacity", "full capacity" ]
carrying capacity
sciq
11dbb583-fa98-431b-9ce1-5faf5d2df008
Along with climate, this also influences the type of vegetation that can grow in the region?
[ "gravity", "soil type", "fertilizer use", "population density" ]
soil type
sciq
0f4d17fd-7170-4a2c-a67a-43ad7eaebae7
What is defined as anything that takes up space and has mass?
[ "matter", "electrons", "atoms", "elements" ]
matter
sciq
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What is the name of the simplest carbon molecule?
[ "methane", "Buckminsterfullerine", "graphite", "butane" ]
methane
sciq
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Hyperparathyroidism results from an overproduction of what?
[ "elevated hormone", "inhibited hormone", "parathyroid hormone", "tharayroid hormone" ]
parathyroid hormone
sciq
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What is formed when different gases are confined to the same container?
[ "homogeneous mixture", "linear mixture", "particulate mixture", "compact mixture" ]
homogeneous mixture
sciq
bed4d0f3-c1bb-48f1-8f5d-ae2a2a7f4362
What property of fluids causes something to stay on or near the surface of water?
[ "buoyancy", "density", "weight", "strength" ]
buoyancy
sciq
f719926f-6e52-41e6-b7a0-b0e768a5b325
What are the tiny sacs in the lungs where gas exchange takes place?
[ "vacuoles", "chambers", "ganglion", "alveoli" ]
alveoli
sciq
c82a134f-75ee-4aaf-a4ee-ed1e7cc6863c
What is the stage between a zygote and polyp?
[ "pupa", "egg", "worm", "larva" ]
larva
sciq
213e91f3-a7c3-4219-ae10-e0c5a8884b48
What is the term for a particle outside the nucleus of an atom that has a negative electric charge?
[ "electron", "neutron", "ion", "proton" ]
electron
sciq
9a159130-fd7f-46b6-96a5-275ce7191a25
Scientists goal is develop nuclear fusion power plants, where the energy from fusion of hydrogen nuclei can be converted to what?
[ "wind", "gasoline", "oil", "electricity" ]
electricity
sciq
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In which state of matter are particles completely separate from one another?
[ "gaseous state", "solid state", "liquid state", "phosphorus state" ]
gaseous state
sciq
06d803f3-ebf1-41a4-8747-c02538ac9014
Van der waals forces are weak interactions between molecules that involve what?
[ "photons", "atoms", "particles", "dipoles" ]
dipoles
sciq
70fec94e-e216-4d78-8dfd-afe579d75d8f
What part of the body does emphysema affect?
[ "heart", "brain", "lungs", "bones" ]
lungs
sciq
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What number is the sum of the numbers of protons and neutrons present in the nucleus of an atom?
[ "combined number", "nuclear number", "mass total", "mass number" ]
mass number
sciq
cb468f45-3303-4e06-8f28-0564689cdc3f
What kind of tool, often based on mathematical equations or computer simulations, helps us understand complex systems?
[ "models", "panels", "levels", "planes" ]
models
sciq
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An ecosystem consists of all the living things and what?
[ "nonliving environment", "local environment", "phosphorescent environment", "living environment" ]
nonliving environment
sciq
84d52015-0f60-4608-9d00-650e28c7b088
Mesophyll consists mainly of parenchyma cells specialized for what?
[ "circulation", "photosynthesis", "digestion", "respiration" ]
photosynthesis
sciq
88afd10c-ecac-4009-9525-89ee626c6646
Antibiotic drugs are usually effective in treating what kind of infections?
[ "viral", "biological", "lethal", "bacterial" ]
bacterial
sciq
c0c8e0a0-d786-4512-999f-6d0eb04e11c5
What is earth’s geographic north pole also called?
[ "mere north", "right north", "true north", "vertical north" ]
true north
sciq
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What are the nonliving aspects of the environment called?
[ "antibiotic factors", "metastatic factors", "nucleic factors", "abiotic factors" ]
abiotic factors
sciq
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Chemical reactions follow the laws of what?
[ "Newton", "quantum physics", "photosynthesis", "thermodynamics" ]
thermodynamics
sciq
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What do you call a mixture of two or more substances in which dissolved particles are distributed evenly throughout?
[ "water", "liquid", "solution", "concentrate" ]
solution
sciq
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What is the water that falls from the sky called?
[ "moisture", "evaporation", "precipitation", "condensation" ]
precipitation
sciq
cb9d34c0-d1cf-4009-a119-8345122520c2
What returns blood from capillaries to an atrium?
[ "veins", "arteries", "the liver", "the lymph system" ]
veins
sciq
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Hemolymph bathes organs directly in arthropods and most molluscs, due to an open type of what system?
[ "nervous", "pulmonary", "reproductive", "circulatory" ]
circulatory
sciq
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According to the table, aluminum has an atomic number of 13. therefore, every aluminum atom has 13 protons in its what?
[ "nucleus", "components", "processes", "membrane" ]
nucleus
sciq
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Anemia, leukemia, hemophilia, and sickle-cell disease are examples of conditions that primarily affect what?
[ "heart", "Lungs", "brain", "blood" ]
blood
sciq
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What kind of variation does a rate measure?
[ "construction to time", "property to time", "value to time", "environment to time" ]
property to time
sciq
de485dec-fb04-46ae-8f68-d31a96ed7cc8
What is the name of the process that changes some chemical substances into others?
[ "chemical reaction", "hypodermic reaction", "acid reaction", "mixture" ]
chemical reaction
sciq
fdf05da1-3ec9-446c-a94c-028a05f85268
What is the term for the gases that surround a planet?
[ "hemisphere", "galaxy", "the atmosphere", "biosphere" ]
the atmosphere
sciq
a9e84b0c-7ad5-4715-b11a-906c925c8f19
Pressure and vibration are examples of what type of stimuli?
[ "atmospheric", "chemical", "thermal", "physical" ]
physical
sciq
2f1073de-6000-4b40-9268-3ac72bdb0752
In the chest, what divides as it enters the lungs to form the right and left bronchi?
[ "Aorta", "nerves", "thyroid", "trachea" ]
trachea
sciq
3916bb67-684e-4544-bfd4-82ee77b19ebd
When does an oocyte complete meiosis?
[ "prophase", "after sperm penetration", "anaphase", "metaphase" ]
after sperm penetration
sciq
8bbc6249-fe6d-4a1a-b25f-3d12fdd1fa8e
The electroplating process transfers metal from the anode to which part of the cell?
[ "cathode", "electrode", "plasma", "atom tube" ]
cathode
sciq
bec6c7e9-f4a6-4c37-8122-30e86de09595
Compression, tension and shear refer to what type of force that can cause rock to change?
[ "gravity", "process", "stress", "seismic force" ]
stress
sciq
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Unlike the biological species concept, the ecological species concept can accommodate asexual as well as ________ species.
[ "artificial", "homosexual", "sexual", "homologous" ]
sexual
sciq
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A basic function of cells includes obtaining what from glucose?
[ "acids", "proteins", "energy", "food" ]
energy
sciq
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What is the term for a test to see if a scientific explanation is right or wrong?
[ "generation", "invention", "hypothesis", "experiment" ]
experiment
sciq
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When a solvent with a gas dissolved in it is heated, the kinetic energy of both the solvent and solute _________?
[ "evaporates", "generates", "increases", "decreases" ]
increases
sciq
ac733a70-beae-4d06-afce-98abeafe3848
How does the bacteria look when seen with the naked eye?
[ "slimy smear", "dry smear", "slippery smear", "oily smear" ]
slimy smear
sciq
c6a51602-cd0a-47f5-b86c-3a3c17f624a3
What is a device used to measure temperature changes during chemical processes called?
[ "calorimeter", "altimeter", "alethiometer", "thermometer" ]
calorimeter
sciq
1d428f67-0b7c-4d4a-affc-322c5929eaed
Ebola is an example of a disease spread by what kind of infectious agent?
[ "bacteria", "colds", "flus", "virus" ]
virus
sciq
9d63b77d-76cf-435b-bfc6-55a7d8cf703e
The tiny hair present on mucus membranes is known as?
[ "cilia", "collagen", "tissue", "dendrites" ]
cilia
sciq
011e22fb-4d6b-48ad-ae82-be35c028c848
What elements do lipids primarily consist of?
[ "silicon, hydrogen , and oxygen", "iron, hydrogen , and oxygen", "carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen", "helium, hydrogen , and oxygen" ]
carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
sciq
808dd532-dbdb-4521-8cee-747b8d59c9b1
Polychaetes make up a large and diverse group. which category do the majority of these worms fall into?
[ "carnivorous", "amphibian", "marine", "terrestrial" ]
marine
sciq
a54ef0c9-6869-4b88-8e4d-fe7d3d140c61
What is the main makeup of the cell membrane?
[ "phospholipids", "antibodies", "glucose", "filaments" ]
phospholipids
sciq
11a4a0ab-59e5-44b1-a84e-ea9e94195e89
When a host attacks a parasitic bacteria, the bacteria release what to surround the cell wall?
[ "layer of slime", "pathogens", "protoplasma", "bacteriophages" ]
layer of slime
sciq
88eaa04e-3e07-410f-ae7e-cb1c02dc5b90
Solutions can also become supersaturated , where the amount of solute dissolved exceeds what?
[ "its solubility", "its dissolution", "part solubility", "its concentration" ]
its solubility
sciq
397d3632-43c4-4d35-8c3a-a5241697bde0
What is the biggest risk associated with using nuclear energy?
[ "explosion", "radiation", "fire", "mutation" ]
radiation
sciq
e73a52df-b94e-47c5-8468-fda93cd2f6a1
What property is the result of the force of gravity being opposed by the normal force?
[ "sound", "density", "weight", "light" ]
weight
sciq
a3137d67-da8f-45a1-bdde-db36d145e168
What are the cliffs called which are created when waves erode a rocky shoreline, leaving a vertical wall of exposed rock layers?
[ "shear face", "wave-cut", "widow-makers", "wave - theory" ]
wave-cut
sciq
ca9e0f6d-7b0d-452a-bced-7218d6f5eb4c
When boron10 absorbs a neutron, what does it emit?
[ "proteins", "particle", "calcium", "light" ]
particle
sciq
c65598e9-b6c4-4f7d-8c20-85ffadd9ea85
What is the most common life form in the ocean?
[ "algae", "coral", "plankton", "kelp" ]
plankton
sciq
c2df8491-5e00-4993-8222-0a53f25e7d27
What circulates with the blood or hemolymph and are often contained within specialized cells
[ "fat pigments", "structural pigments", "respiratory pigments", "muscular pigments" ]
respiratory pigments
sciq
7b96a370-b2d5-4b4e-bb7a-c06f0022c44e
What are the two possible reduction products for brf3?
[ "brf and br2", "brf and brf4", "brf2 and brf4", "brg and brf" ]
brf and br2
sciq
c8e6296b-5585-4cde-9dfe-4698b9e4f58a
Normal blood is comprised of nearly half erythrocytes, which is another word for what cells?
[ "monocytes", "white blood cells", "red blood cells", "plateletes" ]
red blood cells
sciq
29ef1e25-38d0-4cc8-856a-59a6600dbab2
What type of intense storm is a system of winds that rotate around a low pressure center, resulting in swirling air that rises and cools to create clouds and precipitation?
[ "cyclone", "hurricane", "monsoon", "drought" ]
cyclone
sciq
f6fad88d-7555-4282-a978-0a956d3d6b8c
Blood flows into the kidney through which artery?
[ "renal artery", "blood artery", "main artery", "pulminary artery" ]
renal artery
sciq
a11e43e7-eba1-4a09-8883-e647c0a878e1
Growth and development in humans is most rapid during what two stages?
[ "infancy and adolescence", "flutter and adolescence", "teen and adults", "bounce and adolescence" ]
infancy and adolescence
sciq
5599c28b-6734-4e50-90b3-59d58fee95ef
What are used to write nuclear equations for radioactive decay?
[ "chemical symbols", "special symbols", "energy symbols", "nuclear symbols" ]
nuclear symbols
sciq
b0e5399d-3881-4eba-97ac-ef556d5d67b2
The pull of gravity is expressed as a force of what?
[ "volt", "joule", "pascal", "newtons" ]
newtons
sciq
3fb4fcca-4f67-4c9b-9e04-1a8a92d8bc95
What type of physics explains the behavior of visible light and electromagnetic waves?
[ "statistics", "optics", "Thermodynamics", "Quantum mechanics" ]
optics
sciq
8bcb5572-2376-4b99-9765-070a4b2f6292
The duodenum has a major role in regulating what digestive organ and its emptying?
[ "stomach", "kidneys", "respiratory", "skin" ]
stomach
sciq
6e9c1514-0655-4b65-9f1c-e2b46e0dbe7f
What are misfolded versions of normal brain proteins?
[ "ribosomes", "prions", "protons", "humans" ]
prions
sciq
1b8a1b29-07e9-4434-99cb-365c15466a22
By impacting plant species and the animals they support, destruction of habitat threatens what event?
[ "depletion", "mutation", "extinction", "overpopulation" ]
extinction
sciq
ad1ea4e3-2747-4b3c-8921-b98851a2935c
What division of the nervous system controls involuntary activities that are not emergencies, such as the digestive organs breaking down food?
[ "somatic nervous system", "central nervous system", "posterior division", "parasympathetic division" ]
parasympathetic division
sciq
942b9814-cb61-40a2-99e3-dc5119d100d3
What occurs when a cold air mass runs into a warm air mass?
[ "a stationary front", "a snow day", "a cold front", "an occluded front" ]
a cold front
sciq
f6b307ef-25ff-4d69-9024-330d086c6943
What are the tiny sacs in the lungs where gas exchange takes place?
[ "cilia", "ganglion", "alveoli", "bronchi" ]
alveoli
sciq
0a349d16-4b54-4893-818d-22026ae51954
What is the term for plants that lack vascular tissues, roots, leaves, seeds, and flowers?
[ "chloroplasts", "primates", "bryophytes", "conifers" ]
bryophytes
sciq
49ccc610-254c-467d-acd9-36586268b3b0
Why are continents unable to be pushed down into the mantle by plate boundaries?
[ "buoyancy", "surface tension", "density", "gravity" ]
buoyancy
sciq
1482850a-31de-47fe-b90a-98033aff507a
What is it called when a new species arises without geographic separation?
[ "quantum speciation", "sympatric speciation", "spontaneous evolution", "Allopatric speciation" ]
sympatric speciation
sciq
544a5514-c6b7-4290-afae-aab534826abb
In an exothermic reaction, what, specifically, is released?
[ "water", "heat", "humidity", "precipitation" ]
heat
sciq
2d09575f-0dc3-467b-9e0b-c785d9484ca7
What term describes diseases caused by abnormal cells in the body dividing uncontrollably?
[ "cancer", "eczema", "diabetes", "radiation" ]
cancer
sciq
e27d637b-2eca-4cb1-9393-c283c8649bb4
What is the molecule, dipeptide formed together by?
[ "polymer acids", "amino acids", "acetic acids", "rna acids" ]
amino acids
sciq
f838f943-daf6-4057-a32f-a068b99ccafa
Did the the open circulatory systems of molluscs and arthropods arise dependently or independently of each other?
[ "separately", "dependently", "independently", "together" ]
independently
sciq
c7ff0133-d522-4be2-801d-52d5f19159ae
What kind of weathering is abrasion?
[ "molecular", "natural", "electromagnetic", "mechanical" ]
mechanical
sciq
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What are composed of alternating positive and negative ions?
[ "ionic crystals", "magnetic crystals", "radioactive substances", "polar bonds" ]
ionic crystals
sciq
8bee4369-fde2-481a-86f8-551dfd073ad3
What is the term for a small organelle where proteins are made?
[ "capsule", "atom", "ovary", "ribosome" ]
ribosome
sciq
2247dead-4d3e-41d3-9ce0-4975a9adcd27
What occurs when the immune system attacks harmless substances that enter the body from the outside?
[ "allergies", "cell rejection", "anomalies", "mutation" ]
allergies
sciq
13f4159d-336b-4ad6-9b9e-1aed65aa02f7
What is composed of very long strands of glucose monomers, is largely indigestible and comprises the cell walls of plants?
[ "cellulose", "tree bark", "chlorophyll", "vascular cambrium" ]
cellulose
sciq
6a449c70-da80-4b11-999a-25fec5b305f8
Where are the terrestrial planets located, in relation to the sun?
[ "farthest", "closest", "To the right", "To the left" ]
closest
sciq
71564d87-f1c3-43b4-8281-6a824d24b20a
What are the insects that suck up the sap from plants?
[ "aphids and leafhoppers", "roaches and leafhoppers", "butterflies and leafhoppers", "plagues and leafhoppers" ]
aphids and leafhoppers
sciq
2edf9256-dde7-40ce-810e-0aeded615aca
The energy for an ecosystem can come from sunlight or _________?
[ "rain", "radiation compounds", "fossil fuels", "chemical compounds" ]
chemical compounds
sciq
3cc68311-19aa-4624-8242-a19a669b10b8
Phagocytosis, pinocytosis, and receptor-mediated endocytosis are the three types of what?
[ "endocytosis", "mitosis", "modulators", "nanoparticles" ]
endocytosis
sciq
9f09d421-8dc7-414b-bb98-13dcae5d52ad
What type of machines generally have lower efficiency but greater mechanical advantage?
[ "calculation machines", "simple machines", "radical machines", "compound machines" ]
compound machines
sciq
6c990b65-6217-42f5-95f2-8fef379283b7
What is the name of the layer above the mesosphere?
[ "lithosphere", "exosphere", "intersphere", "thermosphere" ]
thermosphere
sciq
15e35be7-6786-4f20-af88-95f0dd90e57c
What layer of earth contains abundant oxygen, which can combine with other elements to create oxide minerals?
[ "the tectonic plates", "the surface", "the core", "the crust" ]
the crust
sciq
c4adf60e-a7cb-4c67-b302-52921af291c2
Animals that are endotherms or ectotherms are distinguished by the ability to maintain a constant what?
[ "step temperature", "Moving Tempature", "body temperature", "bearing temperature" ]
body temperature
sciq
f15ae8db-7b51-4e06-b26f-cac35a90d00e
What form of energy is light?
[ "seismic", "hydro", "electromagnetic", "mechanical" ]
electromagnetic
sciq
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What is a common chemical substance on planet earth?
[ "water", "hydrogen", "oxygen", "nitrogen" ]
water
sciq
3f08eaed-1611-41c1-85f3-cbc40df1dbea
Blood calcium levels are tightly regulated by the what system?
[ "nervous", "endocrine", "digestive", "cardiovascular" ]
endocrine
sciq
ac4da619-3dce-4352-b4f5-3a1f3c64043b
This bodily defense function attacks pathogens and includes inflammatory response and phagocytosis?
[ "vomitting", "first line of defense", "second line of defense", "third line of defense" ]
second line of defense
sciq
b481557e-6ec2-4e0a-80c2-8afd28048b0e
Lodgepole cones remain closed until exposed to what?
[ "predators", "precipitation", "UV light", "extreme heat" ]
extreme heat
sciq