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What process determines the dna sequence of an entire genome?
[ "whole-genome sequencing", "genetic factorization", "chromosomal counting", "dna replication" ]
whole-genome sequencing
sciq
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What disease can too little calcium cause?
[ "arthritis", "osteoporosis", "psoriasis", "anemia" ]
osteoporosis
sciq
cd3f7383-b1ff-4bfc-81b2-b9327f28d1ed
In a scientific investigation, what do you call a direct, physical observation of something or a process?
[ "declaration", "evidence", "sighting", "reason" ]
evidence
sciq
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The volume of blood each ventricle pumps per minute is called what?
[ "trauma output", "brain output", "cardiac output", "blood output" ]
cardiac output
sciq
fa5eb95b-e000-4ed6-8897-96d16d0f4022
How does consuming enterobactin help our body?
[ "eliminates excess oxygen", "eliminates excess iron", "builds excess iron", "eliminates excess fat" ]
eliminates excess iron
sciq
1c00814c-7bf7-486b-a90a-f04d0116ef21
Green cyanobacteria on a lake produce food through what process?
[ "glycolysis", "photosynthesis", "reverse transferase", "spermatogenesis" ]
photosynthesis
sciq
dbf50d3c-461e-4a9b-a39a-e4815dd250c9
Because the human body is about 70% water by mass, and liquid water has high specific heat, a great deal of what is required to change its temperature?
[ "power", "digestion", "energy", "work" ]
energy
sciq
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The process of making a polymer is called what?
[ "memorization", "polymerization", "reaction", "fermentation" ]
polymerization
sciq
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Behind a ship, what is the giant rectangular bucket that is dragged along from the behind called?
[ "prop", "dredge", "trousers", "wig" ]
dredge
sciq
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What is it called when multiple faults are located in close proximity to one another?
[ "fault zone", "fog zone", "crystal zone", "solid zone" ]
fault zone
sciq
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Binding of acetylcholine to receptors on the muscle fiber leads to a?
[ "repolarization", "excitation", "conduction", "depolarization" ]
depolarization
sciq
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Most tunicates live a sessile existence in shallow ocean waters and are suspension feeders. the primary foods of tunicates are plankton and this?
[ "bacteria", "detritus", "debris", "crustaceans" ]
detritus
sciq
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Ginkgo trees are gymnosperms with broad?
[ "roots", "leaves", "trunks", "fruits" ]
leaves
sciq
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Recrystallization is a process that can remove what, which result when compounds are synthesized?
[ "chemicals", "substances", "minerals", "contaminants" ]
contaminants
sciq
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What is one of the most common biochemical compounds on earth and is found in all plants?
[ "carbon dioxide", "cellulose", "sulfur", "hydrogen" ]
cellulose
sciq
1ab6246b-f3a2-49d4-b107-d755292d212a
What man-made structures orbit all of the inner planets as well as jupiter and saturn?
[ "space shuttles", "moons", "comets", "satellites" ]
satellites
sciq
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What basic structures take in nutrients from the soil and help the plant survive?
[ "roots", "leaves", "tissues", "stems" ]
roots
sciq
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What does ubiquitin indicate about a protein's lifespan?
[ "initiation", "reaction ratio", "transaction", "completion" ]
completion
sciq
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Which vertebrae carry the greatest amount of body weight and are thus characterized by the large size and thickness of the vertebral body?
[ "invertebrae", "artery vertebrae", "thickness vertebrae", "lumbar vertebrae" ]
lumbar vertebrae
sciq
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Because of it's repeating pattern, what is mendeleev's table of the elements called?
[ "serial chart", "periodic table", "cycles table", "phases table" ]
periodic table
sciq
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Where does an electron move to after it absorbs energy?
[ "atomic orbit", "a shell closer to the nucleus", "another electron", "a shell farther from the nucleus" ]
a shell farther from the nucleus
sciq
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What is needed by all known forms of life?
[ "water", "warmth", "air", "nitrogen" ]
water
sciq
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What lengths are positive for converging lens and negative for diverging lens?
[ "light lengths", "focal lengths", "differential lengths", "wavelengths" ]
focal lengths
sciq
efeaea8d-13c0-4ee7-9423-afa0d9e85c34
Where does most geological activity takes place?
[ "in coastal areas", "at ocean bottoms", "at plate boundaries", "in mountain ranges" ]
at plate boundaries
sciq
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Birds have light-weight bones that are filled with what?
[ "water", "blood", "proteins", "air" ]
air
sciq
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What is usually necessary to develop cancer?
[ "novel genes mutations", "crucial genes mutations", "massive genes mutations", "multiple genes mutations" ]
multiple genes mutations
sciq
3ee9efc6-1f5a-4e01-932c-8c08392c0c09
Consumers are organisms that depend on other organisms for what?
[ "shelter", "reproduction", "food", "knowledge" ]
food
sciq
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Wine, air, and gunpowder are all examples of what kind of common mixtures?
[ "heterogeneous", "combined", "contiguous", "homogeneous" ]
homogeneous
sciq
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What is the term for anything that can cause cancer?
[ "carcinogen", "contaminate", "contamination", "chemical" ]
carcinogen
sciq
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What system of organs delivers blood to all cells of the body?
[ "integumentary", "gastrointestinal", "respiratory", "cardiovascular" ]
cardiovascular
sciq
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What part of a chromosome exists in different states of condensation at different times?
[ "centromeres", "pellicle", "the chromatin", "chromonema" ]
the chromatin
sciq
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What do the ears have to be protected from in order to avoid hearing loss?
[ "Water", "Cold weather", "Storms", "loud sounds" ]
loud sounds
sciq
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What is the first and longest phase of mitosis known as?
[ "telophase", "prophase", "anaphase", "metaphase" ]
prophase
sciq
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Growth factors and certain plant and animal hormones serve as molecular messengers that initiate pathways of what?
[ "cell growth", "cellular decay", "cell division", "cell fusion" ]
cell division
sciq
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When a wave travels down a string, the string vibrates up and down at right angles to the wave's what?
[ "gravity", "pressure", "frequency", "direction" ]
direction
sciq
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Generally speaking, electronegativity values ______ from left to right across a row in the periodic table and _______ down a column.
[ "move, fall", "decrease, increase", "increase, decrease", "reverse, descend" ]
increase, decrease
sciq
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The most magnetic material in nature is what?
[ "molecules", "gold", "magnetite", "crystals" ]
magnetite
sciq
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Goldfish, tuna, salmon, perch, and cod are examples of which group of fish?
[ "ray-finned fish", "bony fish", "cartilaginous fish", "spiny-lobed fish" ]
ray-finned fish
sciq
2706d96e-7fb3-41ce-947b-cf29b6487290
A bicycle is an example of a compound machine made of many what?
[ "linked machines", "useful machines", "interchangeable machines", "simple machines" ]
simple machines
sciq
f640f75f-9a9c-4bcd-b08f-686a57113593
What is the term for a system maintaining a stable internal environment in a changeable external environment?
[ "fetus", "Pregnant", "hypothesis", "homeostasis" ]
homeostasis
sciq
96ffca22-882d-406b-9605-a972751ad81c
When carbon atoms are not bonded to as many hydrogen atoms as possible, what kind of hydrocarbon results?
[ "unstable", "unsaturated", "aqueous", "saturated" ]
unsaturated
sciq
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When magma heats groundwater, it may come to the surface as a hot spring or a what?
[ "pond", "volcano", "geyser", "cave" ]
geyser
sciq
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Fish have a circulatory system with a two-chambered what?
[ "lung", "stomach", "brain", "heart" ]
heart
sciq
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What is the measure of water potential?
[ "trials", "megapascals", "fluctuations", "spores" ]
megapascals
sciq
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What is the largest organelle in a eukaryotic cell?
[ "nucleus", "cortex", "apoptosis", "epidermis" ]
nucleus
sciq
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Neurologists are physicians who specialize in disorders of what system?
[ "nervous system", "digestive system", "musculoskeletal system", "circulatory system" ]
nervous system
sciq
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How is flowing water and blowing wind similar?
[ "transports particles", "phases particles", "processes particles", "stocks particles" ]
transports particles
sciq
7685f153-a49d-4a3a-a8b2-b88a2a39cb56
What is the study of heredity called?
[ "genetics", "pediatrics", "geriatrics", "heretics" ]
genetics
sciq
8aa84cac-3217-438e-b95f-b59cae5e7422
What is a disease characterized by high concentrations of glucose in the blood?
[ "hepatitis", "myeloma", "diabetes", "leukemia" ]
diabetes
sciq
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What is responsible for the properties of metals?
[ "the metallic bond", "the metallic properties", "the metallic presence", "the metallic yield" ]
the metallic bond
sciq
c9adad8a-f8a3-4ac9-9c8e-ebae95ad6362
What is the first year of life following birth called?
[ "childhood", "infancy", "toddler", "baby" ]
infancy
sciq
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Where are electrons located in relation to the nucleus?
[ "In a sack attached to the nucleus", "in the nucleus", "though the nucleus", "outside the nucleus" ]
outside the nucleus
sciq
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What type of switch automatically opens a circuit if too much current flows through it?
[ "regulator switch", "kill switch", "circuit breaker", "toggle switch" ]
circuit breaker
sciq
301d7156-f5f7-4167-94ae-d017ccc2fc0f
The net effect of aldosterone is to conserve and increase water levels in the plasma by reducing the excretion of what element, and thus water?
[ "sodium", "potassium", "oxygen", "lithium" ]
sodium
sciq
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An element that is generally a poor conductor of heat and electricity is known as a ______
[ "superconductor", "nonmetal", "alloy", "magnet" ]
nonmetal
sciq
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An electron in an atom is completely described by four of what?
[ "photosynthesis numbers", "prime bumbers", "decay numbers", "quantum numbers" ]
quantum numbers
sciq
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Organic compounds are molecules built around what element?
[ "helium", "carbon", "oxygen", "phosphorus" ]
carbon
sciq
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What is the term for the application of science to solve problems?
[ "research", "technology", "ingenuity", "mathematics" ]
technology
sciq
e3fff65e-d87b-4743-9682-9d484939a439
What sorts of collisions do not result in an overall loss of kinetic energy?
[ "soft", "static", "elastic", "powerful" ]
elastic
sciq
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The human genome has how many more alu elements than the chimpanzee genome?
[ "ten", "two times", "three times", "six times" ]
three times
sciq
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What are all of the digits that can be known with certainty in a measurement plus an estimatied last digit called?
[ "determined figures", "significant figures", "miniature figures", "important figures" ]
significant figures
sciq
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The human male and female reproductive cycles are controlled by the interaction of hormones from the hypothalamus and anterior pituitary with hormones from reproductive tissues and organs. in both sexes, the hypothalamus monitors and causes the release of hormones from this?
[ "hypothalamus gland", "pineal gland", "anterior pituitary gland", "thyroid gland" ]
anterior pituitary gland
sciq
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What property does liquid display when it interacts with glass?
[ "property of adhesion", "property of diffusion", "property of repulsion", "property of oxidize" ]
property of adhesion
sciq
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Where does chemical digestion mainly occur?
[ "liver", "pancreas", "small intestine", "apendix" ]
small intestine
sciq
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What is the name of the first leaf developed inside an embryo?
[ "exon", "gastromyzon", "cotyledon", "polylepis" ]
cotyledon
sciq
a38b8b0f-81ce-430c-ae5c-9b2c8c764ea4
Interconnected pathways through which carbon is recycled through the biotic and abiotic components of what?
[ "atmosphere", "ozone", "hemisphere", "biosphere" ]
biosphere
sciq
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Composed largely of the polysaccharide chitin, the exoskeleton provides an effective barrier defense against most what?
[ "vaccines", "parasites", "white blood cells", "pathogens" ]
pathogens
sciq
ed75d4ba-4ef2-402a-808f-b81a534ce098
A wall of rocks or concrete that juts out into the ocean perpendicular to the shore is called?
[ "rib", "fault", "shield", "groin" ]
groin
sciq
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Oils are liquid lipids that plants use to store what?
[ "fat", "energy", "carbo", "Protein" ]
energy
sciq
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A perfectly inelastic collision reduces internal kinetic energy to the minimum it can have while still conserving what?
[ "heat", "momentum", "energy", "elements" ]
momentum
sciq
3d60ff70-aca9-4411-8784-3aabc8af3f5d
Which theorem states that, if a population meets certain conditions, it will be in equilibrium?
[ "hardy - henkel theorem", "hardy-weinberg theorem", "hardy - zeiss theorem", "hardy- jacksons theorem" ]
hardy-weinberg theorem
sciq
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What is greatest source of hazardous waste?
[ "water", "heat", "industry", "study" ]
industry
sciq
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A circuit that consists of two loops is called a what?
[ "parallel circuit", "complex circuit", "diverse circuit", "unnatural circuit" ]
parallel circuit
sciq
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Hyenas and cockroaches are examples of what decomposers that consume the soft tissues of dead animals?
[ "foragers", "parasites", "scavengers", "predators" ]
scavengers
sciq
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What helps to convert some molecules to forms that can be taken up by other organisms?
[ "eukaryotes", "scavangers", "protists", "prokaryotes" ]
prokaryotes
sciq
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As hydrostatic pressure in the kidneys increases, what happens to the amount of water leaving the capillares?
[ "it increases", "it evaporates", "it stays the same", "it decreases" ]
it increases
sciq
bd9f13ea-067a-467b-983d-85123e4eb2ae
What is the percentage of production transferred from one trophic level to the next
[ "hypothesized efficiency", "underlie efficiency", "robust efficiency", "trophic efficiency" ]
trophic efficiency
sciq
3606f1f9-7849-4330-a12a-b55b7ad664c3
What is the metal part of the compound named as?
[ "the source", "the base", "the element", "the basic" ]
the element
sciq
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How do plants and algae both make food?
[ "atherosclerosis", "photosynthesis", "Digestion.", "spermatogenesis" ]
photosynthesis
sciq
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All dinosaurs (except those which led to birds) went extinct at the end of which period?
[ "cretaceous", "Tertiary", "Jurassic", "Paleogene" ]
cretaceous
sciq
d98ce4bd-f4de-456b-b6bf-15c129fc3b98
What is destroying the layer of good ozone?
[ "climate change", "water pollution", "air pollution", "greenhouse gas" ]
air pollution
sciq
65b2b789-20b3-4d37-a108-bc9ed7bcb9f7
In which state does matter need to be for nuclear fusion?
[ "plasma state", "solid state", "gaseous state", "cells state" ]
plasma state
sciq
9a88b4e2-71fe-4301-8d23-3133d0862beb
Just as salty taste involves perception of sodium ions in saliva, what taste correlates with presence of glucose?
[ "salty", "bitter", "sweet", "sour" ]
sweet
sciq
2e29d27d-95a3-4bf0-86e1-d60c10ff5fac
How is eye color in humans determined?
[ "temperature of the womb", "random chance", "by the father", "multiple genes" ]
multiple genes
sciq
30f4c9a8-9af0-47d0-be0f-0d7780b78850
What term is given to flatworms because they lack a body cavity?
[ "sporazoa", "acoelomates", "pores", "sporozoans" ]
acoelomates
sciq
3e918bf0-259b-4a10-88a7-1739b1bcfb68
Some soil water can flow through easily. what kind of soil is this?
[ "dense", "Stationary", "porous", "permeable" ]
permeable
sciq
090ded8c-85b1-4d77-a95f-ce6b19d28671
What is contained in the cavity of a long bone's central shaft?
[ "cells", "calcium", "blood", "marrow" ]
marrow
sciq
9bb880aa-a22e-4423-a958-1afe4462e33b
Bacterial contamination of foods can lead to digestive problems called what?
[ "the flu", "cancer", "food poisoning", "butterflies in your stomach" ]
food poisoning
sciq
de9ff3e0-6799-4a78-8fb2-f2adaeaaa872
What can be looked at to see a record of how horses evolved?
[ "pattern records", "carbon dating", "fossil records", "erosion records" ]
fossil records
sciq
60318768-f3a5-4385-9f58-580cfb51216d
What natural destructive element cuts away at rock forming river valleys?
[ "water", "sediment", "lava", "air" ]
water
sciq
235b7110-5842-45b7-b157-f3ee3fa2d28d
What do we call an interruption in the normal conduction pathway of the heart?
[ "heart block", "heart attack", "heartburn", "infarction" ]
heart block
sciq
c99b2d98-5d9a-48c8-8e07-a9f4f8730199
Mixtures that have the same composition throughout are known as what kinds of mixtures?
[ "zygomatic", "heterogeneous", "contiguous", "homogeneous" ]
homogeneous
sciq
3deb7b19-fdcf-46f3-a798-d8dfa49dd78a
The wavelength of a what type of wave can be measured as the distance between two adjacent compressions?
[ "longitudinal", "lateral", "horizontal", "vertical" ]
longitudinal
sciq
075726c2-55ff-4476-87af-27d227b4c8d1
What kind of muscle is found in the heart?
[ "cord", "respiratory", "cardiac", "pulminary" ]
cardiac
sciq
7f3fca3b-a752-414f-adff-6a44485c2d7c
Streamlines are smooth and continuous when flow is laminar, but break up and mix when flow is what?
[ "volcanic", "atmospheric", "turbulent", "slow" ]
turbulent
sciq
75e89615-a9a1-4e44-809b-28c0dab428b8
What does water treatment do to water?
[ "restores bacteria", "removes unwanted substances", "adds flavor", "increases volume" ]
removes unwanted substances
sciq
673006f8-e495-45d4-ad2d-104c30348d02
What is named after the type of enzyme they interact with in the cell?
[ "function proteins", "oxygen proteins", "nitrogen proteins", "receptor proteins" ]
receptor proteins
sciq
53d78124-c781-4479-99e4-def61b0d9693
What types of genes encode transcription factors?
[ "glycosyl transferases", "homeobox genes", "isozyme genes", "rohail genes" ]
homeobox genes
sciq
5c5392a3-89d8-4cd1-acea-1a7e3175c60d
What factor largely determines the distinguishing features of terrestrial biomes?
[ "sea level", "density", "migration", "climate" ]
climate
sciq
21469441-579f-4dc6-91ec-504ddf4c6fa8
What is the term for vascular plants that reproduce with seeds?
[ "strain plants", "mother plants", "seed plants", "Reproductive Plants" ]
seed plants
sciq