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c25da46b-8580-4b1f-9595-2eb9c41e68fd
Energy is absorbed in the process of converting a liquid at its boiling point into a what?
[ "plasma", "gas", "solid", "mesh" ]
gas
sciq
1ab6e2e0-a6fb-4783-bfe7-93077662ed1c
Images in what type of mirror are reversed left and right but not reversed top and bottom?
[ "concave", "plane mirror", "virtual", "convex" ]
plane mirror
sciq
05704360-4e90-4516-9652-09c5bb0fee31
What do cells produce as they age?
[ "carcinogens", "wrinkles", "proto-oncogenes", "oxidants" ]
proto-oncogenes
sciq
2e806db5-93d4-415e-9b42-0eed292045f5
The body of the simplest sponges takes the shape of a cylinder with a large central cavity, called?
[ "vacuole", "spongocoel", "spirogyra", "spicule" ]
spongocoel
sciq
19472787-6625-40c2-bf37-e019d4094817
Laid on dry land by reptiles, amniotic eggs have what that prevents them from drying out?
[ "waterproof membranes", "double shells", "double yolks", "oil coating" ]
waterproof membranes
sciq
5384c46a-0104-477e-8c80-d71973e50afb
What three rs represent the steps that you personally can take to conserve our natural resources and minimize waste?
[ "reduce, reuse, recycle", "reduce, reuse, re-educate", "remove, reduce, reuse", "rinse, reuse, recycle" ]
reduce, reuse, recycle
sciq
8dea034c-faf6-4eb7-84a1-624ee1acbf53
What is the process that allows organisms with better traits to survive and produce?
[ "adaptation", "spontaneous mutation", "succession", "natural selection" ]
natural selection
sciq
7db008a9-46ff-4141-af68-577a893fcb84
What is the term for a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction but is not changed or used up in the reaction?
[ "a catalyst", "a contribute", "an acid", "a mechanism" ]
a catalyst
sciq
1ddf06d9-650f-4c61-b0c1-ba4e1bb84e2b
What type of compounds can form crystals?
[ "ionic compounds", "integral compounds", "magnetic compounds", "molecular compounds" ]
ionic compounds
sciq
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In grazing, a predator partially eats but does not kill what?
[ "prey", "pack", "predators", "time" ]
prey
sciq
46188898-634e-4e29-b881-901c749132da
Bone tissues include compact bone, spongy bone, bone marrow, and?
[ "periosteum", "esophagus", "epithelium", "cartilage" ]
periosteum
sciq
272537cf-d94f-47aa-a156-2011e554d2da
What type of bacteria causes the disease called tuberculosis?
[ "E. coli", "streptococcus", "mycobacterium", "staphylococcus" ]
mycobacterium
sciq
64a16dc8-d69d-4f55-8e98-06408e270b35
Studies have shown that not only does reproduction have a cost as far as how long male fruit flies live, but also fruit flies that have already mated several times have limited amounts of this?
[ "sperm", "eggs", "dna", "chromosomes" ]
sperm
sciq
fb4d984f-eb69-40cf-9b50-68917b83e924
What are the two most common causes of diseases?
[ "nutritional deficiencies", "viruses and protazoa", "bacteria and protazoa", "bacteria and viruses" ]
bacteria and viruses
sciq
5bdf71d5-0e8b-4014-916e-e6451e7fc458
Organic compounds are defined as covalently bonded compounds containing carbon, excluding carbonates and what else?
[ "gases", "oxides", "acids", "crystals" ]
oxides
sciq
59c37d24-8e98-4c04-8512-94a066a94ee6
What drives the turbine in a thermonuclear reactor?
[ "heated water or steam", "magnets", "heated oil", "wind energy" ]
heated water or steam
sciq
04985501-6f75-49bf-9236-764ba4f917b5
What is the term for physicians and scientists who research and develop vaccines and treat and study conditions ranging from allergies to aids?
[ "vaccinologists", "endocrinologists", "immunologists", "virologists" ]
immunologists
sciq
545be9b8-9d11-49b4-92af-cd9165ebb794
Where are temperatures the lowest?
[ "over the oceans", "at the poles", "in asia", "at the equator" ]
at the poles
sciq
4d411f34-09f3-42f1-8780-8b35f74bb0b9
Protecting the surface of metal prevents what?
[ "diffusion", "corrosion", "evaporation", "extraction" ]
corrosion
sciq
6055e8f6-abf4-4e22-a2a2-dd2af88c1160
What type of tissues are major barriers to the entry of pathogens into the body?
[ "vascular", "skin", "nasal", "mucosal" ]
mucosal
sciq
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Trash that gets into fresh and saltwater waterways is called what type of debris?
[ "water", "aquatic", "ocean", "pollution" ]
aquatic
sciq
ce6719ad-895a-4faf-ba66-af2e20deb02e
What is the term for genes that control the expression of other genes within specific regions of cells in the developing organism?
[ "expression genes", "data genes", "gap genes", "age genes" ]
gap genes
sciq
cd845b7d-4ea2-427c-9dcd-1845d91b8882
In vertebrates, what tissue is a type of connective tissue that supports the entire body structure?
[ "bone", "collagen", "cartilage", "blood" ]
bone
sciq
fb2a10b8-cda0-4055-bb69-639739d0d77a
Red blood cells don't have a nucleus. this allows them to do what?
[ "be redder", "carry more oxygen", "move faster", "heal faster" ]
carry more oxygen
sciq
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The number of electron pairs that hold two atoms together is called?
[ "bond order", "electron order", "nuclear order", "proton order" ]
bond order
sciq
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What occurs when the immune system makes an inflammatory response to a harmless antigen?
[ "allergies", "antibodies", "immunity", "asthma attack" ]
allergies
sciq
77f7c69d-e51c-4747-8915-6ea5f84225f1
What energy source, now making a comeback, has helped propel ships and pump water for many years?
[ "solar energy", "geothermal energy", "weather energy", "wind energy" ]
wind energy
sciq
31900c26-75cd-4674-83d9-1b527df2f9b3
What is it called when the nucleus of an atom splits into two smaller nuclei?
[ "complex fission", "nuclear fission", "cell division", "nuclear fusion" ]
nuclear fission
sciq
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The curie (ci) is one measure of the rate of what?
[ "growth", "division", "spin", "decay" ]
decay
sciq
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A unique type of organism is also known as what?
[ "taxonomy", "parasites", "species", "element" ]
species
sciq
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Snakes use what anatomical structure to smell scents in the air?
[ "branched tongue", "forked tongue", "forked tails", "forked eyes" ]
forked tongue
sciq
c5dce3aa-f4f7-4cda-8b66-b4d3ea934803
What chemical element helps forms strong bones and teeth in humans?
[ "magnesium", "potassium", "calcium", "iron" ]
calcium
sciq
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The limit to how much solute will dissolve in a given amount of solvent is called what?
[ "potency", "density", "solubility", "strength" ]
solubility
sciq
c41e1fd4-d069-43a5-8a41-44e3fd3d2a06
What occurs when hot magma transforms rock that it contacts?
[ "contact metamorphism", "changing metamorphism", "existence metamorphism", "form metamorphism" ]
contact metamorphism
sciq
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What term refers to entities, events or powers regarded as being beyond nature, and cannot be explained by scientific means?
[ "supernatural", "natural", "fictional", "hypothetical" ]
supernatural
sciq
2c5dd8bb-3fdc-4efe-9e6d-bdd0d388719c
What causes an elastic force in springs?
[ "velocity", "freezing", "momentum", "stretching or compressing" ]
stretching or compressing
sciq
0540056d-ff81-4fe2-85a1-90862221eaa0
What effect is responsible for flight paths looking curved?
[ "resonant effect", "tonal effect", "coriolis effect", "volumetric effect" ]
coriolis effect
sciq
5f5900bf-23e2-4244-964a-3169e84e7ce1
Wetlands are environments in which the soil is either permanently or periodically saturated with what?
[ "water", "hydrogen", "oil", "spores" ]
water
sciq
499e7f25-0d8a-45f0-b2d6-df437c83d4b0
When the ground absorbs the water and it settles below the surface it is called what?
[ "glacier", "precipitation", "groundwater", "wastewater" ]
groundwater
sciq
6616da09-abd2-4c29-8ed2-d4ca2c869461
Some metabolic pathways release what by breaking down complex molecules to simpler compounds?
[ "water", "fat", "energy", "hydrogen" ]
energy
sciq
83060d2d-cf24-43a7-9ff7-73aca020c7cb
What is the smallest portion of a crystal lattice?
[ "element cell", "ionic cell", "function cell", "unit cell" ]
unit cell
sciq
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What is one major cause of skin cancer?
[ "sunscreen", "visible light", "ultraviolet light", "infrared light" ]
ultraviolet light
sciq
0662941c-4b72-4f19-acd2-0e9332c6ad3f
Which important decomposers are known to live just about anywhere on earth?
[ "archeans", "viruses", "protazoas", "sporozoans" ]
archeans
sciq
8e502096-eb0c-4d62-b3b2-fba89f465476
In the scientific method, what is the initial, unproven explanation for why something is occurring?
[ "concepts", "hypothesis", "idea", "theories" ]
hypothesis
sciq
ff8c1bfa-99ec-4a84-bef5-f5fadc34f57d
What is the name of an element with a different number of neutrons?
[ "solution", "mineral", "isotope", "reaction" ]
isotope
sciq
f282832b-b18c-4d5a-8fbd-598b9eedfc5a
Nitrogen and sulfur oxides form what type of rain?
[ "common rain", "acid rain", "heavy rain", "toxic rain" ]
acid rain
sciq
a26fcc12-c40c-4f39-abae-ada2213c3d7a
Polyester fabric's resistance to wrinkling comes from the cross-linking of what?
[ "algae strands", "velocity strands", "wool strands", "polymer strands" ]
polymer strands
sciq
cb78b21a-2f5f-407a-8fe3-1ff6bf27deee
What term refers to the sequence of community and ecosystem changes after a disturbance?
[ "progressions", "physiological succession", "ecological succession", "disturbance succession" ]
ecological succession
sciq
04ffb2ca-d9f0-451a-ad08-b8c24ff6c12d
What is the network of fibers that organizes structures and activities in the cell called?
[ "cytoplasm", "cytoskeleton", "DNA", "enzymes" ]
cytoskeleton
sciq
aed0c3a4-1027-49aa-82b6-58556c02f259
Decreasing the volume of a gas and keeping everything else the same will cause its pressure to change in what way?
[ "increase", "decrease", "lower", "heat up" ]
increase
sciq
674d3fad-45eb-4dfd-a4d9-3c329aaf00ba
What evolutionary strategy enables substantial activity during sleep for some animals?
[ "adaptation", "hibernation", "reproduction", "mutation" ]
adaptation
sciq
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The cells of the blastocyst form an inner cell mass called the what?
[ "embryoblast", "chloroplast", "xerophyte", "blastocyst" ]
embryoblast
sciq
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How do all musical instruments create sound?
[ "stimulation", "condensation", "vibration", "conduction" ]
vibration
sciq
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What system disorders include kidney stones, kidney failure, and urinary tract infections?
[ "nervous system", "digestive system", "urinary system", "renal system" ]
urinary system
sciq
9db7a331-5446-494f-94bd-9f6a2a01115e
What type of respiration has the advantage of releasing more energy?
[ "anaerobic", "kinetic", "elastic", "aerobic" ]
aerobic
sciq
cb628e56-a384-4918-b822-6219ae2515c2
Major climate types are based on what two things?
[ "temperature & precipitation", "environment & precipitation", "oxygen & precipitation", "topography & temperature" ]
temperature & precipitation
sciq
dea2d196-a05e-45bf-9780-1e0dd047cc8d
When amino acids bind together, they form a long chain called what, which is an essential component of protein?
[ "lipids", "enzyme", "peptide", "polypeptide" ]
polypeptide
sciq
fb14fa6b-f36f-4785-9956-b11334b2ba13
What type of cells does meiosis produce?
[ "child cells", "haploid daughter cells", "diploid daughter cells", "mutated cells" ]
haploid daughter cells
sciq
c1ea67be-bec2-4e46-a8f2-70deb268f269
Organisms that lack both a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles are known as what, in general?
[ "photosynthetic", "barren", "trophic", "prokaryotic" ]
prokaryotic
sciq
82a6a805-5f78-4860-b0e9-6068a5fd22de
What happens to most of the energy in a trophic level as it passes to the next higher level?
[ "it is lost", "it increases", "it stays the same", "it is transferred" ]
it is lost
sciq
f520b92c-c3d0-4936-8a18-350cf99b9e4e
What is the name for a specific amount of solute that can dissolve in a given amount of solvent?
[ "humidity", "viscosity", "solubility", "concentration" ]
solubility
sciq
6a52cdb9-7718-4134-9209-3328a0b765e0
What is freshwater below the earth's surface called?
[ "sediment", "precipitation", "groundwater", "geyser" ]
groundwater
sciq
e9b92510-f844-4b0a-a978-0b5756343b0e
What forms when crystals precipitate out from a liquid?
[ "chemical sedimentary rocks", "plants sedimentary rocks", "liquid sedimentary rocks", "plasma sedimentary rocks" ]
chemical sedimentary rocks
sciq
a02b8b92-9e11-4eb9-b076-991a58ff27cc
What do people build to protect areas from floods?
[ "sewers", "dams", "reinforced walls", "drains" ]
dams
sciq
03b2593f-193c-47b0-8d8b-15f56f61e988
What system of the body is responsible for ultimately ridding it of waste and excess water?
[ "circulatory system", "digestive system", "respiratory system", "excretory system" ]
excretory system
sciq
a5b562f2-1f66-44ab-ab6c-26dca98d176d
What's it called when there's a sudden flow of mud?
[ "mudflow", "sediment", "avalanche", "dirt bath" ]
mudflow
sciq
93a08d44-f307-42e2-a0c5-9df2ec9f4bdb
Which zone is located below 200 meters from the surface?
[ "mesopelagic", "aphotic zone", "observable zone", "epipelagic" ]
aphotic zone
sciq
33d84fb0-1441-4019-a33b-08b944554f70
Food chewed evenly during mastication moisten and lubricate the lining of the mouth and this?
[ "pharynx", "larynx", "esophagus", "trachea" ]
pharynx
sciq
6cc99229-7fb6-4b9b-a6fd-def8b769b6ba
Photosynthesis is initiated by what hitting plants?
[ "moisture", "sunlight", "air", "dirt" ]
sunlight
sciq
bcdb33e5-c7c7-4421-82fc-c7db08f05f4c
What is the process of drawing general conclusions based on many pieces of evidence?
[ "quantum reasoning", "inductive reasoning", "primitive reasoning", "experimental reasoning" ]
inductive reasoning
sciq
07e3c299-3a79-4eec-9847-49fd8b3d9555
Name the fibrous joint in which two parallel bones are united to each other by fibrous connective tissue.
[ "gomphosis", "cartilage", "syndesmosis", "suture" ]
syndesmosis
sciq
8225ab28-6e72-4b0a-8449-b7667ff1b9fc
What's the best way humans can conserve water?
[ "use less", "salt it", "use more", "boil it" ]
use less
sciq
a89e5c4a-ece4-429a-8619-c000115ae999
Although fewer in number than chemical synapses, what type of synapses are found in all nervous systems and play important and unique roles?
[ "duplicating synapses", "beginning synapses", "dual synapses", "electrical synapses" ]
electrical synapses
sciq
29471528-0598-47a6-8b99-859ab1cfbb8e
What consists of a nitrogen atom bonded to some combination of carbons and hydrogens?
[ "a metalloid", "a chloride", "an amine", "an alkali" ]
an amine
sciq
c9bdb30a-7a1f-46fd-9702-0d68a9e49288
When do hammerhead sharks usually hunt?
[ "winter", "at night", "in the day", "summer" ]
at night
sciq
a613dea4-8704-4920-9b7c-c9512d5e6afe
What types of glands do only female mammals have?
[ "pituitary", "respiratory", "thyroid", "mammary" ]
mammary
sciq
51d8ad4b-52b9-4af7-a4c3-671186c077b5
What is the unit used to measure air pressure?
[ "millibar", "pounds per inch", "mass", "newtons" ]
millibar
sciq
15533601-c33d-4adb-a09c-d71fc46677e9
In which stage does the chromatin condense into chromosomes?
[ "Telophase II", "Anaphase I", "Metaphase I", "prophase ii" ]
prophase ii
sciq
48f15af3-e20d-420e-ada9-6e8fe5612e57
What is the upper-most atmosphere known as?
[ "xerosphere", "ionosphere", "exosphere", "thermosphere" ]
thermosphere
sciq
61e23e65-afaa-4f27-958e-bdf8ea871897
Reproduction that doesn't involve a male gamete is also known as what?
[ "asexual reproduction", "agamogenesis", "mitosis", "meiosis" ]
agamogenesis
sciq
4fb8bd0f-3cfc-469e-8304-7aff417702c2
What is the term for an electronic component that consists of many other electronic components?
[ "networks", "creating circuit", "integrated circuit", "electrical current" ]
integrated circuit
sciq
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What is another term for life science?
[ "geology", "meteorology", "ecology", "biology" ]
biology
sciq
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What type of cartilage contains no collagen?
[ "lamprey cartilage", "fetal cartilage", "joint cartilage", "shark cartilage" ]
lamprey cartilage
sciq
2081b92e-6f6a-4bce-8171-e43c97166927
In prokaryotes, what are the regions called that repressors bind to?
[ "consumers", "enablers", "operators", "elements" ]
operators
sciq
7206a3be-e733-4c2d-a865-280d7384e013
What instrument has a resolution many times greater than a light microscope, and can be used to see the details on the outside of a cell?
[ "electron microscope", "complex microscope", "molecular microscope", "element microscope" ]
electron microscope
sciq
5ef8af45-57df-4ff8-92ba-7bdb0a396d8f
The temperature at which the individual ions have enough kinetic energy to overcome the attractive forces that hold them in place is called?
[ "occurring point", "melting point", "last point", "boiling point" ]
melting point
sciq
cc8b0e71-4610-4f2b-9901-d3f268af30fc
What play several important roles in the human body?
[ "lipids", "tissues", "organs", "cells" ]
lipids
sciq
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What is a measure that has both size and direction?
[ "length", "vector", "wave", "velocity" ]
vector
sciq
c0ba6d75-5b34-46b0-9ef5-d18fd78f3906
What is to blame for water’s boiling point (100°c) being higher than the boiling points of similar substances?
[ "hydrogen bonds", "molecular shape", "electrode bonds", "helium bonds" ]
hydrogen bonds
sciq
716a1052-3960-4c5c-95a2-c981fb1e42b4
Carbonic acid decomposes easily at room temperature into carbon dioxide and what else?
[ "water", "helium", "gas", "oxygen" ]
water
sciq
d854009f-d755-4270-8de8-ee1a7356fb34
What form when a single atom gains or loses electrons?
[ "monatomic ions", "fusional ions", "carbon atoms", "vacuoles ions" ]
monatomic ions
sciq
daad3708-f02a-4fa9-aba8-0613392d63fc
In earthworms, the skin serves as what type of organ?
[ "kidney", "respiratory", "reproductive", "excretory" ]
respiratory
sciq
83a1c60f-18cf-4cc0-a5b8-72e21a78a598
Catalytic converters used on motor vehicles break down pollutants in what, yielding non-toxic compounds?
[ "intake", "muffler", "oil", "exhaust" ]
exhaust
sciq
f34dc4b0-12cd-4bb2-923f-fa8897bb8d26
Processing of filtrate in the proximal tubule helps maintain what level in body fluid?
[ "temperature", "ph", "metabolic level", "homeostasis" ]
ph
sciq
88d99358-96d7-4fc7-9963-c2d0566c6d62
What helps represent age-sex structure of the population?
[ "biome model", "density graph", "population pyramid", "habitat chart" ]
population pyramid
sciq
1ed9d906-50fe-4dec-9308-6f206dc652b5
Large viruses began as what type of cells inside bigger host cells?
[ "simple", "symbiotic", "parasitic", "static" ]
parasitic
sciq
91a6e27b-35c0-4442-a747-c2318aebc5c8
How can you calculate the density of matter?
[ "by dividing its mass by its volume", "by dividing its volume by its mass", "by multiplying its mass by its volume", "by subtracting mass from volume" ]
by dividing its mass by its volume
sciq
a00e0566-d72a-4a85-a586-58b30a170f23
Frogs and toads have long back legs which are specialized for what action?
[ "flying", "swimming", "jumping", "sprinting" ]
jumping
sciq
fcd3a3e2-486c-45c6-811f-7dd723dd0cf5
Different regions of the cerebral cortex can be associated with particular functions, a concept known as what?
[ "reversal of function", "expressiveness of function", "localization of function", "cytoplasm of function" ]
localization of function
sciq
d6967473-332d-406b-a496-7405bece5301
What is the term for a change in the inherited traits of organisms over time?
[ "evolution", "generation", "emergence", "mutation" ]
evolution
sciq