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What is the medical process of removing wastes and excess water from the blood by diffusion and ultrafiltration called?
[ "dialysis", "digestion", "tumors", "arthritis" ]
dialysis
sciq
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What is the "a" horizon commonly known as?
[ "crust", "sediment", "topsoil", "core" ]
topsoil
sciq
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What are the building blocks of life?
[ "cells", "muscles", "bricks", "seeds" ]
cells
sciq
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The amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of one gram of liquid water by 1°c is also known as?
[ "specific heat", "mass", "Kelvin", "calorie" ]
specific heat
sciq
9c3f751d-a33b-4005-ad33-5f9138fe24c6
What helps amplify the effects of extracellular signals?
[ "mutation cascades", "spontaneous cascades", "enzymatic cascades", "electrical cascades" ]
enzymatic cascades
sciq
2e51052e-02cc-4c45-b833-eed22e2f5708
What units are typically used to measure heats of reaction?
[ "volts", "kilobytes", "kilojoules", "degrees Celsius" ]
kilojoules
sciq
0636768f-139f-4454-8787-c6b4cb18ced5
What are solutions that maintain a relatively constant ph when an acid or a base is added?
[ "gases", "buffer", "water", "liquids" ]
buffer
sciq
5a454af2-a834-46b1-a11a-7bf5262856b0
Along with dna, what is the other main type of nucleic acid?
[ "nucleotides", "cytoplasm", "rna", "protein" ]
rna
sciq
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Glutathione is a low-molecular-weight compound found in living cells that is produced naturally by what?
[ "liver", "brain", "amino acids", "blood" ]
liver
sciq
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What work together in pairs to bend or straighten a joint?
[ "muscles", "nerve fibers", "collagen bands", "cartilage tissues" ]
muscles
sciq
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What are the outer-shell electrons of an atom called?
[ "organism electrons", "helium electrons", "valence electrons", "outer electrons" ]
valence electrons
sciq
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What kind of reproduction is vegetative reproduction?
[ "meiosis", "sexual", "mitosis", "asexual" ]
asexual
sciq
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What type of tissue runs the length of a stem in vascular bundles?
[ "vascular tissue", "cardiac tissue", "thermal tissue", "muscle tissue" ]
vascular tissue
sciq
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Birds have a relatively large heart and a rapid what?
[ "digestive process", "blink rate", "lifespan", "heart rate" ]
heart rate
sciq
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When a warm air mass becomes trapped between two cold air masses, what type of front occurs?
[ "storm front", "occluded front", "obscured front", "stationary front" ]
occluded front
sciq
c262b438-2f66-4fb7-901f-6c7756eddb6d
What is water falling from the sky called?
[ "distillation", "precipitation", "erosion", "vaporization" ]
precipitation
sciq
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What forms when atoms share or transfer valence electrons?
[ "replicas", "bonds", "levels", "fusion" ]
bonds
sciq
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Which part of the axon has a higher membrane potential?
[ "biofilm hillock", "canals hillock", "axon hillock", "muscular hillock" ]
axon hillock
sciq
038226dc-33eb-47d2-a8e3-b5f65f2eb657
A diploid zygote is formed when one sperm does what?
[ "fertilizes the egg", "repels the egg", "cracks the egg", "incapacitates the egg" ]
fertilizes the egg
sciq
9cfb9269-db4a-4f53-9027-de79077fd110
As ph increases what happens to a solution?
[ "becomes more basic", "stays the same", "becomes less basic", "depends on the solution" ]
becomes more basic
sciq
1a7ed3f0-2210-4996-932c-c6ad308fffd7
What is the term for changes in speed or direction, changes that make a roller coaster ride so exciting?
[ "acceleration", "oscillation", "inclination", "transmission" ]
acceleration
sciq
b6c59b04-6453-4762-9231-fd51c65d5724
What do aquatic mollusk species use for respiration?
[ "pores", "lungs", "phototropism", "gills" ]
gills
sciq
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Because the solute is moving down the concentration gradient, and no input of energy is required, facilitated diffusion is considered what type of transport?
[ "passive", "adaptive", "active", "neutral" ]
passive
sciq
b0d3081c-a969-4f81-89fc-50e9d0196c38
What does fiber help keep at normal levels in the body?
[ "sugar and lipids", "salt and cholesterol", "bloodpressure", "hydration" ]
sugar and lipids
sciq
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What is it called when plant roots absorb liquid water and release water vapor into the atmosphere?
[ "perspiration", "evaporation", "sedimentation", "transpiration" ]
transpiration
sciq
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Fossil fuels and nuclear power are what type of resource?
[ "reusable", "recurring", "nonrenewable", "renewable" ]
nonrenewable
sciq
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The stoichiometric coefficients indicate the relative amounts of what?
[ "exigencies and products", "trajectories and products", "reactants and products", "reactions and products" ]
reactants and products
sciq
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Blood enters the heart in what valve?
[ "tricuspid", "aortic", "mitral", "atria" ]
atria
sciq
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What works through chemical reactions that change the rock?
[ "gradual weathering", "chemical breakdown", "rock weathering", "chemical weathering" ]
chemical weathering
sciq
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What is necessary for new alleles to be created?
[ "new rna", "new mutations", "new frequencies", "cross-pollination" ]
new mutations
sciq
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What does the placenta sustain during pregnancy?
[ "the fetus", "the heart", "the endocrine system", "the mother" ]
the fetus
sciq
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Other than nitrogen, which nutrient most often limits marine production?
[ "phosphorus", "potassium", "zinc", "calcium" ]
phosphorus
sciq
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What astronomical phenomenon is often comprised of remnants of the earliest material that formed in the solar system?
[ "meteorites", "comets", "asteroids", "particles" ]
meteorites
sciq
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Minerals are grouped based on what?
[ "density", "carbon composition", "mineral composition", "chemical composition" ]
chemical composition
sciq
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What is the term for the average number of individuals in a population for a given area?
[ "population structure", "Area Density", "population density", "result density" ]
population density
sciq
feb9d3f4-15e8-4871-95c0-ef6ee516e75b
What is the shape of the thyroid gland?
[ "snake - shaped", "butterfly-shaped", "triangle-shaped", "square-shaped" ]
butterfly-shaped
sciq
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Instead of using their nose, reptiles can use what organ to smell scents?
[ "bladder", "liver", "eye", "tongue" ]
tongue
sciq
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How does the diaphragm look like when it is at rest?
[ "dome-shaped", "flat", "dam - shaped", "inverted" ]
dome-shaped
sciq
345cfd83-e08a-4483-8353-f6d042a7c896
What is the smallest unit of matter that still maintains it's properties of being an element?
[ "a cell", "a proton", "an electron", "an atom" ]
an atom
sciq
6eb831cb-83cd-4048-af8d-6162a40dfec4
Evolution occurs by what process whereby better-adapted members pass along their traits, according to darwin?
[ "natural change", "spontaneous variation", "organic selection", "natural selection" ]
natural selection
sciq
4f71e1bc-34c1-4c3e-8b13-a1c6f1aff197
In flowering plants, male gametophytes are in grains of what?
[ "bacteria", "viruses", "pollen", "nitrogen" ]
pollen
sciq
9993bfd5-f64e-4687-8cce-bbd52fc0a7fa
How many different ways can molecules pass through a phospholipid membrane?
[ "three", "five", "six", "four" ]
three
sciq
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Snow and rain are forms of what weather?
[ "sediment", "evaporation", "precipitation", "cold fronts" ]
precipitation
sciq
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There is a positive correlation between the ability to conduct thermal energy and what other energy, as exemplified by metals?
[ "elastic", "gravitational", "electricity", "nuclear" ]
electricity
sciq
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Most ocean waves are caused by what?
[ "gravity", "wind", "radiation", "animals" ]
wind
sciq
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What kind of climates are found at or near the equator?
[ "tundra", "dry grasslands", "arctic climates", "tropical climates" ]
tropical climates
sciq
6d9c8b6d-4b8f-4751-8729-b3beb8655726
The uranium series is a chain constituting one what, which encompass naturally occurring isotopes of the heaviest elements?
[ "nuclear decay family", "gland decay family", "radioactive decay family", "fuel decay family" ]
radioactive decay family
sciq
d17330d2-8ae9-4898-ba75-ec60a692e1bf
Producing light without a high temperature is called?
[ "fluorescence", "plasma", "effervescence", "luminescence" ]
luminescence
sciq
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Mutualism is a symbiotic relationship that has what effect on both species involved?
[ "beneficial", "destructive", "disadvantageous", "harmful" ]
beneficial
sciq
f266f8dc-e6b6-4b92-9182-97c0f8590dc7
What do you call chemical reactions that take place inside living things?
[ "biochemical reactions", "physical reactions", "autonomous reactions", "contaminated reactions" ]
biochemical reactions
sciq
84d8ab0f-a843-4ba3-9db7-487e4399abd4
What types of blood cells are required for aerobic respiration?
[ "large blood cells", "white blood cells", "red blood cells", "grey blood cells" ]
red blood cells
sciq
e43d38d3-5d62-44fd-96c9-486bdef3e573
The phase transition of a substance changing from a liquid state to a gaseous state is an example of what?
[ "entropoy", "trichina", "catostrophy", "spirogyra" ]
entropoy
sciq
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What is the fracture called when rocks on both sides move?
[ "a shear", "a crevice", "a stress fracture", "a fault" ]
a fault
sciq
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In heart muscle, what released by neurons activates a signal transduction pathway?
[ "glutamate", "acetylcholine", "glucose", "dopamine" ]
acetylcholine
sciq
5803cc29-fd76-4c6f-9be3-e7c818c9388d
What do some plants produce that protects dormant seeds and aids in their dispersal?
[ "roots", "leaves", "stems", "fruit" ]
fruit
sciq
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In a generator, work done to turn the coil is converted to what type of energy?
[ "power", "electric", "voltage", "solar" ]
electric
sciq
dccd387a-f0b0-4bef-8cde-19740b3d3b56
What do you call a pattern of stars in the night sky?
[ "cluster", "Solar Systems", "planets", "constellation" ]
constellation
sciq
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An antigen is a macromolecule that reacts with components of what?
[ "circulatory system", "pulmonary system", "digestion system", "immune system" ]
immune system
sciq
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The measure of a substances entropy at 25 degrees celsius is known as it's?
[ "specific entropy", "limited entropy", "standard entropy", "new entropy" ]
standard entropy
sciq
576b5a86-1ab1-417d-ba6a-a79d9d051a66
Gastric emptying is regulated by both the stomach and what other digestive structure?
[ "esophagus", "appendix", "small intestine", "duodenum" ]
duodenum
sciq
d23e39a7-7269-49df-8975-f08fca447a6f
What is the type of cell division where the number of chromosomes is reduced in half?
[ "cloning", "interphase", "mitosis", "meiosis" ]
meiosis
sciq
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What is the most common cause of lung cancer?
[ "restaurant smoke exposure", "coal smoke exposure", "tobacco smoke exposure", "tree smoke exposure" ]
tobacco smoke exposure
sciq
2bbc5801-3393-45d3-ae6f-7e0d369c390f
Some consumers such as the mushroom get their energy from what?
[ "solar energy", "dead organic matter", "inorganic matter", "minerals" ]
dead organic matter
sciq
ff106ca2-5ecd-4b2d-b399-8db8410227e8
What does the second number in a blood pressure reading measure?
[ "epithelial pressure", "optimal pressure", "diastolic pressure", "external pressure" ]
diastolic pressure
sciq
694a08a0-6b73-4070-a18a-70ba0743be7c
The rock of the mantle is mostly what?
[ "metamorphic", "crystalline", "peridotite", "silicon" ]
peridotite
sciq
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Ocean ridges formed by marine invertebrates living in warm shallow waters within the photic zone of the ocean are called what?
[ "coral reefs", "lagoon", "trenches", "break water" ]
coral reefs
sciq
a2b7c9b3-8a3e-44a3-877f-232a2d34ae16
What compound is formed when there are sparking electrical equipment?
[ "water", "ozone", "carbon", "smog" ]
ozone
sciq
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What is the number of protons in the nucleus?
[ "metallic number", "atomic mass", "atomic number", "element" ]
atomic number
sciq
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What organism is at the top of the energy pyramid?
[ "herbivore", "primate", "carnivore", "insects" ]
carnivore
sciq
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What structure of the heart receives oxygen-poor blood from the body, then pumps the blood into the right ventricle?
[ "right ventricle", "left atrium", "left ventricle", "right atrium" ]
right atrium
sciq
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Which organelle is often compared to a post office, moving proteins and lipids to where they need to go?
[ "the nucleus", "the cytoplasm", "the golgi apparatus", "the cell wall" ]
the golgi apparatus
sciq
e181e7b4-3fcc-48f6-8b86-e2c0df1708fe
What takes both the shape and the volume of their container?
[ "gases", "fluids", "tissues", "solids" ]
gases
sciq
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What is the lowest level of organization that can perform all activities required for life?
[ "tissues", "the cell", "organs", "nucleii" ]
the cell
sciq
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Where are most of the organs contained in insects?
[ "head", "the abdomen", "thorax", "appendages" ]
the abdomen
sciq
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The appendicular skeleton is made up of all bones of the upper and lower what?
[ "hemispheres", "digestive tract", "organs", "limbs" ]
limbs
sciq
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What can be thought of as the capacity a device has for storing charge?
[ "velocity", "potential", "resonance", "capacitance" ]
capacitance
sciq
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What do electromagnetic receptors detect?
[ "background radiation", "dangerous radiation", "electromagnetic radiation", "subtle radiation" ]
electromagnetic radiation
sciq
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Nutrients from food are absorbed by the blood for transport around the body as part of what system?
[ "growth", "respiratory", "digestive", "circulatory" ]
digestive
sciq
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What occurs when plants release water vapor through stomata (leaf pores)?
[ "inhalation", "evaporation", "crystallization", "transpiration" ]
transpiration
sciq
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The stomach mucosa’s epithelial lining consists only of surface mucus cells, which secrete a protective coat of what?
[ "alkaline mucus", "phosphate mucus", "bile mucus", "acidic mucus" ]
alkaline mucus
sciq
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A substance too big to be pumped across the cell membrane may enter or leave the cell by what method?
[ "vesicle transport", "passive transpiration", "vesicle infusion", "absorption" ]
vesicle transport
sciq
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What is the process in which unstable nuclei become stable by emitting particles and energy and changing to different elements called?
[ "nuclear decay", "radioactive decrease", "initial decay", "radioactive decay" ]
radioactive decay
sciq
ba8b60f1-5385-4dee-823a-fbdcb0dd5d03
Most taste buds on the tongue are associated with nipple-shaped projections called what?
[ "antennae", "cilia", "mucosa", "papillae" ]
papillae
sciq
a18abfb4-ef55-4a91-a69e-5aa2ba07958f
What is the lowest energy state of the atom called?
[ "base state", "ground state", "work state", "active state" ]
ground state
sciq
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What kind of diseases involve the immune system accidentally attacking healthy body cells?
[ "metabolic", "inflammation", "autoimmune", "contagious diseases" ]
autoimmune
sciq
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Bacteria may divide several what an hour?
[ "cells", "hosts", "times", "days" ]
times
sciq
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The partial pressure of each gas in a mixture is proportional to its what?
[ "chemical fraction", "mole fraction", "lactic fraction", "mesh fraction" ]
mole fraction
sciq
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The combination decomposition or rearrangement of elements and compounds to form new substances is known as?
[ "ionic changes", "chemical changes", "carbon changes", "mineral changes" ]
chemical changes
sciq
09c1d41d-6e36-4512-8b0e-f2da9a3efafe
When is melatonin secreted?
[ "at night", "in the afternoon", "in the morning", "all day" ]
at night
sciq
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In which phase do the chromosomes duplicate?
[ "interphase", "mitosis", "prophase", "metaphase" ]
interphase
sciq
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Which muscle is a band-like muscle that extends from the anterior superior iliac spine to the medial side?
[ "sartorius", "soleus", "tibialis anterior", "vastus medialis" ]
sartorius
sciq
18fcc3be-c6d5-4a73-a50e-4a6766f95765
Filter feeders, such as sponges, pump water into their body through what structures?
[ "valves", "lungs", "fibers", "pores" ]
pores
sciq
96d26299-52e8-4af8-a2a5-5f20aa7395d7
What are ionic solutes?
[ "carbohydrates", "salts", "solvent", "electrolytes" ]
electrolytes
sciq
253acfec-ecd6-465a-8fd9-d154a7f63648
As with other organic compounds that form hydrogen bonds, water solubility of amines is reflected in the length of what?
[ "nuclei chains", "carbon chains", "complex carbohydrates", "hydrocarbon bonds" ]
carbon chains
sciq
0cea0229-540c-472f-8c90-ce9005ea26e2
What is the tubular passageway through which the embryo or fetus leaves the mother’s body during birth?
[ "uterus", "cervix", "vagina", "penis" ]
vagina
sciq
17d7f249-ef09-44f8-9c08-4b58b2ff5e5f
What has the average global temperature done since the 1900s?
[ "decreased", "stayed constant", "risen", "changed randomly" ]
risen
sciq
fab426be-7e20-4dd6-b6dc-df1f91d6dda4
An solid object with an irregular shape can be measured via what method?
[ "vibration", "displacement", "radiation", "variation" ]
displacement
sciq
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Deterioration of limestone occurs more rapidly as the concentration of what increases?
[ "water pollutants", "ocean pollutants", "ground pollutants", "air pollutants" ]
air pollutants
sciq
83be6fc2-cfb7-4aa3-aa19-31d3ac4f9546
In which order does the reactivity of halogen group decline?
[ "left to right", "bottom to top", "right to left", "top to bottom" ]
top to bottom
sciq
50316aff-7241-4fc3-a73c-79e077668bc1
Photosynthesis converts carbon dioxide and water into what?
[ "glutamate", "glucose", "carbon", "insulin" ]
glucose
sciq