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5b877d9e-8c48-4eba-bf78-647b4780a65f
Which genetic disorder results in the inability of melanocytes to produce melanin?
[ "hyperthyroidism", "cancers", "anemia", "albinism" ]
albinism
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accfcf63-bc4e-4fc5-9eca-5e7f761e718a
Most diseases caused by bacteria can be cured by which medicines?
[ "antibiotics", "hydroxides", "antioxidants", "inhibitors" ]
antibiotics
sciq
51a2cffc-3ecf-4dc5-ab9f-cbe0fde73c11
What season do the largest waves for surfers typically come?
[ "winter", "autumn", "spring", "summer" ]
winter
sciq
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The peripheral nervous system has major nerves that travel through every part of the body except which two places?
[ "brain and spinal cord", "muscles and brain", "lungs and spinal cord", "brain and heart" ]
brain and spinal cord
sciq
45766bc7-3df2-4764-9a74-4f1dcb5bdd9e
Each nitrogenous base has one or two rings that include which atoms?
[ "hydrogen", "oxygen", "carbon", "nitrogen" ]
nitrogen
sciq
e1b5483c-0bf8-4f2d-9f07-3dd4b70c53fd
Pluto's orbit is so elliptical that sometimes it is inside the orbit of which planet?
[ "titan", "neptune", "Earth", "Mars" ]
neptune
sciq
564e1a1d-5725-4714-b3d4-8d2d7a42b86b
More than half the compounds produced by the chemical industry are what?
[ "gas polymers", "artificial polymers", "synthetic polymers", "replacement polymers" ]
synthetic polymers
sciq
a6e83124-510b-40fd-aa88-91ebea1734b5
What is it called when electrons are shared equally?
[ "metabolized bonds", "nonpolar bonds", "helices bonds", "polar bonds" ]
nonpolar bonds
sciq
5050cda6-079b-40f5-be9e-c570d9dc2bb1
Ribosomes are cellular substructures where what are synthesized?
[ "Molecule", "proteins", "acids", "cells" ]
proteins
sciq
18b1f9b2-5fe9-4b10-8f34-84920b9ecade
How long can carbon be stored in sedimentary rock?
[ "millions of years", "less than 1000 years", "around 10,000 years", "22 weeks" ]
millions of years
sciq
f8f7520e-39fb-4216-96f7-8aa60b88241a
What do you call an animal in which the embryo, often termed a joey, is born immature and must complete its development outside the mother's body?
[ "marsupial", "monotreme", "placental mammal", "eukaryotic" ]
marsupial
sciq
407d988f-a4ff-44c1-9fcb-2594f6ccbbd6
What is the most important element to life?
[ "hydrogen", "carbon", "oxygen", "nitrogen" ]
carbon
sciq
2027c47b-2645-486d-9488-3810f3ddb03f
The idea of evolution has been around for centuries. in fact, it goes all the way back to the ancient greek philosopher named?
[ "Pluto", "aristotle", "Xerxes", "Galileo" ]
aristotle
sciq
509564f4-6493-4a5c-a73b-5d9091266289
When a balloon is rubbed against hair, why do they attract each other?
[ "constantly electron charge", "opposite electron charge", "same electron charge", "lean electron charge" ]
opposite electron charge
sciq
36953fb8-82e4-4ac5-9fec-4102abf237cd
Living things get energy from food in a process called respiration, which releases what gas back into the atmosphere?
[ "carbon dioxide", "hydrogen", "oxygen", "nitrogen" ]
carbon dioxide
sciq
c1b40ce6-339b-494e-b1ed-2723b6632ec6
What is the name of the scientific field that deals with the general study of the solid earth?
[ "geology", "astronomy", "chemistry", "physics" ]
geology
sciq
5fb8fc8b-6d58-4ac4-9df5-d020e36e80ae
What kind of enzyme is phosphofructokinase?
[ "allosteric", "intracellular", "orthosteric", "covalent" ]
allosteric
sciq
d6d049cf-35a4-4000-80df-9077ca52b8ec
Covering about 16 percent of the moon's surface, maria are dark, solid, flat areas consisting of what substance?
[ "lava", "dust", "ash", "debris" ]
lava
sciq
d64c02a9-ed1e-4e68-8087-91aee00551ad
Sickle cell disease is caused by production of an abnormal type of what?
[ "leukocyte", "fat globule", "thrombocyte", "hemoglobin" ]
hemoglobin
sciq
59932765-f7cc-4694-8d23-6538b5dd86d8
Who first proposed that earth is a magnet?
[ "Isaac Newton", "Albert Einstein", "william gilbert", "Marconi" ]
william gilbert
sciq
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Which atomic model shows that the distances of electrons from the nucleus is not a fixed value?
[ "the distance model", "the quantum model", "the electron model", "the equivocation model" ]
the quantum model
sciq
162e6370-9580-46b5-80c9-1c87592ce90d
What is it called when breaks in bone occur that is usually caused by excessive stress on the bone?
[ "fragments", "fractures", "ruptures", "faults" ]
fractures
sciq
03f0a7ff-ea2c-44cb-8ef2-b1f546cdc18a
What crystals consist of molecules at the lattice points of the crystal, held together by relatively weak intermolecular forces?
[ "molecular crystals", "salt crystals", "quartz crystals", "healing crystals" ]
molecular crystals
sciq
1f2c603b-e9e2-4038-91f6-315c75493be5
What causes continents to drift closer to the poles or the equator?
[ "time", "plate movements", "earthquakes", "plate tectonics" ]
plate movements
sciq
e20d93e8-a29a-462b-af65-a5b4d24cefd2
What is the major selective advantage of myelination?
[ "space efficiency", "heat regulation", "storage capacity", "potentiation" ]
space efficiency
sciq
98857f1e-3e26-427d-9535-7fccdc9e3b74
What debated therapy offers a potential method for replacing neurons lost to injury or disease?
[ "cell production therapy", "cell duplication", "stem cell therapy", "stem cell reduction" ]
stem cell therapy
sciq
e178314c-3828-4127-8c3d-7da90478adcd
How many types of simple machines are there?
[ "ten types", "six types", "two types", "three types" ]
six types
sciq
b35bd759-4ed2-4d4b-877d-a62ccb87ee03
After dispersal of a seed, what next step may occur if environmental conditions are favorable?
[ "infection", "bloom", "degradation", "germination" ]
germination
sciq
8c46b586-d7a3-4b48-9edb-7a9fe1a2ab59
What is the term for the smallest particle of an element that still has the properties of that element?
[ "nucleus", "electron", "neutron", "atom" ]
atom
sciq
07655769-eec7-44ff-b738-58fee89f0b4e
What are insect parasites transmitted sexually?
[ "deer ticks", "pinworms", "chlamydia", "pubic lice" ]
pubic lice
sciq
794b7302-6083-4cca-9dc9-8bc40ef4105d
What type of energy is used when a roller coaster runs downhill?
[ "vibrational energy", "kinetic energy", "proportional energy", "residual energy" ]
kinetic energy
sciq
b60e059d-ced1-4369-88ec-25fcfb8f8401
In what process is atp created by glycolysis, without oxygen?
[ "condensation", "sedimentation", "fermentation", "oxidation" ]
fermentation
sciq
eec89a6a-5d19-4ba8-a56b-f3818cbd2177
What helps deposit the material in caves as stalactites, stalagmites, and columns
[ "precipitation", "gas", "groundwater", "wastewater" ]
groundwater
sciq
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A recent deadly explosion in the gulf of mexico exemplified what source of ocean pollution?
[ "fracking disaster", "greenhouse gases", "algal bloom", "oil spill" ]
oil spill
sciq
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Plants supply, ultimately, most of the food eaten by terrestrial animals, along with what gas?
[ "carbon dioxide", "hydrogen", "oxygen", "nitrogen" ]
oxygen
sciq
bfb89a8a-2e61-4a86-9f4a-9fdebda1c4bd
Chemical reactions are typically written to imply that they proceed in one direction - if they can occur in either direction, they are considered what?
[ "reactive", "observable", "reversible", "singular" ]
reversible
sciq
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Single-celled eukaryotes that share some traits with animals are also called?
[ "eukaryotes", "microorganisms", "monomers", "prokaryotes" ]
eukaryotes
sciq
4df7b83e-7637-452b-ab85-3eef27ae0c6c
Antibiotics can be used to fight what, in general?
[ "bacteria", "viruses", "fever", "pathogens" ]
bacteria
sciq
6d75f6c7-b2ac-4e4c-bc5f-6f4efe91aa1e
An organism that carries pathogens from one individual to another is called what?
[ "germ cell", "vector", "host", "virus" ]
vector
sciq
304d2167-8a34-4dac-939c-d4481a83514b
What fills the epidermal cells that make up fingernails and toenails?
[ "cellulose", "keratin", "chromatin", "amino acids" ]
keratin
sciq
03e64d8e-a2e6-4590-bf22-3c0ad1bcc627
What is the name for a parasite that causes disease?
[ "microbes", "pathogen", "enfluenza", "fungi" ]
pathogen
sciq
80c8c9ca-d7e7-435d-8ee6-6c79bdcfd925
What type of map shows the elevation and features in an area?
[ "gradient", "geographic", "meteorological", "topographic" ]
topographic
sciq
b8c7ce85-7dd5-45ef-a584-ea3755f7be69
What are organelles made of protein and ribosomal rna (rrna)?
[ "ribosomes", "electrons", "chromosomes", "carbons" ]
ribosomes
sciq
2f425b5b-1f19-4c41-adb8-276111181511
What are major temperature zones primarily based on?
[ "gps", "longitude", "latitute", "altitude" ]
latitute
sciq
3dfcfb1b-5f8c-4495-b322-495e626388cf
What type of muscle is found in the walls of other internal organs such as the stomach?
[ "inorganic muscle", "smooth muscle", "Fiber Muscle", "Tube Muscle" ]
smooth muscle
sciq
de734504-7f49-408f-b7f2-981baa5e2ce8
A visual "copy" of an object that is formed by reflected or refracted light is called what?
[ "instance", "photo", "mirror", "image" ]
image
sciq
64d0db04-a225-4cdc-bcbc-181b136c86e0
From the pharynx, air next passes through what structure, also known as the voice box because it contains vocal cords?
[ "larynx", "diaphram", "pancreas", "trachea" ]
larynx
sciq
781bc4bd-31fb-4314-83cb-43f9546edf1c
Vertebrates are all chordates that have a what?
[ "circulatory system", "brain", "backbone", "fossil" ]
backbone
sciq
44e24104-1bcc-4dbe-bf65-2f2534e95daf
What do structures of the human eye collect and focus?
[ "air", "electricity", "sugars", "light" ]
light
sciq
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Different elements differ in the size, mass, and other properties of what fundamental structures?
[ "ions", "atoms", "particles", "compounds" ]
atoms
sciq
b79187ba-6c06-4d7e-8cfe-04b1e88e4078
Breasts are considered accessory organs of what body system?
[ "nervous system", "female reproductive system", "digestive system", "lymphatic system" ]
female reproductive system
sciq
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Because plants lack what kind of system, their first line of defense is usually the death of cells surrounding infected tissue to prevent spread of infection?
[ "hormones system", "nervous system", "digestion system", "immune system" ]
immune system
sciq
d444e6bf-04de-492f-bcb0-a7fea290360d
What type of cells make up tumors?
[ "white blood cells", "boyle cells", "cancer cells", "consumption cells" ]
cancer cells
sciq
d69c3b5b-2e68-4bff-a08a-0d0196d03918
When leaves wilt, what plant process ceases?
[ "hydration", "photosynthesis", "carbonation", "reactions" ]
photosynthesis
sciq
e422a2ee-caa6-43d6-9ff5-faa43a135ad3
What type of tissue makes up much of the inside of a plant?
[ "working tissue", "ground tissue", "leaf tissue", "stem tissue" ]
ground tissue
sciq
7468b422-fa42-4b82-8cd0-43ee1745205c
Saliva can carry the hiv virus, but it won't spread it, unless the saliva gets into what?
[ "bloodstream", "liver", "kidneys", "lungs" ]
bloodstream
sciq
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Does blood flow increase or decrease when blood vessels constrict?
[ "increases", "decrease", "it's not affected", "it stops" ]
decrease
sciq
70a1b23f-6a71-4336-a1be-21bf8c2de313
What is venus covered in a thick layer of?
[ "storms", "gases", "fog", "clouds" ]
clouds
sciq
e2d755e2-e420-419b-b709-9ab306d03387
What type of aquifer is trapped between two impermeable rock layers?
[ "segmented", "confined", "solid", "abandoned" ]
confined
sciq
d746d1a2-46c5-48f9-af5b-84946a54c3fd
Name the multi-phase process in which the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell divides?
[ "symbiosis", "mitosis", "cytokinesis", "meiosis" ]
mitosis
sciq
9b02dfe9-3af6-40b5-a361-70f7a7c770e2
What is the term for the basic contractile unit of the muscle?
[ "bandimere", "sphincter", "sarcomere", "filament" ]
sarcomere
sciq
f47b63fd-9e56-4ef5-a2be-8dec7c5c599c
What are chemical messengers that control sexual development and reproduction?
[ "lipids", "sex hormones", "proteins", "neurotransmitters" ]
sex hormones
sciq
75136cb3-bcdd-47fc-bc3c-c6dba88f465e
What are species that are first to colonize a disturbed area called?
[ "novel species", "pioneer species", "brave species", "exploratory species" ]
pioneer species
sciq
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What planet is the easiest to observe?
[ "mars", "mercury", "pluto", "uranus" ]
mars
sciq
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Where does the heartbeat originate in vertebrates?
[ "the blood", "the heart", "the pulse", "the tissue" ]
the heart
sciq
a64d3222-3665-4fe9-9960-c2b2e303b99d
What is a process where some substances called reactants change chemically into different substances called products?
[ "chemical reaction", "non-chemical reaction", "crystals reaction", "carbon reaction" ]
chemical reaction
sciq
623db3e7-e0dd-4c1e-beef-ce3047fb28f6
Cellulose is the main structural component of what part of the plant cell, and makes up over thirty percent of plant matter?
[ "roots", "proteins wall", "cell wall", "flowers" ]
cell wall
sciq
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What is a push or a pull acting on an object?
[ "force", "action", "pulse", "energy" ]
force
sciq
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Which organ will bladder infections commonly damage if untreated?
[ "kidney", "lungs", "heart", "tissue" ]
kidney
sciq
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What is the acid that is released by the stomach that kills most pathogens that enter the stomach?
[ "Nitric Acid", "Hydrofluoric Acid", "Sulfuric Acid", "hydrochloric acid" ]
hydrochloric acid
sciq
53dc21cd-e443-439e-8403-64512a93e37d
What occurs when force is applied to a moving object?
[ "acceleration", "inertia", "stimulation", "transmission" ]
acceleration
sciq
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Smooth, cardiac, and skeletal are all types of what?
[ "muscle", "bone", "hormones", "teeth" ]
muscle
sciq
1fa90248-c2c2-4795-9a16-b98bacd299ec
What group of elements does sodium belong to?
[ "metalloids", "halogens", "noble gases", "alkali metals" ]
alkali metals
sciq
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Pure constructive interference and pure destructive interference are distinguished by whether or not identical waves are what?
[ "before phase", "in phase", "in equilibrium", "after phase" ]
in phase
sciq
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The process of photosynthesis uses chlorophyll, which is located in organelles called what?
[ "chloroplasts", "nucleus", "mitochondria", "fibroblasts" ]
chloroplasts
sciq
42dcbc4b-bde7-47e2-9b95-f249a4b7789c
What kind of oily substance is secreted from sebaceous glands?
[ "progesterone", "sebum", "Blood", "pus" ]
sebum
sciq
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Some reactions need extra help to occur quickly. they need another substance called what?
[ "a catalyst", "hormone", "neurotransmitter", "protein" ]
a catalyst
sciq
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What have approximately the same mass as protons but no charge?
[ "electrons", "atoms", "reactions", "neutrons" ]
neutrons
sciq
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Amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling can indicate whether a suspected genetic disorder is present at what stage?
[ "toddler", "infant", "fetal", "adult" ]
fetal
sciq
bd500f2b-d77c-4a6e-ab0f-a7ffc4f35c16
What do you call aquatic biomes in the ocean?
[ "ocean dwellers", "marine biomes", "freshwater biomes", "coastal biomes" ]
marine biomes
sciq
3f91ecb3-d6c6-4bba-b9d6-83554914c100
The reaction of which body system causes food allergies?
[ "lymphatic system", "nervous system", "cardiac system", "immune system" ]
immune system
sciq
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Leaving tampons in for too long can put you at risk of what syndrome?
[ "Endometrial Cancer", "toxic shock", "Vaginismis", "Scalded Skin Syndrome" ]
toxic shock
sciq
9c2d3e52-5ce7-4c36-ab57-4b0d5f355d22
There are three flat skeletal muscles in the antero-lateral wall of what?
[ "abdomen", "thoracic cavity", "hip joint", "shoulder socket" ]
abdomen
sciq
d1807734-f5a6-4555-b20a-2e7a0a6b65b8
The dead, dry stratum corneum is the most superficial layer of what and is the layer exposed to the outside environment?
[ "intestinal", "epidermis", "lungs", "dermis" ]
epidermis
sciq
2f04333d-2b2b-48cd-a129-6a9f70c63bb7
What protein is produced when a plasma cell is stimulated by antigens?
[ "collagen", "dystrophin", "keratin", "immunoglobulin" ]
immunoglobulin
sciq
2a3bf259-23c5-4b26-a83d-1712093df922
An unbalanced force on an object in motion causes what?
[ "acceleration", "velocity", "agitation", "vibration" ]
acceleration
sciq
9c35bfdd-c62f-4a5e-96a1-a6fa44b8a680
Partial albinism results from a mutation in an enzyme that is involved in the production of what?
[ "cytoplasm", "melanin", "cancer", "hair" ]
melanin
sciq
7e38c0d8-fac5-44a1-872e-fd82c2fb9f58
Where does a baby travel to after leaving the uterus?
[ "nasal canal", "birth canal", "ear canal", "tissue canal" ]
birth canal
sciq
1f72d965-dc42-48d5-950e-0eb2d507cdf6
Name an important natural resource in and of itself.
[ "water", "habitat", "food chain", "biodiversity" ]
biodiversity
sciq
f9452f18-bdca-4a34-a7e6-ff8fc7931264
In classical conditioning, a response called the conditioned response is associated with what?
[ "blocking effect", "external inhibition", "unconditioned stimulus", "conditioned stimulus" ]
conditioned stimulus
sciq
d1e6d64e-ee4c-4739-9748-2742f323eb37
What kind of bonds does boron form rather than metallic lattices?
[ "multicenter", "bilateral", "electron bonds", "magnetic bonds" ]
multicenter
sciq
46051bc6-d32e-416c-8f7c-c692f3426fd4
What broad group of living things serves as the major producers in terrestrial biomes?
[ "vases", "animals", "flowers", "plants" ]
plants
sciq
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Birds that move pollen from flower to flower are called what?
[ "pollinators", "frogs", "carnivores", "spores" ]
pollinators
sciq
57cd08c8-0ca6-47c8-bf81-6caa7501c3f8
The major cause of outdoor air pollution is the burning of?
[ "trees", "charcoal briquettes", "trash", "fossil fuels" ]
fossil fuels
sciq
dfaf9fb0-245f-4761-a2bc-57535edb45ac
What is the ideal mechanical advantage in the single fixed pulley?
[ "1", "zero", "4", "2" ]
1
sciq
2f128bec-a19b-4153-b688-15fc82d88aa8
What science is the study of matter and the changes it undergoes?
[ "geology", "astronomy", "chemistry", "biology" ]
chemistry
sciq
98967cd1-8f8b-4cbc-96bf-f10d014bcb0e
What is driven by the sun's energy and moves water over the surface of earth?
[ "tides", "sun cycle", "weather cycle", "the water cycle" ]
the water cycle
sciq
6b229eec-3590-4d1a-ba84-8bc675cd8d22
What are materials that are poor thermal conductors called?
[ "sunlight insulators", "warmth insulators", "thermal insulators", "pollution insulators" ]
thermal insulators
sciq
ecee25c8-e1f9-4e7b-9891-45ced421ec39
Balanced chemical reactions are balanced in what?
[ "electrical charge", "molecular bonds", "terms of moles", "atoms" ]
terms of moles
sciq
085256ae-7d17-46d8-8402-e865561cfdde
The autonomic nervous system serves as the relay between what and the internal organs?
[ "peripheral nervous system", "somatic system", "hormones", "central nervous system" ]
central nervous system
sciq