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What type of winds occur when air is forced over a mountain range?
[ "trade winds", "local winds", "chinook winds", "doldrums" ]
chinook winds
sciq
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What do clouds trap into the atmosphere at night?
[ "seawater", "heat", "smog", "light" ]
heat
sciq
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A nerve cell that carries messages is called a?
[ "platelet", "stem cell", "neuron", "mitochondria" ]
neuron
sciq
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What group of animals are the largest arthropods?
[ "spiders", "insects", "fish", "birds" ]
insects
sciq
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What term describes a collection of similar cells that had a common embryonic origin?
[ "tissue", "plasma", "organ-level organization", "nucleus" ]
tissue
sciq
7b8d0837-4361-4c43-bf50-96f4e8e51dd4
Most biochemical molecules are macromolecules, meaning that they are what?
[ "very dense", "very large", "very small", "very abundant" ]
very large
sciq
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The name of a spinal cord region corresponds to the level at which spinal nerves pass through the what?
[ "notochord", "intervertebral foramina", "synovial fluid", "lumbar foramina" ]
intervertebral foramina
sciq
f3737cbd-4831-410f-8f71-9bc4176d7aef
Tests for levels of what in blood allow a diabetic patient to regulate how much insulin to administer?
[ "chloride", "glucose", "protein", "alcohol" ]
glucose
sciq
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The process of breaking down food into nutrients is known as __________
[ "filtration", "digestion", "energy", "absorption" ]
digestion
sciq
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Reasoning can be broken down into two categories: deduction and?
[ "induction", "invention", "conduction", "preduction" ]
induction
sciq
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What are used to make maps of the moon and other planets?
[ "radio telescopes", "imaging satellites", "topographical charts", "rendering satellites" ]
imaging satellites
sciq
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What term describes how closely packed the particles of matter are?
[ "density", "range", "space", "mass" ]
density
sciq
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Populations of viruses do not grow through cell division because they?
[ "Acidic", "Static", "are not cells", "non living" ]
are not cells
sciq
5e9632c9-5c5a-4bf9-9437-c0f0c0b89eef
What is likely to happen to a parasite if it kills its host?
[ "it mutates", "it dies", "it adapts", "it thrives" ]
it dies
sciq
91ba4560-e5c5-4f2e-a7ab-83138c968ac0
What is a type of solid that lacks an ordered internal structure?
[ "an elastic solid", "an amorphous solid", "ice", "a sponge" ]
an amorphous solid
sciq
face60c4-c7e1-4830-814f-e70d46abf99d
What is it called when you get the same result after repeating an experiment?
[ "variable", "initiation", "control", "replication" ]
replication
sciq
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What is the largest human organ?
[ "stomach", "skin", "brain", "lungs" ]
skin
sciq
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In the chest, the trachea divides as it enters the lungs to form the right and left what?
[ "atrium", "alveoli", "ventricle", "bronchi" ]
bronchi
sciq
3aa46b72-a6f2-4685-9aa2-e407990e7270
Many objects have color because they contain what?
[ "solvents", "salts", "pigments", "vitamins" ]
pigments
sciq
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What is the process of action potentials in myelinated axons jumping between the nodes of ranvier called?
[ "pinworm conduction", "saltatory movement", "saltatory conduction", "photoreactive conduction" ]
saltatory conduction
sciq
1b2e74fd-9372-492a-ae5e-0977342052db
What do craters and rifts become when the fill with water?
[ "lakes", "rivers", "grasses", "creeks" ]
lakes
sciq
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What kind of power does not produce any pollutants, but produces waste that can be difficult to dispose of?
[ "electrical", "biofuel", "solar", "nuclear" ]
nuclear
sciq
a2835707-4854-4b8f-9f96-047d87b58a04
What is the long, narrow tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach by the mechanism of peristalsis?
[ "esophagus", "liver", "gallbladder", "spinal cord" ]
esophagus
sciq
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What is the temperature at which condensation of water vapor occurs called?
[ "the dew point", "the cooling point", "the tipping point", "the boiling point" ]
the dew point
sciq
30f2de0e-152b-4669-ba36-19175bc5c750
Alkenes have double bonds while alkynes have what?
[ "quadruple bonds", "triple bonds", "equal bonds", "single bonds" ]
triple bonds
sciq
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What is our main source of aluminum ore?
[ "bauxite", "coal", "cobalt", "tin" ]
bauxite
sciq
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Rapidly produced genetic vairants are found in organisms with what type of generation time?
[ "long", "repeating", "short", "oscillating" ]
short
sciq
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What are the 2 primary hosts of ebola in central africa?
[ "apes and bats", "hyenas and apes", "lions and elephants", "apes and hippos" ]
apes and bats
sciq
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Unlike prokaryotic cells, dna and rna synthesis in eukaryotic cells occurs in a separate compartment from synthesis of what?
[ "acids", "membrane", "protein", "phenotype" ]
protein
sciq
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What important organelle (that would otherwise be centrally located and crucial to the cell's survival) do prokaryotic cells lack?
[ "nucleus", "electrons", "protons", "molecules" ]
nucleus
sciq
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What is the outer layer of an axon that acts like a layer of insulation, similar to the plastic that encases an electrical cord?
[ "myelin sheath", "layer sheath", "nerve sheath", "lipids sheath" ]
myelin sheath
sciq
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What occurs when some members of a species become geographically separated?
[ "allopatric speciation", "divergent speciation", "symbiotic speciation", "reflective speciation" ]
allopatric speciation
sciq
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What creatures evolved from a lobe-finned lungfish ancestor?
[ "birds", "mice", "horses", "amphibians" ]
amphibians
sciq
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What is the term for a mixture of two or more substances that has the same composition throughout?
[ "structure", "fluid", "solution", "simple liquid" ]
solution
sciq
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What are flagellate protozoa that cause giardiasis?
[ "giardia", "fungus", "plankton", "diatoms" ]
giardia
sciq
df5d5e2d-6d4e-4e76-a0c9-01f80723b982
Rna and dna are types of what biochemical compounds containing the elements carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus?
[ "nucleic acids", "nitrous acids", "hormones", "amino acids" ]
nucleic acids
sciq
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What are the contacts between neurons called?
[ "synapses", "neurapses", "impulses", "electrodes" ]
synapses
sciq
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What is the color of the powder of a mineral?
[ "streak", "organic", "gray", "blue" ]
streak
sciq
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What basic plant structure facilitates dispersal of pollen and fruit by raising reproductive structures?
[ "flower", "leaf", "stem", "root" ]
stem
sciq
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What type of compound is essential to life?
[ "water", "carbon", "oxygen", "nitrogen" ]
water
sciq
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Which part of the ear amplifies the sound waves?
[ "middle ear", "cochlea", "ear canal", "eardrum" ]
middle ear
sciq
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The shape of a virus is determined by the type and arrangement of proteins in its what?
[ "capsid", "anode", "nuclei", "enamel" ]
capsid
sciq
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What is the rising and sinking of warm and cooler material called?
[ "depression", "diffusion", "conveyance", "convection" ]
convection
sciq
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What is a group of connected cells that have a similar function within an organism called?
[ "tissue", "organ", "colony", "nucleus" ]
tissue
sciq
fff59244-152c-4fe5-b4f6-92ce8bc0b85b
The number of what subatomic particles can vary between atoms of the same element?
[ "electrons", "neurons", "protons", "neutrons" ]
neutrons
sciq
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Water is recycled constantly through which system?
[ "the hydropshere", "the ecosystem", "the troposphere", "the habitat" ]
the ecosystem
sciq
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The process in which organ systems work to maintain a stable internal environment is called what?
[ "consciousness", "thrombosis", "ketosis", "homeostasis" ]
homeostasis
sciq
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What do scientist's believe mercury's core is mostly made of?
[ "melted iron", "helium gas", "water", "quicksilver" ]
melted iron
sciq
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What material comprises the sun and other stars, as well as lightning and the northern lights?
[ "plasma", "gas", "aurora", "gamma" ]
plasma
sciq
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The function of which organ is to filter blood and form urine?
[ "liver", "kidneys", "gallbladder", "lungs" ]
kidneys
sciq
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The attraction between all objects in the universe is known as ______.
[ "gravity", "magnetism", "electricity", "variation" ]
gravity
sciq
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Friction causes the molecules on rubbing surfaces to move faster, which produces what?
[ "heat", "cold", "life", "precipitation" ]
heat
sciq
3d71f027-d39a-4efa-85b3-88f0b2e91c67
The cell wall acts as an extra layer of protection, helps the cell maintain its shape, and prevents what?
[ "exhaustion", "Respiration", "dehydration", "extinction" ]
dehydration
sciq
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What's another term for egg-laying mammals?
[ "herbivores", "viviparus", "monotremes", "amphibians" ]
monotremes
sciq
c6cd0df8-0452-41dc-b42a-87b55ef82093
What code is the same in all living things and shows that all organisms are related by descent from a common ancestor?
[ "intrinsic", "descendant", "genetic", "biochemical" ]
genetic
sciq
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All animals that derive energy from food are classified as what?
[ "lifeforms", "heterotrophs", "heliotrophs", "paleotrophs" ]
heterotrophs
sciq
400c1135-ef69-452c-a6de-a04027fc3dc7
Through which process is the human gene for insulin placed into bacteria?
[ "transformation", "migration", "absorption", "mutation" ]
transformation
sciq
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What is a symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit?
[ "detrimental", "parasitism", "mutualism", "inorganic" ]
mutualism
sciq
95bc6485-ad7c-4cdd-9de6-7c0eb0b83755
What is the term for longer chains of monosaccharides ?
[ "oligosaccharides", "polysaccharides", "proteins", "hydrocarbons" ]
polysaccharides
sciq
e11fb833-c6c3-4205-a93f-ad71a1b380b2
Electrical potential energy can be described by the equation pe = qv, where q is the electric charge and v is what?
[ "frequency", "wavelength density", "voltage", "amplitude" ]
voltage
sciq
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What are broad explanations that are widely accepted as true?
[ "scientific experiments", "scientific theories", "informal theories", "scientific hypotheses" ]
scientific theories
sciq
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What process is at work when warm air or water rises, and cool air or water sinks?
[ "moisture", "evaporation", "radiation", "convection" ]
convection
sciq
570a1d98-d0cc-45c2-b0f7-8a45a37038e4
If force is applied further away from a pivot point, than what kind of acceleration will be greater?
[ "circular", "parameters", "angular", "rectangular" ]
angular
sciq
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The kinetic-molecular theory as it applies to gases has how many basic assumptions?
[ "two", "five", "seven", "four" ]
five
sciq
37d531ac-0fde-4f8a-a256-dbca19816655
During photosynthesis, what is energy from the sun converted to after entering a plant?
[ "Proteins", "chloride", "glucose", "Carbon" ]
glucose
sciq
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Formic acid is found in the secretions of?
[ "stomach acid", "stinging ants", "sweat glands", "acid rain" ]
stinging ants
sciq
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What do hydrophilic substances have an affinity for?
[ "water", "heat", "soil", "air" ]
water
sciq
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What is a structure that consists of two or more types of tissues that work together to do the same job?
[ "organ", "cell", "organism", "organ system" ]
organ
sciq
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What is formed when amino acids are linked together in a long chain?
[ "amino acid", "hormones", "water molecule", "protein" ]
protein
sciq
bc1342d9-7bb6-4c8e-bff8-1bc6cd3c3b67
Both diffusion and effusion are related to the speed at which what objects move?
[ "solids", "copper molecules", "gas molecules", "electricity" ]
gas molecules
sciq
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Baroreceptors in the aortic arch and carotid sinuses monitor what level in the body?
[ "temperature", "hunger", "blood pressure", "air intake" ]
blood pressure
sciq
8ce144fd-8624-450c-84f8-2a7078376dc8
The electronegativity of an element increases with increasing of what state?
[ "evaporation", "oxidation", "isolation", "conduction" ]
oxidation
sciq
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Animals require air, water, and what in order to live and survive?
[ "time", "shade", "mates", "food?" ]
food?
sciq
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How many types of bosons are there?
[ "three", "five", "one", "four" ]
four
sciq
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What astronomical phenomenon, formed of split asteroids or planetary rocks, provides clues about our solar system?
[ "meteorites", "comets", "stars", "galaxies" ]
meteorites
sciq
d97daa47-e3a2-4715-baf4-00083c2d315c
An electron possesses both particle and these?
[ "shock properties", "surging properties", "wave properties", "land properties" ]
wave properties
sciq
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What are mutant versions of normal genes called?
[ "anti-oncogenes", "extinction - oncogenes", "proto-oncogenes", "antecedent - oncogenes" ]
proto-oncogenes
sciq
7df48f38-b37e-4fed-8b86-7f41348474a3
The heart and a network of blood vessels that run throughout the body make up what organ system?
[ "lymphatic system", "cardiovascular system", "respiratory system", "immune system" ]
cardiovascular system
sciq
c10cc3a6-cc12-4650-b1a4-9517b0dc3630
When a predator kills and eats its prey, what sort of predation is this referred to as?
[ "predestined", "just", "false", "true" ]
true
sciq
c7c6f7a6-6de0-4bd6-836c-d9f70298138d
Pressure, volume, and temperature are related by which law?
[ "Law of Conservation", "gas law", "Murphy's Law", "law of inertia" ]
gas law
sciq
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Different forms, or allotropes, of carbon are diamond, graphite, and what?
[ "vesicles", "carbonite", "ligands", "fullerenes" ]
fullerenes
sciq
949bc150-8f7d-4dc3-a465-184b855dc7a4
What is the process in which organisms reproduce sexually by joining gametes called?
[ "fertilization", "migration", "propagation", "stimulation" ]
fertilization
sciq
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What is the force of attraction between things that have mass
[ "gravity", "friction", "momentum", "motion" ]
gravity
sciq
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Mitosis and meiosis are two types of what process, with dramatically different products?
[ "cell transition", "cell solution", "cell diffusion", "cell division" ]
cell division
sciq
067d2dfa-6fcf-4922-ac1d-504d7691388d
Zinc reacting with hydrochloric acid produces bubbles of which gas?
[ "helium", "hydrogen", "carbon", "mustard" ]
hydrogen
sciq
d43f0874-450d-40f2-abb3-3ffa6c88be6b
Water gains and loses what more slowly than does land, affecting seasonal conditions inland and on the coast?
[ "humidity", "volume", "heat", "minerals" ]
heat
sciq
07b33f05-e22e-4c5b-be73-eac3e4a5a4d3
Covalent solutes separate into what when dissolved?
[ "new molecules", "true molecules", "second molecules", "individual molecules" ]
individual molecules
sciq
ec33fe97-11ca-48d7-b8b6-db0cc47f7441
What term indicates moles per liter, whereas molality is moles per kilogram of solvent?
[ "molarity", "kilocalorie", "abundance", "pollenation" ]
molarity
sciq
c2cbdaa4-c81a-456e-98c8-7437b7e4b14d
Many of the hormones are secreted in response to what signals of the body?
[ "nervous system signals", "skeletal system signals", "heart system signals", "nose system signals" ]
nervous system signals
sciq
a6969e3c-03c0-45dc-8cf1-daf068c5964a
What are two of the most common vision problems?
[ "nearsightedness and farsightedness", "myopia and nearsightedness", "blindness and astigmatism", "cross-eye and blindness" ]
nearsightedness and farsightedness
sciq
c85e3141-06a4-43f4-84a9-cf7bf39e5287
Hydrochloric acid is formed when hcl is dissolved into what?
[ "water", "sodium", "plasma", "blood" ]
water
sciq
7788ac3c-91fa-45fc-98b2-f0562d3790e9
Atoms of the same element that have different masses are called what?
[ "isotopes", "mutations", "radioactive", "variations" ]
isotopes
sciq
d4e7928d-23d0-48d9-b1fb-12073adbaa5e
What term is used to describe potential energy due to an object’s shape?
[ "kinetic energy", "elastic potential energy", "stimulated potential energy", "flexible energy" ]
elastic potential energy
sciq
a1ae4189-b7f6-43e7-bf29-df687d837a68
What property is characterized by eddies and swirls that mix layers of fluid together, unlike laminar flow?
[ "compression", "evaporation", "combustion", "turbulence" ]
turbulence
sciq
c3db853d-2c7f-406c-8b8e-073ada0a80d1
What process refers to a separation of charge within an atom or molecule?
[ "diffusion", "rotation", "polarization", "convection" ]
polarization
sciq
3c4d21c0-6dde-4bb0-9032-ad28176c7016
What is the largest cartilaginous fish?
[ "dolphin", "whale shark", "sturgeon", "blue whale" ]
whale shark
sciq
ceb5927d-c933-4f1b-852e-de26d96e27c0
Capillaries in the chorionic villi filter fetal wastes out of the blood and return clean, oxygenated blood to the fetus through what?
[ "separates vein", "umbilical vein", "Back Vein", "skin vein" ]
umbilical vein
sciq
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What is the term for a random change in allele frequencies that occurs in a small population?
[ "evolution", "genetic drift", "speciation", "mutation" ]
genetic drift
sciq
ac9044e0-060d-4b98-9563-bbf2e9e74a91
Aerobic exercise helps improve the cardiovascular system, while what exercise causes muscles to get bigger and stronger?
[ "anaerobic", "enzymatic", "endurance", "skeletal" ]
anaerobic
sciq
d1d01522-5d49-4275-8561-502bfa2a182a
An excessive posterior curvature of the thoracic region is also known as what?
[ "kyphosis", "osmosis", "lordosis", "babesiosis" ]
kyphosis
sciq