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The fuel rods are made of a corrosion-resistant alloy that encases the partially enriched uranium fuel; controlled fission of 235u in the fuel produces heat. water surrounds the fuel rods and moderates this?
[ "kinetic energy", "half-life", "electromagnetism", "thermal energy" ]
kinetic energy
sciq
da5e741c-8367-4f65-93f4-151c2235908b
Earthquake waves that travel trhough underground rocks in all directions are known as?
[ "primary waves", "tertiary waves", "secondary waves", "typical waves" ]
secondary waves
sciq
1d9f0ce6-06e2-4208-bfde-6aa6452d64eb
What is the final product of the calvin cycle?
[ "sucrose", "chloride", "glucose", "insulin" ]
glucose
sciq
f0cb8531-ca8c-4d7e-b938-b5e556d3f41f
What does an electric conductor cross to generate current?
[ "magnetic zone waves", "magnetic polar waves", "magnetic field lines", "waves field lines" ]
magnetic field lines
sciq
5dc6c82b-f84a-4352-b702-30ba6b15a982
Splitting the nucleus of an atom produces a massive amount of what type of energy?
[ "nuclear energy", "sure energy", "radioactive energy", "likely energy" ]
nuclear energy
sciq
94e2854e-3fc5-4967-98f4-8e93569d6871
What are waves that pass a fixed point in a given amount of time called?
[ "wave frequency", "tendency frequency", "radio frequency", "combination frequency" ]
wave frequency
sciq
b0a0ca22-92a1-4b8c-9053-24bd0994bc25
As temperature increases, the solubility of the majority of solid substances does what?
[ "mutates", "stays the same", "increases", "reduces" ]
increases
sciq
d6abbe2f-d60e-411a-8822-15a561b33e4f
The process in which animals use visual cues to communicate is known as what?
[ "peripheral communication", "visual indication", "distinctive communication", "visual communication" ]
visual communication
sciq
b42badf1-30cc-492a-af55-48ccdb31598d
What state is achieved when the forward and reverse reactions proceed at equal rates?
[ "neutrality", "constant", "equality", "equilibrium" ]
equilibrium
sciq
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What are 3 types of light?
[ "solar , visible , ultraviolet", "complementary, incandescent, fluorescent", "infrared, visible, ultraviolet", "diffuse, ambient, opaque" ]
infrared, visible, ultraviolet
sciq
a43fea2b-f4e9-4446-bdd0-c13aba5ecc39
What is an interation between organisms or species for the same resources in an enviroment is called?
[ "opposition", "rivalry", "contention", "competition" ]
competition
sciq
263be1e4-8aa0-4e1b-8e60-263d5bfd0bbd
What type of organism, including sea stars and sand dollars, is named for their spiny skin?
[ "chordates", "mollusks", "diatoms", "echinoderms" ]
echinoderms
sciq
6d98fa1f-03ea-4e7c-9eec-f95db7f4a6e6
What is the term for a disease that is not contagious?
[ "noninfectious disease", "uncultured disease", "benign", "common cold" ]
noninfectious disease
sciq
f3b6712c-3da6-4d30-815f-925086cf9efe
Red bone marrow, tonsils, spleen, and thymus gland are considered organs of what system?
[ "nervous", "endocrine", "lymphatic", "circulatory" ]
lymphatic
sciq
7c7eed15-d51e-42c2-a206-e6877fea3acb
What is it called when you touch a charged object to the earth?
[ "cooling", "dispersion", "grounding", "charging" ]
grounding
sciq
812f9319-e539-4c51-9d65-1c8d449b0904
What is the basic unit of structure and function of living things?
[ "cell", "atom", "particle", "molecule" ]
cell
sciq
8c4bf2db-de58-4e62-87cf-51c25853b455
What are the three types of symbiotic relationships?
[ "symbiosis , communalism , parasitism", "altruism, conservatism, communalism", "mutualism, communalism, parasitism", "pledgism, truism, greenism" ]
mutualism, communalism, parasitism
sciq
964a03e1-5d86-4eaf-99e5-f10a44f21acc
What is the name of the major components of cell membranes called?
[ "phospholipids", "cytoplasm", "antibodies", "eukaryotes" ]
phospholipids
sciq
a907d22f-9aff-4885-a482-c6dd6f33b8f3
What organ breaks down excess amino acids and toxins in the blood?
[ "kidney", "liver", "lungs", "heart" ]
liver
sciq
4e5ad81f-8fb6-4f34-a788-9cb5adbde815
What do wavelengths measure the size of?
[ "winds", "fossils", "waves", "tides" ]
waves
sciq
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Lava flows from a volcano and hardens into what?
[ "snow", "sand", "rock", "life" ]
rock
sciq
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What is the term for coiled structures made of dna and proteins?
[ "nodes", "platelets", "chromosomes", "neutrons" ]
chromosomes
sciq
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Archaeans produce what kind of gas as a waste product?
[ "carbon dioxide", "methane", "carbon monoxide", "sulfide" ]
methane
sciq
f2491753-ce2e-485a-85c6-185dda46f287
The mole fraction of the solvent is just one minus the mole fraction of what?
[ "nutrients", "solute", "solution", "molecules" ]
solute
sciq
b8b21540-4be2-4ccd-a31d-8031070c9c6f
Electromagnetic specturm is the full spectrum of raidant energy, which is energy emitted and transmitted as what?
[ "flows", "waves", "tides", "currents" ]
waves
sciq
950dbd51-a1e1-4c3c-a729-5069de09d554
What structures formed of twisted actin chains are found in almost every cell, and are numerous in muscle cells and cells that move by changing shape?
[ "microfilaments", "RNA", "vesicles", "DNA" ]
microfilaments
sciq
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What impact can plaque in an artery have on the flow of blood?
[ "allergic reaction", "no effect", "increased flow", "restriction" ]
restriction
sciq
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What type of charge do electrons have?
[ "positive", "negative", "neutral", "bipolar" ]
negative
sciq
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Which cells change the accessibility, transcription, or translation of a gene?
[ "endogenous", "ribosomes", "prokaryotic", "eukaryotic" ]
eukaryotic
sciq
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In eukaryotes, the cell cycle consists of a long preparatory period, called __________ before undergoing cell division.
[ "outerphase", "interphase", "mitosis", "metaphase" ]
interphase
sciq
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Some biochemical processes happen via sequences of reactions which are called what?
[ "metabolism", "pathways", "mutations", "synthesis" ]
pathways
sciq
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Deep ocean currents are caused by differences in what property at the top and bottom?
[ "density", "velocity", "diameter", "mass" ]
density
sciq
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What forms when a glacier scrapes a large hole in the ground?
[ "underground cavern", "glacial lake", "crater lake", "glacial hill" ]
glacial lake
sciq
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What is needed to provide cells with the oxygen they need for cellular respiration?
[ "passive transport", "photosynthesis", "vascular tissue", "gas exchange" ]
gas exchange
sciq
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When magma cools slowly, what texture does it have?
[ "small circles", "large crystals", "large gases", "large squares" ]
large crystals
sciq
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The calvin cycle is the fancy name for the metabolic pathway that builds what?
[ "sugar", "proteins", "carbohydrates", "fats" ]
sugar
sciq
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The use of mercury-based dental amalgam has gone under question in recent years because of concerns regarding what?
[ "the toxicity", "the oxygen", "the expense", "the variability" ]
the toxicity
sciq
ce1471df-ae57-4428-8f21-29aa42fca955
Where does much of the blood that enters the atria flow?
[ "muscles", "arteries", "lungs", "ventricles" ]
ventricles
sciq
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Batteries produce voltage through what type of reaction?
[ "non-chemical", "liquid", "chemical", "thermal" ]
chemical
sciq
21ef7a07-2353-434a-99b6-7223c365df4e
A globe is the best way to make a map of what?
[ "solar system", "a city", "whole earth", "a continent" ]
whole earth
sciq
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Bond energy is an indication of the amount of energy needed for what to occur?
[ "chemical reaction", "physical reaction only", "oxidation", "photosynthesis" ]
chemical reaction
sciq
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What causes genetic disorders?
[ "parasites", "proteins", "mutations", "pollution" ]
mutations
sciq
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Located above the stratosphere, what layer is the place where meteors burn up?
[ "unisphere", "troposphere", "mesosphere", "atmosphere" ]
mesosphere
sciq
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What composition determines both eruption type and volcano type?
[ "electrical", "gas", "magma", "chemical" ]
magma
sciq
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In a pedigree what shape symbolizes males?
[ "rectangles", "squares", "spheres", "triangles" ]
squares
sciq
019f240d-1bcc-4ce1-b0c0-cff97d1ebd84
Mollusks are probably most closely related to organisms in the phylum annelida , also known as what?
[ "sedimentary worms", "elongated worms", "segmented worms", "indigenous worms" ]
segmented worms
sciq
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Which bonds are the strongest of the intermolecular forces?
[ "complex", "hydrogen", "carbon", "calcium" ]
hydrogen
sciq
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The community of all of the living and nonliving parts of an environment is known as what?
[ "population", "habitat", "biodiversity", "ecosystem" ]
ecosystem
sciq
36a890e5-2283-40a6-89af-068618bd89fa
What is the most common type of volcano?
[ "block cone", "flat", "cinder cone", "geyser" ]
cinder cone
sciq
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What is the name of the the most efficient possible engine?
[ "excitation engine", "carnot engine", "diesel engine", "ventilation engine" ]
carnot engine
sciq
ae1ea7a4-b25a-4fd6-94ff-16a12b118faf
Carbon monoxide, radon gas, dust and pet dander are sources of what kind of pollution?
[ "indoor air pollution", "noise pollution", "sound pollution", "light pollution" ]
indoor air pollution
sciq
62b1419e-fa64-4929-81e2-d9813b193e4d
What is the cause of existence of molecular solids and liquids?
[ "popular forces", "attractive forces", "few forces", "negative forces" ]
attractive forces
sciq
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Meningitis, for example, is caused by a viral or bacterial infection of the tissues covering what?
[ "the lungs", "the skin", "the liver", "the brain" ]
the brain
sciq
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What doctors specialize in diseases stemming from glandular issues?
[ "oncologists", "anthropologists", "endocrinologists", "dermatologists" ]
endocrinologists
sciq
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_________ are one-celled organisms with a nucleus which cause diseases such as malaria.
[ "mosquitos", "larvae", "protozoa", "fungi" ]
protozoa
sciq
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Chemical energy is another form of which energy?
[ "heat energy", "potential energy", "mechanical energy", "nuclear energy" ]
potential energy
sciq
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Many species secrete a hard external skeleton of what?
[ "carbon dioxide", "sodium bicarbonate", "hydrogen carbonate", "calcium carbonate" ]
calcium carbonate
sciq
2c2cdbe3-22ca-4b9f-a1a4-91669d77bd28
What is the most common pattern of dispersion?
[ "uniform", "random", "sporadic", "clumped" ]
clumped
sciq
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Water droplets form when the air reaches 100-percent what?
[ "humidity", "density", "chance of rain", "heat" ]
humidity
sciq
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Any large molecule is referred to as what?
[ "polymer", "macromolecule", "microtubule", "cellular" ]
macromolecule
sciq
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The rocks that are taken from a mine are full of valuable minerals plus rock that isn't valuable. what is this rock called?
[ "compost rock", "empty rock", "waste rock", "garbage rock" ]
waste rock
sciq
e5d583ad-6d58-43b1-99e5-d2eed94659fd
Organisms such as goldfish that can tolerate only a relatively narrow range of salinity are referred to as what?
[ "trichina", "stenohaline", "antisaline", "saline intolerant" ]
stenohaline
sciq
16b7b5f0-ba7a-481c-a5cb-cb93dc642a39
In a liquid, the particles are still in close contact, so liquids have a definite what?
[ "growth", "volume", "shape", "weight" ]
volume
sciq
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What is the transfer of thermal energy between particles of matter that are touching called?
[ "radiation", "activation", "conduction", "convection" ]
conduction
sciq
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Regularly performing weight-bearing exercise can reduce the risk of what condition that affects bones?
[ "marrow deficiency", "osteoporosis", "psoriasis", "arthritis" ]
osteoporosis
sciq
a7f41cf0-9d9e-450b-976c-3feca6b91ac5
What do we call structures that have lost their use through evolution, which serve as important evidence of evolution?
[ "adaptative", "vestigial", "primordial", "extinct" ]
vestigial
sciq
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What is the only way of transferring energy that doesn't require matter?
[ "evaporation", "radiation", "convection", "mutation" ]
radiation
sciq
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The layers of the atmosphere correspond with what changes with altitude?
[ "temperature", "friction", "oxygen", "nitrogen" ]
temperature
sciq
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What do you call a type of mixture that has the same composition throughout?
[ "structure", "transition", "solution", "transfusion" ]
solution
sciq
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What traits do the sponge and tarantula share?
[ "number of eyes", "lifespan", "lack of backbone", "number of legs" ]
lack of backbone
sciq
b5ec6d23-3994-4590-804d-c0bfb33ecde0
Organisms are highly organized, coordinated structures that consist of one or more what?
[ "cells", "proteins", "lipids", "nucleus" ]
cells
sciq
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What do voltmeters measure?
[ "temperature", "frequency", "voltage", "amplitude" ]
voltage
sciq
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What is the term for body parts that do not serve their original function?
[ "abnormal structures", "vestigial structures", "amenable structures", "false structures" ]
vestigial structures
sciq
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The soil beneath a deciduous forest is called what?
[ "pedalfer", "forest floor", "cocklebur", "trichina" ]
pedalfer
sciq
2f4f9fdc-ccfa-416c-95d7-a46a460f59b4
What is composed of a calcium cation and a nitrate anion?
[ "dynamite", "nitrous oxide", "calcium nitrate", "calcium carbonate" ]
calcium nitrate
sciq
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Not all structural rearrangements of chromosomes produce nonviable, impaired, or infertile individuals. in rare instances, such a change can result in the evolution of what?
[ "new family", "new species", "new order", "new mutation" ]
new species
sciq
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Which molecules in the body holds energy?
[ "water molecules", "mitochondria molecules", "lipid molecules", "glucose molecules" ]
glucose molecules
sciq
8e6c474a-4b5c-4800-9d6b-aa4643dd4d33
What term is used for the difference in the placement of an object from one time to another?
[ "diffusion", "replacement", "displacement", "variation" ]
displacement
sciq
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What kind of reasoning involves formulating generalizations inferred from careful observation and the analysis of a large amount of data?
[ "reflexive", "deductive", "skepticism", "inductive" ]
deductive
sciq
32712a94-dabe-434a-8aa3-8b5e04a9da45
What kind of eruption do scientists think is caused by a very large magma chamber erupting entirely in one catastrophic explosion?
[ "supermagma eruption", "brucei eruption", "supervolcano eruption", "mangxamba eruption" ]
supervolcano eruption
sciq
011c4dc5-ebeb-41aa-816a-4d07d38dc2e4
The inside surface of the jejunum is covered with tiny projections called what?
[ "flagella", "villi", "alveoli", "mucosa" ]
villi
sciq
d57990ea-5602-43ac-bc46-24a1936544f8
What is the most effective color in interrupting the nighttime portion of the photoperiod?
[ "white light", "red light", "blue light", "yellow" ]
red light
sciq
760f9f2f-110b-405c-8905-ea48c6aa92bd
What glands produce the salty fluid that helps cool the body of many mammals?
[ "sweat gland", "endocrine gland", "water gland", "thyroid gland" ]
sweat gland
sciq
cc35b735-71b8-4ef3-8f00-9efbf5a86e32
What shape is the orbit of a planet?
[ "spiral", "cleaved", "elliptical", "vertical" ]
elliptical
sciq
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What term is defined as the area where a species lives and to which it has become adapted?
[ "farmland", "habitat", "range", "nature" ]
habitat
sciq
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What do fish have that allow them to “breathe” oxygen in water?
[ "layers", "lungs", "pores", "gills" ]
gills
sciq
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The process in which materials move depending on their heat relative to nearby materials is known as what?
[ "induction", "ventilation", "radiation", "convection" ]
convection
sciq
bf97e854-186f-4dc9-820f-5c9816fae0f3
What shape is each face of a tetrahedron?
[ "oval", "equilateral triangle", "asymmetric triangle", "trapezoid" ]
equilateral triangle
sciq
f3111e2c-dd85-4b83-b3c7-825f8cc9558d
Glands release what substance into the blood?
[ "acids", "toxins", "hormones", "enzymes" ]
hormones
sciq
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What's the process responsible for the presence of oxygen in our atmosphere?
[ "glycolysis", "ozone", "photosynthesis", "respiration" ]
photosynthesis
sciq
3ede16df-8f6d-473d-bedd-c5a2b2cd2429
A rise in blood glucose levels triggers the pancreatic release of what hormone?
[ "estrogen", "testosterone", "hemoglobin", "insulin" ]
insulin
sciq
773e8367-44df-4f64-8df6-a806b1c0513a
What do most ecosystems get energy from?
[ "moisture", "sunlight", "evaporation", "magma" ]
sunlight
sciq
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What is the study of viruses called?
[ "microbiology", "immunology", "virology", "biotechnology" ]
virology
sciq
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What do you call an animal that feeds on other animals?
[ "herbivore", "carnivore", "omnivore", "polyvore" ]
carnivore
sciq
c93be7c5-f302-4211-a340-f1822546f9e5
Most scientists think that ordinary matter is less than half of the total matter in the universe; the remaining part includes what mysterious entity?
[ "magic matter", "mystery matter", "cold matter", "dark matter" ]
dark matter
sciq
eb4b057d-238b-4696-a6bd-4c9807af3341
What is the term for gases that absorb heat in the atmosphere?
[ "thermal gases", "ionic gases", "greenhouse gases", "sulfuric gases" ]
greenhouse gases
sciq
bd06dfcd-061e-4c5c-8980-a1e60df4c641
What is the type of cell division that produces gametes called?
[ "fertilization", "electrolysis", "mitosis", "meiosis" ]
meiosis
sciq
edb1ecd4-bd37-42c0-ba65-8d3795c3cf2e
What causes halide minerals to form?
[ "salt water accumulation", "salt water ionization", "salt water evaporation", "fresh water ionization" ]
salt water evaporation
sciq
a8b95218-002d-493d-a1ba-e27bce429dbe
Upon reaching the postsynaptic membrane, what type of chemical messenger binds to and activates a specific receptor?
[ "hormone", "neurotransmitter", "neuropeptide", "pheromone" ]
neurotransmitter
sciq
b9ae48df-4a0c-4459-af14-3f1ef4d571b5
What do heterotrophic animals usually consume?
[ "other organisms", "soil", "plants", "minerals" ]
other organisms
sciq