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b5b7a7b4-be48-481c-8e1d-88ea0d792b22
What word describes a change in behavior that occurs as a result of experience?
[ "taking", "applying", "heredity", "learning" ]
learning
sciq
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What term means the abnormal or excessive extension of a joint - particularly a hinged joint - beyond its normal range of motion, thus resulting in injury?
[ "hyperextension", "sprain", "tear", "hypercorrection" ]
hyperextension
sciq
a0b5c353-ac2c-4ce8-9324-dfaa8105b1be
Burning of methane is a type of what, which involves the breaking and forming of bonds?
[ "chemical reaction", "liquid reaction", "physical reaction", "toxic reaction" ]
chemical reaction
sciq
daf7c789-8c80-4e73-b5cb-ee9733d935bf
Transparent, translucent, or opaque are properties of matter based on an interaction with what?
[ "gravity", "electricity", "air", "light" ]
light
sciq
72d27869-33a4-4799-ae52-fa6d45824d2f
Hydrogen sulfide is a noxious and toxic gas produced from decaying organic matter that contains what?
[ "methane", "sulfur", "tin", "helium" ]
sulfur
sciq
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What is the name of the body system that fights to protect the body from specific pathogens?
[ "infectious system", "warning system", "allergic response", "immune system" ]
immune system
sciq
4f45cde7-183b-4635-bcd4-cd73e27844a9
Incomplete dominance and epistasis are both terms that define what?
[ "genetic habits", "genetic relationships", "learned behaviors", "genetic difficulties" ]
genetic relationships
sciq
80d0c851-1176-44bb-a4d1-78416b9dbbf6
What branch of biology focuses on heredity?
[ "genetics", "cell biology", "botany", "zoology" ]
genetics
sciq
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The axon contains microtubules and neurofilaments that are bounded by a plasma membrane known as what?
[ "exolemal", "xerophyte", "axolenon", "axolemma" ]
axolemma
sciq
f96a5c40-8e1f-455e-929f-e3ce1256c227
What is the process by which a liquid changes to a solid?
[ "boiling", "freezing", "vaporizing", "melting" ]
freezing
sciq
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How are electrons shared in covalent bonds?
[ "randomly", "orderly", "equally", "unequally" ]
equally
sciq
1b257a8f-e085-4d8f-b8a7-de65423a0819
What is the most electron-pair bonds a nitrogen atom can participate in?
[ "seven", "five", "four", "three" ]
four
sciq
b014363a-c873-4d96-aacb-c79633ff81c1
The hypothalamus and pituitary gland are located near the base of this organ?
[ "the lungs", "the heart", "the liver", "the brain" ]
the brain
sciq
f7877df8-e1f2-4207-9dc1-d2a8479b2b90
What is the most common type of cancer in adult males?
[ "lung", "stomach", "prostate", "leukemia" ]
prostate
sciq
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Distance traveled divided by time is equal to what?
[ "speed", "momentum", "direction", "frequency" ]
speed
sciq
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What are people called that choose to study science?
[ "doctors", "engineers", "lab technicians", "scientists" ]
scientists
sciq
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What is the main cause of outdoor air pollution?
[ "chimneys", "burning of fossil fuels", "methane from livestock", "aerosol spray" ]
burning of fossil fuels
sciq
8038bf6d-0711-4b3d-8546-7a8e586fcc31
What is the term for organisms that can maintain a stable body temperature even in the face of large fluctuations in the environmental temperature?
[ "endotherms", "pachyderm", "ectotherms", "homeotherm" ]
endotherms
sciq
75579d62-7cab-434a-b28e-f66610d0c4aa
What is the term for learning by watching and copying the behavior of someone else?
[ "consequential learning", "classical conditioning", "associative learning", "observational learning" ]
observational learning
sciq
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What do we call scientists who study and forecast the weather?
[ "Climate predictors", "forecasters", "meteorologists", "TV hosts" ]
meteorologists
sciq
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What are atoms called when they have the same number of negative electrons as positive protons in an electrical charge?
[ "positive", "static", "negative", "neutral" ]
neutral
sciq
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Neon, krypton and argon are examples of what kind of gases, which produce light by electroluminescence?
[ "irradiation gases", "radiation gases", "ionic gases", "halogen gases" ]
halogen gases
sciq
70f2d509-edae-4af5-af26-bd36e99bad5d
What might arthropods use as legs for walking?
[ "jointed appendages", "flagella", "antennae", "cloven hooves" ]
jointed appendages
sciq
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What kind of bonds, where electrons are transferred rather than shared, are considered the ultimate in polarity?
[ "covalent bonds", "soluble bonds", "ionic bonds", "magnetic bonds" ]
ionic bonds
sciq
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What happens when chemical bonds in a burning log break?
[ "hold heat", "release heat", "remove heat", "decrease heat" ]
release heat
sciq
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When what common element forms single bonds with other atoms, the shape is tetrahedral, and when its atoms form a double bond, the shape is planar?
[ "silicon", "hydrogen", "carbon", "oxygen" ]
carbon
sciq
8bed8517-45c6-4f2e-9625-4ac3b166eb6f
What objects are made from highly reflective metal that is applied to a curved or flat piece of glass?
[ "machines", "frames", "mirrors", "vases" ]
mirrors
sciq
b96dd4cd-cb84-4d7f-8243-cd35bb200ba1
Fractures, osteoarthritis, and rickets are problems of which body system?
[ "circulatory system", "digestive system", "cardiovascular system", "skeletal system" ]
skeletal system
sciq
3aafde0c-9bc5-4d6e-abbf-ef0e4a75597c
The structure of a neuron allows it to rapidly transmit nerve impulses to other what?
[ "cells", "muscles", "proteins", "limbs" ]
cells
sciq
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Earthquakes have both longitudinal and transverse components, and these travel at what?
[ "the speed of light", "identical speeds", "different speeds", "the speed of sound" ]
different speeds
sciq
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What do we call the theory of electromagnetism on the particle scale?
[ "gravity electrodynamics", "light electrodynamics", "quantum electrodynamics", "iron electrodynamics" ]
quantum electrodynamics
sciq
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What part of the continuous dermal tissue system covers stems?
[ "cuticle", "callus", "epidermis", "dermis" ]
epidermis
sciq
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What may be the ancestor of placental mammals?
[ "eomaia", "amphibians", "spirogyra", "fungi" ]
eomaia
sciq
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What are the two methods of logical thinking?
[ "Observation and result", "inductive and dynamical", "cathartic and deductive", "inductive and deductive" ]
inductive and deductive
sciq
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What is the amount of solute that can dissolve in a given amount of solvent at a given temperature?
[ "permeability", "viscosity", "solubility", "humidity" ]
solubility
sciq
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What should a pregnant woman avoid while pregnant?
[ "rest and relaxation", "healthy food", "vitamins", "toxic substances" ]
toxic substances
sciq
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Quantities have two parts: the number (how many) and what else?
[ "the credit", "he unit", "the member", "the motion" ]
he unit
sciq
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What organ provides the integrative power that underlies the complex behavior of vertebrates?
[ "the heart", "the skin", "the liver", "the brain" ]
the brain
sciq
a5058f17-3241-4de9-b84c-5df3b7aa9dbf
What is the only mechanism that consistently causes adaptive evolution?
[ "genetic drift", "neutral selection", "artificial selection", "natural selection" ]
natural selection
sciq
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What are four children born at one birth called?
[ "quadruplets", "triplets", "kittens", "twins" ]
quadruplets
sciq
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What does liquid change to due to vaporization?
[ "plasma", "gas", "oil", "solid" ]
gas
sciq
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Converging plates can be oceanic, continental, or one of each. if at least one is oceanic, it will subduct. a subducting plate creates what?
[ "volcanoes", "fires", "earthquakes", "wind" ]
volcanoes
sciq
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Reptiles can be found on every continent except which one?
[ "antarctica", "south america", "africa", "australia" ]
antarctica
sciq
bb843725-4945-45e4-9275-644b067abaad
For photosynthesis to begin, the inputs required are sunlight, water, and what?
[ "carbon dioxide", "phosphorus dioxide", "sulfur dioxide", "methane" ]
carbon dioxide
sciq
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When a stalactite and stalagmite join together, they form a what?
[ "joint", "column", "ladder", "cave" ]
column
sciq
876a68d2-25c6-4b46-80e7-afbcb0a9fe50
What color does red litmus paper turn in the presence of a base?
[ "green", "blue", "purple", "white" ]
blue
sciq
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What is the term for the hard, round object produced within the mantle of a living shelled mollusk?
[ "pearl", "glass", "ball", "root" ]
pearl
sciq
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What is the term for animal-like protists that are usually single-celled?
[ "eukaryotes", "vertebrates", "protozoa", "larvae" ]
protozoa
sciq
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The cell membrane consists of two adjacent layers of what?
[ "phospholipids", "membranes", "eukaryotes", "lecithin" ]
phospholipids
sciq
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Echinoderms have a unique system for gas exchange, nutrient circulation, and locomotion called the water vascular system. the system consists of a central ring canal and radial canals extending along each arm. water circulates through these structures allowing for gas, nutrient, and this?
[ "nerve exchange", "water evaporation", "cell exchange", "waste exchange" ]
waste exchange
sciq
b72b7f3d-b9eb-4d34-ae31-ee44af95e576
What group includes the simplest eukaryotes, including most single-celled eukaryotes?
[ "arthropods", "bivalves", "protists", "fungi" ]
protists
sciq
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Tropical rainforest, chaparral, and taiga are what kind of biomes?
[ "arboreal", "freshwater", "endangered", "terrestrial" ]
terrestrial
sciq
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One of the most advanced uses of what in medicine is the positron emission tomography scanner, which detects the activity in the body of a very small injection of radioactive glucose?
[ "membranes", "radionuclides", "quarks", "radioisotopes" ]
radioisotopes
sciq
dd8e5185-c2f9-4994-ba34-216ea38d8a8f
What type of disease is muscular dystrophy?
[ "infectious disease", "a wasting disease", "contagious disease", "mutation" ]
a wasting disease
sciq
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How many types of tissue are found in animals?
[ "three", "Ten", "six", "four" ]
four
sciq
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The sequence of bases in a gene translates to the sequence of what protein components?
[ "amino acids", "protein acids", "rna acids", "molecular acids" ]
amino acids
sciq
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Two or more what may bond with each other to form a molecule?
[ "quarks", "atoms", "clouds", "particles" ]
atoms
sciq
33d6777d-6185-41bc-8696-1b85fb6ce9ea
Like animals, protozoa are heterotrophic and capable of what?
[ "working", "moving", "pushing", "creating" ]
moving
sciq
d4277b5c-0b1c-4669-b5f2-bddf7aeb957c
What term is used to describe a solute that is water fearing?
[ "hydrophobic", "hydrogenic", "claustrophobic", "anti-hydral" ]
hydrophobic
sciq
a5fe9d4d-527b-41cd-94a5-c2c4c136c0df
What is the term for animals that cannot raise their body temperature on their own?
[ "catabolic", "warm-blooded", "endothermic", "ectothermic" ]
ectothermic
sciq
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Kidney stones can form anywhere in what system?
[ "intestinal", "digestive", "respiratory", "urinary" ]
urinary
sciq
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What organ participates in all digestive activities except ingestion and defecation?
[ "stomach", "large intestine", "small intestine", "tongue" ]
stomach
sciq
a2811453-c974-421b-9a06-3ac6f4da17d8
What is calculated by adding together the atomic masses of the elements in the substance, each multiplied by its subscript (written or implied) in the molecular formula?
[ "mass effect", "fractional mass", "magnetic mass", "molecular mass" ]
molecular mass
sciq
6b429fd8-134b-4921-b8d8-c9d35fa80299
What term describes precipitation that flows over the surface of the land?
[ "flood", "waves", "runoff", "erosion" ]
runoff
sciq
bfb96b3b-8d68-4d4f-8efa-6b13e781b7a6
At what point is water on the ph scale?
[ "neutrality, 7", "14, basic", "3, acidic", "0, very acidic" ]
neutrality, 7
sciq
31ee4af2-939b-4d7b-9c71-8741dfa03675
Would you find cells that contain a cell wall, a large central vacuole, and plastids in plant or animal cells?
[ "tube cells", "heart cells", "animal cells", "plant cells" ]
plant cells
sciq
08f81a2c-3db9-434e-a157-b387e32ad605
What system includes lymph organs, lymph vessels, lymph, and lymph nodes?
[ "nervous", "immature", "immune", "digestion" ]
immune
sciq
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What causes acid rain?
[ "carbon dioxide", "heavy pollution", "chemicals in waterways", "air pollution" ]
air pollution
sciq
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What helps ensure that, at least, some species will survive environmental change?
[ "reproduction", "spontaneous mutation", "biodiversity", "ecosystem" ]
biodiversity
sciq
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The airway and the lungs are part of what organ system?
[ "pulmonary", "respiratory", "digestive", "coronary" ]
respiratory
sciq
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Air quality is a measure of what in the air?
[ "precipitation", "pollutants", "oxygen", "nitrogen" ]
pollutants
sciq
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Which factor often changes a protein from an inactive form to an active form?
[ "phosphate groups addition", "nitrogen groups addition", "oxygen groups addition", "lipid groups addition" ]
phosphate groups addition
sciq
6bb1ba5d-39d3-48ec-9cbc-30b4a39a2d9c
After the film is developed, any unexposed silver bromide must be removed by a process called what?
[ "sweeping", "fixing", "watering", "washing" ]
fixing
sciq
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What force provides resistance whenever two surfaces are in contact?
[ "rotation", "tension", "friction", "vibration" ]
friction
sciq
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What cycle is frequency measured in per second?
[ "Krebs", "watt", "hertz", "decibel" ]
hertz
sciq
2e17f19f-5b0c-4af2-972c-d3ef97068c9d
What are the two types of cells?
[ "animal and bacteria", "mammal and plant", "prokaryotes and eukaryotes", "bacteria and eukaryotes" ]
prokaryotes and eukaryotes
sciq
d1092ae2-8485-4b3d-8bf0-e80846393c72
In science, what do you call something that always applies under the same conditions?
[ "scientific method", "scientific law", "hypothesis", "theory" ]
scientific law
sciq
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The pine tree is the sporophyte; its sporangia are located on scalelike structures packed densely where?
[ "in the limb tips", "in cones", "in the bark", "in the needles" ]
in cones
sciq
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Prokaryotic cells grow to a certain size and then they divide by which process?
[ "budding", "binary fusion", "binary fission", "linear fission" ]
binary fission
sciq
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What can increase the occurance of earthquakes?
[ "plates rupturing", "two plates sliding", "three plates sliding", "plates breaking" ]
two plates sliding
sciq
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What term is used to describe organelles that are found only in animal cells?
[ "centrioles", "fibrils", "acids", "anticlines" ]
centrioles
sciq
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What is located at the center of our solar system?
[ "the moon", "a black hole", "the earth", "the sun" ]
the sun
sciq
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What is the leading cause of death worldwide?
[ "coronary artery disease", "cancer", "liver failure", "lung disease" ]
coronary artery disease
sciq
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Changes in the color of the statue of liberty owe to oxidation-reduction reactions, or what simpler term?
[ "immersion", "copper", "corrosion", "oxygen" ]
corrosion
sciq
d6e01213-c634-410c-85a9-d87371aab383
What is the top layer of water farther from shore called?
[ "Tidal Zone", "semimetal zone", "Beach Zone", "limnetic zone" ]
limnetic zone
sciq
8e71842a-0234-4a51-9d33-cb473d1bc96c
Flatworms reproduce sexually. in most species, the same individuals produce both what?
[ "diploid and haploid", "gametes", "eggs and sperm", "heart and sperm" ]
eggs and sperm
sciq
b359b1e1-ec86-4b28-a680-3d4f5e9d5ca8
The cytoplasm is all the contents of the cell inside the cell membrane, with the exception of what?
[ "nucleus", "vacuole", "lysosome", "molecules" ]
nucleus
sciq
fea8af95-365e-4933-85a3-e63bfa27ed24
What is the study of forces in equilibrium?
[ "law of inertia", "genomics", "statics", "law of conservation" ]
statics
sciq
9ac3de4a-4689-4b72-a124-4c19cd915d94
What body joint incurs the most common overuse injury among runners and other athletes?
[ "knee", "heel", "arm", "ankle" ]
knee
sciq
311233ed-b613-4671-b01c-e423da3987eb
Who is called the father of genetics?
[ "Vincent van Gogh", "raphael", "mendel", "Nostradamus" ]
mendel
sciq
c48e6919-eac8-40cc-aa5b-6009415aab23
Each endocrine hormone affects only certain "target" cells, which have molecules of what on the surface that enable binding of a given hormone?
[ "lipids", "rna", "gas", "protein" ]
protein
sciq
c01811d3-f4d8-41c1-804b-1895016be83c
What do we call the scientific study of heredity and hereditary variation?
[ "geneology", "genetics", "chemistry", "biology" ]
genetics
sciq
4b21c027-5224-47f6-b34d-aee8c7aa63ac
What do you call any substance in food that the body needs?
[ "dietary", "beneficial", "antioxidant", "a nutrient" ]
a nutrient
sciq
6cc2b695-d306-4124-95ba-12b435c283c8
What type of waves start when a source of energy causes a disturbance in the medium?
[ "mechanical currents", "mechanical waves", "magnetic waves", "fluid waves" ]
mechanical waves
sciq
218abbdf-9023-4d0e-ac88-02d820df0f2d
What term describes the process where organisms convert atmospheric nitrogen into biologically useful chemicals?
[ "photosynthesis", "carbon cycle", "nitrogen fixation", "cellular respiration" ]
nitrogen fixation
sciq
6ec5f623-6c5c-4cc2-96a9-755bad98e91b
As per the kinetic-molecular theory, in what direction do the molecules and ions of liquids move?
[ "same direction", "random directions", "alter directions", "opposite direction" ]
random directions
sciq
f823ea38-e98f-4eda-843d-b8905f1f2ddd
Cephalization refers to the development of what anatomical region, which evolved at the same time as bilateral symmetry in animals?
[ "chest", "tail", "head", "heart" ]
head
sciq
c23e174f-9ec3-432a-bbe0-7506128af825
What term describes a region of space around an atom that has a non-zero probability for an electron with a particular energy?
[ "orbital lobe", "minimal orbital", "related orbital", "atomic orbital" ]
atomic orbital
sciq
fed0ef32-3e77-45a7-869f-8fc112d16574
How do the male gorillas show display behaviors?
[ "vocalization", "spontaneous mutation", "food gathering", "showing aggression" ]
showing aggression
sciq
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A genetic molecule is called dna, which stands for this?
[ "dense ribonucleic acid", "dark nitrogen amine", "deoxyribonucleic acid", "di-nitrous ammonia" ]
deoxyribonucleic acid
sciq