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333f7677-728f-4b98-acd8-14ba6d6036c4
Blood is made up of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and what else?
[ "potassium", "plasma", "hemoglobin", "pathogens" ]
plasma
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What is the term for the study of how living things interact with each other and with their environment?
[ "anthropology", "radiology", "ecology", "biology" ]
ecology
sciq
b43b4349-603f-4d11-a61a-ff8da07de9a8
What takes place directly after developing a hypothesis in the scientific method process?
[ "making a conclusion", "gathering materials", "independent variables", "testing the hypothesis" ]
testing the hypothesis
sciq
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What should you use to protect your eyes from chemicals?
[ "contacts", "your hands", "certain goggles", "eye goggles" ]
eye goggles
sciq
91289058-2afb-43b0-a46a-be7597aa544d
Because action potentials are so brief, a neuron can produce hundreds per what?
[ "lifetime", "day", "second", "minute" ]
second
sciq
c7c07b8c-856c-433d-be26-50ecaaa8fa99
Darwin coined what term to refer to an organism’s relative ability to survive and produce fertile offspring?
[ "momentum", "fitness", "strength", "metabolism" ]
fitness
sciq
15297687-0fe2-4b06-9096-65e4ad05e2e8
At high pressures, how are the molecules of a gas crowded?
[ "further apart", "few together", "small together", "closer together" ]
closer together
sciq
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The number of possible isomers increases tremendously as carbon skeletons increase in what?
[ "mass", "weight", "size", "variation" ]
size
sciq
74faf74f-2b74-4631-a198-4b369303afb1
What are vascular plants that produce seeds in cones called?
[ "gymnosperms", "evergreen", "deciduous", "angiosperms" ]
gymnosperms
sciq
009aa83e-10f3-4fae-be8d-3a6aec6da335
What does photosynthesis change light energy into?
[ "electrical energy", "carbon energy", "radiation energy", "chemical energy" ]
chemical energy
sciq
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Addiction affects what type of chemical receptors within the brain?
[ "mitochondria receptors", "bind receptors", "dopamine receptors", "serotonin receptors" ]
dopamine receptors
sciq
f2192ea1-d029-4a3f-8c64-66b10bc3c913
What is the ability of an atom to emit, or give off, charged particles and energy from the nucleus?
[ "magnetism", "radioactivity", "electrolysis", "electromagnetism" ]
radioactivity
sciq
89c97b77-ca4a-4e4e-a88e-982871a83217
What group of gases are unusually unreactive?
[ "halogens", "noble gases", "volcanic gases", "greenhouse gases" ]
noble gases
sciq
a5a66864-c545-479e-8494-2aa7d4f0483e
A point defect can be an atom missing from a site in the crystal known as a what?
[ "void", "vacancy", "vacuum", "deficiency" ]
vacancy
sciq
2d064b0e-9d4e-49b9-adf7-2ae22f05dbe3
What is the place called where the axon of one neuron meets the dendrite of another?
[ "neurotransmitter", "synapse", "apoptosis", "uptake" ]
synapse
sciq
6cc1b3b3-7b80-482a-a787-029f6b74ba2f
Organic chemistry is the study of the chemistry of what?
[ "metals", "oxidation", "hydrogen", "carbon compounds" ]
carbon compounds
sciq
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Gastropods, cephalopods, and bivalves are examples of what class?
[ "invertebrates", "mollusks", "cetaceans", "animals" ]
mollusks
sciq
c62c22f1-064e-4f7f-924d-2d4fafbcd927
What type of cholesterol is commonly referred to as bad?
[ "hdl", "unsaturated", "ldl", "insulin" ]
ldl
sciq
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Where does most natural gas come from?
[ "wells that produce petroleum", "oceans", "recycled cooking oil", "alchemy" ]
wells that produce petroleum
sciq
eda07614-4556-47ec-936b-7dfa4a20bdb4
Medical problems associated with the body responding poorly to insulin are commonly associated with what disease?
[ "pertussis", "colitis", "diabetes", "AIDS" ]
diabetes
sciq
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The pancreatic hormones insulin and glucagon maintain glucose homeostasis by tightly regulating the synthesis and breakdown of what?
[ "lipids", "enzyme", "glycogen", "pathway" ]
glycogen
sciq
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The marsupial embryo is nourished inside the uterus with food from a yolk sac instead of through a what?
[ "placenta", "ovum", "umbilical cord", "stomach" ]
placenta
sciq
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The substances that comprise heterogeneous mixtures can also be separated by what means?
[ "atmospheric", "chemical", "thermal", "physical" ]
physical
sciq
2dde10bb-0992-4966-9de8-1d40609cf7a7
What type of organism has spores that are spread by water and wind?
[ "Trees", "Plants", "yeast", "fungi" ]
fungi
sciq
70ac12dd-30b1-4ad1-bb9e-1707f3752eff
Through which organ do hookworm larvae enter the human body?
[ "through the mouth", "through the skin", "through the lungs", "through the rectum" ]
through the skin
sciq
fef5ebe6-a47c-4f39-b09e-53cda4caaa17
Inside a cylinder, thermal energy is converted to what type of energy of the moving piston?
[ "kinetic energy", "horsepower", "residual energy", "electrochemical energy" ]
kinetic energy
sciq
1dccbfb0-3405-450d-ba26-6f7ffa42fb2a
To the extent that behaviors are controlled by what, they may evolve through natural selection?
[ "dna", "rna", "genes", "mutation" ]
genes
sciq
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What kind of muscle relationship generally produces back-and-forth movement of a body part?
[ "synchronized muscles", "cooperative muscles", "complementary muscles", "antagonistic muscles" ]
antagonistic muscles
sciq
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Science is a process of knowing about the natural universe through what two actions?
[ "thinking and guessing", "guessing and observing", "changes and experimentation", "observation and experimentation" ]
observation and experimentation
sciq
fe87abe6-fa25-45a9-9e48-453698eb7327
Through a process called electromagnetic induction, generators change what energy form of a spinning turbine to electrical energy?
[ "seismic", "electric", "potential", "kinetic" ]
kinetic
sciq
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Footprints, burrows, and waste are considered what type of fossils?
[ "crater fossils", "trace fossils", "movement fossils", "morphology fossils" ]
trace fossils
sciq
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What process of allows multicellular organisms to grow and repair themselves?
[ "proteins division", "atom split", "cell division", "DNA division" ]
cell division
sciq
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What is the process of a confined gas escaping through a tiny hole in its container called?
[ "dissipation", "effluent", "dilution", "effusion" ]
effusion
sciq
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What is a relationship between living things that depend on the same resources?
[ "symbiotic", "parasitic", "contention", "competition" ]
competition
sciq
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What is the measure of an individual’s weight-to-height ratio called?
[ "body matter index (bmi)", "body density index (bdi)", "density index (di)", "body mass index (bmi)" ]
body mass index (bmi)
sciq
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When you are walking on a sidewalk, what occurs between your shoes and the concrete each time you put down your foot?
[ "movement", "progress", "grip", "static friction" ]
static friction
sciq
e1aef417-2bd4-4415-8799-4d2bda0ff26b
According to the english system measurement, how much is equal to 2 pints, 1 quart, and ¼ of a gallon?
[ "2 cups", "3 cups", "1 cup", "4 cups" ]
4 cups
sciq
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Many important crops, such as corn, are planted and harvested as what?
[ "cuttings", "trees", "berries", "seeds" ]
seeds
sciq
358e48ae-f6f0-4b91-b85c-d535aa683b82
The turbine of a windmill spins and creates what?
[ "lightning", "grains", "electricity", "pollution" ]
electricity
sciq
686749d0-8d34-47e6-b4c2-5d46119b2258
Found in cord blood and other sources, what kind of cells hold the promise of renewing and repairing body tissues?
[ "white blood cells", "neurons", "stem cells", "red blood cells" ]
stem cells
sciq
1a1d693f-2a18-47e6-8ab5-3fa74d5882b2
Which law explains why a ship weighing thousands of metric tons floats on water?
[ "water pressure law", "hofstadter ' law", "ganymede ' law", "archimedes' law" ]
archimedes' law
sciq
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The urinary system can be considered a smaller part of what other body system?
[ "extraneous", "circulatory", "excretory", "sensory" ]
excretory
sciq
31538e88-a5a7-4b63-b3d6-55fa00f6aa64
Essential minerals that the body needs in tiny quantities are called what?
[ "byproduct minerals", "trace minerals", "flux minerals", "draw minerals" ]
trace minerals
sciq
fe2c5946-cb1e-483f-8bb9-5da2fcdc1889
The process by which leaves collect sunlight and make food is called this?
[ "budding", "glycolysis", "photosynthesis", "pollination" ]
photosynthesis
sciq
69ca4b47-7e48-4d4b-82e7-ac75b720a818
What are the three types of rna involved in protein synthesis?
[ "organic , transfer , and ribosomal", "messenger, transfer, and ribosomal", "messenger, transfer, and organic", "messenger, organic and transfer" ]
messenger, transfer, and ribosomal
sciq
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What is the term for chordates with a vertebral column and endoskeleton of cartilage and bone?
[ "am", "insect", "vertebrate", "mammel" ]
vertebrate
sciq
2c7e74a0-06e3-4c24-b6bb-2861e0b8c47a
What does a keratometer measure in the cornea?
[ "Width", "diameter", "curve", "Lenght" ]
curve
sciq
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What is it called when an egg develops into an individual without being fertilized?
[ "parthenogenesis", "symbiosis", "abiogenesis", "metamorphosis" ]
parthenogenesis
sciq
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Many adolescents experience frequent mood swings. name one of the causes for this.
[ "psychological changes", "growing hormones", "maturing nervous system", "surging hormones" ]
surging hormones
sciq
1abf6d18-3c8f-4134-8059-92fd3ee740e8
Through what does the nerve impulses travel to the brain?
[ "abducent nerve", "optic nerve", "trochlear nerve", "oculomotor nerve" ]
optic nerve
sciq
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The difference in electric potential energy which allows for an electric charge to move from one position to another is measured by what si unit?
[ "volt", "joule", "ohm", "meter" ]
volt
sciq
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The properties of the alkali metals are similar to each other as expected for elements in the same what?
[ "family", "farm", "class", "branch" ]
family
sciq
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Which division of the peripheral nervous system carries messages from sense organs and internal organs to the central nervous system?
[ "vascular division", "sensory division", "extrasensory division", "neural division" ]
sensory division
sciq
bb632fc5-8e73-44e7-ac9a-8257ff9a70e0
An ether is an organic compound in which two hydrocarbon groups are bonded to the same atom of what?
[ "sulfur", "hydrogen", "oxygen", "nitrogen" ]
oxygen
sciq
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Featuring a stalk-like filament that ends in an anther, what is the male reproductive organ in a flower?
[ "stamen", "petals", "cones", "angiosperms" ]
stamen
sciq
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What controls the movements of hands and arms?
[ "somatic nervous system", "autonomic nervous system", "voluntary nervous system", "functional nervous system" ]
somatic nervous system
sciq
dfbb5047-ba7f-4af5-8d93-218e303be59f
Refraction happens when light bends from doing what in a new medium?
[ "changing color", "changing brightness", "changing speed", "changing trajectory" ]
changing speed
sciq
076f9b49-edc7-43b1-86c7-5a060c48db02
What is the basic structure that holds plants upright, allowing plants to get the sunlight and air they need?
[ "stamen", "twig", "stem", "root" ]
stem
sciq
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The waves on the strings of musical instruments are transverse—so are electromagnetic waves, such as visible light. sound waves in air and water are this?
[ "longitudinal", "horizontal", "hydroelectric", "symmetrical" ]
longitudinal
sciq
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What is the name of the elongated bony structure that anchors the anterior thoracic cage?
[ "pelvis", "sternum", "collar bone", "tibia" ]
sternum
sciq
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What is the most numerous species on the planet?
[ "bacteria", "trees", "viruses", "humans" ]
bacteria
sciq
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What are the earth's two poles called?
[ "west and south", "east and west", "southwest and south", "north and south" ]
north and south
sciq
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Chloroplasts and chromoplasts are examples of which membrane bound organelle containing their own dna?
[ "plastids", "bacteria", "polymers", "chromosomes" ]
plastids
sciq
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Birds are the most numerous type of what vertebrates?
[ "ornithopod", "amphipod", "arachnipod", "tetrapod" ]
tetrapod
sciq
aebdd6bc-0f46-40d3-b15c-ae2b76b95f64
Viruses were assumed to exist before they were first seen with an electron microscope in which decade?
[ "1930 ' s", "1890's", "1960's", "1940's" ]
1930 ' s
sciq
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Matter is always conserved in what type of reaction?
[ "chemical reaction", "developed reaction", "toxic reaction", "Quick reaction" ]
chemical reaction
sciq
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Most flowers carry both stamens and carpels; however, a few species are capable of what and are nicknamed "perfect" flowers?
[ "cloning", "self-pollination", "germination", "sexual reproduction" ]
self-pollination
sciq
e623599f-bef5-4e8b-ad71-a7f22f69d3a4
The entry of food into the esophagus marks the beginning of the esophageal phase of deglutition and the initiation of this?
[ "relaxation", "peristalsis", "digestion", "propagation" ]
peristalsis
sciq
a6c86a71-22e9-4626-b168-0641d870a664
Where are the seeds in gymnosperms found?
[ "in leaves", "in folds", "in cones", "in roots" ]
in cones
sciq
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Oil is found in the porous rock layer and trapped by the what?
[ "mantle", "impermeable layer", "\\", "crystalline layer" ]
impermeable layer
sciq
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The number of valence electrons determines variation of what property in nonmetals?
[ "permeability", "density", "turbidity", "reactivity" ]
reactivity
sciq
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Hydrogen and helium are specifically involved as reactants in what nuclear reaction that is useful for making energy?
[ "nuclear fission", "destructive fusion", "radioactive fusion", "nuclear fusion" ]
nuclear fusion
sciq
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What is the most widely used form of renewable energy in the world?
[ "fossil fuel", "wind", "solar", "hydropower" ]
hydropower
sciq
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What energy is the energy of motion?
[ "optimal", "potential", "kinetic", "thermal" ]
kinetic
sciq
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Where do stratus clouds occur in the troposphere?
[ "mid to high region", "mid-region", "low", "high" ]
low
sciq
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What kind of movement do planets in the solar system make around the sun?
[ "round orbits", "spinning orbits", "elliptical orbits", "optical orbits" ]
elliptical orbits
sciq
ef834976-4feb-428f-9a4b-b734a71dc908
Which process breaks down glucose to extract energy for cell metabolism?
[ "glycolysis", "photosynthesis", "mitosis", "meiosis" ]
glycolysis
sciq
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What does fluorine attract better than any other element?
[ "magnets", "electron shells", "ionic bonds", "shared electrons" ]
shared electrons
sciq
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What term is used to describe the muscular canal (approximately 10 cm long) that serves as the entrance to the reproductive tract?
[ "cervix", "vagina", "urethra", "uterus" ]
vagina
sciq
eed1ef26-b652-439e-9c1f-c241ca5dd8a1
What type of energy travels through space as electrical and magnetic waves?
[ "mechanical energy", "solar energy", "sound energy", "electromagnetic energy" ]
electromagnetic energy
sciq
6f87b4d9-e86d-415d-a096-6c118f3d3d23
What are subatomic particles of the nucleus called?
[ "nucleons", "baryons", "isotopes", "cores" ]
nucleons
sciq
320f2dbd-eb36-4a33-b354-a1d6d21916b3
What blood pressure reading measures the pressure in the vessels between heartbeats?
[ "metabolic", "plasma", "diastolic", "systolic" ]
diastolic
sciq
7869af90-cb63-4be8-9c00-8b64bb8515b9
What holds ionic and covalent compounds together?
[ "gravity", "magnetic force", "water", "electrostatic attractions" ]
electrostatic attractions
sciq
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Amines are bases; they react with acids to form what?
[ "ions", "salts", "oils", "proteins" ]
salts
sciq
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If water from a spring can't flow downwards, it can spread out to form one of 2 things. what are they?
[ "ocean or river", "pond or lake", "lake or ocean", "ocean or sea" ]
pond or lake
sciq
fc997ea1-18a9-4028-8594-f965e398a689
Energy is lost as heat between each trophic level due to the second law of what?
[ "chemistry", "reactions", "particles", "thermodynamics" ]
thermodynamics
sciq
c230c6f5-cf0c-46bf-bbd2-97d3db075225
What are electrons in the outer energy level of an atom called?
[ "positive electrons", "valence electrons", "outer electrons", "shell electrons" ]
valence electrons
sciq
0ea42357-1f13-4bbc-85d6-9a5e2c2c6f57
Halogens tend to form salts with what type of element?
[ "nonmetals", "man-made", "metals", "metalloids" ]
metals
sciq
6dd53cfc-79da-4b99-8649-746cef55afa8
The voltage is measured using a voltmeter, which measures which difference across two points?
[ "Distance", "actual difference", "potential difference", "average difference" ]
potential difference
sciq
cfd29a99-77f1-456e-b0aa-eaad7b30b33f
What is the vertical extent of ocean water called?
[ "ocean column", "water column", "water row", "oceanic pillar" ]
water column
sciq
af79d8d2-9acd-4e40-85e5-fe3e3ea9713d
Echinoderms are found in many different ocean environments, but most are found where?
[ "in tidepools", "in beaches", "in reefs", "in waterfalls" ]
in reefs
sciq
bc9bcbbd-700f-44de-b939-f3bc1188b7aa
A convergent plate boundary is created when two plates do what?
[ "move perpendicular to each other", "stay stationary", "move away from each other", "come toward each other" ]
come toward each other
sciq
1462e113-fc3e-4446-8408-71ce4629db2f
When volcanoes erupt, what from the mantle is released as carbon dioxide into the air?
[ "vapor", "lava", "hydrogen", "carbon" ]
carbon
sciq
386c2be5-3899-42bb-96be-283d533bd292
Sepals, petals, pistils, and stamens are contained in all what, which are actually modified leaves or sporophylls organized around a central stalk?
[ "roots", "stems", "chlorophyll", "flowers" ]
flowers
sciq
69b9c70b-6a4f-48e0-8712-6859b2a91de0
What do cells do in order to replace damaged or worn out cells?
[ "divide", "replicate", "die", "fold" ]
divide
sciq
f853da7b-aaf5-4399-b3b7-ee47e56d0cf9
What kind of agriculture destroyed about 10% of madagascar's native plants?
[ "crop rotation", "hybridization", "fertilizer use", "slash-and-burn" ]
slash-and-burn
sciq
6d6d853f-9b59-4929-b3c4-7e19bf86045b
Chloroplasts are the little green particles in plants made up of what colorful pigment?
[ "melanin", "chlorophyll", "verdigris", "carbonate" ]
chlorophyll
sciq
368ff81c-ff24-4af1-b2c8-53582f7ebda5
What is the largest organ of the human body?
[ "your skin", "your lungs", "your brain", "your blood" ]
your skin
sciq
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What kind of charge does a proton have?
[ "positive", "negative", "constant", "ionic" ]
positive
sciq
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What are boggy regions with thick layers of peat called?
[ "peatlands", "meadows", "tropics", "wetlands" ]
peatlands
sciq