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Where are some of the greatest concentrations of species found?
[ "in the tropics", "at high altitudes", "in mould colonies", "in the arctic" ]
in the tropics
sciq
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What do tadpoles clear out of waterways?
[ "algae", "oxygen", "pollution", "disease" ]
algae
sciq
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What theory says stresses build on both sides of a fault?
[ "Big Bang theory", "seismic load theory", "elastic rebound theory", "Geiger theory" ]
elastic rebound theory
sciq
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How many pairs of autosomes are there?
[ "three", "five", "Seven", "four" ]
three
sciq
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What are the only living organisms that can make their own food?
[ "bacteria", "protozoa", "animals", "plants" ]
plants
sciq
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The brain and spinal cord are part of what system, which serves as a control center?
[ "large nervous system", "primary nervous system", "active nervous system", "central nervous system" ]
central nervous system
sciq
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What are the highest clouds in the atmosphere?
[ "silicic clouds", "alto clouds", "nebulous clouds", "noctilucent clouds" ]
noctilucent clouds
sciq
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What type of reproduction results in genetically unique offspring?
[ "asexual reproduction", "sexual reproduction", "internal reproduction", "mitosis" ]
sexual reproduction
sciq
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What is a disorder of glucose metabolism in which insulin production by the pancreas is impaired?
[ "sugar mellitus", "populations mellitus", "diabetes mellitus", "cluster mellitus" ]
diabetes mellitus
sciq
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Splitting of the nucleus of a radioactive atom into two smaller nuclei yields what type of reaction, which releases a great deal of energy from a small amount of matter?
[ "nuclear fission", "solar fission", "nucleation", "nuclear fusion" ]
nuclear fission
sciq
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Colliding-beam accelerators create matter from what?
[ "magnetism", "energy", "sound", "minerals" ]
energy
sciq
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What is the term for the measure of the force of gravity pulling down on an object?
[ "mass", "density", "pressure", "weight" ]
weight
sciq
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Aging is associated with the death of what?
[ "cells", "muscles", "proteins", "genes" ]
cells
sciq
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Animals that live in groups with other members of their species are called what?
[ "social animals", "grouping animals", "available animals", "aggressive animals" ]
social animals
sciq
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What are typically named for their major physical or climatic factors in addition to their predominant vegetation?
[ "habitats", "terrestrial biomes", "aqueous biomes", "communities" ]
terrestrial biomes
sciq
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What type of vents are giant tube worms found at?
[ "temperature", "Heated", "oxygen", "hydrothermal" ]
hydrothermal
sciq
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What results when a force does work?
[ "pressure", "momentum", "side effect", "movement" ]
movement
sciq
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At the earth’s surface, the air pressure exerted on you is a result of the weight of what above you?
[ "humidity", "water", "air", "magnetic force" ]
air
sciq
79de58e5-78e7-4bc1-98a8-cfe8a620b03d
What is a common condition caused by stomach acid?
[ "sunburn", "heartburn", "arthritis", "headache" ]
heartburn
sciq
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Where do the majority of species live?
[ "trees", "ocean", "land", "air" ]
ocean
sciq
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What process brings nutrients from the ocean's floor to its surface?
[ "upwelling", "Tides", "Down welling", "coastal swell" ]
upwelling
sciq
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Crests and troughs are the high and low points of a what?
[ "rupture wave", "darker wave", "heat wave", "transverse wave" ]
transverse wave
sciq
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What is the term for materials that have been left behind by organisms that once lived?
[ "detritis", "fossils", "skulls", "bones" ]
fossils
sciq
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A penguin must do what before molting?
[ "increase muscle mass", "hibernate", "mate", "use muscle mass" ]
increase muscle mass
sciq
593a772d-d5e7-46f3-8b28-a49372927e37
The pelvic girdle, consisting of a hip bone, serves to attach a lower limb to this?
[ "axial skeleton", "appendicular skeleton", "exoskeleton", "cytoskeleton" ]
axial skeleton
sciq
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Why does water have a high surface tension?
[ "high freezing point", "oxygenation", "hydrogen bonding", "helium bonding" ]
hydrogen bonding
sciq
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What are the two types of vascular tissues found in vascular plants?
[ "cytoplasm and chloroplasm", "xylem and chloroplasm", "ectoderm and phloem", "xylem and phloem" ]
xylem and phloem
sciq
ea40e0d3-b157-4ff8-844d-3fe92b4f3e1a
What are the two types of photoreceptors in the retina?
[ "rods and cones", "images and cones", "circles and cones", "holes and cones" ]
rods and cones
sciq
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Forces which cause objects to turn around continuously in a circle are known as?
[ "hydrodynamic forces", "frictional forces", "tension forces", "centripetal forces" ]
centripetal forces
sciq
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Why is a synthetic diamond not considered a mineral?
[ "minerals must be created naturally", "fluctuations must be created naturally", "interactions must be created naturally", "Minerals must not occur naturally." ]
minerals must be created naturally
sciq
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What type of plug is generally used on metal appliances?
[ "3 prong", "4 prong", ".2 prong", "5 prong" ]
3 prong
sciq
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What term describes the ability of matter to combine chemically with other substances?
[ "permeability", "Diffusion", "oxidation", "reactivity" ]
reactivity
sciq
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What occurs when waves interact with other waves?
[ "interference", "resurgence", "vibration", "frequency" ]
interference
sciq
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What is defined in physics as the amount of force pushing against a given area?
[ "gravity", "energy", "pressure", "resistance" ]
pressure
sciq
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What do you call the heat below earth’s surface that can be used to produce electricity?
[ "inert energy", "geothermal energy", "renewable energy", "natural energy" ]
geothermal energy
sciq
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How do most plants create food?
[ "glycolysis", "electrolysis", "photosynthesis", "atherosclerosis" ]
photosynthesis
sciq
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In a ketone, two of which kind of groups are attached to the carbonyl carbon atom?
[ "ions", "nitrogen groups", "carbon groups", "oxygen groups" ]
carbon groups
sciq
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Tapeworms are what type of flatworms?
[ "symbiotic", "endogenous", "parasitic", "single-celled" ]
parasitic
sciq
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In most crustaceans, what two structures fuse to form a cephalothorax?
[ "foot and toes", "head and thorax", "body and shoulders", "wing and legs" ]
head and thorax
sciq
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What class of animal, including hydras and jellies, is considered the simplest to contain a nervous system?
[ "cnidarians", "sponges", "fish", "prokaryotes" ]
cnidarians
sciq
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When iron and sulfur are mixed together in a certain ratio and heated, what do they become?
[ "sulfuric acid", "iron sulfide", "rust", "iron oxide" ]
iron sulfide
sciq
4d2b5be9-c867-46eb-8042-345b18b5204c
What do many scientists think are the oldest eukaryotes?
[ "arthropods", "protists", "plants", "prokaryotes" ]
protists
sciq
a2b83e7d-a5ce-4b6f-8815-e342fbb4ff2a
Culprits in the common cold and aids, what infectious agents are far smaller and simpler than bacteria?
[ "poisons", "parasites", "viruses", "pathogens" ]
viruses
sciq
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What triangular feature is formed when a river empties into a large body of still water?
[ "flow", "confluence", "delta", "region" ]
delta
sciq
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Professionals known as genetic counselors can help them understand the risks of?
[ "children being affected", "infection", "contagion", "disease" ]
children being affected
sciq
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What type of fronts often bring sudden changes in the weather, including different types of precipitation, depending on the season?
[ "warm fronts", "stationary fronts", "occluded fronts", "cold fronts" ]
cold fronts
sciq
20b5cc89-719c-4c00-9d25-724904835e43
Similarity in biochemicals, like the glucose used by virtually all living things for energy, provides evidence of what?
[ "evolution", "DNA", "gravity", "variation" ]
evolution
sciq
aca0ac0d-2009-4fec-81dd-5a4d07a9509e
In type 2 diabetes, body cells do not respond to normal amounts of what hormone?
[ "estrogen", "glucose", "hemoglobin", "insulin" ]
insulin
sciq
bbd0ff7e-07af-43f6-aeca-c6ceac714f2a
What fibres are seen in some vertebrates that twitch at rates far faster than any human muscle?
[ "fast glycolytic fibres", "fast oxidative fibres", "slow twitch fibres", "skeletal muscle fibers" ]
skeletal muscle fibers
sciq
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The cytoplasm divides during what process?
[ "osmosis", "cytokinesis", "genesys", "metamorphosis" ]
cytokinesis
sciq
8c560f87-4ef1-432d-a622-4611c0054935
Where do birds store and moisten food that is waiting to be digested?
[ "gullet", "nest", "tree", "crop" ]
crop
sciq
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Where can you find humid subtropical climates?
[ "between 40 and 60 degrees latitude", "between 40 and 60 degrees longitude", "between 20 and 40 degrees longitude", "between 20 and 40 degrees latitude" ]
between 20 and 40 degrees latitude
sciq
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What type of lenses can correct myopia?
[ "convex lenses", "polarized lenses", "diffusion lenses", "concave lenses" ]
concave lenses
sciq
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Photoautotrophs including (a) plants, (b) algae, and (c) cyanobacteria synthesize their organic compounds via photosynthesis using sunlight as this?
[ "heating source", "light source4", "fuel source", "energy source" ]
energy source
sciq
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Glaciers modify the landscape by what?
[ "sediment", "truncation", "silt", "erosion" ]
erosion
sciq
184f9e22-decd-4118-8c3b-1bfd72c96133
The cells in the follicle undergo physical changes and produce a structure called a what?
[ "liberated ovum", "primordial follicle", "corpus luteum", "secondary ovum" ]
corpus luteum
sciq
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Scientists can use what tool to determine an earthquake's strength?
[ "telescope", "seismogram", "geiger counter", "kilocalorie" ]
seismogram
sciq
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How many moons does pluto have?
[ "three", "two", "six", "four" ]
three
sciq
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Huge calderas form when the mountain above an empty chamber of what collapses?
[ "coal", "mercury", "gas", "magma" ]
magma
sciq
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What type of bonds are the attractive forces between the positively charged nuclei of the bonded atoms and one or more pairs of electrons that are located between the atoms?
[ "reactive", "gravitational", "active", "covalent" ]
covalent
sciq
02ab1713-7ef4-4f83-9d3c-6ac9d4d69eb0
Chemical elements and water are constantly recycled in the ecosystem through what?
[ "inorganic cycles", "biogeochemical cycles", "greenhouse gases", "geothermal cycles" ]
biogeochemical cycles
sciq
a356a8c4-39ad-4ce0-ac34-00856d8129e7
What system is the spinal cord related to?
[ "nervous system", "digestive system", "lymphatic system", "circulatory system" ]
nervous system
sciq
2da415ef-e81b-4af6-86e0-8877abd6bab8
What is the total range of the energy from the sun called?
[ "solar spectrum", "measured spectrum", "electromagnetic spectrum", "molecular spectrum" ]
electromagnetic spectrum
sciq
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Plants have specialized organs that help them survive and reproduce in a great diversity of habitats. major organs of most plants include roots, stems, and what?
[ "leaves", "clusters", "lungs", "sacs" ]
leaves
sciq
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The lungs of mammals are unique in having what?
[ "glands", "acini", "alveolar", "alveoli" ]
alveoli
sciq
de351d88-ec61-4627-aef6-244c44587cb9
The organs of female mammals that that produce eggs are called what?
[ "ovaries", "Uterus", "fallopian tubes", "testes" ]
ovaries
sciq
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What do you call the patterns and groups of stars in the sky that ancient people observed and made stories about?
[ "constellations", "asteroid fields", "meteors", "planets" ]
constellations
sciq
7d367b28-4b9b-4eef-88e4-5c71c61da8e1
Each enzyme has an optimal what at which its reaction rate is greatest?
[ "temperature", "precipitation", "size", "weight" ]
temperature
sciq
26072f63-ad1e-4f16-8fdb-1b4f06d1acf6
What type of prokaryotes live in habitats without oxygen?
[ "phosphoric", "anaerobic", "enzymatic", "aerobic" ]
anaerobic
sciq
7a3f8e7f-857f-4ae0-b6ca-110ad488a466
What is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?
[ "water", "mercury", "hydrogen", "gas" ]
mercury
sciq
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What do animals store with the help of saturated fatty acids?
[ "sugar", "energy", "protein", "oxygen" ]
energy
sciq
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What are the dark areas of the moon called?
[ "hollow space", "craters", "maria", "laura" ]
maria
sciq
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What do people use from aquifers from springs or wells?
[ "fresh water", "salt", "soil", "oxygen" ]
fresh water
sciq
e4ea37f0-48fb-4ae3-8db5-8969ff7f48b0
What item lost by diffusion and in the urine are replenished by eating?
[ "sugar", "protein", "salt", "yeast" ]
salt
sciq
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What is the primary cause of air movement in the troposphere?
[ "the ozone layer", "asteroids", "differences in heating", "solar winds" ]
differences in heating
sciq
d9f45c83-2a75-465a-9738-87546159e55a
In cellular respiration, glucose is broken down and what is made?
[ "rna", "chlorophyll", "simple sugars", "atp" ]
atp
sciq
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The sum of the kinetic and potential energies of a system’s atoms and molecules is called what?
[ "used energy", "internal energy", "stored energy", "mechanical energy" ]
internal energy
sciq
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After what state is reached, the concentrations of all reaction components remain constant unless a change is made to the system?
[ "homeostasis", "equality", "level", "equilibrium" ]
equilibrium
sciq
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What type of reproduction is exemplified by starfish and yeasts?
[ "asexual reproduction", "sexual reproduction", "bacteria reproduction", "microscopic reproduction" ]
asexual reproduction
sciq
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What is the scientific term for stored energy an object has due to its position or shape?
[ "repeat energy", "potential energy", "mechanical energy", "new energy" ]
potential energy
sciq
e52f7bf7-c7fe-4452-922c-e2f1c4c2d908
What kind of current flows in just one direction?
[ "Alternating current", "physical current", "slow current", "direct current" ]
direct current
sciq
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Most motions in nature follow ________ rather than straight lines?
[ "vertical paths", "sharp paths", "horizontal paths", "curved paths" ]
curved paths
sciq
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An object's energy due to motion is known as?
[ "kinetic energy", "inertia", "residual energy", "thermodynamic energy" ]
kinetic energy
sciq
f61503b7-2712-45ba-96fe-64c0b0e85f74
While populations with unlimited resources grow exponentially, the population of a species will level off when what limit of its environment is reached?
[ "carrying capacity", "niche", "reproduction", "extinction" ]
carrying capacity
sciq
50e8256c-b7e2-40ec-9f9e-a284d1b80be7
Group 16 is called what?
[ "metalloids", "the oxygen group", "noble gases", "the acid group" ]
the oxygen group
sciq
39708e8e-a2a8-42ed-b2c5-d09c99d5b1c5
What type of temperatures increase the likelihood of fires?
[ "lower", "freezing", "higher", "reduced" ]
higher
sciq
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Fertilizer runoff can create what type of zones in the ocean?
[ "barren zones", "hot zones", "dead zones", "fresh zones" ]
dead zones
sciq
3d15f973-4027-4969-8b47-a4be31bca176
What kind of electricity can you generate with the energy found in flowing water?
[ "transient power", "wind energy", "hydroelectric power", "electrical power" ]
hydroelectric power
sciq
8317fd65-bf68-4d3b-9b36-566ad0a731f8
At the time of birth, bones of the brain case are separated by what wide areas of fibrous connective tissue, which later become sutures?
[ "cerebellum", "fluctuations", "fontanelles", "sporozoans" ]
fontanelles
sciq
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What are inorganic compounds that take the form of discrete molecules called?
[ "ionic compounds", "molecular compounds", "magnetic compounds", "functional compounds" ]
molecular compounds
sciq
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The other ammonium ions are changed into nitrogen gas by what?
[ "fluctuations bacteria", "denitrifying bacteria", "accompanying bacteria", "fungi" ]
denitrifying bacteria
sciq
dc4b8a66-75e9-4652-a4fb-b3dcd2c94577
What is typical weather for chicago in winter?
[ "cold & snow", "rain and wind", "dry and windy", "ice and humidity" ]
cold & snow
sciq
4e62d244-2022-4b23-880b-2cebf68791da
What works by providing a lower energy pathway from reactants to products?
[ "magnetism", "catalyst", "hormones", "thermodynamics" ]
catalyst
sciq
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What is the smallest part of a compound?
[ "nucleus", "electron", "dna", "molecule" ]
molecule
sciq
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What layer of skin is located right beneath the epidermis?
[ "scars", "cusps", "dermis", "humus" ]
dermis
sciq
7d94e81c-3c24-4d3d-9d15-53c14273a2cd
Some terrestrial species breathe through their skin and oral cavity because they lack what?
[ "mouth", "windpipe", "lungs", "nose" ]
lungs
sciq
d63854ce-f19d-4e28-b353-c0d0ea5989ca
What is the main type of cell in the nervous system called?
[ "axon", "neuron", "conduction", "sensory" ]
neuron
sciq
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Many ionic compounds occur as hydrates, compounds that contain specific ratios of loosely bound water molecules, called waters of hydration. waters of hydration can often be removed simply by doing this?
[ "observing", "cooling", "melting", "heating" ]
heating
sciq
e65b6a78-9ef0-4d7a-b65b-8ad9fb127963
When blood vessels in the head dilate, what kind of severe headache can occur?
[ "migraine", "chronic headache", "malignant", "tension headache" ]
migraine
sciq
a6b331fa-0a81-4af0-82b0-4f87e7d99415
Acne and different types of cancer can affect what large organ?
[ "liver", "skin", "brain", "lungs" ]
skin
sciq