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Our digestive system breaks down starch to what?
[ "pattern sugars", "Salts", "simple sugars", "Waste" ]
simple sugars
sciq
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What happens to a tectonic plate when it subducts?
[ "it sinks", "it cracks", "it melts", "it warms" ]
it melts
sciq
fb627c2d-f068-4ff8-ba31-ff6cf6ea493c
A monosaccharide is the simplest carbohydrate and cannot be hydrolyzed to produce a smaller what?
[ "amino acid", "quark", "glucose atom", "carbohydrate molecule" ]
carbohydrate molecule
sciq
18135bc6-b433-4b4b-a14d-927e961f0daa
What is the term for if multiple sperm fuse with an egg?
[ "in vitro fertilization", "fraternization", "polyspermy", "pollenation" ]
polyspermy
sciq
432deae3-44ba-4009-bc92-eecf601e4b76
As air pressures inside and outside of the ear equalize, what phenomenon is produced?
[ "eyes blinking", "throat scratching", "heart skipping", "ear popping" ]
ear popping
sciq
488487fa-3005-42ed-8649-7738b20fb951
How many pairs of chromosomes are there?
[ "13", "2", "23", "17" ]
23
sciq
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Food is broken into smaller particles by mastication, a process involving action by what structures?
[ "teeth", "tonsils", "proteins", "cilia" ]
teeth
sciq
a7ad8cbc-829d-4b76-a298-89b17d835283
Cell communication that occurs over short distances is known as what?
[ "cell echo", "paracrine signaling", "hypersignaling", "contraposition signaling" ]
paracrine signaling
sciq
b90223e9-f688-4689-a27f-c222891bffb8
Triggering a blink when something touches the surface of the eye, the corneal reflex is what type of reflex?
[ "somatic", "orgasmic", "dendritic", "sensory" ]
somatic
sciq
f8034e55-484f-4754-bb77-1bf0cadf8b0e
Vascular disorders involve problems with the flow of what?
[ "bacteria", "saliva", "mucus", "blood" ]
blood
sciq
d0d82527-0b53-446a-95c8-13910ee528a0
In eukaryotes, mrna may be modified before leaving what?
[ "nucleus", "mitochondria", "epidermis", "ribosome" ]
nucleus
sciq
49a28d55-a904-4851-b343-19a49091fb94
Velocity affects what type of energy more than mass does?
[ "kinetic energy", "harmonic energy", "magnetic energy", "mechanical energy" ]
kinetic energy
sciq
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In which way do vertebrates reproduce?
[ "unisexually", "bisexually", "asexually", "sexually" ]
sexually
sciq
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Neutrons and protons reside in which part of the atom?
[ "nucleus", "vacuoles", "molecules", "nucleolus" ]
nucleus
sciq
01e1fe28-261e-4212-b656-22fb71b548ee
What are the two best known baryons?
[ "electrons and neutrons", "protons and neutrons", "shafts and neutrons", "flux and neurons" ]
protons and neutrons
sciq
6886ea75-3836-41b0-aca8-3da1d4b3c0e7
Mutation creates new genetic variation in what?
[ "form pool", "disease pool", "gene pool", "mutation pool" ]
gene pool
sciq
cc7868aa-a581-4339-803f-1eb94b1e18bf
What hormone controls milk production in mammary glands?
[ "prolactin", "melanin", "dopamine", "pepsin" ]
prolactin
sciq
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Cellular respiration brings hydrogen and oxygen together to form what?
[ "water", "Salt", "cold", "air" ]
water
sciq
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What are the two components of the autonomic nervous system?
[ "parasympathetic and sympathetic", "empathetic and sympathetic", "neurons and sympathetic", "crystallisation and sympathetic" ]
parasympathetic and sympathetic
sciq
a1842f71-136c-4a6a-8d5b-153006611f81
Where do lancelets live?
[ "deep sea caves", "shallow ocean water", "riverbeds", "on land" ]
shallow ocean water
sciq
a8e9e553-4c3b-4fd6-b89a-61b5d290fb26
What is caused when circulating blood puts pressure on the walls of blood vessels?
[ "atherosclerosis", "high cholesterol", "aneurysm", "blood pressure" ]
blood pressure
sciq
b6d1669b-0cab-4ebb-bd5d-6c0086d68986
What is the most common bacterial sti in the u. s.?
[ "diarrhea", "influenza", "tuberculosis", "chlamydia" ]
chlamydia
sciq
48429378-0c59-48d9-abb7-9fac55595617
In what unit is heat measured in?
[ "joules", "velocities", "thermals", "amperes" ]
joules
sciq
522dec4b-f485-4806-9115-a5ec6f72736e
In which type of cells are most organelles not found?
[ "eukaryotic cells", "prokaryotic cells", "endoplasmic cells", "heterogeneous cells" ]
prokaryotic cells
sciq
0c360d8a-3e8c-4449-bacf-75adb79c199d
Which three colors are called the primary colors of light?
[ "red, green, blue", "black, white, red", "red, blue, yellow", "blue, green, violet" ]
red, green, blue
sciq
24cda19e-fc3c-428f-86a5-701ca8e56ddd
Water dissolving minerals out of rocks makes ocean water what?
[ "salty", "bitter", "muddy", "sweet" ]
salty
sciq
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Like the energy content in food, the energy expenditures of exercise are also reported in what units?
[ "kilocalories", "ironies", "gigabytes", "grams" ]
kilocalories
sciq
b4030ca4-0ebf-47ad-bcce-2a5e32d94a63
What's the term for an allele that's always expressed over another?
[ "dominant", "recessive", "mutated", "prevalent" ]
dominant
sciq
d2b7881a-336a-445a-b40b-573d09e59bcf
Series and parallel circuits are two basic types of what?
[ "chemical circuits", "mutual circuits", "mechanical circuits", "electric circuits" ]
electric circuits
sciq
90b3a523-08f8-4fd2-9489-20f012c1b55b
Transport of water and solutes in plants water potential is a measure of the difference in potential energy between a water sample and this?
[ "salty water", "pure water", "dirty water", "green water" ]
pure water
sciq
b57d73de-91e0-47c1-b99d-f3c60d8c5805
Three distinct layers or tunics form the walls of what structures; the first is a smooth, inner lining of endothelial cells in contact with the red blood cells?
[ "blood vessels", "white blood cells", "alveoli", "lungs" ]
blood vessels
sciq
195e5f0f-7ed1-49a4-8a21-f23a1a69f2ee
Groundwater does what to the rock beneath the ground surface?
[ "creates it", "accelerates it", "erodes it", "boosts it" ]
erodes it
sciq
b3849c23-ad9b-461b-9eaf-75c4f9868709
Technetium is named after the greektechnikos, meaning “artificial,” because all its isotopes are what?
[ "radioactive", "plastic", "neutral", "rare" ]
radioactive
sciq
2a9e61b8-cd30-4dad-816c-fda66bc00129
What is a galvanic process that can be prevented using cathodic protection?
[ "explosion", "corrosion", "sublimation", "vaporization" ]
corrosion
sciq
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What are drumlins, eskers, and kettle lakes formed by?
[ "glaciers", "earthquakes", "meteors", "tsunamis" ]
glaciers
sciq
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What is the vector sum of all the torques acting on the object called?
[ "net torque", "total torque", "critical torque", "gross torque" ]
net torque
sciq
b1cb70e5-73fe-4110-b093-74625b9912be
An electric current flows in a path called what?
[ "fuse", "electric circuit", "electric ring", "electric course" ]
electric circuit
sciq
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What gas can be generated by reacting sodium bromide with elemental chlorine?
[ "photons bromine gas", "elemental bromine gas", "Molecular Bromine Gas", "gaseous bromine gas" ]
elemental bromine gas
sciq
5d7fa48e-6af5-407a-bbc8-0e83dbcf3c02
What is a close relationship between two species in which at least one species benefits?
[ "morphogenesis", "symbiosis", "parasitism", "endosymbiosis" ]
symbiosis
sciq
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Over many generations, the resulting genetic diversity provides valuable raw material for what?
[ "characteristic selection", "intelligent selection", "coral selection", "natural selection" ]
natural selection
sciq
30ff6f1f-7acb-4df1-96d0-dd2226b66f3b
What pulls skydivers towards the earth?
[ "gravity", "impact", "momentum", "inertia" ]
gravity
sciq
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What occurs when a gas passes through an opening that is smaller than the mean free path of the particles?
[ "malformation", "precipitation", "dissipation", "effusion" ]
effusion
sciq
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What are the preserved remains of animals, plants, and other organisms called?
[ "fossils", "skulls", "rocks", "basalt" ]
fossils
sciq
89900ed7-3e52-49e3-b141-ee10b6b50336
What group of elements cannot conduct electricity?
[ "nonmetals", "carbonates", "phosphates", "metals" ]
nonmetals
sciq
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What is the name of a tough, fibrous membrane which protects the outer layer of bone?
[ "the periosteum", "the epithelium", "cartilage", "marrow" ]
the periosteum
sciq
cfb13fa9-fc7a-4d28-add5-ab1e45788916
Bond lengths are intermediate between covalent single bonds and what?
[ "gravitational double bonds", "trivalent bonds", "covalent double bonds", "wavefunction double bonds" ]
covalent double bonds
sciq
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Under a microscope, salt crystals are what shape?
[ "squares", "circles", "triangles", "cubes" ]
cubes
sciq
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Where part of the atmosphere is the uppermost mantle?
[ "lithosphere", "troposphere", "isosphere", "thermosphere" ]
lithosphere
sciq
4773c068-7a90-4fff-93f9-74f4bf5bb389
In a heat map, what color represents the hottest temperatures?
[ "pink", "bright red", "bright yellow", "orange" ]
bright yellow
sciq
4cd8ec1a-1d65-4e99-b9c2-295c480f7c04
All living things require what, which most ecosystems obtain from the sun?
[ "water", "heat", "energy", "oxygen" ]
energy
sciq
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Kelvin is a temperature measure in which the lowest temperature is what?
[ "absolute zero", "definitive zero", "accurate zero", "anomalous zero" ]
absolute zero
sciq
508eeeac-e900-44aa-8688-c0044b682458
The basic fabric of most biological membranes is a double layer of _________ and other lipids?
[ "phospholipids", "antibodies", "solids", "liquids" ]
phospholipids
sciq
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What is the name for the organs behind the head of a fish that absorb oxygen from water?
[ "alveoli", "lungs", "pores", "gills" ]
gills
sciq
21a1c59b-69b9-4183-a662-47575c231b40
What system gets less effective with age, that generally makes older people more disease susceptible?
[ "nervous system", "infectious system", "reproductive system", "immune system" ]
immune system
sciq
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Which type of tides are created when the sun and moon's tides match?
[ "low tides", "Neap tides", "spring tides", "weak tides" ]
spring tides
sciq
55033cf4-2d85-444a-a0e7-7d4b63da0f99
What is the process of creating an exact genetic replica of an organism called?
[ "converting", "copying", "reproducing", "cloning" ]
cloning
sciq
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An example of hydrolysis working within our bodies is the process of what?
[ "digestion", "filtration", "absorption", "breathing" ]
digestion
sciq
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What theory can explain virtually all the properties of metals?
[ "formation theory", "band theory", "bonding theory", "property law theory" ]
band theory
sciq
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Serious imbalances, cancer and other diseases can result when expression of what goes awry?
[ "gametes", "proteins", "ribosomes", "genes" ]
genes
sciq
0d294b6e-53c3-4162-8125-1bdd3d3aaf1d
Which organ's diseases include kidney stones, infections, and kidney failure due to diabetes?
[ "kidney", "pancreas", "lungs", "heart" ]
kidney
sciq
f88b3cb5-b329-4b51-91bf-ba1fc61316aa
What single-celled organism can be either a predator, decomposer, herbivore, or parasite in the food chain?
[ "mites", "vertebrates", "protozoa", "Diatoms" ]
protozoa
sciq
87b60dd7-3b3a-4f15-87ea-c390897bfbb3
What layer, made of hot, solid rock, is beneath the earth's crust?
[ "marble", "magma", "mantle", "core" ]
mantle
sciq
76106ec5-b61c-4f79-9e51-b6e10a47608f
Some bacteria can contaminate food and cause what illness?
[ "bacterial poisoning", "food poisoning", "bacterial spoilage", "natural poisoning" ]
food poisoning
sciq
09302c1c-57c5-41bf-9ccf-827387efbac6
The enzyme pepsin works only in the presence of what?
[ "carbohydrates", "acid", "sodium", "oxygen" ]
acid
sciq
b3c678e6-7ae8-487f-8b92-147870bdb4b4
What organisms known as decomposers break down wastes and dead organisms into smaller molecules?
[ "bacteria", "consumers", "herbivores", "trees" ]
bacteria
sciq
f4f0e2e9-057e-4ff6-8443-1c1dc07fa3e0
Both flukes and tapeworms are parasites with what kind of host?
[ "cells", "insect", "vertebrate", "trees" ]
vertebrate
sciq
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What is the transfer of information from rna to dna called?
[ "reverse transcription", "confront transcription", "forward transcription", "reverse differentiation" ]
reverse transcription
sciq
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In science, anything that has mass and volume is considered what?
[ "matter", "visible", "an element", "renewable" ]
matter
sciq
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Cells with different functions often differ in what physical property?
[ "density", "shape", "weight", "size" ]
shape
sciq
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Wich disorder arises when defective valves allow blood to accumulate within the veins?
[ "varicose veins", "cataracts veins", "vascular disease", "bulging veins" ]
varicose veins
sciq
ed09b634-7bff-4a84-a7e4-9e76da22e23c
Ocean water has what property because water dissolves minerals out of rocks?
[ "salty", "muddy", "fizzy", "sweet" ]
salty
sciq
4ae0f0f6-812e-4352-bed8-6fb5c17a4458
What term refers to patterns of stars seen from earth?
[ "constellations", "astrology", "astronomers", "horoscope" ]
constellations
sciq
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What gives the plant cell strength and protection?
[ "a cell wall", "the cell nucleus", "the protons", "the genes" ]
a cell wall
sciq
9a505410-df49-43dc-91bf-66d3fc68bbd4
If pollination occurs, what does the zygote develop into?
[ "an egg", "an embryo", "a sperm", "an ovum" ]
an embryo
sciq
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Hiv has proteins called what, internal to the envelope, which help stabilize virion shape?
[ "reduction proteins", "step proteins", "sphere proteins", "matrix proteins" ]
matrix proteins
sciq
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What are two basic types of pollutants in the air?
[ "pesticides and smog", "smog and coal", "primary and secondary pollutants", "organic and inorganic" ]
primary and secondary pollutants
sciq
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How do humans learn behaviors?
[ "pressure", "Verbal pressure", "Aural pressure", "conditioning" ]
conditioning
sciq
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Just about all life processes depend on what?
[ "water", "meat", "carbon", "air" ]
water
sciq
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During labor, what do contractions of the muscular walls of the uterus cause?
[ "premature birth", "cervical dilation", "excretion", "spontaneous abortion" ]
cervical dilation
sciq
c33f0df1-7ebf-441e-8973-9d415cc0be78
How is communication initiated and maintained with spacecraft?
[ "sonar", "telegraph", "radio waves", "wi-fi" ]
radio waves
sciq
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Dna replication is the first step in what process for both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells?
[ "cell growth", "cell transfer", "cell death", "cell division" ]
cell division
sciq
86f40837-0b69-4821-b443-ac0cd21ad027
The prostate is formed of both muscular and which other tissues?
[ "glandular", "scar", "nonvascular tissue", "cartilage tissue" ]
glandular
sciq
f2af3057-3643-45a6-872f-a063b37863d3
A mammal that reproduces by laying eggs is called what?
[ "mammal", "monotreme", "cactaceae", "maidenhair" ]
monotreme
sciq
3ea3d631-c806-4d01-8bf1-2697d9183f2e
Adaptations that go along with the active, carnivorous lifestyle of sharks are known as?
[ "acute parameters", "Relative traits", "similar senses", "acute senses" ]
acute senses
sciq
cf0d6f13-25b2-4881-9e6b-a6bef82b2ac5
What is considered to be the control center for homeostatic mechanisms?
[ "adrenal cortex", "thyroid", "hippocampus", "hypothalamus" ]
hypothalamus
sciq
b713803d-3be9-4fcd-a2e1-9b4041b27408
What molecules with a nitrogen base are the basic components of nucleic acids?
[ "nucleiotides", "nuclides", "enzymes", "sporozoans" ]
nucleiotides
sciq
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What were the first vertebrates to evolve?
[ "snail", "shark", "fish", "trees" ]
fish
sciq
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What is defined as the rate of energy transferred?
[ "power", "charge", "pressure", "capacity" ]
power
sciq
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The cochlea and vestibul make up what part of the ear?
[ "outer", "middle", "inner", "upper" ]
inner
sciq
0c1a9ea7-e74d-462e-8537-e88b51760c5e
An individual with the appropriate number of what for their species is called euploid; abnormalities in this number include trisomy and monosomy?
[ "ribosomes", "genes", "chromosomes", "neutrons" ]
chromosomes
sciq
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A, t, g, and c pairs are associated with what substance that is important in genetics?
[ "bacteria", "dna", "plasma", "blood" ]
dna
sciq
61114ce5-d65b-4ffe-b9f9-ea261ae798b7
What female flower structure, which is part of the pistil, receives the pollen grains and passes them to the ovary?
[ "ovary", "style", "sepal", "stigma" ]
stigma
sciq
a708c5c2-12e4-486e-9482-f8888a219462
What is used by sensitive systems to detect even low levels of radiation?
[ "ions", "electrons", "radars", "crystals" ]
crystals
sciq
43ffd326-271b-4aa5-bd4f-ff94d0746aa3
What is the leading cause of skin cancer?
[ "sunlight", "dehydration", "artificial light", "smoking" ]
sunlight
sciq
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What is cholera?
[ "bacteria", "glucose", "energy", "protein" ]
bacteria
sciq
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Which element has atomic number 87?
[ "argon", "barium", "francium", "iron" ]
francium
sciq
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What is the basic chemical building block of matter; it is the simplest chemical substance?
[ "hydrogen", "helium", "atoms", "element" ]
element
sciq
427e3bf5-6720-4d5e-8537-1579e2eb74d8
What do you call the lower layer of soil that is permanently frozen, and is a frequent feature of tundra?
[ "underfoot", "permafrost", "solvent", "solid" ]
permafrost
sciq
e46a75b3-7009-4831-b6b8-73844a913293
Modern taxonomy is based on many hypotheses' of the evolutionary history of organisms, known as this?
[ "phylogeny", "algorithm", "pathogeny", "cladistic" ]
phylogeny
sciq
24a32ed8-6473-4e19-a331-ce90ae019007
What method plays a role in determining the approximate age of the earth and makes use of uranium?
[ "waste dating", "fuel dating", "carbon dating", "radioactive dating" ]
radioactive dating
sciq