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Materials made from non-living substances like pebbles and sand are called what?
[ "microscopic", "organic", "fibrous", "inorganic" ]
inorganic
sciq
7434d1db-e16d-4543-a3c2-e9d65d35ebb8
What type of gas levels in the atmosphere are increasing?
[ "carbonate gas", "helium gas", "hydrogen gas", "greenhouse gas" ]
greenhouse gas
sciq
9a3772b9-0848-4c98-9bcb-6e982353afc6
What is the earths crust composed of?
[ "igneuos rock", "metamorphic rock", "sedimentary rock", "bicellular rock" ]
igneuos rock
sciq
7d147f59-738f-457d-8893-9ba9e5d4c956
Cells that are divided by oncogenes contain damaged what?
[ "bacteria", "dna", "atoms", "cells" ]
dna
sciq
e20e1e78-e877-45bb-bc37-c9497a027c0c
When does exchange of dna segments happen between non-sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes?
[ "during crossing-over", "during meiosis", "during mitosis", "during diversion" ]
during crossing-over
sciq
550f98d7-740b-46ba-96b1-f6936f56ca67
What are observable patterns of stars found in the night sky called?
[ "constellations", "latitudes", "deformations", "deviations" ]
constellations
sciq
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If you were to filter out all the cells in blood, you would be left with what golden-yellow liquid?
[ "plasma", "hemoglobin", "pus", "platelets" ]
plasma
sciq
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The simplest organic compounds have hydrogen and what else?
[ "sodium", "carbon", "oxygen", "nitrogen" ]
carbon
sciq
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Temperature and what other environmental factor are important in the activity of an enzyme?
[ "color", "ph level", "shape", "size" ]
ph level
sciq
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What glands are wedges of glandular and neuroendocrine tissue adhering to the top of the kidneys by a fibrous capsule?
[ "heart glands", "fatty glands", "nutrients glands", "adrenal glands" ]
adrenal glands
sciq
fb8259e9-16f3-4d0d-a13c-31d45ed2d31a
What is the force that pulls downward on an object and is measured by weight?
[ "gravity", "light", "strength", "work" ]
gravity
sciq
de22e7c9-8b3e-473c-9a9c-09626a44565d
Which reproduction produces offspring genetically identical to the one parent?
[ "microscopic", "sexual", "bsexual", "asexual" ]
asexual
sciq
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Water in its solid state is commonly known as what?
[ "carbon dioxide", "glass", "ice", "sea" ]
ice
sciq
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Besides the concentration of dissolve oxygen and nutrients in the water, what other factor limits aquatic organisms?
[ "temperature", "rainfall", "lake size", "availability of sunlight" ]
availability of sunlight
sciq
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Which type of membrane are ribosomes surrounded by?
[ "temporary", "partial", "none", "permenant" ]
none
sciq
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Which scientist was responsible for the theory of evolution by natural selection?
[ "galileo Galilei", "stephen hawking", "albert einstein", "charles darwin" ]
charles darwin
sciq
457acab2-2ed8-4cb2-af70-47069def6cff
Soft cartilage gradually turns into hard bone through what process?
[ "calcification", "oxidation", "ossification", "elongation" ]
ossification
sciq
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Glycerol is a triol, an alcohol which contains three what?
[ "stark functional groups", "hydroxl functional groups", "hydroxl acidic groups", "cytoplasm functional groups" ]
hydroxl functional groups
sciq
179179cc-67d9-449a-baa4-738ea72dbed0
The parts of the ears involved in balance are called what?
[ "lobe canal", "rectangular canals", "semicircular canals", "symmetrical canals" ]
semicircular canals
sciq
49656003-f574-4f7a-89aa-ca7d2e1055b4
The sun’s heat can also be trapped in your home by using south facing windows and good what?
[ "vegetation", "insulation", "floors", "curtains" ]
insulation
sciq
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Red blood cells do not perform aerobic respiration, but they do perform what process that is nearly universal to organisms?
[ "glycolysis", "digestion", "reproduction", "mitosis" ]
glycolysis
sciq
29fbfec5-9b3a-4248-af84-31e4f3a24381
Late adulthood begins in the mid-60s and continues until?
[ "youth", "death", "adolescence", "birth" ]
death
sciq
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The concentration of a substance is the quantity of solute present in a given quantity of ___________?
[ "structure", "salutation", "solution", "mixture" ]
solution
sciq
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What is the study of rock strata called?
[ "stratigraphy", "chemistry", "biochemistry", "biology" ]
stratigraphy
sciq
479cde76-0769-4ed4-9471-1759de5e9f91
What is the particular sequence of amino acids in a longer chain called?
[ "molecular sequence", "atomic sequence", "carbon sequence", "amino acid sequence" ]
amino acid sequence
sciq
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Stones, infections, and diabetes threaten the health and functioning of what paired organs?
[ "tissues", "kidneys", "lungs", "arteries" ]
kidneys
sciq
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What is the name of the outer layer of skin?
[ "the dermis", "the epidermis", "endodermis", "hypodermis" ]
the epidermis
sciq
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What is the major source of water vapor in the atmosphere?
[ "sea", "ocean", "streams", "drift" ]
ocean
sciq
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The release of mature eggs that occurs at the midpoint of each cycle is called?
[ "fertilization", "induction", "ovulation", "semination" ]
ovulation
sciq
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What are the three ways to control the transcription of an operon?
[ "repressive, activator, inducible", "repressive, activator, spontaneous", "transparent , activator , inducible", "hormonal, repressive, activator," ]
repressive, activator, inducible
sciq
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Peroxisomes carry out oxidation reactions that break down what acids?
[ "fatty acids and amino acids", "stomach acids", "nitric acids", "acetic acids" ]
fatty acids and amino acids
sciq
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The magnitude of the momentum vector is the product of what two properties?
[ "volume and speed", "acceleration and speed", "work and speed", "mass and speed" ]
mass and speed
sciq
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Hydrostatic skeletons are well suited for life in what kind of environments?
[ "aquatic", "pelagic", "bacterial", "surface" ]
aquatic
sciq
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How do prokaryotic organisms reproduce asexually?
[ "residual fission", "mitosis", "binary fission", "kinetic fission" ]
binary fission
sciq
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Many species use their body shape and coloration to avoid what?
[ "detection by predators", "sunlight", "exposure", "human contact" ]
detection by predators
sciq
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What property of ocean water increases rapidly as the water gets deeper?
[ "salt content", "speed", "visability", "pressure" ]
pressure
sciq
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Remember electrons are negatively charged, so ions with a positive charge have lost what?
[ "electron", "neutron", "atom", "proton" ]
electron
sciq
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What type of starch is used for long-term energy storage in animal cells?
[ "enzyme", "rigid", "glycogen", "fructose" ]
glycogen
sciq
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What contracts to move food throughout the gastrointestinal tract?
[ "muscles", "fluids", "nerves", "vessels" ]
muscles
sciq
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A magnet can exert force on objects without touching them, as long as they are within what?
[ "magnetic field", "molecular field", "audio field", "gravitational field" ]
magnetic field
sciq
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What field of science seeks to explain how traits are passed on from one generation to the next?
[ "genetics", "zoology", "quantum physics", "biochemistry" ]
genetics
sciq
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Saturated hydrocarbons get their name because they are saturated with what atoms?
[ "helium", "hydrogen", "oxygen", "nitrogen" ]
hydrogen
sciq
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What is the name of the black opening in the eye that lets light enter?
[ "inlet", "iris", "cornea", "pupil" ]
pupil
sciq
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Enzymes in saliva help bread down and digest what?
[ "fiber and minerals", "starches and fats", "starches and water", "water and fiber" ]
starches and fats
sciq
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What comes first in the life cycle of a plant?
[ "seed", "pair", "flower", "garden" ]
seed
sciq
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Within the chloroplast, synthesis of what takes place in the fluid inside the inner membrane called the stroma?
[ "sugar", "glucose", "fructose", "wheat" ]
sugar
sciq
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When referring to genes, what term describes the property of having multiple phenotypic effects?
[ "pleiotrophy", "archetype", "xerophyte", "prototype" ]
pleiotrophy
sciq
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What are intervertebral discs made of?
[ "fibrocartilage", "connective cartilage", "fibrotissue", "intercartilage" ]
fibrocartilage
sciq
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What harmful light does ozone reduce in the upper atmospheres?
[ "visible light", "ultraviolet light", "infrared light", "specific light" ]
ultraviolet light
sciq
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What device detects and measuresee earthquake waves?
[ "stenograph", "sphygmomanometer", "seismograph", "polygraph" ]
seismograph
sciq
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While some climate regions have multiple layers, arid regions are poor for development of what?
[ "minerals", "rain", "soil", "plants" ]
soil
sciq
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Some plants open their leaves during the day to collect what?
[ "moisture", "sunlight", "precipitation", "energy" ]
sunlight
sciq
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What secretion initiates chemical digestion while also protecting the oral cavity?
[ "saliva", "stomach acid", "mucus", "lymph" ]
saliva
sciq
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What makes echinoderms force water into the feet and move forward?
[ "vacuum contractions", "field contractions", "spring contractions", "muscle contractions" ]
muscle contractions
sciq
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Red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are all produced where?
[ "in yellow marrow", "in collagen", "in synovial fluid", "in red marrow" ]
in red marrow
sciq
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Fine-grained mud in the deep ocean comes from silts and clays brought from the land by?
[ "water", "waves", "wind", "fire" ]
wind
sciq
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Pseudopods are temporary extensions of what?
[ "the mucus", "the cell wall", "cytopods", "the cytoplasm" ]
the cytoplasm
sciq
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Ice cubes in cola cause the cola to lose what?
[ "gravity", "kinetic energy", "mechanical energy", "thermal energy" ]
thermal energy
sciq
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How are protists traditionally classified?
[ "sponges, fungi and bacteria", "carnivorous or herbivorous", "animal-like, plant-like, or fungi-like", "organic and inorganic" ]
animal-like, plant-like, or fungi-like
sciq
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Coal is a solid hydrocarbon formed from what type of decaying material?
[ "mammals", "plant", "insects", "soil" ]
plant
sciq
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Many disciplines within the study of biology contribute to understanding how past and present life evolved over time; these disciplines together contribute to building, updating, and maintaining this?
[ "tree of life", "amount of life", "root of life", "forests of life" ]
tree of life
sciq
86e91ea4-eff3-4bcb-8830-bc4d07c5e23c
A flow of one coulomb per second is called one ampere, which is a measure of what?
[ "Direct current", "electric current", "powered current", "performance current" ]
electric current
sciq
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What might eventually happen to a species if it is unable to reproduce?
[ "adaptation", "migration", "extinction", "natural selection" ]
extinction
sciq
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What do muscles need to contract?
[ "tendons", "stimulus", "stress", "pressures" ]
stimulus
sciq
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What is considered to be a unique feature of echinoderms?
[ "iron vascular system", "water vascular system", "air vascular system", "oil vascular system" ]
water vascular system
sciq
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Noninfectious diseases can't be passed from one person to another. instead, these types of diseases are caused by factors such as environment, genetics and what?
[ "lifestyle", "education", "age", "weight" ]
lifestyle
sciq
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What 'counting' instrument is used to measure radioactivity?
[ "ellie counter", "Liquid Counter", "geiger counter", "pryor counter" ]
geiger counter
sciq
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Often primary producers, what term describes species considered the “base” or “bedrock” of a community, having the greatest influence on its overall structure?
[ "fundamental", "consumable", "primary", "foundation" ]
foundation
sciq
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Hurricanes that form in the tropics are called what?
[ "tropical cyclones", "tornados", "caribbean cyclones", "rain cyclones" ]
tropical cyclones
sciq
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What types of flat maps show users changes in land elevation?
[ "surveyor maps", "atlases", "topographic maps", "elliptical maps" ]
topographic maps
sciq
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Sister chromatids separate as part of anaphase in what process?
[ "osmosis", "angiogenesis", "mitosis", "vesicles" ]
mitosis
sciq
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Vertebrates evolved from primitive forms of which creature?
[ "chordates", "cephalopods", "arthropods", "humanoids" ]
chordates
sciq
be8416b4-6bc0-4944-88ce-3625e8998d79
Another name for table salt is?
[ "hydrogen chloride", "dioxide chloride", "sodium chloride", "carbon chloride" ]
sodium chloride
sciq
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In iceland, the mid-atlantic ridge is above sea what?
[ "atmosphere", "bottom", "tide", "level" ]
level
sciq
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The earth's atmosphere, climate, and living things are effected by what feature that covers more than 70 percent of earth's surface?
[ "oceans", "mountains", "rivers", "continents" ]
oceans
sciq
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What is the nest of cell an egg rests in called?
[ "follicle", "pod", "epidermis", "mitochondria" ]
follicle
sciq
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The energy of a wave depends on time as well as what other property of the wave?
[ "force", "power", "frequency", "amplitude" ]
amplitude
sciq
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Genetic equilibrium occurs when what process doesn't exist within the population?
[ "evolution", "reproduction", "variation", "movement" ]
evolution
sciq
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During meiosis, each parent synthesizes gametes that contain only half of their complement of what?
[ "receptors", "atoms", "chromosomes", "neutrons" ]
chromosomes
sciq
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What is evolution that occurs over a long period of time called?
[ "macroevolution", "spontaneous mutation", "introgression", "catabolism" ]
macroevolution
sciq
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What is the plasma membrane formed by?
[ "cholesterol byproduct", "a cytoplasm bilayer", "single lipid layer", "a phospholipid bilayer" ]
a phospholipid bilayer
sciq
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What is formed when an element gains one or more electrons?
[ "neutron", "ion", "anion", "cation" ]
anion
sciq
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What is the term for the slow wearing down of rocks on earth’s surface?
[ "weathering", "evaporation", "experiencing", "slipping" ]
weathering
sciq
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Lobsters are what kind of food source?
[ "sauropod", "arthropod", "mollusc", "combination" ]
arthropod
sciq
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Helicopters store large amounts of rotational energy of what type in their blades?
[ "seismic", "kinetic", "magnetic", "thermal" ]
kinetic
sciq
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What branch of science is the study of matter and energy?
[ "Thermodynamics", "environmental science", "physical science", "Chemistry" ]
physical science
sciq
d3493205-dba8-456b-8fc3-6aff930c70ec
Plants and algae maintain the atmosphere. during photosynthesis, they add oxygen and remove what?
[ "carbon dioxide", "methane", "water", "nitrogen" ]
carbon dioxide
sciq
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Electric substations have what devices, which use electromagnetic induction to increase or decrease the voltage of the current?
[ "tubes", "generators", "transistors", "transformers" ]
transformers
sciq
a8f0c310-6758-4f9d-a1c7-f2f874bb079c
By what process does oxygen enter the pores of flatworms?
[ "diffusion", "permeation", "filtration", "absorption" ]
diffusion
sciq
b8f40e08-fe3f-48b1-8a1f-baa6187e25fa
The iconic gray mantle of the human brain, which appears to make up most of the mass of the brain, is called?
[ "thrombus", "brain stem", "lobes", "cerebrum" ]
cerebrum
sciq
93c0db76-f8bd-4497-a27f-eeecaad9e409
What kind of rocks form as an existing rock is altered by high temperature or pressure?
[ "metamorphic", "basaltic", "igneous", "sedimentary" ]
metamorphic
sciq
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What kind of water are cattails adapted for with narrow, strap-like leaves?
[ "moving water", "saline water", "turbulent water", "stagnant water" ]
moving water
sciq
f73993df-9abc-4fed-ae55-dccbbdcd855a
What is the most abundant living thing on earth that can be found in almost any environment?
[ "bacteria", "viruses", "pests", "pathogens" ]
bacteria
sciq
1a8ba9d4-fead-457c-bac7-f05972f6b7bc
Oxidation does not necessarily require heating. which is the common and natural method of oxidation?
[ "boiling", "ageing", "fermentation", "rusting" ]
rusting
sciq
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Toward the late stages of pregnancy, a drop in progesterone and stretching forces from the fetus lead to increasing uterine irritability and prompt labor. contractions serve to dilate the cervix and expel this?
[ "blood", "tissues", "newborn", "uteris" ]
newborn
sciq
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Light bends when it passes in from what to what?
[ "product to water", "air to water", "water to air", "air to ground" ]
air to water
sciq
7ba95fd7-466f-47b8-8520-c7ac115266f3
Photosynthesis uses solar energy, carbon dioxide, and water to produce energy-storing carbohydrates.what is produced as a waste product?
[ "methane", "sulfur", "oxygen", "calcium" ]
oxygen
sciq
ab5dfee5-4b7f-41fd-a266-9dd22286b7fd
What is the basic unit of computer memory?
[ "Bit", "byte", "Megabyte", "Teraybte" ]
byte
sciq
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What is the first part of the large intestine, where wastes enter from the small intestine?
[ "esophagus", "stomach", "the cecum", "bowel" ]
the cecum
sciq
b94aa2bb-c411-453b-b554-175e3c14b739
Burning fossil fuels produces air pollution and what?
[ "carbon dioxide", "liquid dioxide", "oxygen", "acid rain" ]
carbon dioxide
sciq