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Monosaccharides, particularly glucose, are major nutrients for what?
[ "cells", "proteins", "photosynthesis", "lipids" ]
cells
sciq
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Covalent solids are formed by networks or chains of atoms or molecules held together by what?
[ "covalent bonds", "bail bonds", "ionic bonds", "gravitational bonds" ]
covalent bonds
sciq
1a18a766-50d7-44f7-984a-aee352f1f77f
In response to high blood osmolarity, which can occur during dehydration or following a very salty meal, the osmoreceptors signal the posterior pituitary to release this?
[ "antidiuretic hormone (adh)", "adrenaline", "salt", "oxygen" ]
antidiuretic hormone (adh)
sciq
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The grasp reflex in humans is an example of what kind of behavior?
[ "habit", "inclination", "trait", "innate" ]
innate
sciq
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Antibiotics can cure most infections that are caused by what?
[ "bacteria", "algae", "bacterium", "bile" ]
bacteria
sciq
365db7cd-5c4a-4f5b-8d56-e3854374f977
Hydrocarbons are made up of carbon and what else?
[ "helium", "silicon", "hydrogen", "nitrogen" ]
hydrogen
sciq
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Archaeal cell walls contain a variety of polysaccharides and proteins but lack what?
[ "S-layers", "peptidoglycan", "RNA", "DNA" ]
peptidoglycan
sciq
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What are lipids' function in relation to nerves?
[ "conservation", "transportation", "protection", "reproduction" ]
protection
sciq
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What's the name for the point reached at a ph of 7?
[ "acidic point", "constriction point", "analogous point", "equivalence point" ]
equivalence point
sciq
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Crystallization separates mixtures based on differences in what, which usually increases with temperature?
[ "humidity", "density", "viscosity", "solubility" ]
solubility
sciq
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Pure substances have a constant composition and can only be changed through what?
[ "liquid reactions", "heating", "chemical reactions", "dissolution" ]
chemical reactions
sciq
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Which water from the equator mixes with cold water from the poles?
[ "spring water", "ice water", "hot", "warm" ]
warm
sciq
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In order to determine its molecular formula, it is necessary to know what about the compound?
[ "protons mass", "molar mass", "polar mass", "lipid mass" ]
molar mass
sciq
e8cfc2d6-899d-4b33-9fcb-44f63ecf9a8b
What is the term for much bigger evolutionary changes that result in new species?
[ "macroevolution", "regression", "recalibration", "breaking away" ]
macroevolution
sciq
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What are the effects of light on plant morphology called?
[ "photomorphogenesis", "Microsporogenesis", "electrogenesis", "Megasporogenesis" ]
photomorphogenesis
sciq
9a213189-ecbd-4af8-8945-fdddbccc3ee9
In a magnet, what are the regions called that are the strongest?
[ "positives", "plates", "poles", "negatives" ]
poles
sciq
5e35e856-dd82-4643-a4ad-135aeb36ba9f
What kind of muscle cells undergo twitch-type contractions with long refractory periods followed by brief relaxation periods, allowing the heart to fill with blood for the next cycle?
[ "nervous muscle", "skeletal muscle", "cardiac muscle", "smooth muscle" ]
cardiac muscle
sciq
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What is a factor in determining weight but not mass?
[ "gravity", "function", "location", "material" ]
location
sciq
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What occurs when two nonpolar liquids are mixed?
[ "nonpolar-nonpolar interactions", "polar-nonpolar interactions", "sediment - nonpolar interactions", "refracted - nonpolar interactions" ]
nonpolar-nonpolar interactions
sciq
00e7659c-ebfe-4307-97c3-5621eaa99615
Although much of the heart's basic structure is complete by the end of the fifth week, what fetal structures remain until birth or shortly after?
[ "umbilical arteries", "renal arteries", "blood shunts", "heart shunts" ]
blood shunts
sciq
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Because sound waves must move through a medium, there are no sound waves in a what?
[ "liquid", "solid", "vacuum", "gas" ]
vacuum
sciq
5a007d7c-1749-4ab8-9946-35fdbafffd48
Bicarbonate is the second most abundant anion in the blood. its principal function is to maintain your body’s acid-base balance by being part of these?
[ "curb systems", "compound systems", "buffer systems", "stream systems" ]
buffer systems
sciq
072f2d4d-d233-449a-b0c1-9e7aab08e1ac
What process involves two cell divisions and produces four haploid cells?
[ "Klerokinesis", "Mitosis", "mutations", "meiosis" ]
meiosis
sciq
78ee0f2c-6709-42c4-903d-e3172e881d76
What happens to a chain of amino acids after it reaches a stop codon?
[ "metabolism begins", "digestion stops", "stays in ribosome", "released from the ribosome" ]
released from the ribosome
sciq
395f785e-77e8-4d4a-a231-35ee56e20d0e
How many electrons can be accommodated in the first electron shell's orbital?
[ "1", "3", "none", "2" ]
2
sciq
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Species distributions are a consequence of both ecological and evolutionary what?
[ "fluctuations", "interactions", "particles", "isolation" ]
interactions
sciq
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What is the name of the mineral that contains calcium, carbon and oxygen?
[ "quartz", "cobalt", "granite", "calcite" ]
calcite
sciq
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What medical emergency occurs when a blood clot blocks blood flow to part of the brain, causing death of brain cells?
[ "cardiac arrest", "heart murmur", "stroke", "epileptic seizure" ]
stroke
sciq
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What are the strongest magnets made?
[ "permanent magnets", "polarized magnets", "natural magnets", "electromagnets" ]
electromagnets
sciq
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What vessels supply blood to the myocardium and other components of the heart?
[ "coronary arteries", "surface arteries", "rapid arteries", "specialized arteries" ]
coronary arteries
sciq
a23e4e87-8295-4605-8572-0860290d1b96
An endocrine disease usually involves the secretion of too much or not enough of what?
[ "hormone", "protein", "neurotransmitter", "metabolism" ]
hormone
sciq
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What is it called when a gene at one location (locus) alters the phenotypic expression of a gene at another locus?
[ "exogenous", "epigenesis", "spontaneous mutation", "epistasis" ]
epistasis
sciq
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Called the powerhouses of the cell, what organelles are the site of cellular energy production?
[ "nucleus", "mitosis", "cell wall", "mitochondria" ]
mitochondria
sciq
f2d676b6-69ac-4304-9f10-5f939eff14f0
What is the name of the major sex hormone in females?
[ "estrogen", "glucose", "testosterone", "insulin" ]
estrogen
sciq
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What is the smallest unit of a living thing?
[ "cell", "electron", "organ", "proton" ]
cell
sciq
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What kind of metals have perplexing patterns of electron distribution that don’t always follow the electron filling rules?
[ "transformation", "transition", "solution", "variating" ]
transition
sciq
a3880fec-d11d-4c11-8cf9-78c8d5a06689
The fact that water in a reservoir is elevated above the ground means that it has what kind of energy?
[ "potential", "excessive", "kinetic", "nuclear" ]
potential
sciq
a5b6a110-3d30-4f1b-ba2d-ad3d03d1c502
Rich in protein and nutrients, what abundant group of organisms is being touted as an important human dietary source?
[ "fruits", "primates", "insects", "fungus" ]
insects
sciq
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In contrast to metals, electrical insulators are materials that conduct electricity poorly because their valence bands are what?
[ "empty", "half-full", "full", "large" ]
full
sciq
7a178696-ba3f-451b-b73e-cd6d6be71854
What model postulates that electrons orbit the nucleus at fixed energy levels?
[ "coreolis", "Newton's model", "atomic model", "bohr" ]
bohr
sciq
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In the case of the wheelbarrow, the output force or load is between the pivot and the what?
[ "velocity force", "input force", "density force", "Driving Force" ]
input force
sciq
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What type of electrons are attracted to the positive nucleus?
[ "passive electrons", "particular electrons", "negative electrons", "turbulent electrons" ]
negative electrons
sciq
d113bc9f-0ad9-4229-8455-6fb36287ec34
Present-day plants that have a complex vascular tissue system are called what kind of plants?
[ "pinworm plants", "vasculated plants", "vasuluar plants", "cirulatory plants" ]
vasuluar plants
sciq
c0483f62-820f-4325-8017-b8ffcbd21ed6
What tool, used to locate underwater objects, utilizes ultrasound in a way that is similar to echolocation?
[ "sonar", "radar", "GPS", "scanning" ]
sonar
sciq
b00baeaf-21fa-4ac5-a7b2-b9850debac34
What kind of competition often leads to extinction because the species that is less well adapted gets fewer of the resources that both species need?
[ "parasitism", "mutualism", "interspecific competition", "intraspecific competition" ]
interspecific competition
sciq
47dc40d9-0b3f-45b0-acbc-69f36c378441
A nephrologist studies and deals with diseases of what organ?
[ "stomach", "kidneys", "lungs", "brains" ]
kidneys
sciq
4ca4adfd-8638-4d87-b059-f64ae7f95e05
Where is the potential energy of a river the highest at?
[ "the ocean", "the source", "the middle", "the bank" ]
the source
sciq
d13bf955-e606-4f09-b902-c0e6917b69aa
What are the most numerous and diverse biochemical compounds?
[ "lipids", "proteins", "Carbohydrates", "acids" ]
proteins
sciq
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Where are most plants firmly rooted?
[ "mineral", "grass", "rock", "soil" ]
soil
sciq
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What type of rain dissolves limestone and marble?
[ "acid", "sulfur", "carbon", "natural" ]
acid
sciq
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What are materials that have a low resistance to electrical current called?
[ "fast conductors", "resistors", "electrons", "electrical conductors" ]
electrical conductors
sciq
6325a126-3ec1-4ca7-a17d-a9c9533dd911
What mammalian feature serves functions such as filtration and keeping the body warm?
[ "shivering", "sweat", "sensory organs", "hair" ]
hair
sciq
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Higher pressures increase the solubility of what?
[ "gases", "bases", "molecules", "fuels" ]
gases
sciq
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What is an important level of organization in ecology and the unit of microevolution?
[ "population", "organization", "macro", "system" ]
population
sciq
70bf05cc-5d47-4636-8b8d-11d79fd6b179
When hot water gently rises to the surface, it creates a what?
[ "fissure", "volcano", "hot spring", "steam cloud" ]
hot spring
sciq
e717a881-4d3d-43ab-a926-b1a76eaa674e
What is the final stage of aerobic respiration, when energy from the krebs cycle is transferred to atp?
[ "glycolysis", "electron transport", "cytoplasm transport", "acetyl-CoA" ]
electron transport
sciq
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What state of matter has a definite volume, but not a definite shape?
[ "liquid", "solid", "mixture", "gas" ]
liquid
sciq
486cb96b-f7e4-4461-8edc-f485dc9429f8
Blood leaves the left ventricle via the what?
[ "aorta", "capillary", "atrium", "dorsal chamber" ]
aorta
sciq
abda977e-da20-4d06-9241-a138f3f98ac3
What type of animal can be found on every continent except antarctica?
[ "mammals", "insects", "reptiles", "amphibians" ]
reptiles
sciq
e8c3d454-4b0f-4cee-913e-bb5dded7b38a
Though viruses are not considered living, they share two important traits with living organisms: they have genetic material and they can undergo what process?
[ "evolution", "generation", "learning", "sexual reproduction" ]
evolution
sciq
d04e136f-fdf2-4f6c-86dc-5eace966f3ba
What is our sun's next stage called?
[ "super nova", "red giant", "blue giant", "white giant" ]
red giant
sciq
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What type of molecule is carbon dioxide (co2)?
[ "non-linear", "filter", "planar", "linear" ]
linear
sciq
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Trimethylamine is one of the substances responsible for the what of spoiled fish?
[ "smell", "feel", "decay", "appearance" ]
smell
sciq
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Making ultrasonic clicks is a clever way that some moths respond to attacks by what flying mammals?
[ "locusts", "bats", "bees", "birds" ]
bats
sciq
4bc3622b-5b46-4ebd-8b70-32eeae919b35
What do plants respond to in their environment?
[ "changes in sunlight or pressure", "changes in sunlight or water", "changes in temperature or water", "changes in metal or water" ]
changes in sunlight or water
sciq
13f8aaed-6c06-492f-8f1f-30c03e594107
Bone marrow is found inside many bones and produces what?
[ "sugar", "apoptosis", "tumors", "lymphocytes" ]
lymphocytes
sciq
14edb33d-2781-48d6-b95d-43ee55609be4
One species benefits while the host species is harmed in what type of relationship?
[ "fungal", "parasitism", "mutualism", "amensalism" ]
parasitism
sciq
9f4e2458-afb7-4bda-a592-3eaf174a148f
What is a compound in which all of the atoms are connected to one another by covalent bonds?
[ "covalent network solid", "covalent mixture", "compound metal", "covalent bond element" ]
covalent network solid
sciq
a9ac1236-6efe-4d76-a23e-efb9935732d6
What kind of lakes form when volcanic eruptions create massive holes that fill with water?
[ "volcanic cavities", "eruption bowls", "crater lakes", "lava lakes" ]
crater lakes
sciq
2f381528-76e2-4a7a-8674-ccbce2cad15d
The ovaries produce estradiol and progesterone, which cause secondary sex characteristics and prepare the body for?
[ "movement", "childbirth", "adulthood", "breathing" ]
childbirth
sciq
d623894a-8c04-4e27-95d4-00748028826d
Ions move through what to maintain electrical neutrality in the cell?
[ "the protein", "the membrane", "the plasma", "the substrate" ]
the membrane
sciq
2aa8450b-9f6f-4182-9b9f-49ce5eb7f3b9
What are the messenger molecules of the endocrine system?
[ "acids", "neurons", "hormones", "enzymes" ]
hormones
sciq
75b21721-65f6-4f6c-81a5-215bd7c597e7
What do you call any substance that opposes coagulation?
[ "dissolvent", "toxin", "antibodies", "anticoagulant" ]
anticoagulant
sciq
400d3da2-1732-4660-bff9-1fb532d8a5f5
What controls every aspect of plant growth and development to some degree?
[ "acids", "pesticides", "chlorophyll", "hormones" ]
hormones
sciq
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Making a specific prediction based on a general principle is known as what type of reasoning?
[ "validating reasoning", "deductive reasoning", "common sense reasoning", "logical reasoning" ]
deductive reasoning
sciq
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Ripe fruits are usually red, orange, yellow, or what?
[ "blue", "purple", "black", "white" ]
purple
sciq
e56229be-5837-4bcb-bfc3-292d2f8ec95b
What are the lines of force in the electric field around a charged particle called?
[ "ionic zone", "terrain lines", "field lines", "voltage lines" ]
field lines
sciq
284ed738-5d90-42df-ba12-02fe29817a66
An electric transformer connects two circuits with an iron core that becomes what?
[ "electromagnet", "radioactive", "actuator", "inductive" ]
electromagnet
sciq
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What structure connects the pharynx to the trachea?
[ "larynx", "sternum", "thyroid", "aorta" ]
larynx
sciq
c96a77d8-1233-498b-9358-17fc1dc6624f
The resultant solution will contain the same amount of solute but a greater amount of what?
[ "pigment", "liquid", "calcium", "solvent" ]
solvent
sciq
0d6d2905-1f29-4785-b667-c5da01e44bb3
The thin scale-like or flat shape of what cells fits their primary function, to provide a smooth and protective surface?
[ "simple epithelium", "basic epithelium", "technique epithelium", "kind epithelium" ]
simple epithelium
sciq
ba306d1a-8a99-4e9a-bccb-f142e048b8d2
During what phase of breathing does the pressure inside the lungs drops to below atmospheric pressure?
[ "exhalation", "ingestion", "conduction", "inhalation" ]
inhalation
sciq
ab492239-14aa-4619-ace8-f7689c95376a
What type of climates is malaria commonly found in?
[ "tropic and arctic", "arid and arctic", "tropical and subtropical", "tropical and permafrost" ]
tropical and subtropical
sciq
df14cce9-cefe-4293-a336-6d6ebb8e7e6d
Plants that live in the desert are called?
[ "xerozoans", "heatophiles", "sporozoans", "xerophytes" ]
xerophytes
sciq
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Dolphins are what type of animal?
[ "mammal", "reptile", "whale", "fish" ]
mammal
sciq
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What is the energy of moving matter?
[ "kinetic energy", "potential energy", "residual energy", "binary energy" ]
kinetic energy
sciq
cfa6b7e0-5cbe-42f5-8703-3c29b10be355
The two parts of photosynthesis photosynthesis takes place in two stages: the light-dependent reactions and which cycle?
[ "dark cycle", "klein cycle", "colors cycle", "calvin cycle" ]
calvin cycle
sciq
439b7972-080a-402b-a6d3-3affefc427bb
In an atom, what two major types of particles are located in the nucleus?
[ "electrons and neutrons", "molecules and neutrons", "protons and neutrons", "ions and electrons" ]
protons and neutrons
sciq
6bdf6875-6a1b-4740-bea1-212c4f0e8361
What is the first part of the large intestine, where wastes enter from the small intestine?
[ "cecum", "tectum", "sacrum", "spleen" ]
cecum
sciq
952df590-8291-4af5-aa44-41e5cf3f6c16
Each pollen grain has two coverings: the exine (thicker, outer layer) and the what?
[ "tube nucleus", "pollen tube", "intine", "cytoplasm" ]
intine
sciq
9b5fa09b-ff5a-408b-894f-31b1d48d4f6c
In stars like our sun, hydrogen atoms join together to create what?
[ "water molecule", "helium atom", "oxygen atom", "iron atom" ]
helium atom
sciq
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How do bacteria reproduce?
[ "residual fission", "natural fission", "multiple fission", "binary fission" ]
binary fission
sciq
138c4b0f-2b2a-4a13-ad7c-00bd98fe9acb
What sort of gas is found in balloons and blimps, and is used to make them float in the sky?
[ "helium", "hydrogen", "oxygen", "radon" ]
helium
sciq
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What color is pyrite?
[ "blue", "gold", "silver", "black" ]
gold
sciq
4b340f8c-a96a-4752-a42c-2aa5adc0bf0e
Planting a row of trees around a field or erecting a fence on a sand dune helps prevent what form of erosion?
[ "water", "rain", "wind", "fire" ]
wind
sciq
c4ce701e-8fcc-4027-aab5-1c41dea81c1c
What structure connects the fetus to the placenta, allowing the exchange of gases?
[ "sediment cord", "belly button", "umbilical cord", "skin cord" ]
umbilical cord
sciq
b1bda584-2d5e-4bfb-8149-48fc9838ff9c
Glass, rubber, and plastics are examples of which type of solids?
[ "amorphous", "dubious", "porous", "aqueous" ]
amorphous
sciq
74e5a102-0026-4725-812c-9fc79b3237b2
What is the process bacteria use to break down chemicals into food?
[ "gametogenesis", "cellular respiration", "biosynthesis", "chemosynthesis" ]
chemosynthesis
sciq
96b03afd-619d-467b-a37c-40d03ca83d98
A fully developed placenta is made up of a large mass of what?
[ "blood vessels", "brain tissues", "plant cells", "estrogen hormones" ]
blood vessels
sciq
73807a39-6929-4564-9e79-e872cc3838b0
What is an element that tend to be malleable?
[ "metal", "lanthanide", "mixture", "actinide" ]
metal
sciq