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aebf233e-9e34-4e6a-84ab-e5d9299f59a2
What type of protein speeds up chemical reactions in cells?
[ "lipids", "enzyme", "collagen", "hemoglobin" ]
enzyme
sciq
ab6d6381-c464-48cf-b584-c42f9533544b
In what part of the lungs is pulmonary gas exchanged?
[ "bronchioles", "alveoli", "trachea", "bronchi" ]
alveoli
sciq
173301e6-359a-4875-8d99-18ad0d046fc3
What phenomenon occurs when strong winds blow surface water away from shore, allowing deeper water to flow to the surface and take its place?
[ "upwelling", "hurricane", "percolating", "tsunami" ]
upwelling
sciq
76b9802a-4ca6-41c8-b5cf-faac5c635a39
When does the nucleus divide?
[ "photosynthesis", "mitosis", "epistasis", "meiosis" ]
mitosis
sciq
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Olfactory, optic, and vestibulocochlear nerves are related to what type of function?
[ "pulmonary", "digestion", "respiratory", "sensory" ]
sensory
sciq
b10e4735-d3fe-42d0-b71a-6fa52ea0833e
What happens when alkanes are mixed with oxygen at room temperature?
[ "single replacement", "combustion", "redox", "no reaction" ]
no reaction
sciq
2b1a6d07-aa88-4f86-8bc4-bb82759f55b9
At the bottom of lakes and ponds, bacteria in what zone break down dead organisms that sink there?
[ "photic", "trophic", "aphotic zone", "photoreactive zone" ]
aphotic zone
sciq
28c2644d-ed01-4c0e-aa14-9bae74ce3e82
What is the name for a heterotroph that eats only or mainly animal foods?
[ "macrophage", "herbivore", "carnivore", "omnivore" ]
carnivore
sciq
928b8f96-0986-4fa2-9b7c-f22bc0453674
What is the name of an extreme form of radiation fog?
[ "cedar fog", "aura fog", "smelt fog", "tule fog" ]
tule fog
sciq
0bd8ca60-9d63-4a8c-b706-4902c744cf44
In what form is most of the earth's freshwater?
[ "frozen", "steam", "gas", "liqued" ]
frozen
sciq
d73546ca-a963-4339-bf62-97dff8f785f1
What cells do lymphocytes originate from in the bone marrow?
[ "brain cells", "calcium cells", "stem cells", "kahp cells" ]
stem cells
sciq
4162cee9-422e-4080-ade6-189bfb2f1465
What is the common name for a simple harmonic oscillator, which basically consists of a small object suspended on a wire or string?
[ "pendulum", "yo-yo", "pendant", "metronome" ]
pendulum
sciq
02859ea9-bc6b-4837-84fb-01d4643de3ed
What kind of process occurs without the need for a continual input of energy from some external source?
[ "Different Process", "spontaneous process", "Decay Process", "induced process" ]
spontaneous process
sciq
d49ca2a3-96ef-446d-a407-cbab566fd663
What are fungus-like protists?
[ "bacteria", "feces", "molds", "viruses" ]
molds
sciq
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Electrons exist only where the wave is what?
[ "stable", "solid", "seen", "spinning" ]
stable
sciq
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What are the simplest hydrocarbons?
[ "unsaturated hydrocarbons", "saturated hydrocarbons", "complex carbohydrates", "fossil fuels" ]
saturated hydrocarbons
sciq
ecaffdcb-a6a4-4e5a-8389-3e788b42f11d
The shield type of what phenomenon commonly forms above hotspots in the oceans?
[ "tornado", "hurricane", "tsunami", "volcano" ]
volcano
sciq
648a23e9-f483-4d5a-b860-9b37d8086cd7
Bromide is present in brines, which are naturally occurring solutions of what?
[ "magnesium", "calcium", "salt", "iron" ]
salt
sciq
401c92c2-6623-46f1-a7c7-511b54708d72
What shape are the eight sides of an octahedra?
[ "rectangles", "square", "triangles", "hexagon" ]
triangles
sciq
b54322c7-f7a8-4181-a507-c7fc43526dbe
Unlike an adult sponge, what stage is motile due to cilia that propel it through water?
[ "pupa", "parasite", "zygote", "larva" ]
larva
sciq
b23ef272-2bd9-4829-b857-370a69725dcb
What weather phenomenon, which may bring clouds and precipitation, is created by stalled air masses?
[ "Horizontal Front", "susceptible front", "cool front", "stationary front" ]
stationary front
sciq
7a0256f4-e481-4193-a377-c3b8ea030bc0
What keeps glaciers from forming in water?
[ "warmth", "skin", "salt", "movement" ]
warmth
sciq
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The human skeleton is an endoskeleton that consists of 206 bones in the adult. it has five main functions: providing support to the body, storing minerals and lipids, producing blood cells, protecting internal organs, and this?
[ "enough movement", "Forward movement", "allowing movement", "more movement" ]
allowing movement
sciq
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What's the name for the process where pollen is transferred to the ovules of a seed plant?
[ "combination", "condensation", "hibernation", "pollination" ]
pollination
sciq
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At what time of the year can tornadoes occur?
[ "winter", "spring", "any", "summer" ]
any
sciq
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How is sediment transported?
[ "storms", "landslides", "winds", "currents" ]
currents
sciq
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Where are all hormones secreted into before entering the circulatory system?
[ "blood stream", "interstitial fluid", "Cerebrospinal fluid", "Amniotic fluid" ]
interstitial fluid
sciq
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Vertebrates have tissues which are organized into organs which in turn are organized into what?
[ "information systems", "organ systems", "maturation systems", "artificial systems" ]
organ systems
sciq
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What can renewable resources can be replaced by?
[ "human processes", "fossil fuels", "natural processes", "change processes" ]
natural processes
sciq
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When warm air rises up to the tropopause, where does it flow?
[ "east or north", "east or west", "north or south", "west or south" ]
north or south
sciq
caa8e7a2-fd68-4576-ae66-e396a8a47a39
What kind of messages do neurons send?
[ "Neurotic messages", "minor messages", "digestive messages", "electrical messages" ]
electrical messages
sciq
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What forces in liquids are strong enough to keep them from expanding significantly when heated?
[ "outermolecular forces", "particles forces", "gravitational forces", "intermolecular forces" ]
intermolecular forces
sciq
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Which chromosome is associated with cri du chat syndrome?
[ "chromosome 5", "genome 5", "collagen 5", "spore 5" ]
chromosome 5
sciq
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The strong affinity of concentrated sulfuric acid for water makes it a good agent of what?
[ "diluting", "concentrating", "hydrating", "dehydrating" ]
dehydrating
sciq
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Where in the female body does egg production take place?
[ "ovaries", "uterus", "endometrium", "testes" ]
ovaries
sciq
cba5bdca-9382-40f8-a7dd-9538df906c72
What is the amorphous form of carbon prepared by the incomplete combustion of natural gas?
[ "dioxide black", "carbon black", "dark black", "liquid black" ]
carbon black
sciq
16584cbf-d5b2-4d01-9688-eef665215337
What do gametes undergo to produce many additional copies of themselves?
[ "angiogenesis", "mitosis", "prophase", "cytokinesis" ]
mitosis
sciq
a5e9a881-1915-409f-bb87-000c0ae88a7b
The greenhouse effect on earth is caused by an increase in what in the atmosphere?
[ "satellites", "vapor", "carbon", "phosphorous" ]
carbon
sciq
785bf333-e8d2-4bbd-9d8d-292f0f5aa95e
What is the term for the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1 degree celsius?
[ "transferable heat", "thermal heat capacity", "specific heat capacity", "heat requirement" ]
specific heat capacity
sciq
9bcfc825-118d-48b5-a8e1-b6b4be941019
In animals, how many sets of chromosomes do gametes have?
[ "one", "zero", "23", "2" ]
one
sciq
5b7e3809-6990-486d-b8c5-a07ba24235c0
What scale measures acidity?
[ "salinity scale", "frequency scale", "richter scale", "ph scale" ]
ph scale
sciq
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What is sulfur trioxide dissolved in to form sulfuric acid?
[ "water", "mercury", "lead", "silver" ]
water
sciq
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Mendelian inheritance has its physical basis in the behavior of what?
[ "ribosomes", "animals", "chromosomes", "prokaryotes" ]
chromosomes
sciq
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The parasympathetic system can also be referred to as the what?
[ "badolato system", "digestive system", "lentivirus system", "craniosacral system" ]
craniosacral system
sciq
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Negative feedback controls insulin secretion by what organ?
[ "liver", "pancreas", "thyroid", "uterus" ]
pancreas
sciq
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In the past, what colliding with planet earth has caused many organisms to die off?
[ "meteorites", "the Sun", "asteroids", "acid rain" ]
asteroids
sciq
52cac081-3b78-44df-88d1-8b031bf0e14d
The number, size, shape, and banding pattern of chromosomes make them easily identifiable in a what?
[ "nanocyte", "xerophyte", "spirogyra", "karyogram" ]
karyogram
sciq
d43f0749-50cf-47a9-b02c-649fcb6aa919
What are the egg shaped organs on either side of the uterus?
[ "ovaries", "kidneys", "lungs", "testes" ]
ovaries
sciq
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A voltaic cell uses what type of reaction to generate an electric current
[ "chemical reaction", "spontaneous redox", "spontaneous catalyst", "instantaneous redox" ]
spontaneous redox
sciq
d5dd28e1-11e1-4109-b68d-b8322a15437c
Binary compounds of carbon with less electronegative elements are called what?
[ "alkaloids", "carborane", "oxides", "carbides" ]
carbides
sciq
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What makes viral stis more dangerous than other types?
[ "they are more severe", "they are incurable", "they are more contagious", "they are larger" ]
they are incurable
sciq
013a7cbb-f5d4-4efe-9a8a-a8b790fc7286
What flows like taffy or hot wax?
[ "water", "molten rock", "gas", "sand dunes" ]
molten rock
sciq
a382e03e-4bfa-42cb-bec5-7fb3e1c74e77
What unit of measurement determines how far something travels in a given amount of time?
[ "distance", "speed", "volume", "density" ]
speed
sciq
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What happens do the sound during a resonance?
[ "it becomes quieter", "amplified, it becomes louder", "it dissipates", "it echoes" ]
amplified, it becomes louder
sciq
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With a diet of live animals such as birds, small mammals and fish, all crocodilians are considered what?
[ "predators", "carnivores", "symbiotes", "omnivores" ]
carnivores
sciq
70327536-70cf-4725-8ffe-6d74e910678b
Which types of compounds are more likely to burn easily?
[ "salty", "hydroxyl", "chlorophyll", "covalent" ]
covalent
sciq
f74caaa6-5cf8-4dea-9f2c-2264a66b0962
Which of newton's law shows that there is a direct relationship between force and acceleration?
[ "first", "none of the above", "third", "second" ]
second
sciq
afbabd2f-c66e-4234-beec-2e2e4e483e9e
Which proteins recognize and combine with harmful materials, including both toxic chemicals and invasive microorganisms?
[ "antibodies", "collagen", "enzymes", "essential amino acids" ]
antibodies
sciq
23c1fef0-194c-4044-8f76-b73cbadf957e
What type of behavioral rhythms are linked to the yearly cycle of seasons?
[ "annual", "monthly", "biannual", "circannual" ]
circannual
sciq
018cef04-ba7e-4fab-8d60-db880c0eef5e
What type of scientist uses earth-orbiting telescopes?
[ "anthropologist", "astrologer", "biologist", "astronomer" ]
astronomer
sciq
fcf7f116-dadb-4b88-bff7-b52a9cf65ad0
Sponges possess an internal skeleton called what?
[ "endoskeleton", "hydrostatic skeleton", "exoskelton", "fluid skeleton" ]
endoskeleton
sciq
59fe6d83-7286-4323-af17-97dacd906c58
A fundamental particle of matter, protons and neutrons are made of these?
[ "neutrinos", "atoms", "particles", "quarks" ]
quarks
sciq
8dfb3bd4-6808-4023-aa8c-f1c7da16a8fd
What is the name of the smaller molecules that make up proteins?
[ "amino acids", "DNA acids", "fundamental acids", "rna acids" ]
amino acids
sciq
a0011cda-aa4f-4611-a351-db370e79e993
What is the term for a state of matter that yields to sideways or shearing forces?
[ "gravity", "fluid", "solid", "plasma" ]
fluid
sciq
adde8946-cb51-47ca-919b-348a9dbaf0a7
Many structures in fish are adaptations for what type of lifestyle?
[ "carnivorous", "aquatic", "symbiotic", "asexual" ]
aquatic
sciq
cc9339d7-35d8-4134-a0e1-5aa404c62f7e
What takes place at some coastlines or along the equator and brings cool, nutrient-rich water to the surface?
[ "upwelling", "high tide", "red tide", "flooding" ]
upwelling
sciq
c6224cea-180e-4a71-9d5d-d9a7f444e7d0
The major classes of living members of this phylum include gastropods, bivalves, and cephalopods?
[ "invertebrates", "mollusks", "insects", "crustaceans" ]
mollusks
sciq
f1b1daa7-acb3-4c49-8095-7dbcf32a7e4b
What is the thin coat of phospholipids that surrounds the cell and controls what enters and leaves?
[ "cell membrane", "plasma", "blood", "myelin" ]
cell membrane
sciq
d2f7a8fe-860f-4b8b-8de9-0958cd45ebe4
Because conditions are not ideal, most populations grow ____________.
[ "mathematically", "historically", "logistically", "SOCIALLY" ]
logistically
sciq
f9d3222d-85d9-4642-a658-e80f843226a9
Besides the inner membrane, where are many respiratory enzymes found?
[ "cytoplasm", "alveoli", "golgi apparatus", "the matrix" ]
the matrix
sciq
5125dac0-8bef-49a6-a1ca-8a89315ce950
The most common elements have the most tightly bound __________.
[ "membrane", "atoms", "quarks", "nuclei" ]
nuclei
sciq
ec33a4d1-6184-4579-9de1-389bfb80941d
What are particles that feel the strong nuclear force called?
[ "baryons", "hadrons", "mesons", "bosons" ]
hadrons
sciq
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Aquatic producers need nutrients and what dissolved gas, which is more abundant near the surface of water?
[ "methane", "helium", "oxygen", "nitrogen" ]
oxygen
sciq
df47e62a-0234-4320-97e8-15e30d967702
All elements are most stable when their outermost shell is filled with electrons according to which rule?
[ "quartet rule", "octet rule", "string rule", "coupling rule" ]
octet rule
sciq
ba02c97b-2383-49aa-b5ee-1f3c54b4c8d0
What do you need to do to water to make it steam?
[ "freeze it", "cool it", "stir it", "heat it" ]
heat it
sciq
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When scientists work in natural settings rather than a lab, it is called what?
[ "extracurricular activity", "outside work", "fieldwork", "exploratory" ]
fieldwork
sciq
e00423f8-f800-4988-9d5a-48b99d1af079
What is released into the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned?
[ "carbon dioxide", "ferris oxide", "hydrogen monoxide", "hydrogen dioxide" ]
carbon dioxide
sciq
f9467a6f-cd12-4eee-ab05-b83e6a6d083f
The leaf chameleon (brookesia micra) was discovered in northern madagascar in 2012. at just over one inch long, it is what?
[ "largest chameleon", "smallest known chameleon", "first known chameleon", "hottest known chameleon" ]
smallest known chameleon
sciq
3dbdbe59-c98a-40af-b88e-ba53d2ba53b3
Water and many metals are materials that have low resistance to electric currents and are therefore known as what?
[ "good insulators", "electric conductors", "radioactive", "electromagnets" ]
electric conductors
sciq
980d8a58-2170-41a6-9df5-0f27ec1f4286
What is the name of the science that is concerned with naming and grouping organisms?
[ "taxonomy", "geology", "methodology", "biology" ]
taxonomy
sciq
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What substance can be identified by their atomic number and mass number?
[ "structures", "solutions", "elements", "compounds" ]
elements
sciq
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What do you call the first cell of a new organism?
[ "zygote", "starter cell", "egg", "embryo" ]
zygote
sciq
3855c234-87ca-4d2e-b2cb-96a33d8de4a9
What planet in our solar system has a moon with volcanic activity?
[ "Saturn", "Mars", "jupiter", "Venus" ]
jupiter
sciq
c6b61ef2-6acc-430d-be4b-e80f15688c48
Kangaroos, koalas, and opossums are examples of what type of mammals?
[ "carnivorous", "cephalopods", "monotremes", "marsupials" ]
marsupials
sciq
b5995b5c-4d3c-46a0-9429-7fc956584a4f
Fe for iron and pb for lead are examples of elements known since ancient times, which have symbols based on their name in what language?
[ "latin", "italian", "spanish", "arabic" ]
latin
sciq
d7dd9415-0c69-4c60-8095-dd8d0cc394ea
Referring to low what, hypovolemia may be caused by bleeding, dehydration, vomiting, severe burns, or some medications used to treat hypertension?
[ "heart volume", "brain volume", "Secretion Volume", "blood volume" ]
blood volume
sciq
af1ea94a-7f4a-4c0e-a7df-caad457f9296
What particles allow fungi to reproduce through unfavorable conditions?
[ "bosons", "atoms", "quarks", "spores" ]
spores
sciq
25d314d2-48a7-4f74-97b5-942406153a0e
What is the term for an underground layer of rock that is saturated with groundwater?
[ "aquifer", "river", "bason", "delta" ]
aquifer
sciq
8f1bbc3d-23fc-466f-a14a-e92865e308c0
Where do most ecosystems get energy from?
[ "oceans", "sunlight", "precipitation", "forests" ]
sunlight
sciq
750d856c-9674-4ec9-ba3e-4b6d26ebb6f3
Maintaining a high metabolic rate takes a lot of what?
[ "calories", "energy", "food", "fuel" ]
energy
sciq
de7a89bb-6388-4618-a9f3-aa9da1540b7d
Electrons can move from one atom to another; when they do, specimens called what, with overall electric charges, are formed?
[ "ions", "atoms", "cations", "molecules" ]
ions
sciq
bb316af6-bdd9-4ee1-8559-69719d879e56
Energy is absorbed as reactants are converted to products in what kind of chemical reaction?
[ "hydrostatic", "anaphoric", "endothermic", "synthesis" ]
endothermic
sciq
0aedc2fe-73cd-4d43-bcbc-393b2edd36f4
What is the permanent prevention of gamete production or release called?
[ "fertilization", "restoration", "sterilization", "insemination" ]
sterilization
sciq
7897072b-e73e-447a-bd6f-38f35be6b8c3
Because pathogenic bacteria typically cause disease by releasing exotoxins or endotoxins, they have potential use as what type of weapon?
[ "bioterrorism", "pandemic", "nuclear missile", "radioactive" ]
bioterrorism
sciq
db071420-022c-4ba0-9d08-e4937123750f
What cycle vital to plants includes a process called denitrification?
[ "sedimentation cycle", "carbon cycle", "photosynthesis", "nitrogen cycle" ]
nitrogen cycle
sciq
38b88f44-35ba-4998-8c83-3a988303c360
Cerebral palsy is a disease caused by injury to what organ as it is developing?
[ "skin", "liver", "brain", "heart" ]
brain
sciq
ee92f623-29aa-4b67-9551-572f7d4cac48
What substance is removed from waste as it passes through the large intestine?
[ "water", "nutrients", "air", "blood" ]
water
sciq
221b0c87-455c-46de-82c9-d86ddabc1134
The distance between two consecutive z discs or z lines is called what?
[ "ligule", "contractile", "sarcomere", "radius" ]
sarcomere
sciq
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What is the largest taxonomic rank?
[ "top", "domain", "sublet", "core" ]
domain
sciq
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Which system is divided into the somatic and autonomic nervous systems?
[ "local nervous system", "central nervous system", "auxiliary nervous system", "peripheral nervous system" ]
peripheral nervous system
sciq