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b2b6a9b8-08ad-4b94-8a89-3c8b03001d85
The oceans affect earth’s atmosphere and influence its what?
[ "volcanoes", "climate", "earthquakes", "mountains" ]
climate
sciq
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What are surrounded by a cell wall consisting of peptidoglycan?
[ "bacteria", "protozoa", "amoeba", "viruses" ]
bacteria
sciq
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Snake venom may join the class of drugs collectively known as thrombolytic agents, which can help speed up the degradation of an abnormal what?
[ "clot", "bone", "brain", "bleed" ]
clot
sciq
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Thousands of receptor cells that detect the sex attractant equip each filament of what structure?
[ "flagella", "molecule", "optic nerve", "antenna" ]
antenna
sciq
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All solutions contain at least how many substances?
[ "two", "one", "four", "three" ]
two
sciq
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Life probably began where?
[ "oceans", "the Sun", "rocks", "caves" ]
oceans
sciq
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An enzyme is an organic catalyst produced by what?
[ "living cell", "the liver", "DNA", "amino acid" ]
living cell
sciq
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Gasoline is derived from which other liquid?
[ "water", "oil", "liquid propane", "carbon" ]
oil
sciq
babef23f-1d9d-408d-85ef-ef39cfdfe0a9
What is the disease in which cells grow out of control and form abnormal masses?
[ "HIV", "cancer", "bronchitis", "diabetes" ]
cancer
sciq
b1d6f6e8-e3d6-49c9-84cc-e80ecc176daf
What travels at a rate of 300,000 kilometers per second, or nearly instantaneously?
[ "gravity", "sound", "air", "light" ]
light
sciq
f07511be-91a4-4060-bad9-e3b5f6bd151f
When atomic orbitals hybridize, the valence electrons occupy these?
[ "newly created elements", "newly developed orbits", "newly created orbitals", "expanded pathways" ]
newly created orbitals
sciq
a9d52fac-6b2a-445a-98ce-82691ebeca10
Roundworms feed on various things, one of them being decaying organic matter. doing this, they play an important role in what famous cycle?
[ "soul cycle", "carbon cycle", "life cycle", "water cycle" ]
carbon cycle
sciq
4af55cf4-a275-40c4-8cc9-7babf78d1a15
In preparation for phagocytosis, a portion of the inward-facing surface of the plasma membrane becomes coated with a protein called clathrin, which stabilizes this section of what?
[ "membrane", "nuclei", "mitochondria", "particles" ]
membrane
sciq
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What is the main form of energy storage in plants?
[ "dioxide", "starch", "liquid", "nitrogen" ]
starch
sciq
b3507257-0ea0-416a-8bca-bc91e08b5e4c
Something supplied by nature that helps support life, including ecosystems as well as minerals and fossil fuels, is called a what?
[ "visible resource", "fluid resource", "natural resource", "artificial resource" ]
natural resource
sciq
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Initial substances are called reactants, and the final substances are called what?
[ "imports", "exports", "products", "reactors" ]
products
sciq
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What were the electrons initially called?
[ "polymer rays", "plasma rays", "cathode rays", "gamma rays" ]
cathode rays
sciq
c572527a-f19e-443d-8525-e525c268d0a6
What is the type of energy that involves movement?
[ "molecular energy", "light energy", "mechanical energy", "thermal energy" ]
mechanical energy
sciq
05e48860-2753-4308-8d68-cbe07667e910
What do sharks use to secrete salt to assist in osmoregulation?
[ "bladder gland", "blood gland", "rectal gland", "ceramic gland" ]
rectal gland
sciq
90ef8001-f51e-4610-9ccc-bd358033cd03
Why do viruses not belong to any domain of life?
[ "they are immortal", "they are nonliving", "they are too mature", "they are mortal" ]
they are nonliving
sciq
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What is a change in the sequence of bases in dna or rna called?
[ "evolution", "infection", "radiation", "mutation" ]
mutation
sciq
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Metallic solids are composed entirely of which atoms?
[ "organic", "metallic", "metals", "toxic" ]
metallic
sciq
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What compound gives tarnished copper it's green color?
[ "zinc", "bronze", "brass", "copper carbonate" ]
copper carbonate
sciq
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As the population grows, competition for food does what?
[ "stays the same", "stagnates", "grows", "decreases" ]
grows
sciq
3f5aa8b5-650e-49bc-949b-1ca57911164e
What is the property by which water molecules stick together?
[ "cohesion", "tension", "plasticity", "vitality" ]
cohesion
sciq
f53a6242-bbfa-4521-8f42-4c6c396864a1
What is the main sex hormone in males called?
[ "estrogen", "testosterone", "caffeine", "methane" ]
testosterone
sciq
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What is the name of the tube that joins the mouth to the digestive and respiratory tracts?
[ "pharynx", "larynx", "esophagus", "fallopian tube" ]
pharynx
sciq
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Unlike bryophyte and fern spores (which are haploid cells dependent on moisture for rapid development of gametophytes), seeds contain a diploid embryo that will germinate into what?
[ "ovary", "sperm", "sporophyte", "gametophyte" ]
sporophyte
sciq
9dede3d7-7c00-4955-9a58-c6cb0df9a4ea
Limestone is insoluble in water, so what can dissolve it?
[ "acid", "oxygen", "calcium", "dioxide" ]
acid
sciq
37f3bdae-e5fc-40b3-9ac3-5ef3ca96d9ea
Monatomic ions have an oxidation number equal to their what?
[ "length", "charge", "size", "cost" ]
charge
sciq
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Some flatworms are free-living carnivores that live mainly in which type of habitats?
[ "aquatic", "freshwater", "Desert", "Deciduous forest" ]
aquatic
sciq
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Characterized by a short lifespan, what begin with production in the bone marrow under the influence of csfs and interleukins?
[ "pathogens", "erythrocytes", "leukocytes", "solutes" ]
leukocytes
sciq
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What force is perpendicular to velocity and causes uniform circular motion?
[ "centripetal force", "circular friction", "tangential force", "centripetal torque" ]
centripetal force
sciq
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What are physical properties that do not depend on the substance present called?
[ "extensive properties", "multilateral properties", "intensive properties", "internal properties" ]
intensive properties
sciq
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What does the secretion of the hormone cholecystokinin stimulate the release of?
[ "insulin and pepsin", "pancreatic juices, bile", "urea", "sweat, saliva" ]
pancreatic juices, bile
sciq
3226b5c2-9aa9-4091-abd0-e6b3ff2bdecf
What term is used to describe the electrostatic process used by most copy machines?
[ "xerography", "microphotography", "titanomachy", "electrography" ]
xerography
sciq
737dbead-3119-4871-8576-1a6867a74547
Symptoms of viral diseases result from what kind of response to a virus?
[ "infection", "immune", "pathogenic", "mutation" ]
immune
sciq
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The most common carbon atoms have six protons and six neutrons in their what?
[ "membrane", "ribosomes", "neuron", "nuclei" ]
nuclei
sciq
43075898-fa27-466f-8b65-b66ac07b2b65
What type of organisms have internal clocks that regulate cyclic processes?
[ "endogenous", "protozoa", "eukaryotic", "fungi" ]
eukaryotic
sciq
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How often does condensation occur in your cells?
[ "constantly", "never", "daily", "weekly" ]
constantly
sciq
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Overharvesting is a serious threat particularly to which species?
[ "aquatic species", "terrestrial species", "aerial species", "amphibious species" ]
aquatic species
sciq
e65d174a-d1db-4bfb-8591-23145ad39123
What are the cells that break down inorganic molecules to supply energy for the cell, and use carbon dioxide as a carbon source?
[ "chemoautotrophs", "fluctuations", "staurikosaurus", "Sediments" ]
chemoautotrophs
sciq
3dcbe97c-33e5-482e-99c9-576e0a5048de
Each type of electromagnetic radiation has a characteristic range of wavelengths. the longer the wavelength (or the more stretched out it appears), the less energy is carried. short, tight waves carry what?
[ "kinetic energy", "heat", "most energy", "sound" ]
most energy
sciq
92497be8-e8fb-4e4b-ae25-9d17576a9fe9
What are clouds on earth made of?
[ "ozone", "rain", "water vapor", "carbon dioxide gas" ]
water vapor
sciq
06f6b233-3d78-4d8f-a8c2-aca7f64d363c
What do extensive properties depend on the amount of?
[ "independent variables", "matter in a sample", "sample temperature", "experimental controls" ]
matter in a sample
sciq
1eca6e78-1f40-4a6a-a64a-b86521f4978d
What is the term for the rate at which velocity changes?
[ "acceleration", "compression", "stability", "transmission" ]
acceleration
sciq
6c0c0833-2133-415a-a758-4546817bd026
What determines which codon in the mrna the trna will bind to?
[ "exon", "anticodon", "amnion", "gene" ]
anticodon
sciq
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What is the term for the complete set of genes and alleles within a population?
[ "the chromosomal pool", "the biodiversity pool", "the gene pool", "the ancestral pool" ]
the gene pool
sciq
92248849-0a9c-4037-b155-ef70dc240d3e
What unit of pressure is named for the scientist whose discoveries about pressure in fluids led to a law of the same name?
[ "newton", "joule", "ohm", "pascal" ]
pascal
sciq
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Oxygen and what are required for rust to form?
[ "water", "pressure", "carbon", "air" ]
water
sciq
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What is the process called in which a magnet loses its magnetic properties?
[ "diffusion", "polarization", "vectorization", "demagnetization" ]
demagnetization
sciq
a5cbdcc6-13d6-4d4d-8ce6-f42d7a53ba8c
The earliest animals were which kind of invertebrates?
[ "dinosaurs", "aquatic", "mammals", "insects" ]
aquatic
sciq
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A lake is an example of what type of biome?
[ "wet biome", "freshwater biome", "organic biome", "natural biome" ]
freshwater biome
sciq
5ac0d9cf-26a0-40e9-a9b0-2f9db0bcefd5
What kinds of waves are composed of various oscillating electric and magnetic fields?
[ "seismic", "tidal", "elastic", "electromagnetic" ]
electromagnetic
sciq
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When is the sun directly over the equator?
[ "Midsummer", "Winter", "Fall", "equinox" ]
equinox
sciq
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What does the base of a nucleotide within dna consist of?
[ "ribosomes", "hydrogen", "protein", "nitrogen" ]
nitrogen
sciq
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Which bones are flat and triangular and located at the back of the pectoral girdle?
[ "vertebrae", "scapulae", "cochlea", "laminae" ]
scapulae
sciq
f5c93b71-6cf5-4733-949f-80bed49d4973
What always has the same elements in the same ratio?
[ "cell", "compound", "mitochondria", "component" ]
compound
sciq
d3df4679-e6ce-4d50-9816-6e4a8efc5b1c
Prior to ovulation, ovarian steroid hormones stimulate the uterus to prepare for support of what?
[ "fertilization", "embryo", "fetus", "childbirth" ]
embryo
sciq
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All polar compounds contain what type of bonds?
[ "strong", "balanced", "polar", "weak" ]
polar
sciq
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What often occurs on steep slopes in dry climates?
[ "landslides", "earthquakes", "volcanoes", "tsunamis" ]
landslides
sciq
be7e4b35-c661-46af-b91d-dfa4c7bc01db
What kind of organisms have many different types of specialized cells with particular jobs?
[ "monocellular", "multicellular", "intricate", "crude" ]
multicellular
sciq
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Part of the scientific process, these are statistical probabilities rather than certainties?
[ "predictions", "Hypothesis", "assumptions", "results" ]
predictions
sciq
24ead126-3cbe-48fe-b5ef-e2a447d7a094
Ecology is a major branch of what higher-level "classification" of science?
[ "geology", "physics", "chemistry", "biology" ]
biology
sciq
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What is necessary for organisms to survive in the deepest parts of the ocean?
[ "adaptations", "reflexes", "competition", "mutation" ]
adaptations
sciq
ee8d2a41-78e7-4baf-a4c2-f7fa02589171
What is the process of larva becoming an adult called?
[ "parthenogenesis", "evolution", "synthesis", "metamorphosis" ]
metamorphosis
sciq
6e7ffbe8-37bb-434b-bb9f-fe9a36563c28
Capillaries rejoin to form venules, which convey blood to what?
[ "veins", "glands", "extremities", "arteries" ]
veins
sciq
a0ad5cbd-8f8d-4f1e-beb4-2a03c98d08ae
Although it is not vital to humans, calcitonin is important for calcium homeostasis in adults of some species in what group characterized by backbones?
[ "invertebrates", "vertebrates", "reptiles", "mammals" ]
vertebrates
sciq
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What force holds planets in their orbits?
[ "gravity", "magnetism", "centrifuge", "Big Bang" ]
gravity
sciq
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The nature of what gives metals the properties of being ductile and malleable?
[ "liquid bonds", "magneticism", "metallic bonds", "titanium bonds" ]
metallic bonds
sciq
938c4d96-0882-4124-917f-8722086a22f3
What are the special compartments that are surrounded by membranes inside eukaryotic cells called?
[ "vacuoles", "ribosomes", "chloroplasts", "organelles" ]
organelles
sciq
4b9e5713-6fd0-4d43-8888-c48e71d07db1
Molds and casts usually form in which type of rock?
[ "sedimentary", "crystalline", "igneous", "metamorphic" ]
sedimentary
sciq
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What is a hole that is dug or drilled through the ground down to an aquifer called?
[ "moat", "well", "ditch", "canal" ]
well
sciq
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When is a moving car said to be in dynamic equilibrium?
[ "zero net force", "at homeostasis", "at rest", "when accelerating" ]
zero net force
sciq
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Every chemical reaction between molecules involves breaking and forming of what?
[ "orbits", "ions", "bonds", "atomic pathways" ]
bonds
sciq
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The mass percentage of a solution component is defined as the ratio of the component’s mass to ________?
[ "solution ’ s mass", "solvent's mass", "liquid's mass", "enough ’ s mass" ]
solution ’ s mass
sciq
9bd58b3d-5d18-4406-8b15-d0d140fc51ce
Harmful instances of what can result in errors in protein sequence that yield non-functional proteins?
[ "infection", "radiation", "bioaccumulation", "mutation" ]
mutation
sciq
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When dissolved in water, the base sodium hydroxide (naoh) produces sodium ions with what charge?
[ "positive", "negative", "constant", "similar" ]
positive
sciq
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What precious resource allows us to grow food as well as materials we turn into clothing and medicine?
[ "petroleum", "mercury", "gasoline", "soil" ]
soil
sciq
3ec481d0-36a6-4c37-9e7a-3e9e00c1a63f
In what part of the body do escherichia coli bacteria live?
[ "your brain", "your intestines", "your urethra", "your kidneys" ]
your intestines
sciq
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Which state of matter has an intermediate level of entropy between solid and gas?
[ "water", "plasma", "metal", "liquid" ]
liquid
sciq
5823f826-2306-49b5-be76-ff3295a93e4b
In recent years, it has been hypothesized that molecules in the environment also act as?
[ "homeostasis disruptors", "endocrine disruptors", "catalysts", "pathogens" ]
endocrine disruptors
sciq
c2dbbfd4-e09b-4c53-9b52-c7d345859b03
What is the diversity of living things called?
[ "adaptation", "habitat", "biodiversity", "ecosystem" ]
biodiversity
sciq
5898c245-38f1-4e90-b8e5-91a3fcd39301
All lipids have two distinct domains, a hydrophobic and a what?
[ "hydroceptive", "hydroaversive", "hydrophilic", "covalent" ]
hydrophilic
sciq
7a7b0c40-2c29-4878-be5b-bc508cbf94b6
Oxytocin, which stimulates the contractions of labor, is a type of what?
[ "steroid", "metabolite", "hormone", "inhibitor" ]
hormone
sciq
72be7cef-c236-4915-a8c3-814283fc04e4
When represented by a single letter dominant alleles are represented by what case letter?
[ "mixed letters", "numeral", "lowercase", "uppercase" ]
uppercase
sciq
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What do loess deposits form?
[ "diagonal cliffs", "rotational cliffs", "vertical cliffs", "horizontal cliffs" ]
vertical cliffs
sciq
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Electrical messages are carried by chemicals called what?
[ "amino acids", "receptors", "neurotransmitters", "Biotoxins" ]
neurotransmitters
sciq
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Another major cause of extinction is global warming , which is also known as?
[ "global climate change", "regional climate change", "rapid climate change", "sudden climate change" ]
global climate change
sciq
ed56aa8d-331d-4cb1-81d8-df80e69dd122
What shape rash is formed from a skin infection caused by trichophyton?
[ "ring-shaped", "rod-shaped", "polka dot", "striped" ]
ring-shaped
sciq
4b8752fa-97fc-48f2-ad3b-31098479e21b
What type of bonds only form in metals?
[ "liquid bonds", "optical bonds", "friction bonds", "metallic bonds" ]
metallic bonds
sciq
47091267-bfbd-4eca-9bea-3fc056ef8541
The last major ice age took place in which era?
[ "miocene", "pleistocene", "pliocene", "cenozoic" ]
pleistocene
sciq
fb075a52-f069-4358-98f3-95d0c791d381
What signals the secretion of gastric acid?
[ "hormone", "gastrin", "leptin", "pepsin" ]
gastrin
sciq
d2db4544-a326-4c24-9929-6ff33f8f5aae
Each microspore develops into a pollen grain containing a male what?
[ "progesterone", "zygote", "gametophyte", "sperm" ]
gametophyte
sciq
65eb1855-d36c-4ea9-b8b6-3b1d6f3f81a3
What is used to describe gas concentrations of a solution?
[ "atom fractions", "fixation fractions", "mesh fractions", "mole fractions" ]
mole fractions
sciq
2531fb17-52df-43d7-a623-89cd736840b9
What type of organism has many different specialized cells that work together to carry out life processes?
[ "mutated organism", "sequenced organism", "multicellular organism", "single-celled organism" ]
multicellular organism
sciq
b747f7f8-4081-46fd-a5f2-15bee6a47f53
What types of bonds hold together positive metal ions and their valence electrons?
[ "covalent bonds", "ionic bonds", "metallic bonds", "toxic bonds" ]
metallic bonds
sciq
1d6e58c0-9210-457a-acea-2e00c9ef09fc
The once compressed universe expanded rapidly after what nicknamed event billions of years ago?
[ "big bang", "big explosion", "big bust", "good bang" ]
big bang
sciq
a856a1cc-2ba1-46c7-96fd-4b0d3bba8f4c
Do metals tend to gain electrons or lose electrons in chemical reactions?
[ "lose electrons", "same number of electrons", "gain electrons", "develop electrons" ]
lose electrons
sciq
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Living things evolve what characteristics that make them better suited for their environment?
[ "adaptations", "reflexes", "instincts", "mutations" ]
adaptations
sciq