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Many of the protist species classified into the supergroup excavata are asymmetrical, single-celled organisms with a feeding groove “excavated” from one side. this supergroup includes heterotrophic predators, photosynthetic species, and these?
[ "parasites", "mammals", "insects", "reptiles" ]
parasites
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What is the thick fluid in the space between bones that cushions the joint?
[ "collagen", "synovial fluid", "interstitial fluid", "amniotic fluid" ]
synovial fluid
sciq
c29d1357-7a0f-4409-9ce0-a7321860ab0a
What is the name of the portion of a nucleotide lacking phosphate groups?
[ "nuclear shell", "a nucleobase", "nucleolus", "a nucleoside" ]
a nucleoside
sciq
ac719936-b42e-486a-9210-fae44fcf0ce1
The band disappears before metaphase but predicts the future plane of what?
[ "cell solution", "cell matter", "cell wall", "cell division" ]
cell division
sciq
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What is a common age-related bone disease in which bone density and strength is decreased?
[ "osteoporosis", "fibrosis", "arthritis", "lupus" ]
osteoporosis
sciq
d8c5739e-0ee5-409c-a155-ae6a4719672f
Bacteria reproduce through what process?
[ "tertiary fission", "binary fusion", "residual fission", "binary fission" ]
binary fission
sciq
5b1f2c78-29c4-4a19-9661-146b814000ed
What is the branch of science that studies the physical world?
[ "Ecology", "physics", "social science", "botany" ]
physics
sciq
bc949b8e-167e-4cf9-853c-c2c767bec4af
Osteoclasts break down bone to maintain mineral what?
[ "polarity", "density", "fluctuations", "homeostatis" ]
homeostatis
sciq
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Which carbohydrates can be classified in terms of chain length?
[ "binary", "simple", "complex", "atomic" ]
simple
sciq
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What is altered by changes in cardiac output by variable contriction of the arterioles?
[ "blood type", "pulse", "blood pressure", "heart rhythm" ]
blood pressure
sciq
d57f455c-90ca-4a9b-82a1-255dc5306b0b
Eukaryotic cells are cells that contain what?
[ "energy", "inorganic matter", "a nucleus", "pathogens" ]
a nucleus
sciq
83a7f354-1bbc-4218-b282-a4bfd6f04e17
What distinctive dna shape forms when the two nucleotide chains wrap around the same axis?
[ "double helix", "single spiral", "chain helix", "double spiral" ]
double helix
sciq
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The oxygen regions of the water molecules have what kind of charge?
[ "positive", "certain", "negative", "neutral" ]
negative
sciq
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Humans use many compounds that were first discovered or derived from living organisms as medicines: secondary plant compounds, animal toxins, and antibiotics produced by these?
[ "tumors and fungi", "molecules and fungi", "bacteria and tumors", "bacteria and fungi" ]
bacteria and fungi
sciq
cc048fe9-6bb3-44f0-a7ce-9b14b7cfd0e3
Millipedes and centipedes are the most commonly found examples of what group of arthropods?
[ "unicellular myriapoda", "subphylum myriapoda", "protists myriapoda", "Disperse Myriapoda" ]
subphylum myriapoda
sciq
0ea40f13-6cf9-40b7-91e6-4418669da483
Glass breaking is an example of what type of change that doesn't affect the makeup of matter?
[ "chemical", "reversible", "physical", "thermal" ]
physical
sciq
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Aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, and ethers all have functional groups containing what element?
[ "methane", "silicon", "carbon", "oxygen" ]
oxygen
sciq
d9aa7856-6367-4d4e-87f8-f52ab012dc0d
What forms when an atom gains electrons?
[ "anions", "bonds", "cations", "crystals" ]
anions
sciq
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There are several types of wetlands including marshes, swamps, bogs, mudflats, and salt marshes. the three shared characteristics among these types—what makes them wetlands—are their hydrology, hydrophytic vegetation, and this?
[ "stibnite soils", "hydric soils", "niya soils", "sandy soils" ]
hydric soils
sciq
cc957571-d3c0-494a-b87d-59c71e881aef
What element is typically used to shield things from gamma rays?
[ "aluminum", "gold", "lead", "silver" ]
lead
sciq
ddaeac7f-efda-4e7a-aef3-03276047e817
What is the combination of tissues that provides a tough, woody external covering on the stems of trees called?
[ "bark", "cuticle", "scale", "epidermis" ]
bark
sciq
56735213-7816-4670-a3a0-1a1a799bcdf4
Because microorganisms can go through several generations in a matter of hours, their gene expression profiles adapt to the new laboratory environment very quickly. in addition, the vast majority of bacterial species resist being cultured in this?
[ "water", "colonies", "isolation", "substrate" ]
isolation
sciq
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Examples of acute forms of what type of diseases include the common cold and influenza?
[ "inherited diseases", "viral diseases", "attributable diseases", "bacterial diseases" ]
viral diseases
sciq
ab170115-a02c-4c90-adc5-daa3642b78d2
What do red blood cells carry?
[ "carbon dioxide", "hydrogen", "oxygen", "nitrogen" ]
oxygen
sciq
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The sympathetic division of the vertebrate autonomic nervous system has evolved the fight-or-flight response to counter stress-induced disruptions of this?
[ "body temperature", "blood pressure", "homeostasis", "equilibrium" ]
homeostasis
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What light-producing process occurs when a substance absorbs shorter-wavelength ultraviolet light and then gives off the energy as visible light?
[ "fluorescence", "candescence", "luminescence", "resistance" ]
fluorescence
sciq
b33a935a-f0b4-400c-8f40-0efe494b10a6
What lies between the continental shelf and the abyssal plain?
[ "continental slope", "successive slope", "continental belt", "equator" ]
continental slope
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3477e12b-95e9-4d8c-9d0e-f832393f31d9
In the first beaker, distilled water does not conduct a current because water is a what?
[ "pure element", "solute", "magnetic compound", "molecular compound" ]
molecular compound
sciq
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What is another term for hydraulic fracturing?
[ "permeating", "erupting", "drilling", "fracking" ]
fracking
sciq
3e3f43df-5a9d-4b98-bba5-665f65d97ce4
In what unit is speed usually measured?
[ "miles per hour", "calories", "radians", "Celcius" ]
miles per hour
sciq
f3779a52-40b1-4f3e-a786-6e285fd2d7af
Unlike liver bile, 'juice' produced by what organ is clear and composed mostly of water along with some salts, sodium bicarbonate, and digestive enzymes?
[ "stomach", "pancreas", "gallbladder", "spleen" ]
pancreas
sciq
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What term means opposition to the flow of electric charges that occurs when electric current travels through matter?
[ "polarity", "antagonism", "diffusion", "resistance" ]
resistance
sciq
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According to law, what must packaged foods carry?
[ "nutrition facts label", "warnings", "country of origin", "pricing" ]
nutrition facts label
sciq
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What type of terminal releases neurotransmitters at a synapse?
[ "axon", "chloride", "acetylcholine,", "secretion" ]
axon
sciq
78e54d3e-9395-439d-9cb3-55e20268217c
What chemical affects the onset of puberty and duration?
[ "acids", "steroids", "hormones", "enzymes" ]
hormones
sciq
b7fc57fa-a8d1-4020-bd5d-6d4d5e961612
What are the only plants with a life cycle in which the gametophyte generation is dominant?
[ "photoreactive", "nonvascular", "nonpermeable", "vascular plants" ]
nonvascular
sciq
b6a58ca6-baae-4042-bcef-566d2d9ddb24
What do angiosperms produce?
[ "scales", "flowers and fruit", "leaves", "needles" ]
flowers and fruit
sciq
fb28941b-85ee-4b7c-a032-07e35d461931
What should you let liquid waste do before placing the container in the trash?
[ "evaporate", "melt", "expand", "generate" ]
evaporate
sciq
f0055851-890c-4c4c-9960-e910170df02d
Mammoths, close genetic relatives of modern elephants, are believed to have gone extinct due to hunting by humans and what factor?
[ "climate change", "earthquakes", "volcanic eruptions", "migration change" ]
climate change
sciq
25f4ff6e-c86d-4c99-8ea5-b49831f1fd23
What is the ph level of neutral, pure water?
[ "seven", "five", "six and a half", "six" ]
seven
sciq
db10a3f2-074d-41ca-bc44-fa397717f78e
Which organ system defends the body from pathogens and other causes of disease?
[ "nervous system", "digestion system", "respiratory system", "immune system" ]
immune system
sciq
e6e64f1c-0ee4-4223-8a2b-8c5017cd2b66
What is the process where scientific articles are checked and analyzed by other scientists before publication?
[ "peer review", "mechanism review", "embrace review", "process review" ]
peer review
sciq
56a4f64b-7bde-4d02-8afb-0d18061e64cd
A mutation is a random change in an organism's what?
[ "power", "structure", "genes", "babies" ]
genes
sciq
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Synovial and ball-and-socket are both types of what?
[ "cells", "muscles", "joints", "bonds" ]
joints
sciq
c3b618c4-628e-4dc7-bb63-2b18b9e163fc
Who invented dynamite in 1866?
[ "Louis Pasteur", "alfred nobel", "Albert Einstein", "Madame Curie" ]
alfred nobel
sciq
9d5688d1-9358-4c6a-b101-d9dc3deba527
Most liquid freshwater is under the ground in layers of what?
[ "sand", "forest", "rock", "soil" ]
rock
sciq
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What phenotype do gain-of-function mutations usually result in?
[ "dominant", "internal", "submissive", "external" ]
dominant
sciq
d89cb87a-2f24-494a-a27e-f454ec116ee6
What occurs if oxygen cannot be obtained at a sufficient rate?
[ "hyperventilation", "anaerobic respiration", "malolactic respiration", "aerobic respiration" ]
anaerobic respiration
sciq
ed514df2-9786-4fd9-b3dd-a031ca7cd29c
What are the key to species evolving?
[ "radiation", "microbes", "parasites", "mutations" ]
mutations
sciq
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Cancer develops when what process is unregulated?
[ "metabolism", "cell division", "meiosis", "cellular respiration" ]
cell division
sciq
0eb0cc77-f510-4b5b-8f30-c7424bba8143
What are needed to oxidize the noble gases to form compounds in positive oxidation states?
[ "metal oxidants", "potent oxidants", "bacteria oxidants", "protein oxidants" ]
potent oxidants
sciq
c6969890-128c-4c37-a65f-533be6869b9d
Which muscles raise the hyoid bone, the floor of the mouth, and the larynx during deglutition?
[ "spicule", "suprahyoid", "Hybrid", "spirogyra" ]
suprahyoid
sciq
39ff45b0-c70a-46d3-b36a-2d0f466c4632
What type of energy is stored in an object because of its position or shape?
[ "potential", "magnetic", "kinetic", "mechanical" ]
potential
sciq
2082cdc4-7134-4173-9a79-fa80c8e5acc4
Like plants, animals are multicellular what?
[ "eukaryotes", "membranes", "isolates", "prokaryotes" ]
eukaryotes
sciq
8c4c8a30-2f01-4750-92a3-854652421519
A doorknob and a ferris wheel are examples of what type of simple machine?
[ "lever and pulley", "ball and socket", "wheel and axle", "ball and axle" ]
wheel and axle
sciq
fcd9c5c5-11eb-4f20-9a82-df180eb78c93
What do ocean mollusks use to absorb oxygen from the water?
[ "scales", "shells", "pores", "gills" ]
gills
sciq
d78d995f-2e9e-4b06-812a-80ba03d075af
What is paleobotany?
[ "study of extinct plants", "study of new plants", "study of fresh plants", "study of diseased plants" ]
study of extinct plants
sciq
3d53481c-13ad-475d-949a-4b3dbc8778a8
What happens to the level of relative humidity in the evening as air temperature declines?
[ "it falls", "it goes up and down", "it rises", "nothing" ]
it rises
sciq
9c03c4de-f315-461e-91db-b227922e608b
What term is used to describe a compound that does not conduct an electric current in either aqueous solution or in the molten state?
[ "xerophyte", "porous", "nonelectrolyte", "kilocalorie" ]
nonelectrolyte
sciq
aaec1f8a-587c-4af8-81cc-41c9f85e2ffe
Peregrine falcons made an incredible recovery after laws were passed banning the use of what?
[ "miticide", "Acetamiprid", "ddt", "Carbaryl" ]
ddt
sciq
b17791c7-7f23-47d5-88d7-ad27788d3bad
What pathway in a plant do water and nutrients travel through from the roots to the leaves?
[ "bark", "skin", "flowers", "stem" ]
stem
sciq
489db702-c03a-445a-b0d2-bcef53cc1150
In the tropics what are the prevailing winds called?
[ "a front", "tradewinds", "crosswinds", "storm winds" ]
tradewinds
sciq
92dbce3d-1a75-4ba0-8d18-0a20ebb98a62
How many chromosomes are in a diploid human cell?
[ "46 chromosomes", "41", "47", "46.63 chromosomes" ]
46 chromosomes
sciq
d4d3f2a4-1b4f-4fd3-8795-1d4d393bc291
Motion of water molecules helps break up interactions between what?
[ "acids and bases", "solid ions or molecules", "ions or hormones", "enzymes and acids" ]
solid ions or molecules
sciq
12bcc2b9-d153-4818-bc42-d459caf85578
Which cycle is named after the scientist melvin calvin?
[ "krebs cycle", "melcal cycle", "melvin cycle", "calvin cycle" ]
calvin cycle
sciq
f062bf66-dd9c-47cf-9061-504f2519e88b
What is formed when a subducting plate flows under another tectonic plate?
[ "fault line", "boundary plate", "volcanic arc", "magma" ]
volcanic arc
sciq
ab0bdc44-2186-4de8-8e87-1432a81c7c2d
What force increases a slide downhill and decreases a slide uphill?
[ "gravity", "frictional", "tension", "nuclear" ]
gravity
sciq
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Lymphoma is a cancer of a type of what type of cells, called lymphocytes?
[ "lung cells", "white blood cells", "red blood cells", "brain cells" ]
white blood cells
sciq
0d86c97c-bcda-4cfd-afb7-ff58eb1d9149
What type of eggs do fully terrestrial vertebrates carry?
[ "amniotic", "amphibious", "epithelial", "aqueous" ]
amniotic
sciq
73755b59-e9c1-4acc-89d7-834f09e4fb3f
What is the time since the beginning of the ice ages?
[ "quaternary period", "Mesozoic epocH", "Paleolithic era", "Jurassic period" ]
quaternary period
sciq
05321e01-ce17-499c-902d-adc43f6f14a5
What will the contraction of smooth muscles help organs do?
[ "fine motor movements", "carry out functions", "move across distances", "move joints" ]
carry out functions
sciq
c6c5b18a-45dd-4a1b-b879-0964f2bc7180
What is an acid that can be produced from the aerobic fermentation of wine?
[ "grape juice", "orange juice", "vinegar", "soda" ]
vinegar
sciq
295c2aa2-9370-43d3-9e8a-2ed0d578da98
Weathering is fundamental to the creation of what, which exists as a very thin layer over solid rock?
[ "moss", "aquifers", "fungus", "soil" ]
soil
sciq
a0603c8b-53db-43fd-8f46-069155a4b2b5
What type of weathering causes the minerals in a rock to change?
[ "natural", "artificial", "chemical", "toxic" ]
chemical
sciq
76ee579a-df29-4414-a51d-7bd7f35c8066
What is the process in which a liquid changes to a solid?
[ "boiling", "freezing", "condensation", "melting" ]
freezing
sciq
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By pulling out grass by its roots and over-grazing, livestock contribute to what negative process?
[ "evolution", "migration", "immigration", "erosion" ]
erosion
sciq
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What are the three types of isomers?
[ "structural , chromosome - trans , enatiomers", "structural, cis-trans, enatiomers", "structural, Polypropylene , enatiomers", "structural, cis-trans, Polystyrene" ]
structural, cis-trans, enatiomers
sciq
ea428a61-d7bb-41dc-9cc5-ccb6c9411109
The chloroplasts contain a green pigment called what?
[ "chloroplasm", "sodium", "chlorophyll", "melanin" ]
chlorophyll
sciq
b8cbbde7-c587-45ad-943b-33e96495dd60
What state occurs when the amount of solute dissolved exceeds the solubility?
[ "density", "polymerisation", "alkalinity", "supersaturation" ]
supersaturation
sciq
a8371273-2688-45aa-868e-a41bc030119c
What occurs when spores from two parents fuse and form a zygospore?
[ "asexual reproduction", "sexual reproduction", "twins", "internal reproduction" ]
sexual reproduction
sciq
7396c8c8-8e8e-4794-8364-155ec8b4eb1e
Macrophages and dendritic cells are types of what"
[ "mast cells", "supercapacitor cells", "phagocytic cells", "amoena cells" ]
phagocytic cells
sciq
da1f5b0c-63a5-4a21-ae43-9cb8f72b660f
What side of a mountain does the rainshadow effect occur on?
[ "the leeward side", "due north", "starboard", "windward" ]
the leeward side
sciq
d2200f28-30ae-475e-8b1f-6525708abfa5
Centrioles are a very important part of what?
[ "centrosomes", "tubercles", "centricles", "enterocytes" ]
centrosomes
sciq
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What is the volume of the molecules of an ideal gas?
[ "three", "one", "two", "zero" ]
zero
sciq
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What part of the body are eggs formed in?
[ "ovaries", "pancreas", "brain", "intestine" ]
ovaries
sciq
b382d1cf-26af-48ff-92cc-3eb74cef43fc
What is the first digestive organ that food enters?
[ "mouth", "digestive system", "kidneys", "intestine" ]
mouth
sciq
a0d97911-5461-4f12-8655-a2052eb557d7
Soda fizzes when what common gas comes out of solution?
[ "carbon dioxide", "nitrous oxide", "carbon monoxide", "helium" ]
carbon dioxide
sciq
bd402892-f649-4322-8a94-58753377ca23
The voltage and current are exactly in phase in a what?
[ "battery", "capacitor", "resistor", "harmonic" ]
resistor
sciq
921eec97-5b2f-43d7-8d53-3f9449b38807
Combining the voltages of the oxidation and reduction half reactions helps to determine what?
[ "slimy", "moisture", "magnetic", "voltage" ]
voltage
sciq
ad440536-1b00-44d0-ae26-851e4928e229
What occurs when an unstable nucleus emits a beta particle and energy?
[ "beta decay", "alpha decay", "methane decay", "nucleus decay" ]
beta decay
sciq
af6bcc0e-e11c-4149-96d7-398492fe185f
A chemical property describes the ability of a substance to undergo a specific what?
[ "radiation change", "weight Change", "liquid change", "chemical change" ]
chemical change
sciq
5c3f1dde-dc43-452f-bfb5-aab168c7d755
When energy is captured or transformed, it inevitably degrades and becomes what less useful form of energy?
[ "temperature", "heat", "motion", "chemical" ]
heat
sciq
1e603351-a88d-4ae3-958f-f137e0f3a421
The periodic table is one of the cornerstones of chemistry because it organizes all the known elements on the basis of their what?
[ "acid properties", "size properties", "chemical properties", "liquid properties" ]
chemical properties
sciq
f43110b7-b91e-4cc3-ac06-116b95b19057
What organs filter wastes from blood so they can be excreted from the body?
[ "liver", "pancreas", "kidneys", "lungs" ]
kidneys
sciq
4019a192-5e69-4e3a-9480-74686e0a93b9
The tidal forces near what celestial phenomena are so great they can actually tear matter from a companion star?
[ "black holes", "dwarf star", "large holes", "wormholes" ]
black holes
sciq
abaca98c-1def-4182-b355-6100e6fd0bfe
What are female gonads normally called?
[ "ovaries", "tubules", "glands", "testes" ]
ovaries
sciq
eb582025-9a3e-4c7e-9d36-fa7c79bdbb1f
Starch and glycogen, as well as simple sugars like glucose and fructose, can all be categorized broadly as what?
[ "carbohydrates", "acids", "impurities", "vegetables" ]
carbohydrates
sciq
5e137443-c5ff-4c86-9200-d842388f6de8
Lipids are biochemical compounds such as fats and?
[ "salts", "oils", "vegetables", "minerals" ]
oils
sciq
5954e380-bfa1-4e9b-81e0-32c8b33a436e
What is the process of small molecules passing through the plasma membrane called?
[ "diffusion", "permeation", "absorption", "convection" ]
diffusion
sciq
e6bcbfc2-e7fb-4f54-926a-e5f665a4b4b1
What change the physical properties of solvents?
[ "cells", "chemical reactions", "molecules", "solutes" ]
solutes
sciq