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adc8a81b-8a87-4f38-96d4-d0a669dfacf8
What is the only metal that is a liquid at room temperature?
[ "copper", "mercury", "tin", "aluminum" ]
mercury
sciq
2797702d-1aed-4cba-abc0-5db414648b08
Heart valves prevent what kind of blood flow from happening in the heart?
[ "quick flow", "backflow", "slow flow", "irregular flow" ]
backflow
sciq
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What is the source of energy for photosynthesis?
[ "gravity", "carbon", "air", "light" ]
light
sciq
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Different types of interference include destructive and what else?
[ "helpful", "consistent", "active", "constructive" ]
constructive
sciq
b25a9208-2936-40db-8872-53d97cf861c0
What is anything that causes cancer called?
[ "carcinogen", "bacteria", "pesticide", "chemical" ]
carcinogen
sciq
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In comparing two solutions of unequal solute concentration, the solution with the higher solute concentration is called what?
[ "acetic", "hydrophilic", "hypertonic", "hypothermic" ]
hypertonic
sciq
cb4c2e2d-aca0-4d5c-9e33-388e75c3cb00
What broad group of animals - which includes rats, dogs and camels - have highly developed brains and often perform work for humans?
[ "arachnids", "mammals", "reptiles", "amphibians" ]
mammals
sciq
529b3c24-7bd7-4b82-90e6-2d1175aaaa65
What term describes a way that small molecules or ions move across the cell membrane without input of energy by the cell?
[ "passive transport", "impassive transport", "immune transport", "physical transport" ]
passive transport
sciq
9db040e1-55af-4856-a5cc-5f4dc6d5c52f
Do most humans feed at one trophic level, or more than one?
[ "more than one", "one", "none", "less than one" ]
more than one
sciq
c6e8bf5a-55df-42b7-ba00-9cc8c6abe004
What is it called when two waves combine to create a larger wave?
[ "wave propagation", "Destructive Interference", "consistent interference", "constructive interference" ]
constructive interference
sciq
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What is the study of the relationship between electricity and chemical reactions called?
[ "electrochemistry", "inorganic chemistry", "analytical chemistry", "physical chemistry" ]
electrochemistry
sciq
dea4a15a-cbf8-4d69-8bd8-7995cdaebbc9
What is the term for expelling air out of the body through the nose or mouth?
[ "induction", "inhalation", "perspiration", "exhalation" ]
exhalation
sciq
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The lowest resonant frequency is called the what?
[ "simplest", "fundamental", "basic", "lowest" ]
fundamental
sciq
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Body waves and surface waves are the two major types of what, which occur during earthquakes?
[ "current waves", "seismic waves", "sound waves", "tidal waves" ]
seismic waves
sciq
876939a5-d06c-477e-9d13-2cd595afe660
Inferior rotation occurs during limb adduction and involves the downward motion of what?
[ "pelvic cavity", "glenoid cavity", "dialysate cavity", "choroidal cavity" ]
glenoid cavity
sciq
bdf1205b-6094-4c26-a802-b5db7a7be41d
The speed of an electromagnetic wave is the product of its wavelength and what else?
[ "density", "frequency", "resonance", "height" ]
frequency
sciq
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Electrons in inner shells are called what?
[ "inner electrons", "valence electrons", "core electrons", "surface electrons" ]
core electrons
sciq
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The binding of complementary bases allows dna molecules to take their well-known shape, called a what?
[ "double helix", "single helix", "simple helix", "triple helix" ]
double helix
sciq
bebcd0cb-8769-4ec5-8e69-d4eede20db51
What are the only amphibians without legs?
[ "porifera", "newts", "caecilians", "crustaceans" ]
caecilians
sciq
56505aa3-a89c-48f1-bad0-3bed41dba134
Plants, fungi, bacteria and archaea cells all have what feature that keeps them rigid that animal cells do not have?
[ "cell membrane", "cell walls", "plastids", "cytoplasm" ]
cell walls
sciq
d9759d2c-4c4d-4b6d-a47c-5c37de0b80f7
What type of interspecies relationship involves one party being actively harmed?
[ "symbiosis", "parasitism", "mutualism", "mosaicism" ]
parasitism
sciq
4f808f19-ba34-4ab3-9ac3-06341addd1ea
Which nervous system consists of all the nervous tissue that lies outside the central nervous system?
[ "significant nervous system", "auxiliary nervous system", "peripheral nervous system", "function nervous system" ]
peripheral nervous system
sciq
8916a3d5-85e6-45a7-9eed-21ce75d39db5
What do organisms use to grow and repair themselves?
[ "diffusion", "cell solution", "cell division", "mutation" ]
cell division
sciq
d8e43a3e-0ed9-4478-9e3b-fa9d46850a33
The afferent arterioles service about 1.3 million of what in each kidney?
[ "axons", "neurons", "dendrites", "nephrons" ]
nephrons
sciq
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Kyphosis, lordosis, and scoliosis are all diseases involving improper curvature of which bodily structure (which is supposed to be curved in a certain way anyway)?
[ "aorta", "femur", "lungs", "spine" ]
spine
sciq
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What do herbivores eat?
[ "minerals", "meat and plants", "animals", "plants" ]
plants
sciq
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What important aspect of the scientific method is a suggested explanation for an event, which can be tested?
[ "string theory", "hypothesis", "scientific control", "independent variable" ]
hypothesis
sciq
41a8da57-2b1f-41cd-abfd-ca701e95e73c
What distant and extraordinarily energetic objects now seem to be early stages of galactic evolution with a supermassive black-hole-devouring material?
[ "quasars", "pulsars", "neutrinos", "stars" ]
quasars
sciq
a5f19df6-ad4d-41bd-a302-337694549807
Which gland is an extension of the hypothalamus?
[ "adrenal gland", "pineal gland", "posterior pituitary gland", "salivary gland" ]
posterior pituitary gland
sciq
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Energy often changes between potential and what other kind of energy?
[ "kinetic", "magnetic", "thermal", "realized" ]
kinetic
sciq
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As the prokaryotic cell size increases, what happens to its surface area-to-volume ratio?
[ "halts", "stagnates", "increases", "decreases" ]
decreases
sciq
47c1d28d-519d-41fe-8d7f-b5b7b3f12ace
Why are seeds of a pine cone easily carried by the wind and dispersed?
[ "seeds are small", "seeds are dense", "seeds have wings", "seeds are sticky" ]
seeds have wings
sciq
bf0cc2a5-05bf-434d-9fb7-6e782080e0b7
What do dendrites from the cell body recieve impulses from?
[ "axon", "other cells", "other neurons", "myelin" ]
other neurons
sciq
5c41d2f9-776c-4ecf-91c9-328c884abe92
During what are deletions and duplications especially likely to occur?
[ "nucleus", "electrolysis", "endothermia", "meiosis" ]
meiosis
sciq
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What causes maple leaves to change their colors?
[ "radiation reactions", "factor reactions", "chemical reactions", "artificial preservatives" ]
chemical reactions
sciq
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The cell body contains what central structure along with other organelles?
[ "nucleus", "electron", "neutron", "protons" ]
nucleus
sciq
7ac6bea6-59de-4917-b7a4-90ed0e9f8482
What is the term for the number that describes an electron's orbital orientation in space?
[ "imaging quantum number", "magnetic electron number", "magnetic quantum number", "relative quantum number" ]
magnetic quantum number
sciq
1c805da0-2861-4540-a7a9-4b02db5cb085
Where do most red algae species live?
[ "lakes", "oceans", "rivers", "seas" ]
oceans
sciq
66e1d2bd-bcb6-4c27-b110-0deed8fe9e0a
What term is used for darwin's idea that in stable geologic and climatic conditions evolution occurred gradually?
[ "gradualism", "tinkering", "elitism", "canibalism" ]
gradualism
sciq
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What element is all life built around?
[ "neon", "hydrogen", "carbon", "oxygen" ]
carbon
sciq
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What are seamounts that rise above the water surface called?
[ "islands", "coasts", "reefs", "sandbars" ]
islands
sciq
c5bbe4ef-bfaf-4626-960a-b8f82d238bf6
Though often regarded as the supporting cast of the nervous system, glial cells in the brain actually outnumber what by a factor of ten?
[ "muscles", "neurons", "electrons", "blood cells" ]
neurons
sciq
b673da6b-9130-4208-aefb-27bc26f1ea59
Dinosaurs filled the niches that mammals fill today during which era?
[ "mesozoic", "Proterozoic", "Cenozoic", "Phanerozoic" ]
mesozoic
sciq
afab3e9b-66c1-4034-b092-53dc652d04fe
The magnet field of earth is called what?
[ "atmosphere", "troposphere", "magnetosphere", "ionosphere" ]
magnetosphere
sciq
eb0cf5f5-01ce-4515-bbcc-3426440c24f3
What two types of hormones regulate mammalian reproduction?
[ "tropic and sex", "tropic and subtropic", "pheromones and enzymes", "endorphins and adrenaline" ]
tropic and sex
sciq
ef795b54-2abe-40c4-bbad-4ad35606556b
In addition to five classes of fish, what other classes make up the species of vertebrates?
[ "insects, amphibians, reptiles, and birds", "amphibians , vertebrae , birds , and mammals", "amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals", "reptiles, birds, mammals, and primates" ]
amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals
sciq
0ff53d0b-c1d4-4094-a15c-ad3288b90a24
What is the method of reproduction for echinoderms?
[ "internal fertilization", "external fertilization", "fragmentation", "pollination" ]
external fertilization
sciq
10bca808-922c-4ed5-af83-4228311f4063
What is happening to the rate of the expansion of the universe?
[ "it is unknown", "it is increasing", "it is stable", "it is decreasing" ]
it is increasing
sciq
5ac1bd35-4109-4505-9640-1fb64b1f1dde
What are required when the damage from trauma or infection cannot be closed with sutures or staples?
[ "skin grafts", "bone grafts", "debris grafts", "tree grafts" ]
skin grafts
sciq
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In addition to a vibrating electric field what does an electromagnetic wave consist of?
[ "magnetic field", "molecular field", "gravitational field", "radiation field" ]
magnetic field
sciq
0a996cab-0153-4325-9def-e36610727b88
What type of bones serve as points of attachment for muscles and often protect internal organs?
[ "short bones", "sesamoid bones", "irregular bones", "flat bones" ]
flat bones
sciq
d15f9d52-fe68-4268-b1d5-be756d236812
The presence of what stratospheric gas layer decreases the frequency of skin cancer and other damaging effects of ultraviolet radiation?
[ "ozone", "plasma", "smog", "cumulonimbus" ]
ozone
sciq
88f4a298-b86e-46a5-bc2f-781a4bdca7f4
The characteristic sound of a motorcycle buzzing by is an example of which effect?
[ "coreolis effect", "warp effect", "doppler effect", "polar effect" ]
doppler effect
sciq
b2bb5bd7-b454-41fe-a7fa-253e85399de1
What protects the scalp from ultraviolet light exposure and loss of body heat?
[ "ground hair", "receding hair", "head hair", "temporal hair" ]
head hair
sciq
8d68bb1c-9991-4867-a118-8365f1a3a2f7
What is the name given to the use of controlled nuclear fusion as an energy source?
[ "fossil fuel", "thermonuclear power", "generator power", "half-life" ]
thermonuclear power
sciq
816c47d0-b127-44ba-9a1d-10a054356d98
Some compounds containing hydrogen are members of an important class of substances known as what?
[ "acids", "proteins", "bases", "ions" ]
acids
sciq
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In which organ are bile acids made
[ "kidney", "liver", "spleen", "gall bladder" ]
liver
sciq
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What is the layer of electrons that encircle the nucleus at a distinct energy level called?
[ "vortex shell", "electron shell", "molecular shell", "ions shell" ]
electron shell
sciq
d547c8e9-0d43-4381-91cd-6d60dea06e66
What is the most common way to classify stars?
[ "by distance", "by size", "by color", "by age" ]
by color
sciq
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What is a homogeneous mixture also known as?
[ "element", "structure", "solution", "mixture" ]
solution
sciq
bc5a48e1-fda4-43e0-875d-7a1baec752d8
Living organisms are made up of what type of carbon-based compounds?
[ "microbial", "synthetic", "biophysical", "biochemical" ]
biochemical
sciq
a6a7109d-8f07-4929-b9f0-9f2ca8c0ffee
What classification system was developed by a swedish botanist trying to classify all known living things?
[ "bionumerical system", "plantological system", "taxonomical system", "linnaean system" ]
linnaean system
sciq
7ac9e02f-4920-41dd-8f2e-4e2c57c8309d
The word science is derived from what latin word?
[ "scefitana", "scentia", "sceria", "scitifica" ]
scentia
sciq
25d23ce1-ff17-4728-9d39-376256b06faf
In a model of an atom, the level with the least energy is the one closest to what?
[ "nucleus", "surface", "center", "protons" ]
nucleus
sciq
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What is the process of making atp without oxygen called?
[ "Cell Division", "photosynthesis", "condensation", "fermentation" ]
fermentation
sciq
156b6bb7-a778-4498-9a14-fcb1db6d0831
What is the type of mining called when materials are removed along a strip?
[ "surface mining", "strip mining", "edge mining", "pit mining" ]
strip mining
sciq
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Chlorine is a nonmetal and gains one electron in becoming a what?
[ "carbonate", "atom", "anion", "sulfate" ]
anion
sciq
b2855018-3ec8-433f-b14a-3ef14242d3cf
The most common mode of asexual reproduction is through the formation of asexual these?
[ "cells", "atoms", "fibers", "spores" ]
spores
sciq
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Some species of fish carry their fertilized eggs in their mouth until they hatch; this is called what?
[ "internal reproduction", "spawning", "schooling", "mouth brooding" ]
mouth brooding
sciq
a83e17cc-855c-43b1-ac97-4eee4ae82b73
In a chemical reaction, what, in general, comes together in order to form a product?
[ "gases", "reactants", "liquids", "propellants" ]
reactants
sciq
2a106f94-6f10-4e9c-a379-2b8233be2e91
What decides what may enter or leave a cell?
[ "cell membrane", "cell wall", "golgi apparatus", "nucleus" ]
cell membrane
sciq
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What trophic level are secondary consumers (which eat primary consumers) considered to be?
[ "trophic level 5", "trophic level 2", "trophic level 3", "trophic level 4" ]
trophic level 3
sciq
cb04ba82-3983-45d1-a6ce-34b96cb82351
What type of map projection is used for small areas to avoid distortion?
[ "gnomic projection", "equatorial projection", "mercator projection", "unmeasured projection" ]
gnomic projection
sciq
8255edc6-6182-4c65-9bd5-adb4757b8515
What do atoms form by sharing valence electrons?
[ "phenotype bonds", "covalent bonds", "neutron bonds", "ionic bonds" ]
covalent bonds
sciq
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What is the process that moves particles by rolling or dragging along the bottom of the water?
[ "compaction", "compression", "traction", "isolation" ]
traction
sciq
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Alkenes react with what to form dihalides?
[ "halogens", "oxides", "antioxidants", "amines" ]
halogens
sciq
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A supervolcano that may have killed all but 10,000 humans resulted in what phenomenon, lasting up to a decade?
[ "volcano spring", "volcanic winter", "volcano fall", "volcanic summer" ]
volcanic winter
sciq
d3584ad3-f60d-4255-bebb-addde7298a1f
The existence of the plasma membrane was identified in the 1890s, and its chemical components were identified in 1915. the principal components identified at that time were these?
[ "carbohydrates and proteins", "gasses and proteins", "lipids and carbohydrates", "lipids and proteins" ]
lipids and proteins
sciq
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Acting like drawstrings to close off the alimentary canal, what regulates the passage of material between compartments?
[ "uterus", "sphincter", "hamstring", "intestine" ]
sphincter
sciq
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What man-made substance tends to break down ozone in the stratosphere?
[ "cfcs", "gasoline", "plastic", "steel" ]
cfcs
sciq
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What in saliva protects the lining of the mouth from abrasion and lubricates food for easier swallowing?
[ "hairs", "phloem", "spores", "mucus" ]
mucus
sciq
c653858b-bef4-43f9-b299-d91ad2b11227
Which latitudes get the most energy from the sun?
[ "lowest latitudes", "highest latitudes", "polular latitudes", "middle latitudes" ]
lowest latitudes
sciq
36da3624-b89a-420e-b8ea-b222d514f175
Extended stays in zero gravity are not healthy for human beings. thus, for the comfort of the astronauts, the station is rotated so that the astronauts feel there is what?
[ "Fixed Gravity", "still gravity", "revealed gravity", "internal gravity" ]
internal gravity
sciq
615212d9-f98d-44aa-aa5a-e2f6d1d914f5
What parts of the planet does solar energy have difficulty reaching?
[ "oceans", "equators", "poles", "deserts" ]
poles
sciq
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Oceans are made of a solution of what?
[ "water and carbon", "salt and algae", "salt and carbon", "salt and water" ]
salt and water
sciq
c2bf3e82-b166-4922-812d-e987a2f8f689
Although humans require it, what accounts for just one percent of all water on earth?
[ "fresh water", "snow", "glaciers", "salt water" ]
fresh water
sciq
086cf61e-6220-42e3-a8c6-d2ae44b5518f
Arachidic, stearic, and palmitic fatty acids are examples of what type of fatty acid?
[ "compacted", "neutral", "saturated", "integral" ]
saturated
sciq
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Weather maps show storms, air masses, and what?
[ "patterns", "fronts", "regions", "currents" ]
fronts
sciq
8fc2342b-f8d5-4cb1-88de-b904b4b6043d
What is a pure substance called?
[ "homogeneous matter", "an element", "a liquid", "a mixture" ]
an element
sciq
676494ed-6fd8-4691-80fb-96a622eec644
What term describes the energy of an object that is moving or has the potential to move?
[ "molecular energy", "thermal energy", "mechanical energy", "stationary energy" ]
mechanical energy
sciq
4622d6fe-7b6b-4d08-bf6f-e9ca3156b918
Evidence for the presence of what on mars makes scientists think that life might have existed there in the past?
[ "water", "plasma", "gas", "air" ]
water
sciq
cc621bf4-627a-48b3-98fa-4e7c956cdc1c
What does photosynthesis allow plants to generate?
[ "clorophyll", "enriched molecules", "organic molecules", "geometric molecules" ]
organic molecules
sciq
f2dad2c1-d899-48c8-815c-17410eb78acb
How many low and high tides occur per day?
[ "two", "six", "four", "ten" ]
two
sciq
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What makes up most of the inside of a plant?
[ "ground tissue", "mitochondria", "animal tissue", "star tissue" ]
ground tissue
sciq
72a4e5a2-9bd4-44ce-831e-25cda3c06131
The first living cells may have evolved around how long ago?
[ "6 billion years", "2.2 billion years", "900,000 years", "4 billion years" ]
4 billion years
sciq
c813b773-604d-41b9-95bd-edaf3ad51bd9
What kind of relay occurs between the uterus, hypothalamus, and the posterior pituitary to assure an adequate supply of the hormone oxytocin during childbirth?
[ "currents feedback", "affirmative feedback", "pressure feedback", "positive feedback" ]
positive feedback
sciq
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What type of plants do not typically require deep roots or woody stems?
[ "surface plants", "bacterial plants", "dry plants", "aquatic plants" ]
aquatic plants
sciq
39c3179c-9e83-466e-b2b0-a97a0334f6b5
What is the key to the demographic transition?
[ "higher birth rates", "higher expatriation", "higher death rates", "reduced family size" ]
reduced family size
sciq
cff169c2-1f65-4b80-98d4-2a5f192363fb
For the nervous system to function, neurons must be able to send and receive what?
[ "information", "proteins", "pulses", "signals" ]
signals
sciq
6054d72e-e779-4fd6-b509-1b1c8fa8eb5b
Molecules move from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration until an what is met?
[ "oxidation", "freezing point", "equilibrium", "respiration" ]
equilibrium
sciq