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7504bd0f-1de1-4301-8726-08d9fff26ff1
What do voltmeters measure?
[ "voltage increase across a resistor", "voltage drop across a resistor", "current increase across a resistor", "current drop across a resistor" ]
voltage drop across a resistor
sciq
e6fe15ab-3070-43e8-89ad-0fc6e9edfd51
Distinct from a suspension, a solution is considered what type of mixture?
[ "continuous", "heterogeneous", "gaseous", "homogeneous" ]
homogeneous
sciq
31d2f494-4706-45ea-84eb-ad8da88ddd13
What is the largest and most complex algae
[ "brown algae", "strange algae", "open algae", "green algae" ]
brown algae
sciq
1d3ef281-2a97-4da6-a621-7c43b12a3a26
Scientists around the world study speciation, documenting observations both of living organisms and those found in the fossil record. as their ideas take shape and as research reveals new details about how life evolves, they develop models to help explain what?
[ "spontaneous mutation", "rates of speciation", "food chains", "creation theory" ]
rates of speciation
sciq
6176e3f4-eb23-4644-98b3-d2c68ee58785
How long do the long-lived isotopes require to decay to a safe level in a nuclear reactor?
[ "millions of years", "thousands of years", "tens of years", "hundreds of years" ]
thousands of years
sciq
8ce986c8-50ae-439a-b9b0-bf7b251512d4
The production of light by living things is called what?
[ "attenuation", "apoptosis", "bioluminescence", "bio-glow" ]
bioluminescence
sciq
400178fb-5ad9-4e1b-8ed0-e628ee8c2fb3
Animals that live in groups with other members of their species are called what?
[ "energetic animals", "social animals", "present animals", "common animals" ]
social animals
sciq
d7a01fa7-fd92-4ec0-bffb-974130785dd5
Teeth in the back of the mouth are used for what?
[ "cutting food", "swallowing food", "tearing food", "grinding food" ]
grinding food
sciq
7a24ae4b-e53a-45c8-869e-aa3860c6b972
Compared to red light, blue light has a shorter what?
[ "gravity", "wavelength", "absorption", "life span" ]
wavelength
sciq
2d910aea-c135-46cb-9113-826abdccc37d
The most common substance on earth, water, is primarily present in what state?
[ "freshwater", "liquid", "solid", "gas" ]
liquid
sciq
bcc227cf-4048-4632-b32f-358b04bbffc4
What kind of respiration allows rapid production of atp in low oxygen situations?
[ "anabolic", "anaerobic", "enzymatic", "aerobic" ]
anaerobic
sciq
dd4b2812-d666-466b-9e51-e3f429f8d0c9
What two forces tend to keep an animal stationary and thus oppose locomotion?
[ "friction and gravity", "thickness and gravity", "stength and gravity", "workload and gravity" ]
friction and gravity
sciq
2d73b86a-93c2-4b1a-8299-0a506e0c1b17
What are membrane-bound organelles with their own dna called?
[ "plastids", "vacuoles", "ribosomes", "chromosomes" ]
plastids
sciq
61b076a5-cb93-4bcc-9378-96b6f170c24e
What kind of atomic molecule is oxygen gas?
[ "diatomic", "dramatic", "symbiotic", "aromatic" ]
diatomic
sciq
9860400f-7ceb-425d-a17b-32394398f53e
Why can't fungi make their own food like plants do?
[ "no hydrogen", "no organelles", "no cells", "no chloroplasts" ]
no chloroplasts
sciq
70a8f166-34bb-43b0-85e4-7c4d43b0e174
The vestibulocochlear nerve is responsible for the senses of hearing and what else?
[ "smell", "balance", "sight", "awareness" ]
balance
sciq
70cdf3d5-78b6-4174-8d11-600ca51589d4
What is an alloy of copper and tin?
[ "zinc", "gold", "bronze", "silver" ]
bronze
sciq
e3cf06b5-1f0c-437e-9f48-a207fc77244f
What spreads sti during sexual contact?
[ "parasites", "viruses", "blood", "pathogens" ]
pathogens
sciq
46cea03d-8c36-49f1-a3d0-f21515f3cdc1
How many amino acids are arranged like "beads on a string" to form proteins?
[ "20", "15", "25", "35" ]
20
sciq
ed24fdcb-f084-4148-8c75-6cb4dff25305
What do refrigerator magnets contain that make them stick to a refrigerator door?
[ "copper", "zinc", "steel", "iron" ]
iron
sciq
949fdc7f-61ad-416a-b610-fc6375dace6f
When does most amphibians' parenting end?
[ "never", "once eggs have been laid", "after adolescence", "once offspring reach adulthood" ]
once eggs have been laid
sciq
817ef04c-3e21-433e-a685-ad403b385c29
What helps an insectivorous plant attract and digest insects?
[ "specialized flowers", "specialized leaves", "special seeds", "spines" ]
specialized leaves
sciq
14814501-3fb5-4b07-9a35-867f1ba7a66b
E. coli uses how many enzymes to take up and metabolize lactose?
[ "4", "3", "2", "11" ]
3
sciq
f4fb0b1c-7618-47cf-abd1-31e8ff7172df
What forms as a result of decomposition when n2o is heated?
[ "nitrogen and hydrogen", "ammonia and nitrogren", "nitrogen and oxygen", "calcium and oxygen" ]
nitrogen and oxygen
sciq
66bc0b64-fc0f-4c17-9dbe-77cfb8470737
Biomass can also be processed to make what kind of fuel?
[ "hydrogen fuel", "biofuel", "gasoline", "fossil" ]
biofuel
sciq
87b51848-1ae9-4a23-8732-8bab4d505337
What is produced when an egg is fertilized by a sperm in a fallopian tube?
[ "fetus", "zygote", "ovaries", "uterus" ]
zygote
sciq
8ca95e51-f632-4cc9-b19f-6f389698a7e4
What structures receive blood from the atria and pump it out of the heart?
[ "valves", "Vascular Fibers", "ventricles", "muscles" ]
ventricles
sciq
bbb4875c-7240-4c28-a9d6-412a8e732a7e
What are modified leaves that bear sporangia?
[ "sporozoans", "neutrophils", "sporophylls", "spines" ]
sporophylls
sciq
26b7eddc-71d6-4354-9f62-167f7ed81018
The reverse process of moving material into a cell is the process of what?
[ "osmosis", "endocytosis", "exocytosis", "proteolysis" ]
exocytosis
sciq
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Constriction and dilation allow the circulatory system to change the amount of blood flowing to which body parts?
[ "muscles", "tissues", "organs", "arteries" ]
organs
sciq
0a675ca9-903c-4d7e-911c-1426a4bdd10d
Focused on evolution, the studies of what man have reshaped and influenced all aspects of biology?
[ "Linnaeus", "Albert Einstein", "scopes", "charles darwin" ]
charles darwin
sciq
0dfb1728-12e5-492d-b300-8ad89ab4f16e
Are cnidarians typically found in ocean or fresh water habitats?
[ "lakes", "freshwater", "ocean", "rivers" ]
ocean
sciq
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Increasing the pressure on a gas has what effect on its solubility?
[ "increase", "decrease", "halt", "slow" ]
increase
sciq
0a0e9a71-65a0-4f59-aafa-fdf1f9d244e7
What type of fertilization do most reptiles have?
[ "budding", "spawning", "internal", "external" ]
internal
sciq
ec2cdc3f-4069-4974-a38a-4fffba31b7c9
The vertebrate endoskeleton is made of bone and what tough, flexible tissue?
[ "collagen", "synovial tissue", "cuticle", "cartilage" ]
cartilage
sciq
c8a47713-2fea-4755-b029-d87d4f45e3fe
What has hot days and cool nights, and are typically covered with sand dunes or sparse but hardy plants?
[ "tundra", "rain forest", "arctic", "deserts" ]
deserts
sciq
0f5f6abf-f4f5-4cfc-b26c-525b379abb79
In addition to insects, what large invertebrate phylum includes animals such as spiders, centipedes, and lobsters?
[ "ostracods", "arthropoda", "onychophora", "fungi" ]
arthropoda
sciq
f7b780e8-0bf9-4d88-86c3-a23a87807513
Monatomic cations have the same name as their parent element. what happens to monatomic anions?
[ "ends in - fe", "ends in - de", "ends in - be", "ends in - se" ]
ends in - de
sciq
5d8c30fc-e452-4498-b11b-dcdaa1154c4e
What part of the body do hookworms infest?
[ "skin", "brain", "lungs", "intestines" ]
intestines
sciq
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Parasitic leeches feed off of what?
[ "tissue", "brain", "tumor", "blood" ]
blood
sciq
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The mars rover collected round clumps of crystals that, on earth, usually form in what?
[ "water", "rocks", "volcanoes", "air" ]
water
sciq
b67d144a-a33d-43fa-bfcb-1ed249651a74
Attraction of a material by a magnet is an example of what type of property?
[ "transitive", "chemical", "thermal", "physical" ]
physical
sciq
e0839809-1571-4d8f-9820-e5581299bd71
What phenomenon is essential in order for evolution to occur because it increases genetic variation and the potential for individuals to differ?
[ "natural selection", "radiation", "replication", "mutation" ]
mutation
sciq
7b99b376-d0d8-4b94-a0a0-d76dfdc3debb
The two types of glaciers are continental and what other kind?
[ "micro", "macro", "rolling", "valley" ]
valley
sciq
09f1b518-a3db-4ec7-8b33-b74365775b57
In dioecious animals, females generally produce what contribution to reproduction?
[ "eggs", "intelligence", "milk", "warmth" ]
eggs
sciq
7ab6eff1-2a2a-46bd-b332-4a8a84775815
The cells of all protists have a what?
[ "nucleus", "argon", "cell walls", "protons" ]
nucleus
sciq
f17a27cc-9603-4f2e-8710-59fae4d1e79d
What type of organism causes many common diseases such as strep throat and food-borne illnesses?
[ "bacteria", "parasite", "prion", "virus" ]
bacteria
sciq
4afd6d4e-58cc-46ee-817f-50577b6382c5
What type of current do generators in cars use?
[ "magnum current", "polar current", "alternating current", "direct current" ]
alternating current
sciq
d8060bd1-5bd0-47c8-b8a0-9797048ef0ac
What is the movement of plates called?
[ "migration", "volcanic activity", "plate tectonics", "fracking" ]
plate tectonics
sciq
4e241138-10a8-429e-b7f2-6f5a9beb03ed
Name a carbonyl in which the carbon atom is bonded to one carbon atom and one hydrogen atom (or two hydrogen atoms).
[ "acetylcholine", "ester", "ketone", "aldehyde" ]
aldehyde
sciq
51f173fb-a2ec-4529-b54a-9b0a5179179a
The color of an object is determined by the what of it's reflected light?
[ "wavelength", "absorption", "variation", "luminosity" ]
wavelength
sciq
f74ed6b5-4139-4613-bb69-b448b4245f24
The process in which dna is copied is called what?
[ "dna splicing", "dna duplication", "dna replication", "dna transfer" ]
dna replication
sciq
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What type of seismic waves do the most damage?
[ "gravity", "surface", "sunlight", "tension" ]
surface
sciq
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Which continent is the only one that reptiles don't inhabit?
[ "Europe", "Africa", "South America", "antartica" ]
antartica
sciq
60d98c9a-da4a-4431-a768-6454b5ee2610
What is responsible for the foul smell of rancid butt?
[ "affixed acid", "butyric acid", "Fatty Acid", "ibogaine acid" ]
butyric acid
sciq
4801b733-76a2-4691-9a4e-6be7002f1538
The carbon cycle can be thought of in terms of two interdependent cycles - cellular respiration and what else?
[ "glycolysis", "photosynthesis", "pollination", "spermatogenesis" ]
photosynthesis
sciq
1573a27a-301b-4d2a-9515-63f3086a0896
What is the term for the green pigment in leaves that captures energy from the sun?
[ "verdye", "chlorophyll", "ammonia", "carbonate" ]
chlorophyll
sciq
5eb00c68-4bd5-4aca-aa0e-ffae4b22e3d9
Evolutionary adaptation is evidenced by different shapes of what structures in birds with different food preferences?
[ "Stomach", "necks", "beaks", "claws" ]
beaks
sciq
95c33c0c-9cd2-4235-b419-d193c398a35a
Amino acids contain both a carboxylic acid group and what other group?
[ "lipid", "fatty", "amine", "compounds" ]
amine
sciq
dd749ba3-60d1-46be-a316-3c3af604d964
What is an alloy of both tin and copper?
[ "Aluminium", "Cobalt", "bronze", "silver" ]
bronze
sciq
74589d0b-4670-4be7-ad80-0c01dd89ec16
What is the option to remove kidney stones other than surgery?
[ "glandular treatments", "pump treatments", "ultrasound treatments", "skin treatments" ]
ultrasound treatments
sciq
83ee63dc-6700-41fb-a4c2-c6bb83009b32
What does a theory need to be supported by?
[ "peer reviewed journals", "facts", "many observations", "scientists" ]
many observations
sciq
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What happens when antibodies are transferred to a person who has never been exposed to the pathogen?
[ "allergic reaction", "active disease", "passive immunity", "acquired immunity" ]
passive immunity
sciq
73c0e4c1-5923-44c6-9c47-b4825756cb61
What is the name for electrons closer to the nucleus that do not participate in bonding?
[ "radical electrons", "odd electrons", "core electrons", "surface electrons" ]
core electrons
sciq
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Which acid releases nitrates into soil?
[ "lactic", "uric", "sulfuric", "citric" ]
uric
sciq
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What instrument made it possible to study pressure quantitatively?
[ "anemometer", "barometer", "seismograph", "thermometer" ]
barometer
sciq
407a359e-59bf-4627-ab2a-c04f5847f039
What asymmetrical organ has four chambers and, in humans, is about the size of a clenched fist?
[ "kidney", "liver", "brain", "heart" ]
heart
sciq
5aecd5d6-ab20-486e-ba03-ee0ce16ab358
Geiger counters can be used to detect what, in general?
[ "seismic load", "evaporation", "radiation", "convection" ]
radiation
sciq
302fba49-c134-4b23-9356-f54a91c900d5
What term is used to describe the energy of matter in motion?
[ "gravitational energy", "kinetic energy", "emotional energy", "frictional energy" ]
kinetic energy
sciq
e70d0cea-3dd8-47c5-b4d1-42598ec416f4
What do you call the illness that occurs when harmful bacteria enter the digestive system in food?
[ "food poisoning", "meat poisoning", "nutrition poisoning", "bacteria poisoning" ]
food poisoning
sciq
8bf1031d-c8ce-4afd-a0a2-1d1694fcc2cc
Herbivores and omnivores have longer alimentary canals compared to what?
[ "arthropods", "centipedes", "mammals", "carnivores" ]
carnivores
sciq
65cd451e-ed2d-431e-837d-1d6930d578c1
What do tadpoles turn into?
[ "snakes", "frogs", "insects", "fish" ]
frogs
sciq
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The heat capacity of an object depends on its chemical composition and what other property?
[ "mass", "volume", "weight", "concentrations" ]
mass
sciq
0444ea12-b4bd-46e8-92ca-dc74e6b99940
Human skin color is primarily due to the presence of what pigment in the skin?
[ "cytoplasm", "melanin", "melatonin", "tannin" ]
melanin
sciq
bc459a44-624e-47bb-9c8f-8fb756069c6a
The various sensory organs are part of what organ system?
[ "nervous", "lymphatic", "respiratory", "digestive" ]
nervous
sciq
ee0ee6b2-639f-44d9-8180-2c375e32aaae
Down syndrome is caused by having three copies of what, a condition known as trisomy?
[ "genome", "DNA", "variation", "chromosome" ]
chromosome
sciq
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What kind of weathering changes the size of a mineral or rock but does not change its chemical composition?
[ "mechanical weathering", "radiation", "molecular weathering", "chemical reaction" ]
mechanical weathering
sciq
3eacc1b9-60d5-4a4b-9d41-627cf73a7dac
What do waves do when they are unable to pass through an object?
[ "Roll over.", "reflect off", "produce off", "develop off" ]
reflect off
sciq
e9e9ed26-e1cd-475a-873d-f21e05010814
What is used to date older fossils?
[ "search engines", "litmus testing", "radioactive isotopes", "electron microscopes" ]
radioactive isotopes
sciq
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What external feature in human beings is responsible for balance?
[ "brain", "ears", "tails", "hands" ]
ears
sciq
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What branch of science is the study of human origins?
[ "palaeobiology", "pharmacology", "paleoanthropology", "biology" ]
paleoanthropology
sciq
e34542d6-84ec-40c5-a164-7df491b8177d
Skeletal muscle cells and cardiac muscle cells share what property, which is not shared by smooth muscle cells?
[ "striations", "filaments", "overlap", "surfaces" ]
striations
sciq
f8d9b2d6-0e50-4533-9a20-9cf82dae9bcf
Latitude affects the amount of what received by an area, which in turn affects the temperature of a region?
[ "geothermal radiation", "current radiation", "solar radiation", "chemical radiation" ]
solar radiation
sciq
55195a4c-9730-465b-bb50-bc4c2b604d7e
What do you call an abnormal mass formed when cells divide uncontrollably?
[ "layer", "infection.", "tumor", "inflammation" ]
tumor
sciq
ef698dad-0cf2-46ee-9115-c30f3bf9f871
What layer is below the lithosphere and in the upper mantle?
[ "hydrosphere", "asthenosphere", "troposphere", "magnetosphere" ]
asthenosphere
sciq
4ea07e85-3830-4f5e-846b-c40b428f6562
What are lipopolysaccharide components of the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria?
[ "hormones", "reactants", "endotoxins", "pathogens" ]
endotoxins
sciq
ed7ce0df-7e26-4b61-8c9b-9f0fed961f14
In aquatic communities, the main producers are photosynthetic protists and what?
[ "arthropods", "eukaryotes", "crustaceans", "prokaryotes" ]
prokaryotes
sciq
0dede0da-dc1a-474a-b7af-88838ce0541b
How does the liquid in a thermometer respond to heat or cold?
[ "disappears", "expands or contracts", "rises or vaporizes", "freezes or boils" ]
expands or contracts
sciq
485ce951-0148-4f4f-8719-3f66d22c900d
In most fish, where does the embryo develop in relation to the mother's body?
[ "water", "Eggs", "inside", "outside" ]
outside
sciq
61b79444-2373-4ebd-990c-064de755f4eb
What is the name of the life stage when a child becomes sexually mature?
[ "adulthood", "maturity", "puberty", "adolescence" ]
puberty
sciq
57e3c472-ff21-4ac4-b5e1-d00242d23556
Cytokinesis divides what part of the cell into two distinctive cells?
[ "nucleus", "cytoplasm", "cell wall", "DNA" ]
cytoplasm
sciq
e9a2de16-027a-48d7-8a45-d67d47f42511
What is it called when a liquid displays more attraction between the liquid particles than attraction between the liquid and the glass?
[ "cohesion", "stability", "flexion", "tension" ]
cohesion
sciq
01dd1021-e7a4-4224-9b0a-4791df28e2df
In what type of mining must tunnels be blasted into the rock so that miners and equipment can get to the ore?
[ "underground mining", "gold mining", "open-pit mining", "strip mining" ]
underground mining
sciq
34cc627f-3945-4e30-839f-5cdb6550c77d
What kind of energy is released when the thermochemical reaction of a campfire converts wood to carbon dioxide and water?
[ "ultraviolet", "heat", "smoke", "light" ]
heat
sciq
1baa1fb4-2c8e-42a6-8bbc-e61132711e33
Like the mitochondria, chloroplasts have their own dna and ribosomes, but chloroplasts have an entirely different function. chloroplasts are plant cell organelles that carry out what?
[ "growth", "photosynthesis", "digestion", "reproduction" ]
photosynthesis
sciq
63ff706b-f45d-4ced-9c5f-a7795e46da21
While normal light microscopes can magnify objects up to about 1,500 times, what advanced instruments can magnify objects up to 1,000,000 times?
[ "electric microscopes", "magnetic microscopes", "micro microscopes", "electron microscopes" ]
electron microscopes
sciq
2a676e82-723f-4cc0-89fc-5452f3d5f71a
What kind of energy does pyruvate have a lot of?
[ "nuclear", "gravitational", "thermal", "chemical" ]
chemical
sciq
47edda4d-75ef-4c77-82ad-f6d804a1ffdc
What type of landscape has grasslands with scattered trees, are hot and have extensive dry seasons along with fire?
[ "tundra", "arctic", "deserts", "savannas" ]
savannas
sciq
9406903a-5f98-4de8-b162-e3bc33b2859e
What may be lost when waves travel through matter, but not when they travel through space?
[ "matter", "threshold", "energy", "frequency" ]
energy
sciq
37ea49dc-9ad4-4850-af01-5eb73083569c
Where does mechanical digestion begin?
[ "mouth", "stomach", "brain", "intestines" ]
mouth
sciq