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9d9fb2f6-4370-46b8-921e-941c6cebc55b
Arteries and veins are two of the three types of blood vessels, what is the third?
[ "muscles", "fibroids", "neurons", "capillaries" ]
capillaries
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5d927e65-b1d3-44c3-9e27-1d35807818a5
What basic structure holds plants upright, bears leaves and other structures, and transports fluids between roots and leaves?
[ "branches", "leaves", "flowers", "stem" ]
stem
sciq
dbcca4cf-d20b-4c4e-a0dc-6eac0301283b
What kind of parasites are nearly all ticks that live on the body surfaces of reptiles or mammals?
[ "bloodsucking", "helminths", "protozoa", "ectoparasites" ]
bloodsucking
sciq
f6ca2853-af6e-4810-8019-adea7de57eed
What results when birth rates fall even lower than death rates?
[ "disease", "increased growth rate", "negative growth rate", "mutation" ]
negative growth rate
sciq
982fc24c-a7c3-49e1-ac06-da463e3b1297
How do hydrogen bonds help ions and other polar molecules?
[ "solidify in water", "change in water", "dissolve in water", "activate in water" ]
dissolve in water
sciq
30f8540e-d89e-4fce-a484-d4bd766b7d63
What two things determine how much kinetic energy an object has?
[ "its mass and direction", "its mass and velocity", "its height and speed", "its weight and volume" ]
its mass and velocity
sciq
240f17ed-3e18-4bfd-a90f-f651555f1be5
What are the pores in plants that keep certain gases and liquids in and out called?
[ "chloroplasts", "lesions", "stomata", "stigmata" ]
stomata
sciq
0fe18a70-37bd-481a-816e-bf72ab06b3ac
What is the disease in which bronchioles in the lungs periodically swell and fill with mucus?
[ "asthma", "leukemia", "allergy", "nausea" ]
asthma
sciq
c96348d4-55ca-4803-bc70-1c8325f5a6e5
E. histolytica causes what kind of dysentery?
[ "amebic", "cocklebur", "spicule", "Spastic" ]
amebic
sciq
af82c2d4-543a-4241-ae2f-b184b3ef1bd9
What is a copy of an image formed by reflection or refraction?
[ "an example", "a mirror image", "a photographic image", "an image" ]
an image
sciq
4e316fb5-549c-4eda-a492-7209023f333c
What term refers to the union of a male and female of the same species for reproduction?
[ "evolution", "mating", "behavior", "life cycle" ]
mating
sciq
efa9eb65-67b8-45e6-8532-4cd04e42505d
What bodily function do the triceps help perform?
[ "perform crunches", "make a fist", "extend the arm", "lift the leg" ]
extend the arm
sciq
48d8786a-19ed-43be-854a-755c7b9dc352
What properties describe the existence of matter, as opposed to chemical properties that describe how substances change into other substances?
[ "gravitational", "biological", "astronomical", "physical" ]
physical
sciq
149c383d-db1d-44b0-a757-d1b6c13ddfa9
Which phylum are all vertebrate organisms a member of?
[ "phylum arthropod", "phylum hominid", "phylum chordata", "pylum protozoa" ]
phylum chordata
sciq
b82433fa-fe99-440e-bc7b-2fe7df48070d
What property of matter is defined as the ability to do work and is required by all living organisms in order to grow and reproduce?
[ "growth", "energy", "food", "heating" ]
energy
sciq
bfe51032-7bc7-4f54-84a5-7ec02219dfb1
What do nearly all nonsense mutations lead to ?
[ "downs syndrome", "nonfunctional proteins", "dehydration", "hormone release" ]
nonfunctional proteins
sciq
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What cannot be created or destroyed in a chemical reaction?
[ "matter", "mass", "heat", "energy" ]
matter
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When the energy of the earthquake reaches shore, it forms a huge wave called?
[ "a surge", "a typhoon", "a tsunami", "a tidal wave" ]
a tsunami
sciq
6891adbe-4e8e-4c1f-9616-fb86e4aea2ee
Which muscle is broad, triangular and located on the inferior part of the back where it inserts into the aponeurosis?
[ "latissimus dorsi", "bronchus dorsi", "Synergistic dorsi", "dorsolateral dorsi" ]
latissimus dorsi
sciq
05890ab7-8702-4ecb-ac51-5bf61c1e61b9
What do organisms need to speed up biochemical reactions?
[ "carbohydrates", "genes", "hormones", "enzymes" ]
enzymes
sciq
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The properties of cyclic hydrocarbons are generally quite similar to those of the corresponding open-chain compounds. so cycloalkanes (with the exception of cyclopropane, which has a highly strained ring) act very much like noncyclic alkanes. cyclic structures containing five or six carbon atoms, such as cyclopentane a...
[ "reactive", "small", "stable", "large" ]
stable
sciq
eb1544f7-ee9c-42bb-8c25-b7863ea7f10c
What collect data on the land and sea in regards to the weather?
[ "weather stations", "turbine stations", "thermal stations", "wind stations" ]
weather stations
sciq
7f127cda-5b1e-40f7-88a1-34be5ddf6b63
What is a form of matter that has a definite volume, but an indefinite shape?
[ "a gas", "a plasma", "a liquid", "a solid" ]
a liquid
sciq
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What is stored and concentrated in the gallbladder?
[ "oxygen", "insulin", "bile", "calcium" ]
bile
sciq
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What is the first step towards wound repair?
[ "electrolysis factors", "hormone factors", "clotting factors", "blotting factors" ]
clotting factors
sciq
460d00dc-1e66-499f-8ded-d9188caab6de
Noble gases are monatomic because they only contain one of what?
[ "charges", "ions", "atoms", "molecules" ]
atoms
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Genetic variation helps ensure that some organisms will survive if what happens?
[ "their environment changes", "they die", "they get eaten", "there's an earthquake" ]
their environment changes
sciq
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Earth’s magnetic north and south poles are not the same as what?
[ "geographic poles", "geographic currents", "geographic hemispheres", "equatorial planes" ]
geographic poles
sciq
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Push or pull acting on an object is also called?
[ "force", "space", "Gravity.", "effort" ]
force
sciq
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What colors in a neon sign represent real neon?
[ "red, orange", "blue, green", "purple, blue", "yellow, white" ]
red, orange
sciq
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What kind of waves consist of vibrating electric and magnetic fields?
[ "sound waves", "gaseous waves", "electromagnetic waves", "hydraulic waves" ]
electromagnetic waves
sciq
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When do weather balloons return to earth?
[ "when the air cools", "when the air heats up", "when it bursts", "when the timer runs out" ]
when it bursts
sciq
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What is the addition of oxygen to a molecule or the removal of hydrogen from a molecule called?
[ "ionization", "evaporation", "oxidation", "precipitation" ]
oxidation
sciq
cf15d77e-0c72-48f2-92a6-8705f5e10071
Hair and nails are made of what?
[ "proteins", "keratin", "chromatin", "cellulose" ]
keratin
sciq
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What radiation, generally produced by thermal motion and the vibration and rotation of atoms and molecules, literally means "below red"?
[ "infrared", "microscopic", "gamma radiation", "ultraviolet" ]
infrared
sciq
4e1b1f75-b88a-47b0-8b6a-0e6bd3edbedf
Lactose intolerance is a condition characterized by indigestion caused by this?
[ "dairy products", "pasteurized products", "fried products", "raw products" ]
dairy products
sciq
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What is the name of the liquid component of a solution?
[ "solute", "ionic", "solvent", "reactant" ]
solvent
sciq
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What type of tissue consists of cells that cover inner and outer body surfaces?
[ "mitochondrial ?", "epithelial?", "aberrant ?", "Soft Tissue" ]
epithelial?
sciq
19e756c8-c801-4c7b-a6db-c106de228ade
Where is the site of photosynthesis?
[ "the chloroburst", "the organism", "the chloroplast", "another chloroplast" ]
the chloroplast
sciq
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What can be identified as an element, a compound, or a mixture?
[ "matter", "waves", "energy", "light" ]
matter
sciq
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Vaccination is the process of exposing a person to pathogens on purpose so the person will develop what?
[ "autonomy", "sensitivity", "allergy", "immunity" ]
immunity
sciq
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What is the layer above the troposphere?
[ "sediment", "condensation", "earth", "stratosphere" ]
stratosphere
sciq
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The calvin cycle and light reactions are the two stages of what process?
[ "photosynthesis", "condensation", "cell growth", "evaporation" ]
photosynthesis
sciq
74b4bd35-a74f-4840-9470-4a2f49d7b7cf
Untreated chlamydia can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease, which affects what organ system?
[ "endocrine system", "female reproductive system", "nervous system", "circulatory system" ]
female reproductive system
sciq
d506daaf-d07b-4797-9a70-41719b6246fa
What feature of the land do contour lines show?
[ "three-dimensional shape", "flat surfaces", "bodies of water", "trails" ]
three-dimensional shape
sciq
c883552b-5cf9-43ae-87ed-6499445cb11e
By what process does the haploid gametophyte produce the gametes?
[ "Spermatogenesis", "angiogenesis", "mitosis", "meiosis" ]
mitosis
sciq
2eb48266-59a6-4d27-9483-b00e7aaa445c
Where do carrier proteins carry ions or molecules?
[ "across the membrane", "across isotopes", "between nuclei", "back to nucleus" ]
across the membrane
sciq
05f1e0c7-c47e-4009-ac8a-7368fa932a09
Among vertebrates, what broad category of animals is most capable of learning?
[ "mammals", "reptiles", "fish", "birds" ]
mammals
sciq
448c5cde-deb1-4075-bdbc-d38aafe53848
What is the first step of the calvin cycle called?
[ "dioxide fixation", "breath fixation", "carbon maturation", "carbon fixation" ]
carbon fixation
sciq
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What harmful substance must not be drained into s storm sewer?
[ "motor oil", "water runoff", "alcohol", "debris" ]
motor oil
sciq
e2e0fd11-1ca4-4678-a67a-2db7d0ba1ad3
What is the special name given to the diffusion of water through the cell membrane?
[ "passive transport", "osmosis", "hemostasis", "electrolysis" ]
osmosis
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a4f4f8f5-4b62-4b82-b2de-9c9a08b16212
What happens to the electrical conductivity of metals when placed in a pot of boiling water?
[ "decreases slowly", "increases quickly", "stays the same", "increases slowly" ]
decreases slowly
sciq
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Most bird species display this behavior, meaning the male and female remain together for breeding for a few years or until one mate dies?
[ "monogamy", "isolation", "polygamy", "dichotomy" ]
monogamy
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Many pathogens spread by droplets in the air. droplets are released when a person does what?
[ "cries or laughs", "coughs or sneezes", "itches or scratches", "vomits or cries" ]
coughs or sneezes
sciq
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Chemical reactions that consume energy are called what?
[ "exothermic reactions", "endothermic reactions", "greedy reactions", "inefficient reactions" ]
endothermic reactions
sciq
aaa4e496-e7d6-42c4-b397-6cebe019801a
What do most organisms eat in the profundal zone of a lake?
[ "dead organisms", "fish waste", "algae organism", "fresh organisms" ]
dead organisms
sciq
c5a303a1-06b0-4d6a-9c5f-a6bcac7ec185
The variation in a sample can be represented by what quantity, which means the total spread of values?
[ "range", "variety", "median", "mode" ]
range
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884c95a3-75b2-4c86-873d-27705884150b
A protein’s shape is determined, most fundamentally, by the sequence of what type of acids?
[ "lipids", "acetic", "lactic", "amino" ]
amino
sciq
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What are the 3 types of tissues that modern plants have?
[ "sturdy , ground , and vascular", "dermal, ground, and vascular", "sinuous , ground , and vascular", "cambrium, epidermis, and ground" ]
dermal, ground, and vascular
sciq
e9e2a0f9-6fa9-40c4-9dde-9118c66786fc
Tropomyosin is a type of what, that winds around the chains of the actin filament and covers the myosin-binding sites to prevent actin from binding to myosin?
[ "bacteria", "enzyme", "protein", "amine" ]
protein
sciq
6fd125e7-89d9-4f4c-baea-b1d8269559fd
Which group of the periodic table consists of hydrogen and the alkali metals?
[ "group 4", "group 2", "group 1", "group 3" ]
group 1
sciq
cde09f0c-10d4-4a5e-85cc-3f4371bf9dbf
What helps frogs swim during the tadpole phase?
[ "cilia", "fins", "flagella", "a tail" ]
a tail
sciq
44053786-b8df-4cfd-b8fb-b8d261bbc6c4
What kind of radiation can be used to disrupt the dna-rna protein synthesis cycle that allows bacteria to reproduce?
[ "infrared", "non-ionizing", "microwave", "ionizing" ]
ionizing
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The adult cells that form the butterfly begin growing in what developmental stage?
[ "caterpillar", "embryo", "pupa", "mitochondria" ]
embryo
sciq
ec2addcc-6143-408b-a733-863b3ce9e642
What is the simplest type of carbon-based compounds?
[ "hydrocarbons", "Buckminsterfullerine", "graphite", "particles" ]
hydrocarbons
sciq
5fd35c8b-9963-4001-bd04-301bda7113e6
What kinds of cells that are important to our physical functioning can atrophy when they are not used?
[ "muscles", "digestive", "reproductive", "brain" ]
muscles
sciq
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Dengue fever and yellow fever are examples of diseases caused by what type of pathogen?
[ "bacteria", "worms", "virus", "fungi" ]
virus
sciq
5ccb239f-4e8d-48a2-8cef-667da1f748a1
The geologic time scale is divided into eons, eras, periods, and?
[ "epochs", "cultures", "zones", "tropics" ]
epochs
sciq
d89903bf-3533-43cf-9f16-55798e5b5ce1
What molecule is used for most energy functions in organisms?
[ "atp or adenozine triphosphate", "RNA or ribonucleic acid", "ADP or Adenosine Diphosphate", "DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid" ]
atp or adenozine triphosphate
sciq
74652278-e1f5-4fe5-93b6-bc51d53cc031
Which part of the nephron collects wastes in the blood?
[ "vesicle", "waste sac", "tubule", "filter" ]
tubule
sciq
7cdc2789-4cf9-4e52-a60c-58c8a32a9678
What kind of behavior occurs only after experience or practice?
[ "learned behavior", "instinctive behavior", "memory", "juvenile behavior" ]
learned behavior
sciq
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The right side of the heart collects what type of blood from the body?
[ "oxygen-poor", "potassium-rich", "oxygen-rich", "dioxide-poor" ]
oxygen-poor
sciq
749e941f-b75a-4aa6-8318-82b9dc93e6d3
Hot material from near the sun’s center rises in which zone?
[ "radiative zone", "drifting zone", "thermosphere", "convection zone" ]
convection zone
sciq
6a3d943a-8d1d-4a73-9bf7-231edb946c68
The presence of what in leaf cells makes most leaves appear green?
[ "sodium", "hydrogen", "chlorophyll", "carbonate" ]
chlorophyll
sciq
dde28e8b-a9ab-4d1a-9b22-aabc746e8af3
What is the name of the project concerning genetics that is one of the landmark scientific events of the last 50 years?
[ "human genome project", "blue beam project", "human organism project", "manhattan project" ]
human genome project
sciq
38d127eb-dae7-4514-8355-8fe32d574467
Wind is one method for dispersal of what, ensuring a new generation?
[ "eggs", "clouds", "dust", "seeds" ]
seeds
sciq
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Most ecosystems are disturbed too often to attain what final, stable status?
[ "calm community", "climax community", "undisrupted community", "even community" ]
climax community
sciq
5e0d3296-c216-47b7-81eb-897680288a55
What kind of diet is typical for raptors, such as hawks and owls?
[ "carnivorous", "herbivorous", "fishes", "carnivorous or herbivorous" ]
carnivorous
sciq
6dd3cb7f-5e6e-4183-97ff-b8ccf5e44fb8
The most basic division of land plants is between what type of plants?
[ "succulents and conifers", "perennial and annual", "nonvascular and vascular", "deciduous and evergreen" ]
nonvascular and vascular
sciq
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What do vaccines produce to combat viral diseases?
[ "sterility", "sensitivity", "hyperthyroidism", "immunity" ]
immunity
sciq
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Internal functions are coordinated and regulated so that the internal environment of a living thing is relatively constant, referred to as what?
[ "stabilizer", "hypothesis", "homogenesis", "homeostasis" ]
homeostasis
sciq
69f12fd7-14c5-4ff6-a1dd-cb67d1c3f11e
What is a long, tube-shaped bundle of neurons, protected by the vertebrae?
[ "a ganglion", "a dendrite", "the spinal cord", "an axon" ]
the spinal cord
sciq
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What does the kelvin scale measure?
[ "temperature", "precipitation", "oxygen", "height" ]
temperature
sciq
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Ash that enters the air naturally as a result of a volcano eruption is classified as what kind of pollutant?
[ "primary pollutant", "secondary pollutant", "thick pollutant", "natural pollutant" ]
primary pollutant
sciq
d45583f8-9e37-442d-87b6-7cbe09c17095
What happens when an increase in temperature of a gas in a rigid container happens?
[ "gas explodes", "container shrinks", "pressure decreases", "pressure increases" ]
pressure increases
sciq
f694599f-926b-4cec-aed9-5849314a1fa3
Which reaction between alkyl halides and ammonia makes alkylamines?
[ "conductive substitution reactions", "nucleophilic substitution reactions", "nitrogen catabolism", "nucleophobic reactions" ]
nucleophilic substitution reactions
sciq
b6b00b94-6cdf-432e-9525-244103b83b82
Genes are organized to make the control of gene expression easier. the promoter region is immediately upstream of this?
[ "organic sequence", "signalling sequence", "propagate sequence", "coding sequence" ]
coding sequence
sciq
2a2a4414-f60d-479c-b3aa-dccbb2eba3b8
Which phylum is made up of segmented worms such as earthworms?
[ "chordata", "arthropod", "nematoda", "annelida" ]
annelida
sciq
4ab1f60e-6711-4975-8087-d61a1cbdb632
What is the transfer of thermal energy between substances called?
[ "Permeation", "heat", "Diffusion", "Radiation" ]
heat
sciq
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What functional units of chromosomes determine specific characteristics by coding for specific proteins?
[ "cells", "genes", "DNA", "chromosomes" ]
genes
sciq
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Aside from light, incandescent light bulbs also give off what that wastes energy?
[ "temperature", "heat", "electricity", "humidity" ]
heat
sciq
99eea614-e12e-473e-92cf-8e4c59725a6b
Just as the reaction of a diol and a diacid forms a polyester, the reaction of a diacid and a diamine yields this?
[ "polyamide", "acetone", "polyethylene", "phenol" ]
polyamide
sciq
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Structural rearrangements of what include partial duplications, deletions, inversions, and translocations; duplications and deletions often produce offspring that survive but exhibit physical and mental abnormalities?
[ "cells", "phenotypes", "chromosomes", "neutrons" ]
chromosomes
sciq
1d08ec49-025b-40db-8b7d-eb841231a49a
The e. coli chromosome, like many other bacterial chromosomes, is what shape?
[ "circular", "triangular", "square", "oval" ]
circular
sciq
a482f8b5-f1ad-4a32-9896-8bb9e763ff3e
What is the force of attraction between two masses?
[ "gravity", "momentum", "inertia", "electricity" ]
gravity
sciq
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Chordates include vertebrates and invertebrates that have what?
[ "a endoderm", "a notochord", "chordate", "a phloem" ]
a notochord
sciq
c5ca25d0-a070-47ab-8b13-a1b3c18c59d3
Nearly how many millions of people die yearly due to air pollution?
[ "five million", "fifty million", "eight million", "two million" ]
five million
sciq
c3265bc6-96a0-4688-b8b4-7ec2014f71ea
What instrument is used to record the length and strength of an earthquake?
[ "transmitter", "seismograph", "microscope", "epicenter" ]
seismograph
sciq
ff767ead-37fb-485b-8d36-54eccb93e582
Skeletal muscles must work in pairs to move bones back and forth at a joint because they can only do what?
[ "contract", "expand", "pull", "vibrate" ]
contract
sciq
938db032-04f8-4a54-804b-3efb76ab6347
What type of molecules are secreted by the cell in local signaling?
[ "sleeping molecules", "negaitive molecules", "messenger molecules", "word molecules" ]
messenger molecules
sciq