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Pulmonary ventilation in mammals occurs via what?
[ "osmosis", "inflammation", "ingestion", "inhalation" ]
inhalation
sciq
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Chemical signals are received by the target cell on what?
[ "parent proteins", "acidic proteins", "inceptor proteins", "receptor proteins" ]
receptor proteins
sciq
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What kind of organisms are prokaryotes?
[ "viral", "single-celled", "single - flagellated", "multicellular organisms" ]
single-celled
sciq
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What act like filters and remove pathogens from lymph?
[ "electric nodes", "spine nodes", "lymph nodes", "tissue nodes" ]
lymph nodes
sciq
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What are the primary cells of adaptive immune response?
[ "white blood cells", "red blood cells", "lymphocytes", "erythrocytes" ]
lymphocytes
sciq
d086e2b7-1df0-44de-8b88-d9e58e30cc79
What term refers to the friction of fluid, within itself and its surroundings?
[ "volume", "elasticity", "viscosity", "salinity" ]
viscosity
sciq
a4e36dfb-252a-49b7-9fb7-51cedabd65b8
What do you call a unique substance formed when two or more elements combine chemically?
[ "solution", "mixture", "compound", "component" ]
compound
sciq
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Caves form over time when what causes rocks like limestone to dissolve?
[ "water", "acid", "weather", "air" ]
water
sciq
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Cycloalkanes are hydrocarbons whose molecules are closed rings rather than straight or branched chains. a cyclic hydrocarbon is a hydrocarbon with a ring of these?
[ "barium atoms", "hydrogen atoms", "carbon atoms", "oxygen atoms" ]
carbon atoms
sciq
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Speciation, convergent evolution, and coevolution are types of what process?
[ "macroevolution", "devolution", "microevolution", "systemic evolution" ]
macroevolution
sciq
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In what state do ionic compounds best conduct electricity?
[ "plasma", "liquid", "solid", "gas" ]
liquid
sciq
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What type of protein fibers in the cytoskeleton are the narrowest?
[ "capillaries", "microfilaments", "macrophages", "mitosis" ]
microfilaments
sciq
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Which layer of the earth is molten?
[ "the inner core", "the mantle", "the outer core", "the metallic core" ]
the outer core
sciq
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What is the general name for a solid material that is formed via a natural process?
[ "mineral", "plasma", "gas", "chemical" ]
mineral
sciq
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In a photosystem, pigments in the light-harvesting complex pass light energy to two special molecules of what in the reaction center?
[ "chlorophyll", "carbonate", "calcium", "nutrient" ]
chlorophyll
sciq
5d7267e1-eb74-4393-9378-1dce662ec9b8
What branch of science is the study of matter and energy?
[ "natural science", "unnatural science", "physical science", "negative science" ]
physical science
sciq
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What make us sick when they become human parasites?
[ "detritus", "larvae", "protozoa", "viruses" ]
protozoa
sciq
0590fc58-58f2-468b-a3fe-43471cd4e6ec
The tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion is called?
[ "magnetism", "gravitation", "friction", "inertia" ]
inertia
sciq
4caec888-6a59-4315-8821-ae7b99bf6fa0
Contributing to the blood-brain barrier is one of the jobs of glial cells, which support neurons in what system?
[ "circulatory system", "digestive system", "peripheral nervous system", "central nervous system" ]
central nervous system
sciq
2edf11cc-1eca-4f87-8a6e-507d8cd9534d
During the condensation reaction of sugars what is removed, linking the two sugars?
[ "water", "chlorophyll", "hormones", "air" ]
water
sciq
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What develops into embryos inside seeds, from which the next sporophyte generation grows?
[ "pupa", "zygotes", "secretions", "buds" ]
zygotes
sciq
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A change in temperature with distance is called a what?
[ "speed gradient", "oxygen gradient", "solution gradient", "temperature gradient" ]
temperature gradient
sciq
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What sac, which was sitting on top of the flat embryo, envelops the embryo as it folds?
[ "umbilical sac", "amniotic sac", "uterus", "epithelial sac" ]
amniotic sac
sciq
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Catecholamines are a class of amine hormones synthesised form which amino acid?
[ "tyrosine", "epinephrine", "phenylalanine", "dopamine" ]
tyrosine
sciq
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Regulation of hormone production hormone levels are primarily controlled through negative feedback, in which rising levels of a hormone inhibit its?
[ "Limited release", "particular release", "recent release", "further release" ]
further release
sciq
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Androgen secretion and sperm production are both controlled by hypothalamic and which other hormones?
[ "salivary", "adrenal", "pituitary", "Testes" ]
pituitary
sciq
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The sum of the superscripts in an electron configuration is equal to the number of electrons in that atom, which is in turn equal to what number?
[ "metallic number", "orbital number", "atomic number", "shell number" ]
atomic number
sciq
8a6e5216-9df9-4169-8813-5002f3f6fadc
What part of the brain controls body position, coordination, and balance?
[ "cerebellum", "right brain", "brain stem", "cerebrum" ]
cerebellum
sciq
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When light transfers its energy to objects, this is known as what?
[ "accumulation", "evaporation", "condensation", "absorption" ]
absorption
sciq
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What do most amphibians breathe with as larvae?
[ "nasal passages", "lungs", "pores", "gills" ]
gills
sciq
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The chemical used by the ants to weed their garden turns out to be what kind?
[ "sealant acid", "sulfide acid", "nitric acid", "formic acid" ]
formic acid
sciq
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A common age-related bone disease in which bone density and strength is decreased is know as what?
[ "allergies", "osteoporosis", "Stomach", "fibrosis" ]
osteoporosis
sciq
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Some fruit, like peaches, only have one big seed. what is this seed called?
[ "the core", "the middle", "the seed", "the pit" ]
the pit
sciq
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Dragonflies were one of the first insects to do what?
[ "fight", "sexually reproduce", "swim", "fly" ]
fly
sciq
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Intestinal cells combine with proteins to create what?
[ "chylomicrons", "amino acids", "chondrocytes", "lipoproteins" ]
chylomicrons
sciq
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Dutch elm trees used to be common, beautiful trees in the united states. now most of them have been killed by what?
[ "carbon dioxide", "cancer", "dutch elm disease", "beetles" ]
dutch elm disease
sciq
bcafe96e-0dd6-4332-9457-69ba1474e1ae
Two major types of fungus-like protists are slime molds and which other?
[ "green molds", "black molds", "water molds", "foul molds" ]
water molds
sciq
e19c0b02-f743-4684-94e3-6e6f0fce1cd8
What are broken down during digestion to provide the amino acids needed for protein synthesis?
[ "carbohydrates", "metabolytes", "dietary proteins", "sugars" ]
dietary proteins
sciq
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A group of atoms that results when one hydrogen atom is removed from an alkane is referred to as what?
[ "alkyl group", "chloride group", "nitrate group", "hyrdrogen group" ]
alkyl group
sciq
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What is the term for stored energy that an object has due to its position or shape?
[ "vertical energy", "kinetic energy", "potential energy", "mechanical energy" ]
potential energy
sciq
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What force is greater on rougher surfaces than smooth surfaces?
[ "acceleration", "friction", "tension", "gravity" ]
friction
sciq
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Nitrogen is a very important element to living things, because it is part of nucleotides and amino acids that are the building blocks of nucleic acids and these?
[ "cells", "proteins", "lipids", "follicles" ]
proteins
sciq
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In the mouth, enzymes present in what begin to chemically break down food?
[ "saliva", "acid", "blood", "lymph" ]
saliva
sciq
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Unlike the cells of plants and fungi, animal cells lack what?
[ "flagella", "cell wall", "mitochondria", "nuclei" ]
cell wall
sciq
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Because alkali metals are so reactive, they are found in nature only in ________ with other elements?
[ "cooperation", "isolation", "competition", "combination" ]
combination
sciq
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What is the plane that divides the body or an organ vertically into right and left sides?
[ "anatomical plane", "sagittal plane", "parasagittal plane", "median plane" ]
sagittal plane
sciq
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What are the organs work together to allow us to see?
[ "brain and eyes", "lungs", "heart", "nose" ]
brain and eyes
sciq
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The brain develops from this early tube structure and gives rise to specific regions of the adult brain. as the neural tube grows and differentiates, it enlarges into three vesicles that correspond to the forebrain, midbrain, and this?
[ "astrobrain", "hindbrain", "rearbrain", "anteriorbrain" ]
hindbrain
sciq
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Biotechnology uses what to solve problems?
[ "geology", "psycology", "ecology", "biology" ]
biology
sciq
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What are hurricanes called in the pacific?
[ "typhoons", "tornados", "rainstorms", "twisters" ]
typhoons
sciq
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What is the organ in which gas exchanges take place between blood and air?
[ "kidney", "skin", "lungs", "heart" ]
lungs
sciq
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What branch of science deals with the effects people have on the environment?
[ "ecological science", "cultural science", "environmental science", "physical science" ]
environmental science
sciq
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Sickle cell anemia is what type of disorder?
[ "autosomal recessive disorder", "autosomal dominant disorder", "spontaneous mutation", "nongenetic disorder" ]
autosomal recessive disorder
sciq
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Which region is just posterior to the mouth?
[ "the pharynx", "the diaphragm", "the duodenum", "the esophagus" ]
the pharynx
sciq
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What is the collective travel of sheep known as?
[ "herd", "load", "gaggle", "den" ]
herd
sciq
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What are these examples of: a person riding a carousel and a skydiver in free fall?
[ "acceleration", "centripetal force", "vibration", "centrifugal force" ]
acceleration
sciq
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Elements below the second period, such as silicon, do not form what as readily as second-period elements, and when they do form, they are weaker than those formed by second-period elements?
[ "covalent bonds", "n bonds", "k. bonds", "magnetic bonds" ]
n bonds
sciq
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Through what method or methods of fertilization do amphibians sexually reproduce?
[ "spawning or budding", "asexual or sexual", "external or internal", "mitosis and meiosis" ]
external or internal
sciq
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The distance between corresponding points of adjacent waves is known as the __________
[ "wavelength", "absorption", "amplitude", "bandwidth" ]
wavelength
sciq
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Which system consists of all the nervous tissue that lies outside the central nervous system?
[ "spinal cord", "cerebral cortex", "auxiliary nervous system", "peripheral nervous system" ]
peripheral nervous system
sciq
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What mechanism is used by living organisms to pass along genes?
[ "dna", "chlorophyll", "protein", "digestion" ]
dna
sciq
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The third line of defense of the immune system is called?
[ "the asymptomatic response", "the sudden response", "the malignant response", "the immune response" ]
the immune response
sciq
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What's it called when gases turn back into liquids?
[ "diffusion", "evaporation", "condensation", "dehydration" ]
condensation
sciq
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What is a molecule made up of two subunits?
[ "enzyme", "chloride", "acid", "dimer" ]
dimer
sciq
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The pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood into the lungs from this?
[ "bladder", "brain", "legs", "heart" ]
heart
sciq
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All of the living things in an area and the nonliving environment together make up what?
[ "biome", "taiga", "biosphere", "ecosystem" ]
ecosystem
sciq
72257e10-f08b-4d16-a554-795afe11289c
What areas of the planet are most birds native to?
[ "tundra", "desert", "tropical", "mountainous" ]
tropical
sciq
91dc1b5c-edba-4aa9-86d1-4b423d016e3f
What is the basis of enzyme classification?
[ "their mass", "reactions they catalyze", "their color", "their shape" ]
reactions they catalyze
sciq
e226872f-7331-4511-84bf-b393fb4947db
Scientists use the principles of what to make predictions, which they then test?
[ "their faith", "their teachers", "their guesses", "their hypothesis" ]
their hypothesis
sciq
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How many membranes form the mitochondrion structure of a cell?
[ "two", "five", "one", "three" ]
two
sciq
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Lava that enters the water is called what?
[ "saltwater lava", "lava flow", "magma runoff", "pillow lava" ]
pillow lava
sciq
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What do we call plants that shed their leaves seasonally each year?
[ "deciduous plants", "annuals", "lush plants", "perennials" ]
deciduous plants
sciq
5c1919b5-97e6-44c8-a431-48890ec92b02
What do some animals use to get a feel for their environment?
[ "mechanoreceptors", "neuroreceptors", "nociceptors", "fibroblasts" ]
mechanoreceptors
sciq
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Gas particles are constantly colliding with each other and the walls of a container, and these collisions are elastic, so there is no net loss of what?
[ "temperature", "velocity", "energy", "heat" ]
energy
sciq
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How do birds learn to avoid eating monarch butterflies?
[ "temperature", "instinct", "conditioning", "digestion" ]
conditioning
sciq
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What part of the sperm contains the genetic material?
[ "the \" body \"", "the \"head\"", "the \" brain \"", "the \" tail \"" ]
the "head"
sciq
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Multiple sclerosis, huntington’s disease, and parkinson’s disease all affect what body system?
[ "nervous system", "reproductive system", "lymph system", "circulatory system" ]
nervous system
sciq
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The force that blood exerts upon the walls of the blood vessels or upon the chambers of the heart is known as blood what?
[ "squeeze", "vaccuum", "push", "pressure" ]
pressure
sciq
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What is the term for the amount of internal energy that the substance can store?
[ "mass capacity", "temperature capacity", "heat capacity", "humidity capacity" ]
heat capacity
sciq
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An aquifer is an underground layer of rock that is saturated with what?
[ "ocean water", "oil", "groundwater", "wastewater" ]
groundwater
sciq
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Oysters require a certain minimum population density because they must be in close proximity to do this?
[ "multiply", "reproduce", "replicate", "feed" ]
reproduce
sciq
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Rubber is an example of what type of substances that do not allow electrons to move through them?
[ "solids", "conductor", "semi-conductor", "insulators" ]
insulators
sciq
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What gland is located in the neck, where it wraps around the trachea?
[ "adrenal gland", "pituitary gland", "salivary gland", "thyroid gland" ]
thyroid gland
sciq
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What is influences the inhibition of axillary buds by an apical bud?
[ "apical dominance", "anterior dominance", "eliptical dominance", "cortical dominance" ]
apical dominance
sciq
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The colorless, odorless gas released when we breath is carbon dioxide. the harmful colorless, odorless gas released when matter is burned is what?
[ "carbon trioxide", "carbon monoxide", "acid monoxide", "methane" ]
carbon monoxide
sciq
72294df7-a614-4407-afea-2c94d2dad338
How are bacteria cells similar to our cells?
[ "plasma and number of protons", "dna and number of protons", "dna & plasma membrane", "shape and size" ]
dna & plasma membrane
sciq
f603fef2-d92e-4129-ab4f-26096c3ed964
What kind of health problem can occur in the kidney and potentially cause problems with urination?
[ "infection", "gallstones", "diabetes", "kidney stones" ]
kidney stones
sciq
b0445e9e-f34a-41cb-86e4-7c150e6ba34d
What can alkenes and alkynes be reduced with to form alkanes?
[ "acids", "enzymes", "hydrogen gas", "oxygen" ]
hydrogen gas
sciq
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The vapor pressures of various liquids depends primarily on the strength of what kind of attractions between individual particles?
[ "diffusion", "outer molecular", "gravitational", "intermolecular" ]
intermolecular
sciq
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What is the term for a structure within the cytoplasm that performs a specific job in the cell?
[ "nucleus", "organelle", "ribosome", "mitochondria" ]
organelle
sciq
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The two members of a given pair of chromosomes are called what?
[ "isolated chromosomes", "homologous chromosomes", "divergant chromosomes", "tissue chromosomes" ]
homologous chromosomes
sciq
a52b24c1-7e9e-49e6-815e-dd0eedf12e72
What type of organism is used to produce alcoholic beverages and bread?
[ "bacteria", "larvae", "insects", "yeast" ]
yeast
sciq
019407fb-43d1-4c32-9399-a60fe4769535
On top of the otolithic membrane is a layer of calcium carbonate crystals, called what?
[ "calcites", "otoliths", "cones", "gonads" ]
otoliths
sciq
79bc4b92-9604-4671-8843-f21e33d3740d
What do we call the locations where electrons are likely to be located around the nucleus?
[ "isotopes", "orbitals", "radials", "cores" ]
orbitals
sciq
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What makes up the central nervous system?
[ "brain and spinal cord", "brain and heart", "spine and lungs", "heart and lungs" ]
brain and spinal cord
sciq
389f7241-c19d-479f-a685-298f0b9f794c
Obligate anaerobes live and grow in the absence of what?
[ "molecular nitrogen", "molecular oxygen", "molecular carbon", "atomic oxygen" ]
molecular oxygen
sciq
00c29cc9-d231-4365-a902-844f30356dd2
What is the common term for single-celled fungi?
[ "yeasts", "prokaryotes", "sponges", "mushrooms" ]
yeasts
sciq
0478eecf-cca2-4edb-beab-6d4b1f157fd1
What process allows particles too large to move along the stream bed?
[ "diffusion", "impaction", "channelization", "saltation" ]
saltation
sciq
b5b9c44b-78b6-4050-935d-6da4938b5ea5
Conducting wires have a small degree of what?
[ "magnetism", "insulation", "electrical resistance", "heat" ]
electrical resistance
sciq
14260296-d4dc-4889-a4ed-372804c52bd3
What allowed life to expand and diversify during the early cambrian period?
[ "cool, dry climate", "cool, humid climate", "warm, humid climate", "hot, dry climate" ]
warm, humid climate
sciq