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What type of engine burns fuel to heat water and produce steam?
sciq-00300
[ "combustion", "condensation", "convection", "conduction" ]
A
Oncogenesis is one name for the process where normal cells turn into what?
sciq-00301
[ "blood cells", "brain cells", "lung cells", "cancer cells" ]
D
Characteristics of an organism are passed from one generation to the next through what?
sciq-00302
[ "sperm", "ribosomes", "genes", "eggs" ]
C
Reactants are substances that start what?
sciq-00303
[ "chemical reaction", "dying reaction", "growth reaction", "consumption reaction" ]
A
What are cyclic compounds which have an element other than carbon atoms in the ring?
sciq-00304
[ "heterocyclic compounds", "homocyclic compounds", "axial compounds", "polymeric compounds" ]
A
Surviving megaspores develop into what?
sciq-00305
[ "singular celled female gametophytes", "multicellular female gametophytes", "null gametophytes", "multicellular male gametophytes" ]
B
Stoichiometry is concerned with the reactants and the products in chemical what?
sciq-00306
[ "bonds", "photosynthesis", "reactions", "solvents" ]
C
What do you call the angle at which waves strike a wall?
sciq-00307
[ "incidence impact", "angle of impact", "rotation of incidence", "angle of incidence" ]
D
Nitrogen & sulfur oxide combine with rain to form what?
sciq-00308
[ "steam rain", "acid rain", "toxic rain", "coarse rain" ]
B
The nitrogenous bases found in nucleotides are classified as pyrimidines or what?
sciq-00309
[ "Fallen", "terpenes", "purines", "Science" ]
C
Instead of heat, organisms use what to speed up reactions?
sciq-00310
[ "synthesis", "metabolism", "catalysis", "acids" ]
C
What term in science describes not just a guess, but a well-formed set of explanations for a phenomenon?
sciq-00311
[ "evolution", "hypothesis", "concept", "theory" ]
D
Although helper t cells do not destroy infected or damaged body cells, they are still necessary for what?
sciq-00312
[ "brain response", "lung response", "mutations response", "immune response" ]
D
The seven unique crystal types are defined by what parts of themselves (parts that intersect at various angles)?
sciq-00313
[ "shards", "faces", "angles", "eyes" ]
B
In their processes of gene expression, archael cells show similarties to both bacterial cells and which other type of cell?
sciq-00314
[ "plant cells", "chloroplasts", "Prokaryotic", "eukaryotic" ]
D
What term refers to the amount of solute that can dissolve in a given amount of solvent at a given temperature?
sciq-00315
[ "solubility", "viscosity", "turbidity", "saturation" ]
A
Although quite different, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium are all classified as what type of metals?
sciq-00316
[ "acidic earth metals", "detergent earth metals", "mucous earth metals", "alkaline earth metals" ]
D
What predatory mammal is the fastest land animal on earth?
sciq-00317
[ "cheetah", "panther", "giraffe", "tiger" ]
A
Why did woolly mammoths began to go extinct thousands of years ago?
sciq-00318
[ "volcanic eruptions", "competition for food", "parasites", "hunting by humans" ]
D
What is a developing baby called in the very early stages?
sciq-00319
[ "embryo", "sperm", "uterus", "fetus" ]
A
What is released when an atom gains valence electrons and forms a negative ion?
sciq-00320
[ "fusion", "energy", "heat", "charge" ]
B
What is the name of matter that mechanical wave energy can only travel through?
sciq-00321
[ "form", "solid", "medium", "weight" ]
C
What is able to occur because no surface is perfectly smooth?
sciq-00322
[ "tension", "mass", "friction", "temperature" ]
C
What determines the reactivity of an atom?
sciq-00323
[ "unstable electrons", "reactive electrons", "neutral electrons", "valence electrons" ]
D
What is the fusing of two or more smaller nuclei to form a single, larger nucleus?
sciq-00324
[ "radiactive fusion", "likely fusion", "atomic fusion", "nuclear fusion" ]
D
What part of the plant absorbs water?
sciq-00325
[ "flower", "roots", "leaves", "stem" ]
B
What is the term for the attraction between oppositely charged atoms or ions?
sciq-00326
[ "ionic bond", "magnetic bond", "neutron bond", "covalent bond" ]
A
What are the outer planets of the solar system made of?
sciq-00327
[ "solids", "liquids", "gases", "plasma" ]
C
Allergy symptoms can be treated with medications such as?
sciq-00328
[ "hormone treatments", "antibiotics", "channel blockers", "antihistamines" ]
D
What is considered to be the most common intrusive igneous rock?
sciq-00329
[ "basalt", "granite", "obsidian", "sandstone" ]
B
Which type of carbohydrate is glucose?
sciq-00330
[ "simple", "fluid", "sweet", "compound" ]
A
What obstructs people from seeing the milky way at night?
sciq-00331
[ "myopia", "light pollution", "the Moon", "coriolis effect" ]
B
The north end of a compass needle points toward which of earth's magnetic poles?
sciq-00332
[ "south", "north", "west", "west" ]
B
Deer, rabbits and mice are an example of what link between producers and other consumers?
sciq-00333
[ "amphibians", "mammals", "carnivores", "herbivores" ]
D
What is the name of the process of creating offspring from just one individual animal?
sciq-00334
[ "asexual reproduction", "organic reproduction", "ideal reproduction", "sexual reproduction" ]
A
Strength, the ability of a muscle to use force during a contraction, differs from what term meaning the ability of a muscle to continue to contract over time without getting tired?
sciq-00335
[ "endurance", "recovery", "resilience", "energy" ]
A
What disease-causing acellular entities containing either dna or rna replicate using the replication proteins of a host cell?
sciq-00336
[ "viruses", "parasitic worms", "pathogens", "parasites" ]
A
What type of virus is the flu caused by?
sciq-00337
[ "pneumonia", "Rubella", "Mononucleosis", "influenza" ]
D
Almost all leaves are specialized for what process?
sciq-00338
[ "photosynthesis", "measurements", "sex", "reactions" ]
A
Some inhibitor molecules bind to enzymes in a location where their binding induces a conformational change that reduces the affinity of the enzyme for its substrate. this type of inhibition is called allosteric what?
sciq-00339
[ "induction", "secretion", "inhibition", "mutation" ]
C
During which process does carbon dioxide exit the cells, enter the bloodstream, travel back to the lungs, and get expired out of the body?
sciq-00340
[ "peroxidation", "osmosis", "exhalation", "inhalation" ]
C
Exotic species, also known as invasive or non-native species often cause _______ when introduced to new environments.
sciq-00341
[ "confusion", "extinction", "radicalization", "harmony" ]
B
What is formed when light rays diverge behind a lens?
sciq-00342
[ "a hologram", "a projection", "a virtual image", "a shadow" ]
C
An equipotential line is a line along which the electric potential is wht?
sciq-00343
[ "increasing", "constant", "changeable", "decreasing" ]
B
Keratin is an intracellular fibrous protein that gives hair, nails, and skin their hardness and this?
sciq-00344
[ "heat resistant properties", "friction resistant properties", "cold - resistant properties", "water-resistant properties" ]
D
The insect reaches full size, acquires wings, and becomes sexually mature after what final stage?
sciq-00345
[ "metamorphosis", "molt", "pupae", "larvae" ]
B
Body movements help circulate the hemolymph by periodically squeezing what?
sciq-00346
[ "the lungs", "the sinuses", "the heart", "muscles" ]
B
What is the name of the effect that causes air masses to move on a diagonal?
sciq-00347
[ "aurora borealis", "the headwind effect", "polar effect", "the coriolis effect" ]
D
Peristalsis is necessary for what basic bodily function?
sciq-00348
[ "reproduction", "respiration", "digestion", "regeneration" ]
C
Radioactive isotopes have the same chemical properties as stable isotopes of the same element. still, how is radioactive isotope different from stable isotopes?
sciq-00349
[ "they emit radiation", "they absorb light", "they emit magnetism", "they absorb radiation" ]
A
What can be described in terms of physical properties and chemical properties as well as its defining states?
sciq-00350
[ "mass", "energy", "matter", "empty space" ]
C
Wetlands are extremely important as an ecosystem and as a filter for what?
sciq-00351
[ "pollutants", "clouds", "wind", "storms" ]
A
Amphibians generally rely heavily on their moist skin for what with the environment?
sciq-00352
[ "competition", "sensory perception", "cooling", "gas exchange" ]
D
A change in species over time is known as?
sciq-00353
[ "generation", "divergence", "evolution", "variation" ]
C
What type of event nearly always occurs at plate boundaries?
sciq-00354
[ "eruption", "hurricane", "earthquake", "tsunami" ]
C
Each f atom has one bonding pair and three lone pairs of what?
sciq-00355
[ "megatrons", "protons", "ions", "electrons" ]
D
The embryo sac consists of only a few cells, one of which is the what?
sciq-00356
[ "egg", "dna", "mitochondria", "sperm" ]
A
What type of organisms collect the energy from the sun and turn it into organic compounds?
sciq-00357
[ "autotrophs", "microbes", "heterotrophs", "organelles" ]
A
Force is a vector because it has what two things?
sciq-00358
[ "matter and direction", "size and depth", "space and time", "size and direction" ]
D
What type of rock makes up most of the earth?
sciq-00359
[ "Metamorphic", "tuberous", "igneous", "Sedimentary" ]
C
The seven bones of the ankle are called the what?
sciq-00360
[ "termals", "tarsals", "femurs", "ankular" ]
B
What is the name for the amount of energy that is required in order to begin a chemical reaction?
sciq-00361
[ "activation", "function", "catalytic", "conduction" ]
A
Presence or absence of what feature distinguishes vertebrates from invertebrates?
sciq-00362
[ "hair", "scales", "backbone", "heart" ]
C
All the bones of the skull, except for the mandible, are joined to each other by a fibrous joint called what?
sciq-00363
[ "blade", "stucco", "aperture", "suture" ]
D
What do we use to keep track of electric potential energy?
sciq-00364
[ "temperature", "amperage", "voltage", "wattage" ]
C
Ozone loss increases the amount of what high-energy radiation that strikes earth?
sciq-00365
[ "gamma rays", "ultraviolet", "microwaves", "infrared" ]
B
What are two simple and common types of capacitor connections?
sciq-00366
[ "series and parallel", "appearance and parallel", "series and ionic", "flux and parallel" ]
A
What is the last step in scientific investigation?
sciq-00367
[ "data management", "communication of results", "document of results", "migration of results" ]
B
Nematodes have an alimentary canal, but lack what?
sciq-00368
[ "lymphatic system", "circulatory system", "metabolism system", "nervous system" ]
B
What instrument is used to make objects in space appear closer?
sciq-00369
[ "telescope", "microscope", "GPS", "mirror" ]
A
Which law predicts increasing entropy based on living systems?
sciq-00370
[ "kelper's", "kinetic", "thermodynamic", "planetary" ]
C
An amine is an organic compound that can be considered to be a derivative of what?
sciq-00371
[ "ammonia", "lead", "calcium", "nitrogen" ]
A
The hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine are associated with what rhyming mechanism?
sciq-00372
[ "right - or - flight", "fight-or-flight", "bright - or - flight", "light - or- flight" ]
B
Matter is composed of exceedingly small particles called what?
sciq-00373
[ "atoms", "crystals", "ions", "cells" ]
A
Gases have no definite shape or what?
sciq-00374
[ "smell", "mass", "growth", "volume" ]
D
Elements have orbitals that are filled with what?
sciq-00375
[ "ions", "photons", "electrons", "particles" ]
C
Most protein antigens require signals from helper t cells (th2) to proceed to make what?
sciq-00376
[ "protein", "antioxidant", "bacterium", "antibody" ]
D
What is caused by the buildup of stress in the rocks?
sciq-00377
[ "ground dropping", "ground fall", "debris tilting", "ground tilting" ]
D
Forty percent of your body mass is made up of what?
sciq-00378
[ "cardiac muscle", "blood", "skeletal muscle", "skin" ]
C
Water is composed of which two elements?
sciq-00379
[ "oxygen and nitrogen", "carbon and dioxide", "hydrogen and nitrogen", "hydrogen and oxygen" ]
D
A polar covalent bond is a covalent bond between different atoms that attract the shared electrons by different amounts and cause an imbalance of what ?
sciq-00380
[ "ions distribution", "neutron distribution", "electron distribution", "proton distribution" ]
C
What two things are excess proteins converted into?
sciq-00381
[ "fructose or triglycerides", "glucose or triglycerides", "glucose or sucrose", "sucrose or triglycerides" ]
B
What is an individual living creature called?
sciq-00382
[ "amino", "protist", "organism", "species" ]
C
What kind of a reaction if peptide bond formation?
sciq-00383
[ "molten synthesis reaction", "recharge synthesis reaction", "dehydration synthesis reaction", "reversed synthesis reaction" ]
C
What are the elements of group 17 (fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, and astatine) called?
sciq-00384
[ "metals", "liquids", "antioxidants", "halogens" ]
D
What is the term for growing towards gravity?
sciq-00385
[ "pollenation", "surviving", "geotropism", "spirogyra" ]
C
What does our solar system orbit over the course of hundreds of millions of years?
sciq-00386
[ "a black hole", "volcanic center", "retrograde center", "galactic center" ]
D
What do inherited immunodeficiencies arise from?
sciq-00387
[ "viral infections", "Allopatric speciation", "stem cells", "gene mutations" ]
D
What kinds of winds can be found in belts that span the entire circumference of the earth?
sciq-00388
[ "Trade winds", "Periodic winds", "Local Winds", "global winds" ]
D
Touching, coughing, or sneezing are examples of directly spreading what microorganisms, which cause diseases like tetanus?
sciq-00389
[ "bacteria", "viruses", "pollen", "algae" ]
A
Which blood pressure is highest when the heart contracts during ventricular systole?
sciq-00390
[ "resting rate", "diastolic", "systolic", "arterial" ]
D
All the members of a species that live in the same area form a what?
sciq-00391
[ "habitat", "biome", "biosphere", "population" ]
D
New species may be created by natural selection and one other way. what is the other way?
sciq-00392
[ "fake selection", "artifical selection", "obvious selection", "squalling selection" ]
B
What type of illness is influenza?
sciq-00393
[ "cardiac illness", "stomach illness", "mental illness", "respiratory illness" ]
D
In which process do paired chromosomes normally separate from each other?
sciq-00394
[ "mutations", "meiosis", "gametes", "diffusion" ]
B
About how many years ago did our solar system begin?
sciq-00395
[ "5 billion years", "3 billion", "10 billion", "60 billion" ]
A
What is the energy change called when a neutral atom gains an electron?
sciq-00396
[ "mass affinity", "fusion gain", "nuclear fission", "electron affinity" ]
D
What kind of interference characteristics does matter have compared to any wave?
sciq-00397
[ "when", "one", "same", "DIfferent" ]
C
Which can cause serious metabolic disorders, too little or too much thyroid hormone in the blood?
sciq-00398
[ "both", "neither", "too little only", "too much only" ]
A
How many colors of light can the human eye detect?
sciq-00399
[ "three", "infinite", "nine", "six" ]
A