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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 |
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