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The length of a linear accelerator and the size of the d-shaped electrodes in a cyclotron severely limit the kinetic energy that particles can attain in these devices. these limitations can be overcome by using one of these?
sciq-00400
[ "synchrotron", "plastic", "metal", "magnet" ]
A
The mammalian sense of touch also relies on mechanoreceptors that are the dendrites of sensory?
sciq-00401
[ "ions", "electrons", "nerves", "neurons" ]
D
What is the largest known animal?
sciq-00402
[ "the blue whale", "the giraffe", "the white shark", "the elephant" ]
A
Polymers can disassemble by the reverse process called what?
sciq-00403
[ "hydrolysis", "dehydration", "electrolysis", "mitosis" ]
A
Purple loosestrife is a european wildflower that was introduced to which continent in the 1800's?
sciq-00404
[ "north america", "asia", "south america", "australia" ]
A
The male gametangium that produces sperm is also called what?
sciq-00405
[ "trichina", "echinacea", "xerophyte", "antheridium" ]
D
What part is written first when naming an ionic compound?
sciq-00406
[ "cation", "anion", "carbonate", "Atom" ]
A
How does adding salt to water affect the boiling point?
sciq-00407
[ "maintains", "no difference", "increases", "reduces" ]
C
What mineral is used in jewelry because of its striking greenish-blue color?
sciq-00408
[ "aqua", "glass", "lime", "turquoise" ]
D
Ionic bonds are formed between which ions?
sciq-00409
[ "with random charges", "with the same charges", "with multiple charges", "with opposite charges" ]
D
What causes most ocean waves?
sciq-00410
[ "Gravity", "tides", "winds", "rains" ]
C
What work by lowering the activation energy of reactions and are needed to speed up chemical reactions in organisms?
sciq-00411
[ "compounds", "enzymes", "molecules", "Proteins" ]
B
Exon skipping is an example of what type of splicing?
sciq-00412
[ "alternative", "proactive", "inclusive", "comprehensive" ]
A
What is the term for the distance between any two corresponding points on adjacent waves?
sciq-00413
[ "tessellation", "bandwidth", "osscilation", "wavelength" ]
D
Typically, what feature of an angiosperm has four main parts known as the calyx, corolla, androecium, and gynoecium?
sciq-00414
[ "leaves", "glass", "flower", "stem" ]
C
8each cell-surface receptor has three main components: an external ligand-binding domain, a hydrophobic membrane spanning region, and a(n) what domain inside the cell?
sciq-00415
[ "intracellular", "isolated", "molecular", "inocent" ]
A
Special cell in the epidermis of the skin that produces the brown pigment called what?
sciq-00416
[ "selenium", "melatonin", "melanin", "cytoplasm" ]
C
What are the most abundant source of energy found in most foods?
sciq-00417
[ "vitamins", "fats", "carbohydrates", "proteins" ]
C
What is considered to not be a form of precipitation?
sciq-00418
[ "condensation", "fog", "snow", "rain" ]
B
Both the initiation and inhibition of cell division are triggered by events external to the cell when it is about to begin which process?
sciq-00419
[ "mutation", "extraction", "replication", "isolation" ]
C
The binding of an antigen receptor to an epitope initiates events that activate the?
sciq-00420
[ "lymphocyte", "endothelial", "monocyte", "dendritic" ]
A
Science works hand in hand with what for the advancement of both?
sciq-00421
[ "banks", "technology", "industry", "government" ]
B
Which part of the brain is responsible for working memory?
sciq-00422
[ "cerebellum", "brain stem", "prefrontal cortex", "amygdala" ]
C
What are bundles of collecting ducts that transport urine made by nephrons to the calyces of the kidney for excretion?
sciq-00423
[ "cartoid", "esophagus", "cuticle", "papillae" ]
D
What do snakes use to smell things?
sciq-00424
[ "their mouth", "their nose", "their eyes", "their tongue" ]
D
Cardiac muscle normally has what kind of oxygen-using metabolism?
sciq-00425
[ "aerobic", "glucose", "digestive", "anarobic" ]
A
Burning fossil fuels releases what into the atmosphere?
sciq-00426
[ "nitrogen dioxide", "carbon monoxide", "carbon dioxide", "phosphorus dioxide" ]
C
Cnidarians are an ancient phylum of what?
sciq-00427
[ "eumetazoans", "sporozoans", "arthropods", "fungi" ]
A
What theory states that both energy and matter have characteristics of waves under some conditions and characteristics of particles under other conditions?
sciq-00428
[ "static theory", "big bang theory", "atomic theory", "quantum theory" ]
D
At which location is the earth hottest?
sciq-00429
[ "meridian", "equator", "seabed", "desert" ]
B
What is process of producing eggs in the ovary called?
sciq-00430
[ "vaginalis", "morphogenesis", "menstruation", "oogenesis" ]
D
What protein is hair mostly made of?
sciq-00431
[ "keratin", "Dystrophin", "coronin", "Actin" ]
A
What is it called when the vesicle and target membrane fuse?
sciq-00432
[ "enamel fusion", "vesicle fusion", "tendon fusion", "pathogen fusion" ]
B
What is the term for the number of covalent bonds an atom can form?
sciq-00433
[ "covalent number", "gradient", "atomic number", "valence" ]
D
Momentum can be expressed as the product of mass and what else?
sciq-00434
[ "acceleration", "direction", "density", "velocity" ]
D
A carbon atom with 6 protons and 8 neutrons is more specifically known as?
sciq-00435
[ "carbon 12", "carbon 6", "carbon 14", "carbon 8" ]
C
Who was the first person known to use a telescope to study the sky?
sciq-00436
[ "Copernicus", "galileo", "darwin", "Einstein" ]
B
What kind of decay is electron capture a type of?
sciq-00437
[ "gradual decay", "gamma decay", "alpha decay", "beta decay" ]
D
What is the result of a reaction between sulfur trioxide and water?
sciq-00438
[ "acetic acid", "hydrochloric acid", "sulfuric acid", "nitric acid" ]
C
Fragmentation with subsequent regeneration is a method of what, exhibited by animals such as sea stars?
sciq-00439
[ "microscopic reproduction", "asexual reproduction", "sexual reproduction", "bacteria reproduction" ]
B
What happens to atoms during a substitution reaction?
sciq-00440
[ "disintegrate", "fusion", "impaction", "replace another in a molecule" ]
D
What lines the lungs and helps sweep mucus and pathogens out of the lungs?
sciq-00441
[ "alveoli", "villi", "cilia", "actin" ]
C
Because most gas particles in the atmosphere are concentrated close to earth's surface, air pressure is greatest where?
sciq-00442
[ "at sea level", "atmosphere", "seabed floor", "ground level" ]
A
Control rods containing nuclides that very strongly absorb neutrons are used to adjust what?
sciq-00443
[ "fission flux", "thermal flux", "nuclei flux", "neutron flux" ]
D
All radioactive nuclides emit high-energy particles or what?
sciq-00444
[ "thermal energy", "magnetic fields", "electromagnetic waves", "isotopes" ]
C
What process is the synthesis of glucose from pyruvate, lactate and glycerol?
sciq-00445
[ "photosynthesis", "glycolysis", "hydrolysis", "gluconeogenesis" ]
D
What is the creation of a new species called?
sciq-00446
[ "speciation", "evolution", "synthesis", "mutation" ]
A
What do humans use to make observations?
sciq-00447
[ "nutrients", "hormones", "senses", "blood" ]
C
The human penis contains the urethra, as well as how many cylinders of spongy erectile tissue?
sciq-00448
[ "nine", "five", "Zero", "three" ]
D
When water freezes, it expands in volume as what is formed?
sciq-00449
[ "ice", "movement", "plasma", "energy" ]
A
What is a substance or object that absorbs and dissipates heat but does not experience a corresponding increase in temperature?
sciq-00450
[ "heat storer", "heat dispeller", "heat diffuser", "heat sink" ]
D
Vesicles can be classified by their contents and what else?
sciq-00451
[ "function", "smell", "color", "example" ]
A
The main function of this organ is to filter the blood and remove unwanted red blood cells?
sciq-00452
[ "heart", "kidney", "pancreas", "spleen" ]
D
The brain case consists of eight bones which include the paired parietal and temporal bones, plus the unpaired frontal, occipital, sphenoid, and which other bone?
sciq-00453
[ "posterior", "altoid", "ethmoid", "perpendicular" ]
C
What can have complex effects on soil nutrient concentrations?
sciq-00454
[ "eukaryotes", "sediments", "prokaryotes", "the sun" ]
C
Rems, rads, and curies are all used to measure what?
sciq-00455
[ "radioactivity", "potential energy", "thermal energy", "gravity" ]
A
What governs motions of stars, galaxies and other celestial objects orbiting one another?
sciq-00456
[ "magnetic force", "frictional force", "gravitational force", "electrical force" ]
C
The numbers and types of species living in what groups generally change through time, a process called ecological succession?
sciq-00457
[ "regions", "communities", "biospheres", "movements" ]
B
Claw hammers and pulleys are examples of simple machines that do what to the direction of force applied by the user?
sciq-00458
[ "nothing", "reverse it", "maintain it", "neutralize it" ]
B
A circular coral reef could indicate the earlier existence of what?
sciq-00459
[ "avalanche", "landslide", "tsunami", "volcano" ]
D
Many fungi protect themselves from parasites and predators by producing what?
sciq-00460
[ "toxic chemicals", "gaseous chemicals", "ammonia", "pheromes" ]
A
Acid rain falling in lakes can kill aquatic organisms by lowering what?
sciq-00461
[ "ph level", "color level", "food level", "saliva level" ]
A
What do plant and fungi cells have that animal cells lack?
sciq-00462
[ "cell ridges", "cell walls", "cell swamps", "cell holes" ]
B
Which type of energy holds atoms together?
sciq-00463
[ "bond energy", "nuclear energy", "atomic energy", "curve energy" ]
A
What type of energy is the energy stored in an object due to its position?
sciq-00464
[ "spontaneous energy", "potential energy", "directional energy", "mechanical energy" ]
B
What is the amount of product that may be produced by a reaction under specified conditions called?
sciq-00465
[ "solute", "theoretical yield", "reactant", "catalytic yield" ]
B
Sometimes referred to as air, what do we call the mixture of gases that surrounds the planet?
sciq-00466
[ "atmosphere", "hemisphere", "outer space", "galaxy" ]
A
What is another term for seed plants?
sciq-00467
[ "sporozoans", "stems", "petals", "spermatophytes" ]
D
Kinetic theory is the atomistic description of what as well as liquids and solids?
sciq-00468
[ "plasmas", "fluids", "gases", "molecules" ]
C
Though it can change states, and it often does, what cannot be created or destroyed?
sciq-00469
[ "water content", "matter", "mass", "volums" ]
B
What are the long carbon chains that make up lipids?
sciq-00470
[ "proteins", "fatty acids", "carbohydrates", "nucleic acids" ]
B
As the anterior end of the neural tube starts to develop into the brain, it undergoes a couple of enlargements; the result is the production of these?
sciq-00471
[ "sac-like vesicles", "cyclinder-like vesicles", "tributaries - like vesicles", "square-like vesicles" ]
A
What makes the sun glow brightly?
sciq-00472
[ "ultraviolet rays", "sun bursts", "nuclear fusion", "radiation" ]
C
Lens faces can generally either be concave, or what, which is the opposite of concave?
sciq-00473
[ "elliptical", "spherical", "hollow", "convex" ]
D
Part of the fossil record, stromatolites belong to what rock group and are formed when minerals are precipitated out of water by prokaryotes in a microbial mat?
sciq-00474
[ "crystalline", "igneous", "sedimentary", "metamorphic" ]
C
Vinegar is an example of what type of acid?
sciq-00475
[ "acetic", "carboxylic", "ascorbic", "carbonic" ]
B
What system of the body is most involved in the immune response?
sciq-00476
[ "lymphatic system", "anomalous system", "primordial system", "circulatory system" ]
A
The highest level of organization in ecology is known as what?
sciq-00477
[ "biosphere", "preserves", "topmast", "reserves" ]
A
Food allergies, ulcers, and heartburn are diseases of what system of the body?
sciq-00478
[ "skeletal system", "nervous system", "circulatory system", "digestive system" ]
D
Bases turn red litmus paper which color?
sciq-00479
[ "white", "white", "pink", "blue" ]
D
What two elements do ribosome consist of?
sciq-00480
[ "rrna and proteins", "dna", "lafleur and proteins", "malassezia and proteins" ]
A
What is the term for the flow of charge that a voltage source creates?
sciq-00481
[ "output", "current", "velocity", "force" ]
B
What happens to a cell's efficiency as it grows in size?
sciq-00482
[ "decreases", "splits in half", "multiplies", "increases" ]
A
What is responsible not only for cell shape changes but also for cell migration?
sciq-00483
[ "Golgi Apparatus", "cytoplasm", "cytoskeleton", "cellulose" ]
C
What is performed to identify disease-causing genes?
sciq-00484
[ "genetic testing", "bioremediation", "ultrasound", "inoculation" ]
A
What type of fossils are useful for determining the ages of rock layers?
sciq-00485
[ "cast fossils", "trace fossils", "index fossils", "mold fossils" ]
C
What type of organisms carry out their life processes through division of labor and have specialized cells that do specific job?
sciq-00486
[ "multicellular", "dermal", "biomolecular", "CompoundCellular" ]
A
What defines the behavior of a compound?
sciq-00487
[ "location of atoms", "area of atoms", "size of atoms", "group of atoms" ]
D
What collect sunlight on the roof of a house for energy?
sciq-00488
[ "clay tiles", "asphalt shingles", "solar panels", "infrared panels" ]
C
The light reactions are the steps of photosynthesis that convert solar energy to what other type of energy?
sciq-00489
[ "kinetic energy", "carbon energy", "chemical energy", "radiation energy" ]
C
Water waves act as a mix of longitudinal and what other kind of wave?
sciq-00490
[ "variable wave", "latitudinal", "transverse wave", "lateral wave" ]
C
What is the name for a fertilized cell that results from the uniting of two gametes?
sciq-00491
[ "chromosomes", "sperm", "zygote", "eggs" ]
C
Caffeine and alcohol are two examples of what type of drug?
sciq-00492
[ "nicotine", "psychoactive", "psilopsybin", "barbiturate" ]
B
By maintaining a relatively constant internal environment even when the external environment changes significantly, an animal achieves what?
sciq-00493
[ "hibernation", "consciousness", "homeostasis", "eternal youth" ]
C
What is the sticky, moist substance that covers mucous membranes called?
sciq-00494
[ "pus", "mucus", "phlegm", "saliva" ]
B
Most receptors in the dermis are encapsulated by what?
sciq-00495
[ "bone tissue", "tendons", "connective tissue", "pathogenic tissue" ]
C
The length of the route between two points is known as what?
sciq-00496
[ "velocity", "distance", "shape", "direction" ]
B
How did seismologists originally measure the intensity of an earthquake?
sciq-00497
[ "mercalli scale", "richter scale", "Maxwell scale", "regolith scale" ]
A
What is the term for the distance that sound waves travel in a given amount of time?
sciq-00498
[ "velocity of sound", "sound barrier", "speed of sound", "sonic speed" ]
C
How much of its alleles does a plant pass on when it reproduces sexually?
sciq-00499
[ "all", "half", "a quarter", "none" ]
B