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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 |
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