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Headaches are associated with which body system?
sciq-00800
[ "circulatory system", "nervous system", "cardiovascular system", "respiratory system" ]
B
What kind of volcano has a very wide base and is named because it looks like something a warrior would use?
sciq-00801
[ "spear volcano", "plate volcano", "arrow volcano", "shield volcano" ]
D
Earth’s magnetic field is called the what?
sciq-00802
[ "magnetosphere", "stratosphere", "ionosphere", "thermosphere" ]
A
Global sources of inexpensive fossil fuels, particularly oil, are rapidly being what?
sciq-00803
[ "weakened", "replenished", "polluted", "depleted" ]
D
What is the volume of air inhaled and exhaled with each breath called?
sciq-00804
[ "respiration volume", "aspiration volume", "tidal volume", "lung volume" ]
C
What encloses and defines the borders of cells?
sciq-00805
[ "plasma membranes", "cells membranes", "artificial membranes", "clear membranes" ]
A
What is the term for a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances?
sciq-00806
[ "element", "compound", "saturation", "solution" ]
D
What is the simplest life cycle?
sciq-00807
[ "eukaryot", "meiosis", "haploid", "glycolysis" ]
C
Like mammals, birds have kidneys with juxtamedullary nephrons that specialize in conserving what?
sciq-00808
[ "food", "air", "water", "blood" ]
C
What is the range of all possible frequencies of radiation called?
sciq-00809
[ "Difused Spectrum", "electromagnetic spectrum", "particles spectrum", "vibrations spectrum" ]
B
What type of growth generally occurs only when a population is living under ideal conditions, yet cannot continue for very long?
sciq-00810
[ "negative growth", "exponential growth", "logarithmic growth", "analogous growth" ]
B
What is another term for flagella?
sciq-00811
[ "arthropods", "pseudopods", "dendrites", "tendrils" ]
B
Because arthropod appendages are jointed, they can do what?
sciq-00812
[ "fly", "rotate", "bend", "eat" ]
C
What is the main way that wind causes erosion?
sciq-00813
[ "decomposition", "abrasion", "filtration", "absorption" ]
B
Each hydrogen atom follows the octet rule with how many pairs of electrons?
sciq-00814
[ "one", "six", "eight", "four" ]
A
What type of acid is an organic compound that is built of small units called nucleotides?
sciq-00815
[ "citric acid", "nucleic acid", "boundary acid", "carbolic acid" ]
B
At what temperatures do crystals formed by covalent molecular solids melt at?
sciq-00816
[ "high", "hot", "scorching", "low" ]
D
What is the name of the rigid layer that is found outside the cell membrane and surrounds the cell?
sciq-00817
[ "epidermis", "cellular shield", "cell envelope", "cell wall" ]
D
Who is widely known as the father of genetics?
sciq-00818
[ "james watson", "francis crick", "gregor mendel", "walter gehring" ]
C
Protozoa that cause malaria are spread by a vector, entering the blood through the bite of what insect?
sciq-00819
[ "housefly", "mosquito", "fire ant", "wasp" ]
B
One-dimensional sinusoidal waves show the relationship among wavelength, frequency, and what?
sciq-00820
[ "speed", "friction", "velocity", "motion" ]
A
Animals use saturated fatty acids to store what?
sciq-00821
[ "energy", "hydrogen", "water", "blood" ]
A
The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide on earth has been regulated by the concentration of what form of life?
sciq-00822
[ "fungus", "fruit", "plant", "seaweed" ]
C
What organisms have a life cycle that includes alternation of generations?
sciq-00823
[ "insects", "fungi", "animals", "plants" ]
D
What are nekton animals able to do in water?
sciq-00824
[ "reproduce", "move on their own, swim", "lay eggs", "breath" ]
B
What is a property of a system whose magnitude depends on only the present state of the system, not its previous history?
sciq-00825
[ "laplacian", "intensive function", "extensive function", "state function" ]
D
Prokaryotic cells lack what key structure and other membrane-bound organelles?
sciq-00826
[ "cell wall", "nucleus", "epidermis", "proton" ]
B
All of the chemical reactions that take place inside cells, including those that consume or generate energy, are referred to as what?
sciq-00827
[ "cell ' s metabolism", "genetic metabolism", "slowed metabolism", "particles ' s metabolism" ]
A
In genetic drift, chance fluctuations in allele frequencies over generations tend to reduce what?
sciq-00828
[ "biochemical variation", "responsible variation", "genetic entanglement", "genetic variation" ]
D
What gives the order of electron filling in an atom?
sciq-00829
[ "aufbau principle", "periodic table", "orbit order", "Bohr's law" ]
A
What occurs whenever an unbalanced force acts on an object?
sciq-00830
[ "compression", "vibration", "acceleration", "inertia" ]
C
What are large collections of millions or billions of stars called?
sciq-00831
[ "universe", "fragments", "orbits", "galaxies" ]
D
What is the developmental process of gastropods called?
sciq-00832
[ "torsion", "regeneration", "modulation", "occlusion" ]
A
Name one unit used to measure pressure.
sciq-00833
[ "watt", "meter", "decibel", "torr" ]
D
Eggs and sperm are not somatic cells but instead what kind of cells?
sciq-00834
[ "toxins", "germ", "Sickness", "pollen" ]
B
Regular checkups with what type of specialist can detect skin cancers early?
sciq-00835
[ "internist", "dermatologist", "endocrinologist", "nephrologist" ]
B
Receptors for what sense are located within sensory hairs on the feet of insects, as well as in mouthparts?
sciq-00836
[ "taste", "smell", "touch", "sight" ]
A
Where does the stored energy in fossil fuels originally come from, before it changed forms several times?
sciq-00837
[ "the Moon", "decomposers", "Earth's core", "the sun" ]
D
A prokaryote is a simple, mostly single-celled organism that lacks what key organelle?
sciq-00838
[ "nucleus", "ribosome", "golgi apparatus", "chloroplast" ]
A
Increasing the surface area of solid reactants increases what rate?
sciq-00839
[ "metabolism", "breathing", "reaction", "fusion" ]
C
Epithelial cells are found in what body organ?
sciq-00840
[ "skin", "liver", "lungs", "brain" ]
A
What's the name for an organic compound in which halogen atoms are substituted for hydrogen in a hydrocarbon?
sciq-00841
[ "alcohol", "glucose", "alkyl halide", "sodium halide" ]
C
The trachea and bronchi are made of incomplete rings of this?
sciq-00842
[ "cartilage", "collagen", "membrane", "ligaments" ]
A
What do we call cyclones that form in tropical latitudes?
sciq-00843
[ "eruptions", "hurricanes", "twister", "disturbances" ]
B
Which amino acid do organisms incorporate into their proteins?
sciq-00844
[ "glutamate", "arginine", "histone", "peptide" ]
B
What fuels are mixtures of hydrocarbons (compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon) that formed over millions of years from the remains of dead organisms?
sciq-00845
[ "coal", "fossil", "sediment", "trilobites" ]
B
What is the cartilaginous structure that extends from the pharynx to the primary bronchi?
sciq-00846
[ "larynx", "cricoid", "trachea", "sternohyoid" ]
C
Excess dietary fat is stored as triglycerides in the body. what type of tissue is used to store the triglycerides?
sciq-00847
[ "metabolic", "connective", "adipose", "muscle" ]
C
What do you call winds that occur in belts that go all around the planet?
sciq-00848
[ "global winds", "rotational winds", "solar winds", "gravitational winds" ]
A
What property is a property that depends on the amount of matter in a sample?
sciq-00849
[ "extensive", "non-exact", "provided", "relative" ]
A
The legend explains features and symbols on?
sciq-00850
[ "telescopes", "map", "compass", "earth" ]
B
Organic acids such as acetic acid all contain a functional group called what?
sciq-00851
[ "ester group", "carboxyl group", "glycoprotein group", "protein" ]
B
Which is the only organ system in humans that differs greatly between males and females?
sciq-00852
[ "immune system", "reproductive system", "digestive system", "neural system" ]
B
Sound travels through the outer ear to the middle ear, which is bounded on its exterior by the what membrane?
sciq-00853
[ "tympanic", "serous", "cutaneous", "mucous" ]
A
What is the most common cause of hearing loss?
sciq-00854
[ "birth defect", "loud sounds", "infection", "quiet sounds" ]
B
Some products contain iron filings that will react with air to release what type of energy?
sciq-00855
[ "thermal", "spectral", "physical", "mechanical" ]
A
Mutations in what type of regulatory gene can cause misplacement of structures in an animal?
sciq-00856
[ "diploid", "homeotic", "dichotic", "myogenic" ]
B
By what processes do rivers create floodplains?
sciq-00857
[ "deposition and sedimentation", "erosion and deposition", "thrust and deposition", "depletion and erosion" ]
B
What biological agents that infect living hosts contain dna, yet lack the other parts shared by all cells, including a plasma membrane, cytoplasm, and ribosomes?
sciq-00858
[ "bacteria", "parasites", "worms", "viruses" ]
D
An extensive property is a property that depends on the amount of what in a sample?
sciq-00859
[ "matter", "space", "water", "plasma" ]
A
A wheel with a rope wrapped around it, hanging over a building, is an example of what type of machine?
sciq-00860
[ "simple machine", "propeller", "pedal", "pulley" ]
D
Early types of what animals were the first vertebrates that moved onto land and have true lungs, although they had to return to the water to reproduce?
sciq-00861
[ "amphibians", "reptiles", "birds", "mammals" ]
A
Many heterocyclic amines occur naturally in what?
sciq-00862
[ "nuclei", "plants", "animals", "gases" ]
B
What do wind turbines change the kinetic energy of the wind into?
sciq-00863
[ "available energy", "electrical energy", "potential energy", "transportable energy" ]
B
Population growth depends on birth rates and death rates, as well as what?
sciq-00864
[ "migration", "industrialization", "communication", "marriage" ]
A
The exchange of heat stops once what property of equilibrium between the pan and the water is achieved?
sciq-00865
[ "thermal", "density", "viscosity", "motion" ]
A
If the area to which a force is applied is smaller then the pressure will be?
sciq-00866
[ "lower", "the same", "equal", "greater" ]
D
What do you call the preserved remains or traces of organisms that lived in the past?
sciq-00867
[ "corals", "skulls", "decomposition", "fossils" ]
D
What process do single cell organisms use to remove waste and get nutrients into their cell?
sciq-00868
[ "Measured", "diffusion", "filtration", "convection" ]
B
Trees release what gas as a byproduct of photosynthesis, thereby facilitating human respiration?
sciq-00869
[ "oxygen", "carbon dioxide", "methane", "nitrogen" ]
A
What kind of muscle cells have a single nucleus and are spindle-shaped?
sciq-00870
[ "cardiac muscle", "liquid muscle", "skeletal muscle", "smooth muscle" ]
D
The cortical reaction has begun, initiating events that ensure that only one sperm nucleus enters where?
sciq-00871
[ "the spore", "the sperm", "the egg", "the heart" ]
C
What do the process of moving air into and out of the lungs better known as?
sciq-00872
[ "breathing", "consuming", "bleeding", "photosynthesis" ]
A
Which kind of rocks contain felsic minerals, typically contain aluminum and sodium and are high in silica?
sciq-00873
[ "metamorphic", "felsic igneous", "igneous", "sedimentary" ]
B
What are trees that lose their leaves during winter called?
sciq-00874
[ "coniferous", "fruits", "deciduous", "fungus" ]
C
Other than gametes, normal human cells have a total of how many chromosomes per cell?
sciq-00875
[ "23", "33", "36", "46" ]
D
What are the simplest type of carbon-based compounds?
sciq-00876
[ "organic compounds", "inorganic compounds", "fossil fuels", "hydrocarbons" ]
D
Gametogenesis, the production of sperm and eggs, takes place through the process of this?
sciq-00877
[ "meiosis", "osmosis", "mutations", "gametes" ]
A
What is the name of the roundworms digestive organ?
sciq-00878
[ "tube", "intestine", "gut", "stomach" ]
C
Oxides contain one or two metal elements combined with what?
sciq-00879
[ "ethanol", "oxygen", "nitrogen", "carbon" ]
B
What combine the spinal sensory and motor components with a sensory input that directly generates a motor response?
sciq-00880
[ "reflexes", "senses", "shocks", "tissues" ]
A
What type of evolution happens when two species evolve the same traits?
sciq-00881
[ "multiplicative", "divergent", "convergent", "associated" ]
C
Which way does an electric charge always move from?
sciq-00882
[ "low to high", "diagonally", "like to like", "higher to lower" ]
D
What is the principal blood vessel through which blood leaves the heart in order to circulate around the body?
sciq-00883
[ "the pulmonary vein", "the pulmonary artery", "the superior vena cava", "aorta" ]
D
What increases when a muscle like a biceps is extended?
sciq-00884
[ "momentum", "force", "speed", "weight" ]
B
Hot magma beneath the surface mixes with water and forms what?
sciq-00885
[ "lava", "gas", "liquids", "hydrocarbons" ]
B
The olfactory receptor neurons are located in a small region within what cavity?
sciq-00886
[ "superior nasal", "exterior nasal", "inferior nasal", "posterior nasal" ]
A
Single bonds between atoms are always what?
sciq-00887
[ "rna bonds", "genetic bonds", "sigma bonds", "analogue bonds" ]
C
What kind of attraction does electrical force have?
sciq-00888
[ "neutral", "positive", "negative", "similar" ]
C
At what temperatures do alkanes with more carbon atoms boil?
sciq-00889
[ "heavier temperatures", "lower temperatures", "higher temperatures", "farther temperatures" ]
C
If the tunica externa did not hold a vessel in place, any movement would likely result in disruption of what?
sciq-00890
[ "blood flow", "respiration", "pulse", "heart beat" ]
A
One common way to remove phosphates from water is by the addition of what?
sciq-00891
[ "acetic acid", "nitrous oxide", "calcium hydroxide", "isotopes" ]
C
Before going into hibernation bears eat constantly for what reason?
sciq-00892
[ "Increase body protein", "increase body fat", "Decrease body protein", "Decrease body fat" ]
B
What two elements make up about 99 percent of the air?
sciq-00893
[ "nitrogen and phosphorus", "phosphorus and oxygen", "helium and boron", "nitrogen and oxygen" ]
D
The different types of nuclei are referred to as what?
sciq-00894
[ "rhizomes", "nuclides", "organelles", "atoms" ]
B
What measure is the total mass of organisms at a trophic level?
sciq-00895
[ "atomic mass", "detritus", "biomass", "phosphorus" ]
C
What has the least amount of energy in an atom?
sciq-00896
[ "electrons", "crystals", "protons", "rings" ]
A
What is the visible surface of the sun called?
sciq-00897
[ "photosphere", "chronosphere", "stratosphere", "ionosphere" ]
A
What do you call organisms that store chemical energy in carbohydrate food molecules they produce themselves?
sciq-00898
[ "heterotrophs", "omnivores", "plants", "autotrophs" ]
D
Which condition is the only autosomal trisomy where an affected individual may survive to adulthood?
sciq-00899
[ "dwarfism", "down syndrome", "progeria", "type 1 diabetes" ]
B