question stringlengths 23 307 | id stringlengths 10 10 | choices listlengths 4 4 | answer stringclasses 4 values |
|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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