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sciq-2521
multiple_choice
The two ovaries are small, oval organs on either side of what part of the body?
[ "pancreas", "lungs", "heart", "uterus" ]
D
sciq-3419
multiple_choice
What is created when energy turns a turbine?
[ "light", "force", "torque", "electricity" ]
D
scienceQA-6151
multiple_choice
Select the bird.
[ "sugar glider", "whale shark", "peafowl", "porcupinefish" ]
C
A sugar glider is a mammal. It has fur and feeds its young milk. Sugar gliders can jump long distances from tree to tree. They have flaps of loose skin on their sides. These flaps help them stay in the air. A whale shark is a fish. It lives underwater. It has fins, not limbs. Whale sharks are the largest fish in the world! Adult whale sharks can weigh over 21 tons—as much as seven elephants! A peafowl is a bird. It has feathers, two wings, and a beak. The image shows a male peafowl. Male peafowl are called peacocks. Female peafowl are called peahens. Young peafowl are called peachicks! A porcupinefish is a fish. It lives underwater. It has fins, not limbs. Porcupinefish can puff up their bodies with air or water to scare off predators.
sciq-10618
multiple_choice
The yellowstone hot spot is a famous example of a what?
[ "deeper hot spot", "form hot spot", "oceanic hot spot", "continental hot spot" ]
D
sciq-938
multiple_choice
Timber, medicines, dyes, oils, and rubber are just some of the useful products humans derive from what?
[ "roots", "fossils", "flowers", "plants" ]
D
ai2_arc-19
multiple_choice
What do cells break down to produce energy?
[ "food", "water", "chlorophyll", "carbon dioxide" ]
A
sciq-4604
multiple_choice
Green plants known as producers provide basic food supply for what besides themselves?
[ "minerals", "animals", "water", "air" ]
B
sciq-9370
multiple_choice
What is the term for the loss of one or more electrons by an atom?
[ "evaporation", "decomposition", "half-life", "oxidation" ]
D
sciq-11415
multiple_choice
What does interstellar medium consist of?
[ "the strong force", "dark matter", "gravitational waves", "thinly spread gas and dust" ]
D
sciq-4735
multiple_choice
What is name for a piece of collagen-rich skin formed after the process of wound healing that differs from normal skin?
[ "tissue", "size", "scar", "Sore" ]
C
sciq-10750
multiple_choice
What is the male gamete called in humans?
[ "egg", "sperm", "dna", "testes" ]
B
sciq-3202
multiple_choice
What happens when development of nervous system is disturbed?
[ "muscular disorders", "neurochemical disorders", "vascular disorders", "neurodevelopmental disorders" ]
D
scienceQA-11146
multiple_choice
What do these two changes have in common? pouring milk on oatmeal cracking open a peanut
[ "Both are only physical changes.", "Both are caused by cooling.", "Both are caused by heating.", "Both are chemical changes." ]
A
Step 1: Think about each change. Pouring milk on oatmeal is a physical change. The oatmeal and milk form a creamy mixture. But making this mixture does not form a different type of matter. Cracking open a peanut is a physical change. The peanut shell breaks and the peanut falls out. Both are still made of the same type of matter. Step 2: Look at each answer choice. Both are only physical changes. Both changes are physical changes. No new matter is created. Both are chemical changes. Both changes are physical changes. They are not chemical changes. Both are caused by heating. Neither change is caused by heating. Both are caused by cooling. Neither change is caused by cooling.
sciq-11350
multiple_choice
What important and unusual physical property (for birds) do ostriches and penguins share?
[ "waterproofness", "webbed feet", "flightlessness", "bonelessness" ]
C
sciq-10231
multiple_choice
How do plants support themselves above the ground to get light and oxygen?
[ "flaccid stems", "symbiosis", "momentum", "stiff stems" ]
D
sciq-9144
multiple_choice
Primary alcohols are oxidized to form what?
[ "oxides", "alloys", "enzymes", "aldehydes" ]
D
sciq-7778
multiple_choice
In science, coefficients are used to balance what kind of equations?
[ "chemical", "mineral", "liquid", "isolated" ]
A
sciq-9256
multiple_choice
Gymnosperms and angiosperms are types of _________ seed plants.
[ "extinct", "genetic", "modern", "heritage" ]
C
sciq-4701
multiple_choice
Fertilizer runoff can create what type of zones in the ocean?
[ "barren zones", "fresh zones", "dead zones", "hot zones" ]
C
sciq-2812
multiple_choice
What is the main type of organism that gets its energy directly from the sun?
[ "animals", "carnivores", "consumers", "plants" ]
D
sciq-4186
multiple_choice
After the film is developed, any unexposed silver bromide must be removed by a process called what?
[ "watering", "fixing", "washing", "sweeping" ]
B
sciq-3504
multiple_choice
What is the primary gas produced from burning of wood?
[ "Hydrogen Dioxide", "carbon dioxide", "toxic dioxide", "liquid dioxide" ]
B
sciq-9074
multiple_choice
Terrestrial biomes are determined mainly by what?
[ "climate", "element", "population", "landscape" ]
A
sciq-6506
multiple_choice
With codominance, both alleles are expressed equally in what?
[ "gametes", "homozygotes", "heterozygotes", "prokaryotes" ]
C
sciq-2598
multiple_choice
How many bones does the mammalian middle ear have?
[ "two", "twelve", "three", "four" ]
C
sciq-10082
multiple_choice
Solutions can also become supersaturated , where the amount of solute dissolved exceeds what?
[ "its dissolution", "part solubility", "its solubility", "its concentration" ]
C
sciq-10909
multiple_choice
All dinosaurs (except those which led to birds) went extinct at the end of which period?
[ "Jurassic", "Paleogene", "Tertiary", "cretaceous" ]
D
sciq-4025
multiple_choice
Tropical, temperate, continental, and polar are all examples of what?
[ "lakes", "climates", "deserts", "land formations" ]
B
sciq-306
multiple_choice
What group of animals are the largest arthropods?
[ "spiders", "fish", "birds", "insects" ]
D
sciq-11632
multiple_choice
What is the term for a change in the inherited traits of organisms over time?
[ "generation", "evolution", "emergence", "mutation" ]
B
sciq-616
multiple_choice
Cells in blood include red blood cells, white blood cells, and what?
[ "droplets", "plasmids", "protons", "platelets" ]
D
sciq-4753
multiple_choice
What is the average number of individuals per unit of area or volume called?
[ "population structure", "crowdedness", "population density", "population count" ]
C
sciq-4153
multiple_choice
What are four children born at one birth called?
[ "twins", "kittens", "triplets", "quadruplets" ]
D
sciq-5399
multiple_choice
In amniotes that lay eggs, the shell of the egg provides protection for the developing embryo while being permeable enough to allow for the exchange of carbon dioxide and this?
[ "tissue", "oxygen", "gas", "Protein" ]
B
ai2_arc-85
multiple_choice
Stars are organized into patterns called constellations. One constellation is named Leo. Which statement best explains why Leo appears in different areas of the sky throughout the year?
[ "Earth revolves around the sun.", "The sun revolves around Earth.", "The constellations revolve around Earth.", "Earth revolves around the constellations." ]
A
sciq-9882
multiple_choice
What theory of evolution is charles darwin most known for?
[ "immoral selection", "natural selection", "natural variety", "natural change" ]
B
sciq-9023
multiple_choice
In order to conduct what, electrons must move from the filled valence band to the empty conduction band where they can move throughout the solid?
[ "matter", "electricity", "light", "heat" ]
B
sciq-2813
multiple_choice
What are the two factors that affect the pressure of fluids?
[ "depth and density", "viscosity and gravity", "depth and decrease", "momentum and density" ]
A
sciq-8385
multiple_choice
What are most metal objects made of?
[ "bronze", "aluminum", "metal alloys", "tin" ]
C
scienceQA-10319
multiple_choice
Which organ releases carbon dioxide from the body?
[ "heart", "brain", "muscles", "lungs" ]
D
ai2_arc-681
multiple_choice
Many products are made from trees. Which is the best way to manage the use of trees?
[ "cut down most of the trees from forests", "build more lumber mills", "reduce the amount of recycled paper", "plant a tree each time one is cut down" ]
D
ai2_arc-201
multiple_choice
Which process in plants is most similar to sexual reproduction in vertebrates?
[ "cell division", "self-pollination", "cross-pollination", "seed development" ]
C
sciq-8441
multiple_choice
Stomata are the main avenues of transpiration, the evaporative loss of water from what?
[ "fruits", "leaves", "roots", "stalks" ]
B
scienceQA-10921
multiple_choice
Select the vertebrate.
[ "redback spider", "human", "grasshopper", "saturn butterfly" ]
B
A saturn butterfly is an insect. Like other insects, a saturn butterfly is an invertebrate. It does not have a backbone. It has an exoskeleton. Like other spiders, a redback spider is an invertebrate. It does not have a backbone. It has an exoskeleton. A grasshopper is an insect. Like other insects, a grasshopper is an invertebrate. It does not have a backbone. It has an exoskeleton. A human is a mammal. Like other mammals, a human is a vertebrate. It has a backbone.
scienceQA-4536
multiple_choice
Select the vertebrate.
[ "brown pelican", "fly", "banana slug", "redback spider" ]
A
Like other spiders, a redback spider is an invertebrate. It does not have a backbone. It has an exoskeleton. A fly is an insect. Like other insects, a fly is an invertebrate. It does not have a backbone. It has an exoskeleton. A brown pelican is a bird. Like other birds, a brown pelican is a vertebrate. It has a backbone. Like other slugs, a banana slug is an invertebrate. It does not have a backbone. It has a soft body.
scienceQA-6201
multiple_choice
Select the amphibian below.
[ "white stork", "Galapagos giant tortoise", "Nile crocodile", "red-eyed tree frog" ]
D
A Nile crocodile is a reptile. It has scaly, waterproof skin. Crocodiles hunt their prey in or near water. A white stork is a bird. It has feathers, two wings, and a beak. Storks wade in shallow water to look for food. Storks eat fish, insects, worms, and other small animals. A red-eyed tree frog is an amphibian. It has moist skin and begins its life in water. A red-eyed tree frog has sticky pads on its toes. The sticky pads help the red-eyed tree frog hold on to leaves. A Galapagos giant tortoise is a reptile. It has scaly, waterproof skin. Galapagos tortoises live on the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean. They can live to be over 150 years old!
sciq-384
multiple_choice
What is the process in which organisms reproduce sexually by joining gametes called?
[ "migration", "stimulation", "fertilization", "propagation" ]
C
sciq-7717
multiple_choice
What happens to energy in a closed system?
[ "is replicated", "is destroyed", "is conserved", "is wasted" ]
C
sciq-3549
multiple_choice
What do marine autotrophs acquire in carbonic acid, its dissolved form?
[ "silicon dioxide", "carbon dioxide", "chlorine dioxide", "carbon monoxide" ]
B
sciq-5163
multiple_choice
Where is the potential energy of a river the highest at?
[ "the middle", "the ocean", "the source", "the bank" ]
C
sciq-961
multiple_choice
Which type of substance is considered a proton donor in a reaction?
[ "oxygen", "acid", "carbon", "base" ]
B
sciq-3641
multiple_choice
A phase diagram plots temperature and what else?
[ "pressure", "movement", "power", "friction" ]
A
sciq-2925
multiple_choice
What is the interaction of waves with other waves called?
[ "wave interference", "wave induction", "wave mixing", "wave dancing" ]
A
sciq-6226
multiple_choice
What are the things moving under the earth's mantle that move the crust?
[ "plates", "ridges", "lava channels", "crystals" ]
A
sciq-777
multiple_choice
What is the process in which a liquid changes to a solid?
[ "freezing", "condensation", "melting", "boiling" ]
A
sciq-8427
multiple_choice
What is the quantity of force multiplied by the time it is applied called?
[ "gravity", "impulse", "velocity", "density" ]
B
sciq-7220
multiple_choice
Glycolysis oxidizes glucose to two molecules of pyruvate?
[ "N/A - see below", "glucose", "N/A - see below", "N/A - see below" ]
B
ai2_arc-115
multiple_choice
When a finger is cut and bleeds, platelets and plasma proteins move to the cut to stop the bleeding. As these move to the cut, this stimulates more platelets and proteins to move to the cut to stop the bleeding. What type of mechanism is being illustrated?
[ "negative feedback", "positive feedback", "regulatory feedback", "stimulation feedback" ]
B
sciq-11083
multiple_choice
Although what biochemicals circulate throughout the body and come into contact with many different cell types, they only affect cells that possess the necessary receptors?
[ "Cells", "hormones", "enzymes", "organs" ]
B
sciq-9111
multiple_choice
What is the term for a formula that shows the elements in a compound in their lowest whole-number ratio?
[ "intrinsic formula", "Dwarf Formula", "measured formula", "empirical formula" ]
D
sciq-833
multiple_choice
Aldehydes and ketones can work weak hydrogen bonds with water through what atom?
[ "pyridinium oxygen atom", "carbon carbon atom", "carbonyl oxygen atom", "basalt oxygen atom" ]
C
sciq-4297
multiple_choice
What is observed when two perpendicular flagella moves?
[ "shaking motion", "spinning motion", "turning motion", "pushing motion" ]
B
sciq-8156
multiple_choice
What will happen to a rock when it's under tremendous stress?
[ "it will solidify", "it will rebound", "it will slow", "it will fracture" ]
D
sciq-150
multiple_choice
What are alloys that are mostly composed of mercury known as?
[ "halogens", "amalgams", "compounds", "fillings" ]
B
scienceQA-3429
multiple_choice
Select the living thing.
[ "iceberg", "pushpin", "strawberry bush", "soap bubble" ]
C
An iceberg is not a living thing. An iceberg does not have all the traits of a living thing. It may grow or melt in response to the world around it, but it does not need food. A pushpin is not a living thing. Pushpins do not have all of the traits of living things. They do not grow or respond to their environment. They do not need food or water. A strawberry bush is a living thing. Strawberry bushes grow and respond to their environment. They need food and water. Strawberry bushes are made up of many cells. Strawberry bushes are plants. They make their own food using water, carbon dioxide, and energy from sunlight. A soap bubble is not a living thing. A soap bubble may grow or pop in response to the world around it. But it does not have all the traits of a living thing. It does not need food.
sciq-8996
multiple_choice
What is the name of vesicles that are formed by the golgi apparatus?
[ "lysosomes", "lymphocytes", "vessels", "capillaries" ]
A
sciq-7147
multiple_choice
What is the principal cell of connective tissues?
[ "Cancer", "fibroblast", "organism", "neural" ]
B
sciq-1181
multiple_choice
What are compounds formed by ionic bonds called?
[ "nuclear compounds", "mixed compounds", "layered compounds", "ionic compounds (salts)" ]
D
sciq-10492
multiple_choice
What kind of compounds contain positively and negatively charged ions in a ratio that results in an overall charge of zero?
[ "zero charged compunds", "zeronic ions", "ionic compounds", "neutral compounds" ]
C
sciq-978
multiple_choice
What reflex is commonly tested in newborn infants to establish the presence of neuromuscular function?
[ "glandular", "phalanges", "renal", "plantar" ]
D
sciq-8020
multiple_choice
What is the name for speed with a direction?
[ "distance", "velocity", "acceleration", "trajectory" ]
B
sciq-8067
multiple_choice
The two types of glaciers are continental and what other kind?
[ "macro", "rolling", "micro", "valley" ]
D
sciq-3320
multiple_choice
Amphibians may attract mates with what?
[ "only calls", "neither", "only scents", "calls or scents" ]
D
sciq-5304
multiple_choice
Each megasporangium has a single functional one of what?
[ "cocklebur", "megaspore", "spicule", "antispore" ]
B
sciq-8016
multiple_choice
In addition to spiral cleavage, protostomes also undergo which other form of cleavage?
[ "determinate", "dispersive", "diagonal", "straight" ]
A
sciq-10015
multiple_choice
Bones are made up of different types of what?
[ "fiber", "blood cells", "cartilage", "tissue" ]
D
sciq-9088
multiple_choice
What is formed when sperm mixes with secretions from the various other glands of the reproductive system?
[ "urine", "testosterone", "hormone", "semen" ]
D
sciq-2461
multiple_choice
What controls earth's magnetosphere?
[ "stratosphere", "gravitational field", "magnetic field", "ionosphere" ]
C
sciq-3597
multiple_choice
Scientists often classify or organize different objects based on their what?
[ "experimental properties", "behavioral traits", "independent variables", "physical properties" ]
D
sciq-844
multiple_choice
Fog disappears when the water droplets change back to what?
[ "water vapor", "cold vapor", "ice vapor", "solid vapor" ]
A
ai2_arc-237
multiple_choice
What is the most common element in a star such as the Sun?
[ "helium", "oxygen", "nitrogen", "hydrogen" ]
D
sciq-1056
multiple_choice
Only finished mrnas are exported from the nucleus to what?
[ "cytoplasm", "amino acids", "cerebellum", "electron" ]
A
sciq-2930
multiple_choice
What model of the atom features an electron orbiting a nucleus, forming a closed-current loop and producing a magnetic field with a north pole and a south pole?.
[ "gravitational model", "planetary model", "solar model", "hydrogen model" ]
B
ai2_arc-253
multiple_choice
Which causes the GREATEST change in a grassy field over time?
[ "The time of day", "Amount of yearly rainfall", "Number of birds nesting", "Seasonal migration of animals" ]
B
sciq-5758
multiple_choice
A constant and plentiful supply of oxygen is required in order to maintain a high rate of what?
[ "metabolism", "cell division", "magnesium", "digestion" ]
A
sciq-9908
multiple_choice
Humans have an estimated 20,000 to 22,000 of what units of heredity?
[ "chromosomes", "genes", "cells", "eggs" ]
B
sciq-7951
multiple_choice
The process of getting oxygen into the body and releasing carbon dioxide is called?
[ "respiration", "persperation", "precipitation", "osmosis" ]
A
sciq-1165
multiple_choice
Reef sponges typically have what type of beneficial relationships with other reef species?
[ "parasitic", "symbiotic", "microbes", "mutual" ]
B
sciq-10024
multiple_choice
In their pure form, all elements have an oxidation number of what?
[ "7", "zero", "2", "3" ]
B
sciq-1315
multiple_choice
What is another term for ghost sharks?
[ "aurea", "litoria", "anascea", "chimaera" ]
D
sciq-4895
multiple_choice
How is communication initiated and maintained with spacecraft?
[ "radio waves", "wi-fi", "sonar", "telegraph" ]
A
sciq-8348
multiple_choice
When continental crust is pulled apart, it breaks into blocks that are separated by what?
[ "faults", "holes", "levels", "layers" ]
A
sciq-5313
multiple_choice
What is a gap in rock layers called?
[ "an unconformity", "a crevice", "a mutation", "an anomaly" ]
A
sciq-3318
multiple_choice
What is the process for developing knowledge called?
[ "evolution", "theory", "creationism", "science" ]
D
sciq-3751
multiple_choice
Water molds mostly live in water or moist?
[ "plants", "biomes", "soil", "cells" ]
C
sciq-11521
multiple_choice
Wind blown sand contributes to what type of erosion?
[ "vegetation", "filtration", "sedimentary", "abrasion" ]
D
sciq-5713
multiple_choice
What is another term for joules per second?
[ "watts", "parsons", "jiffies", "jacobs" ]
A
sciq-773
multiple_choice
What will the contraction of smooth muscles help organs do?
[ "fine motor movements", "move joints", "carry out functions", "move across distances" ]
C
sciq-11085
multiple_choice
Tissue is made up of layers of tightly packed cells that line the surfaces of the body, such as skin.
[ "resultant tissue", "epithelial tissue", "weak tissue", "neural tissue" ]
B
sciq-7108
multiple_choice
What celestial body is often discovered because it causes a star to move or to dim?
[ "satellite", "exoplanet", "comet", "asteroid" ]
B