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sciq-667
multiple_choice
When heat flows into an object, its thermal energy increases and so does its what?
[ "temperature", "speed", "matter", "color" ]
A
sciq-6616
multiple_choice
What are the most common causes of brain injuries?
[ "falls", "lightning strikes", "alcohol poisoning", "excessive shaking" ]
A
sciq-5314
multiple_choice
Bacteria are often used to make cheese from what?
[ "egg", "water", "meat", "milk" ]
D
sciq-8225
multiple_choice
What mainly gives the body energy?
[ "sunlight", "fuel", "water", "food" ]
D
sciq-5673
multiple_choice
Solid balls of water and dust falling from the sky are known as?
[ "hail", "rain", "golf balls", "snow" ]
A
ai2_arc-382
multiple_choice
Which of these is one similarity of the elements in the first group of the periodic table?
[ "The elements in the group have similar atomic masses.", "The elements in the group have the same number of electrons.", "The elements in the group are very unreactive metals.", "The elements in the group react with oxygen in similar ways." ]
D
sciq-8918
multiple_choice
What 3 types of friction occur between solid surfaces?
[ "static, sliding, rolling", "static,desending,sliding", "static , ascending , rolling", "static , arching , rolling" ]
A
sciq-11091
multiple_choice
The spectrum is made up of discrete lines representing transitions of the hydrogen electron between specific energy levels within what?
[ "a rainbow", "the molecule", "an element", "the atom" ]
D
scienceQA-1716
multiple_choice
Select the chemical formula for this molecule.
[ "NH3", "NH", "H", "H3" ]
A
N is the symbol for nitrogen. H is the symbol for hydrogen. This ball-and-stick model shows a molecule with one nitrogen atom and three hydrogen atoms. The chemical formula will contain the symbols N and H. There is one nitrogen atom, so N will not have a subscript. There are three hydrogen atoms, so H will have a subscript of 3. The correct formula is NH3. The diagram below shows how each part of the chemical formula matches with each part of the model above.
sciq-2604
multiple_choice
What process provides more than 99% of energy?
[ "photosynthesis", "cellular respiration", "nuclear fusion", "glycolysis" ]
A
sciq-4566
multiple_choice
Light from a distant galaxy can travel different paths to the earth because it is bent around an intermediary galaxy by what?
[ "strength", "radiation", "gravity", "variation" ]
C
ai2_arc-387
multiple_choice
Drew knows that Earth is tilted on its axis. He also knows this tilt is responsible for the season that a region on Earth will experience. When the South Pole is tilted toward the Sun, what season will it be in Florida?
[ "fall", "spring", "summer", "winter" ]
D
sciq-2665
multiple_choice
The attraction of an atom for the electrons of a covalent bond is its what?
[ "brightness", "electronegativity", "weight", "hardness" ]
B
sciq-11515
multiple_choice
The golgi removes some sugar monomers and substitutes others, producing a large variety of what?
[ "proteins", "fats", "electrolytes", "carbohydrates" ]
D
sciq-11509
multiple_choice
What goes through different larval stages?
[ "octopuses", "crustaceans", "plants", "sponges" ]
B
sciq-2370
multiple_choice
Some of the small moons of saturn are found within what features distinctive to the planet?
[ "crest of saturn", "craters of saturn", "interior of saturn", "rings of saturn" ]
D
sciq-3883
multiple_choice
Where are more of an insect's internal organs kept?
[ "the head", "the chest cavity", "the thorax", "the abdomen" ]
D
scienceQA-11289
multiple_choice
Which organ receives signals from the brain to either contract or relax?
[ "skin", "brain", "skeleton", "muscles" ]
D
sciq-9936
multiple_choice
How does the core of the sun radiate energy?
[ "electrical radiation", "carbon radiation", "nuclear fission", "nuclear fusion" ]
D
sciq-6598
multiple_choice
What is the most common type of organic compound?
[ "carbohydrates", "fats", "vitamins", "proteins" ]
A
sciq-7199
multiple_choice
Water, carbon dioxide, and what other element are important agents of chemical weathering?
[ "sulfur", "helium", "oxygen", "methane" ]
C
sciq-7921
multiple_choice
What term refers to the balance, or equilibrium, within the cell or a body, and an organism’s ability to keep a constant internal environment?
[ "homeostasis", "ketosis", "consciousness", "metabolism" ]
A
sciq-4074
multiple_choice
Prosimians are thought to be more similar to the earliest of these?
[ "primates", "rodents", "insects", "fish" ]
A
sciq-3375
multiple_choice
What topographic feature does a circle with inward hatches represent on a contour map?
[ "vegetation", "a lake", "a mountain", "a depression" ]
D
ai2_arc-264
multiple_choice
Populations living in one place form a
[ "community", "system", "habitat", "species" ]
B
sciq-6732
multiple_choice
Roundworms feed on various things, one of them being decaying organic matter. doing this, they play an important role in what famous cycle?
[ "life cycle", "soul cycle", "carbon cycle", "water cycle" ]
C
sciq-11315
multiple_choice
When an electron transitions from an excited state to a less excited state, or ground state, the difference in energy is emitted as a what?
[ "quark", "neutron", "photon", "nucleus" ]
C
sciq-8673
multiple_choice
What is the plane that divides the body or an organ vertically into right and left sides?
[ "anatomical plane", "median plane", "sagittal plane", "parasagittal plane" ]
C
sciq-3835
multiple_choice
Where can composite volcanoes most frequently be found?
[ "divergent boundaries", "convergent boundaries", "astatine boundaries", "transform boundaries" ]
B
sciq-672
multiple_choice
What is the force that pulls particles at the exposed surface of a liquid toward other liquid particles called?
[ "transfer tension", "surface tension", "conservative tension", "shinking tension" ]
B
sciq-2645
multiple_choice
What do you call the part of the skeletal system that connects bones?
[ "muscles", "fibers", "joints", "tissue" ]
C
sciq-8040
multiple_choice
What is an alloy of copper and tin?
[ "silver", "zinc", "gold", "bronze" ]
D
sciq-6962
multiple_choice
When plants lose their leaves in the fall, what chemical is produced less to cause the change?
[ "carbonate", "pheromes", "chlorophyll", "oxygen" ]
C
sciq-8065
multiple_choice
Attraction of a material by a magnet is an example of what type of property?
[ "physical", "thermal", "transitive", "chemical" ]
A
sciq-4121
multiple_choice
What branch of biology focuses on heredity?
[ "botany", "zoology", "genetics", "cell biology" ]
C
ai2_arc-183
multiple_choice
Which of the following elements is the least electrically conductive?
[ "sodium", "tungsten", "zinc", "argon" ]
D
sciq-3015
multiple_choice
Solutions to schrödinger’s equation involve four special numbers called what?
[ "quantum numbers", "gravity numbers", "linear numbers", "light numbers" ]
A
sciq-2528
multiple_choice
What celestial events are the source of elements heavier than iron?
[ "neutrons", "Space", "supernovas", "galaxies" ]
C
sciq-890
multiple_choice
What type of reproduction involves combining genetic material from two parents to create distinct offspring?
[ "mild reproduction", "bsexual reproduction", "asexual reproduction", "sexual reproduction" ]
D
sciq-10407
multiple_choice
The burning of what type of fuels is a major source of sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides?
[ "renewable", "synthetic", "biofuels", "fossil" ]
D
sciq-5073
multiple_choice
Pseudopods are temporary extensions of what?
[ "the cytoplasm", "the mucus", "the cell wall", "cytopods" ]
A
sciq-10249
multiple_choice
The mature pollen grain is composed of two cells: the pollen tube cell and which other cell?
[ "ova", "generative cell", "glial cell", "photosynthesis cell" ]
B
sciq-7198
multiple_choice
Tremetol, a metabolic poison found in the white snake root plant, prevents the metabolism of what?
[ "lipids", "lactate", "sugars", "sodium" ]
B
sciq-11565
multiple_choice
The limit to how much solute will dissolve in a given amount of solvent is called what?
[ "solubility", "strength", "density", "potency" ]
A
sciq-4997
multiple_choice
What organ packages nutrients absorbed by the digestive system; produces plasma proteins, clotting factors, and bile; and disposes of worn-out cell components and waste products?
[ "liver", "brain", "heart", "liver" ]
A
sciq-7823
multiple_choice
But a point mutation can also change a codon for an amino acid into a what?
[ "stop codon", "exon", "axon", "stop mutation" ]
A
sciq-4556
multiple_choice
A biofilm is a colony of prokaryotes that is stuck to what?
[ "skin", "the middle", "the bottom", "surface" ]
D
ai2_arc-73
multiple_choice
A company is designing a new laptop computer. The computer must not exceed a certain weight. Which of the following is the most likely reason to have a weight restriction for the computer?
[ "to make it easier to test the prototype", "to reduce the cost of making the computer", "to make it easier to transport the computer", "to reduce the cost of building the prototype" ]
C
sciq-5950
multiple_choice
What forces in liquids are strong enough to keep them from expanding significantly when heated?
[ "gravitational forces", "intermolecular forces", "outermolecular forces", "particles forces" ]
B
sciq-9468
multiple_choice
Cardiac veins parallel the small cardiac arteries and generally drain into what sinus?
[ "heart", "Veins", "coronary", "lungs" ]
C
sciq-8306
multiple_choice
The size and symmetry of a beetle’s or an elk’s antlers or a grasshopper’s song communicate rather clearly their state of what?
[ "society", "health", "need", "problem" ]
B
sciq-4515
multiple_choice
What type of compounds make up the cells and tissues of living things?
[ "proximal", "microbial", "biochemical", "hormonal" ]
C
sciq-4973
multiple_choice
Comprising 10 percent of the mass of the brain, what structure has varied functions that all point to a role in the motor system?
[ "superior peduncle", "cerebrum", "medulla oblongata", "cerebellum" ]
D
sciq-800
multiple_choice
Lipids are biochemical compounds such as fats and?
[ "minerals", "vegetables", "oils", "salts" ]
C
sciq-7739
multiple_choice
Gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria are distinguished by thickness of what?
[ "cell membrane", "cell length", "cell weight", "cell wall" ]
D
sciq-10616
multiple_choice
What helps sound travel in waves?
[ "temperatures", "molecules", "speaker placements", "gases" ]
D
sciq-9525
multiple_choice
What is the state of matter that resembles a gas but has certain properties that a gas does not have called?
[ "plasma", "solid", "liquid", "fluid" ]
A
sciq-11173
multiple_choice
What population on earth is already harming the environment due to less resources to go around?
[ "whales", "rats", "insects", "humans" ]
D
sciq-7673
multiple_choice
What do young female meerkats act as in colonies?
[ "midwives", "defenders", "babysitters", "predators" ]
C
sciq-11106
multiple_choice
In what form of matter is hydrogen at room temperature?
[ "dissolved", "gas", "solid", "liquid" ]
B
sciq-4174
multiple_choice
Kidney stones can form anywhere in what system?
[ "intestinal", "urinary", "respiratory", "digestive" ]
B
scienceQA-6868
multiple_choice
What do these two changes have in common? a banana getting ripe on the counter mixing glue and laundry powder to create putty
[ "Both are only physical changes.", "Both are caused by heating.", "Both are chemical changes.", "Both are caused by cooling." ]
C
Step 1: Think about each change. A banana getting ripe on the counter is a chemical change. As a banana ripens, the type of matter in it changes. The peel changes color and the inside becomes softer and sweeter. Mixing glue and laundry powder to create putty is a chemical change. The putty is a different type of matter that was not there before the change. Step 2: Look at each answer choice. Both are only physical changes. Both changes are chemical changes. They are not physical changes. Both are chemical changes. Both changes are chemical changes. The type of matter before and after each change is different. Both are caused by heating. Neither change is caused by heating. Both are caused by cooling. Neither change is caused by cooling.
sciq-10735
multiple_choice
What is the term for a disturbance in matter that causes the transfer of energy from place to place?
[ "temperature wave", "flooding wave", "nucleation", "mechanical wave" ]
D
sciq-7697
multiple_choice
After citric acid forms, it goes through a series of reactions that release what, which is then captured in special molecules?
[ "chlorophyll", "metabolytes", "energy", "hydrogen" ]
C
sciq-3041
multiple_choice
Neon is an example of what kind of gas?
[ "noble", "ideal", "natural", "inert" ]
A
sciq-5625
multiple_choice
Because fungi feed on decaying and dead matter, they play what important role by releasing essential elements into the environment?
[ "decomposers", "carnivores", "consumers", "producers" ]
A
sciq-10388
multiple_choice
Why is water important for the nervous system?
[ "to prevent disease", "to carry nutrients", "to prevent dehydration", "to carry information" ]
C
sciq-4535
multiple_choice
Lack of what mineral causes rickets?
[ "magnesium", "zinc", "calcium", "potassium" ]
C
ai2_arc-971
multiple_choice
Sam builds a ramp and lets a toy car roll down. Which describes the energy of the car as it rolls down the ramp?
[ "The kinetic energy and the potential energy both increase.", "The kinetic energy and the potential energy both decrease.", "The kinetic energy increases and the potential energy decreases.", "The kinetic energy decreases and the potential energy increases." ]
C
sciq-7205
multiple_choice
What is the muscular organ that nourishes and supports the growing embryo?
[ "ovary", "uterus", "stomach", "fallopian tube" ]
B
sciq-10912
multiple_choice
Just as salty taste involves perception of sodium ions in saliva, what taste correlates with presence of glucose?
[ "salty", "bitter", "sour", "sweet" ]
D
sciq-7613
multiple_choice
What term describes the energy of an object that is moving or has the potential to move?
[ "molecular energy", "mechanical energy", "stationary energy", "thermal energy" ]
B
sciq-2640
multiple_choice
In what organ is food remains turned into solid waste for excretion?
[ "large intestine", "large tissue", "large metabolism", "non-transverse intenstine" ]
A
sciq-5711
multiple_choice
What is the critical factor for the survival of segmented worms?
[ "sunlight and warmth", "humidity and sunlight", "water and humidity", "sunlight and water" ]
C
sciq-10759
multiple_choice
Visible light can be split into colors with the use of a what?
[ "convex lenses", "prism", "kaleidoscope", "spectrum" ]
B
sciq-7167
multiple_choice
Amylase and pepsin are examples of enzymes needed for what process?
[ "filtration", "digestion", "absorption", "fermentation" ]
B
sciq-5762
multiple_choice
What type of cells are arranged into tightly packed sheaths around the veins of the leaf?
[ "cell walls", "bundle-sheath cells", "pattern - sheath cells", "cellulose" ]
B
sciq-903
multiple_choice
In humans, there are five primary tastes, and each taste has only one corresponding type of what?
[ "membrane", "organ", "receptor", "neuron" ]
C
sciq-5078
multiple_choice
A flow of one coulomb per second is called one ampere, which is a measure of what?
[ "Direct current", "powered current", "performance current", "electric current" ]
D
sciq-5521
multiple_choice
Illnesses caused by bacteria in food are commonly known as what?
[ "the flu", "chemical poisoning", "viral poisoning", "food poisoning" ]
D
sciq-8629
multiple_choice
Chemical signals are received by the target cell on what?
[ "parent proteins", "inceptor proteins", "receptor proteins", "acidic proteins" ]
C
sciq-5075
multiple_choice
How are protists traditionally classified?
[ "carnivorous or herbivorous", "animal-like, plant-like, or fungi-like", "organic and inorganic", "sponges, fungi and bacteria" ]
B
sciq-5092
multiple_choice
What is the nest of cell an egg rests in called?
[ "pod", "follicle", "mitochondria", "epidermis" ]
B
sciq-9943
multiple_choice
What do power plants burn to generate electricity?
[ "biofuel", "nuclear fuel", "fossil fuels", "timber" ]
C
sciq-6543
multiple_choice
Acidity is measured on what kind of scale?
[ "pneumatic scale", "ph scale", "electromagnetic scale", "caloric scale" ]
B
sciq-3075
multiple_choice
What carries warm or cold water throughout the world’s oceans?
[ "pipes", "ocean currents", "gravity", "earth rotation" ]
B
sciq-10295
multiple_choice
Designed to exchange materials, what spongy structure consists of membranes and blood vessels from both mother and embryo?
[ "umbilicus", "endometrium", "placenta", "uterus" ]
C
scienceQA-10485
multiple_choice
Select the amphibian below.
[ "emu", "piranha", "great crested newt", "Madagascar day gecko" ]
C
An emu is a bird. It has feathers, two wings, and a beak. Emus cannot fly, but they can run very fast. They run to avoid predators. A Madagascar day gecko is a reptile. It has scaly, waterproof skin. Many geckos have special pads on their toes. The pads help them climb up plants and rocks. A piranha is a fish. It lives underwater. It has fins, not limbs. Piranhas have sharp teeth. Piranhas hunt in groups. A group of piranhas can eat a large animal. A great crested newt is an amphibian. It has moist skin and begins its life in water. Some newts live in water. Other newts live on land but lay their eggs in water.
ai2_arc-74
multiple_choice
The heart, blood vessels, kidneys, and bladder working together are best described as
[ "a cell.", "a tissue.", "an organism.", "a system." ]
D
sciq-8630
multiple_choice
What kind of organisms are prokaryotes?
[ "viral", "multicellular organisms", "single-celled", "single - flagellated" ]
C
sciq-11420
multiple_choice
What do monarch butterfly larvae depend on for their food?
[ "milkweeds", "seaweed", "honey", "pollen" ]
A
ai2_arc-991
multiple_choice
Which pair of human body systems functions most closely together?
[ "nervous and excretory", "digestive and muscular", "skeletal and circulatory", "respiratory and cardiovascular" ]
D
sciq-1108
multiple_choice
The lungs are a series of ever-narrowing tubes that end in a myriad of tiny sacs called what?
[ "brachii", "glands", "testes", "alveoli" ]
D
sciq-8863
multiple_choice
Mendeleev organized what basic units into rows and columns?
[ "animals", "compounds", "elements", "solutions" ]
C
sciq-367
multiple_choice
During photosynthesis, what is energy from the sun converted to after entering a plant?
[ "chloride", "Carbon", "Proteins", "glucose" ]
D
sciq-2858
multiple_choice
Isotopes have different number of these in their nuclei?
[ "protons", "atoms", "neutrons", "electrons" ]
C
sciq-6654
multiple_choice
Compared with the molecules of many other substances, molecules of water are strongly attracted to what?
[ "hydrogen", "helium", "nothing", "each other" ]
D
sciq-4683
multiple_choice
What type of prokaryotes live in habitats without oxygen?
[ "enzymatic", "anaerobic", "phosphoric", "aerobic" ]
B
sciq-9162
multiple_choice
What word describes a carbonyl where the carbon atom makes single bonds with two others?
[ "ketones", "acetone", "photons", "ions" ]
A
ai2_arc-389
multiple_choice
Which are produced during photosynthesis?
[ "carbon dioxide and minerals", "carbon dioxide and sugar", "oxygen and minerals", "oxygen and sugar" ]
D