Jenjamin3000/MNLP_M3_MCQA_before_FT · Datasets at Hugging Face

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sciq-3731	multiple_choice	What speeds up chemical reactions inside cells?	[ "catalysts", "inhibitors", "electrodes", "nucleus" ]	A
sciq-10046	multiple_choice	Van der waals forces are weak interactions between molecules that involve what?	[ "photons", "atoms", "dipoles", "particles" ]	C
ai2_arc-202	multiple_choice	An increase in phosphate levels in a lake increases the population of algae in the lake. Increased algae blocks sunlight into the lake and results in a decrease in dissolved oxygen in the lake's water. Which of the following should be expected as a result?	[ "Plant populations in the lake increase.", "More predatory birds feed on lake animals.", "Phosphate levels in the lake decrease.", "Fish populations in the lake decline." ]	D
sciq-9208	multiple_choice	What anatomical system is made up of neurons and glia?	[ "nervous system", "reproductive system", "digestive system", "lymphatic system" ]	A
sciq-1339	multiple_choice	What does the ground tissue consist mostly of in the stems of both monocots and eudicots?	[ "parenchyma cells", "hinterrhein cells", "epenthesis cells", "eudiocotic cells" ]	A
ai2_arc-170	multiple_choice	Cell membranes are described as selectively permeable. Four students were asked to explain what this means and provided the answers given below.Student 1: Cell membranes prevent all materials from entering the cell.Student 2: Cell membranes only provide structural support for the cell.Student 3: Cell membranes regulate which substances can enter and exit the cell.Student 4: Cell membranes allow water and water-soluble substances to enter the cell.Which student correctly identified the function of the selectively permeable membrane?	[ "Student 1", "Student 2", "Student 3", "Student 4" ]	C
sciq-283	multiple_choice	Ringworm and athlete's foot are human diseases caused by what simple organisms?	[ "bacteria", "fungi", "insects", "viruses" ]	B
sciq-8772	multiple_choice	What is a waste product from fossil fuel burning?	[ "oxidation", "co2 emissions", "smog", "hydrogen gas" ]	B
sciq-7528	multiple_choice	What is anything that causes cancer called?	[ "bacteria", "carcinogen", "pesticide", "chemical" ]	B
sciq-10122	multiple_choice	Animals that are endotherms or ectotherms are distinguished by the ability to maintain a constant what?	[ "bearing temperature", "step temperature", "Moving Tempature", "body temperature" ]	D
sciq-9402	multiple_choice	What scientist constructed a tree diagram, separating living organisms into three domains?	[ "CT Fletcher", "Mendel", "Gibbs", "carl woese" ]	D
sciq-7648	multiple_choice	Osmosis is driven by the imbalance of what?	[ "water concentration", "precipitation", "evaporation", "isolation" ]	A
sciq-2955	multiple_choice	Fungi are unique in having cell walls made of what?	[ "prokaryotic", "chitin", "Protein", "lectin" ]	B
sciq-11155	multiple_choice	Hypoxia is a condition of the reduced supply of what?	[ "oxygen", "methane", "food", "nitrogen" ]	A
sciq-1436	multiple_choice	Glucose, galactose, and fructose are all what?	[ "alucoxes", "hexoses", "structoxes", "fluxes" ]	B
sciq-8928	multiple_choice	The changing of a light ray’s direction (loosely called bending) when it passes through variations in matter is called this?	[ "resonance", "wavelength", "vibration", "refraction" ]	D
sciq-503	multiple_choice	What force is responsible for erosion by flowing water and glaciers?	[ "weight", "kinetic", "gravity", "electromagnetic" ]	C
sciq-7684	multiple_choice	When do end portions of two nonsister chromatids trade places?	[ "at night", "at every crossover", "never", "during respiration" ]	B
sciq-454	multiple_choice	When we consider a chemical reaction, we need to take into account both the system and what?	[ "sorroundings", "time", "date", "fluctuations" ]	A
sciq-9697	multiple_choice	What are all scientific explanations and interpretations based on?	[ "controls", "changes", "facts", "theories" ]	C
sciq-8183	multiple_choice	What is the star-like structure inside the paramecia?	[ "the reflex vacuole", "the baré vacuole", "the elongated vacuole", "the contractile vacuole" ]	D
sciq-608	multiple_choice	What is the network of vessels and tissues that carry a clear fluid called lymph called?	[ "vessel system", "excretory system", "lymphatic system", "cleansing system" ]	C
sciq-6260	multiple_choice	Eggs are produced in what organs and, upon fertilization, develop in what other organ?	[ "cervix, ovaries", "ovaries, uterus", "uterus, vagina", "fallopian tubes, ovaries" ]	B
scienceQA-10895	multiple_choice	Select the amphibian.	[ "olive toad", "emu", "rabbit", "anchovy" ]	A	An anchovy is a fish. It lives underwater. It has fins, not limbs. An anchovy is a small fish that lives in the ocean. Like some other types of fish, anchovies swim in large groups called schools. A rabbit is a mammal. It has fur and feeds its young milk. Rabbits live underground in burrows. A group of rabbit burrows is called a warren. An olive toad is an amphibian. It has moist skin and begins its life in water. Toads do not have teeth! They swallow their food whole. 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.
sciq-7686	multiple_choice	Magma can be created when temperature rises, pressure lowers, or what else is added?	[ "dirt", "air", "sand", "water" ]	D
ai2_arc-818	multiple_choice	A new organism is discovered. It is multicellular, autotrophic, and does not move on its own. In which kingdoms could the organism belong?	[ "Fungi and Plants", "Protists and Plants", "Animals and Fungi", "Protists and Animals" ]	B
sciq-4788	multiple_choice	What type of gas is delivered to homes to use for cooking and heating?	[ "nuetralized gas", "compounded gas", "fluid gas", "natural gas" ]	D
sciq-9802	multiple_choice	Explanations of some aspect of the natural world based on repeated observations are termed what?	[ "scientific guesses", "scientific thoughts", "scientific insights", "scientific theories" ]	D
sciq-10379	multiple_choice	What are the names of foul-smelling amines, formed as a part of the decay process after death?	[ "cadaverine and putrescine", "formaldehyde and cadaverine", "sulfur and formaldehyde", "methane and sulfur" ]	A
sciq-1532	multiple_choice	A complex interactions of hormones result in an edible fruit that entices animals that help disperse what?	[ "rocks", "pests", "water", "seeds" ]	D
sciq-4842	multiple_choice	Like the energy content in food, the energy expenditures of exercise are also reported in what units?	[ "grams", "ironies", "kilocalories", "gigabytes" ]	C
sciq-3829	multiple_choice	What is a mutation that changes all or much of a particular chromosome?	[ "chromosomal mutation", "muscular mutation", "biochemical mutation", "kinetic mutation" ]	A
sciq-8497	multiple_choice	Microwave ovens use radiation to provide food with what kind of energy?	[ "mechanical", "magnetic", "heat", "vibrational" ]	C
ai2_arc-437	multiple_choice	Approximately 59% of the Moon is visible from Earth because the Moon rotates and revolves in the same period. Which most likely causes this phenomenon?	[ "the gravitational pull of the Sun", "the gravitational pull of Earth", "the composition of the Moon", "the phases of the Moon" ]	B
sciq-364	multiple_choice	What process is at work when warm air or water rises, and cool air or water sinks?	[ "radiation", "moisture", "evaporation", "convection" ]	D
sciq-4479	multiple_choice	Viruses were assumed to exist before they were first seen with an electron microscope in which decade?	[ "1960's", "1940's", "1890's", "1930 ' s" ]	D
sciq-2843	multiple_choice	Because opposite charges attract, oppositely charged ions attract each other to form what?	[ "ionic bonds", "nuclear bonds", "particle bonds", "soluble bonds" ]	A
sciq-7353	multiple_choice	Sickle-cell anemia, leukemia, lymphoma, and hemophilia are examples of what types of disease?	[ "Cancer", "blood disease", "Bone Diease", "microscopic disease" ]	B
sciq-5870	multiple_choice	The diversity of alleles and genotypes within a population is known as genetic what?	[ "variable", "variance", "density", "group" ]	B
sciq-4511	multiple_choice	Chloroplasts are the little green particles in plants made up of what colorful pigment?	[ "chlorophyll", "carbonate", "verdigris", "melanin" ]	A
sciq-620	multiple_choice	How many mass distinctions have radically altered the history of life?	[ "one", "four", "six", "five" ]	D
sciq-9584	multiple_choice	If a fixed amount of gas maintains a perfectly inversely proportional relationship between volume and pressure, then what else must be constant about the gas?	[ "surface tension", "friction", "temperature", "density" ]	C
sciq-6463	multiple_choice	What are the two basic types of competition called?	[ "instraspecifc and interspecific", "exploitative and beneficial", "interference and interaction", "weak and strong" ]	A
sciq-2020	multiple_choice	What nullified the idea that all biological catalysts are proteins?	[ "discovery of enzymes", "amino acid theory", "discovery of metabolites", "discovery of ribozymes" ]	D
sciq-1341	multiple_choice	What catalyzes the hydrolysis of amino acids from the n-terminal end of a protein?	[ "synthase", "testosterone", "aminopeptidase", "nucleic acid" ]	C
sciq-287	multiple_choice	The creation and destruction of oceanic crust is the reason what moves?	[ "animals", "planets", "oceans", "continents" ]	D
scienceQA-7849	multiple_choice	Select the vertebrate.	[ "opossum", "bess beetle", "rock lobster", "fireworm" ]	A	A bess beetle is an insect. Like other insects, a bess beetle is an invertebrate. It does not have a backbone. It has an exoskeleton. A rock lobster is a crustacean. Like other crustaceans, a rock lobster is an invertebrate. It does not have a backbone. It has an exoskeleton. An opossum is a mammal. Like other mammals, an opossum is a vertebrate. It has a backbone. A fireworm is a worm. Like other worms, a fireworm is an invertebrate. It does not have a backbone. It has a soft body.
sciq-2183	multiple_choice	Atoms with the same atomic number but different mass numbers are called what?	[ "reactions", "tropes", "organisms", "isotopes" ]	D
sciq-1951	multiple_choice	Atoms are composed of negatively charged electrons and a positively charged what?	[ "nucleus", "DNA segment", "bond", "neutron" ]	A
sciq-6015	multiple_choice	What substance is removed from waste as it passes through the large intestine?	[ "blood", "nutrients", "water", "air" ]	C
sciq-7796	multiple_choice	What type of winds move the same way as mountain and valley breezes?	[ "planetary winds", "katabatic winds", "prevailing winds", "pyroclastic winds" ]	B
sciq-585	multiple_choice	Sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels are what kind of organs?	[ "animal", "reproductive", "marine", "floral" ]	D
sciq-7193	multiple_choice	How high or low a sound seems is associated with what property of the sound?	[ "wavelength", "frequency", "pitch", "decibel" ]	C
sciq-5321	multiple_choice	Insulin and glucagon help keep blood glucose levels in the normal range because of what type of effects?	[ "opportunistic", "sympathetic", "ABNORMALISTIC", "antagonistic" ]	D
sciq-10239	multiple_choice	What type of fertilization usually occurs in aquatic environments where both eggs and sperm are released into the water?	[ "material", "static", "external", "Internal" ]	C
ai2_arc-277	multiple_choice	Some health care professionals recommend that children use insect repellent before going outside. Using insect repellent is a good way to keep the insects from	[ "reproducing.", "laying eggs.", "spreading disease.", "dying." ]	C
sciq-11084	multiple_choice	The right atrium receives all of the systemic venous return. most of the blood flows into either the superior vena cava or this?	[ "identical vena cava", "resulted vena cava", "exterior vena cava", "inferior vena cava" ]	D
sciq-6517	multiple_choice	What is the term for liquid waste formed by kidneys?	[ "sperm", "urine", "blood", "feces" ]	B
sciq-9787	multiple_choice	Often determining the strength or intensity of a wave, this term is the distance from the equilibrium point of motion to either its lowest or highest point?	[ "amplitude", "peak", "density", "frequency" ]	A
sciq-9652	multiple_choice	Energy constantly changes back and forth between kinetic and what type of energy?	[ "mechanical", "potential", "practical", "physical" ]	B
ai2_arc-558	multiple_choice	Many scientists think that burning fossil fuels has increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. What effect would the increase of carbon dioxide most likely have on the planet?	[ "a cooler climate", "a warmer climate", "lower relative humidity", "more ozone in the atmosphere" ]	B
sciq-10381	multiple_choice	What are the smallest particles of water called?	[ "hydrogen", "ions", "atoms", "molecules" ]	D
sciq-5843	multiple_choice	When drinking water is treated, what is the term for when chemicals cause solids in the water to clump together?	[ "coagulation", "clumping", "plasma", "oxidation" ]	A
sciq-10813	multiple_choice	Which organ breaks down amino acids and toxins that are in the blood?	[ "kidney", "liver", "small intestine", "skin" ]	B
sciq-4519	multiple_choice	Explosive eruptions associated with what can be tens of thousands of times as powerful as an atomic bomb?	[ "forest fires", "hurricanes", "earthquakes", "volcanoes" ]	D
sciq-7710	multiple_choice	What type of constraints are placed on technological design?	[ "physical and social", "moral and legal", "physical and legal", "legal and social" ]	A
sciq-6051	multiple_choice	A standing wave is created when what type of wave interferes with the original wave?	[ "realized wave", "reflected wave", "refracted wave", "translated wave" ]	B
sciq-8769	multiple_choice	What explains why water molecules tend to stick together?	[ "covalent bonds", "mineral bonds", "hydrogen bonds", "helium bonds" ]	C
sciq-8224	multiple_choice	Continental climates are generally found in what areas of landmasses?	[ "northerly", "buttes", "inland", "wetlands" ]	C
sciq-8068	multiple_choice	In dioecious animals, females generally produce what contribution to reproduction?	[ "eggs", "milk", "intelligence", "warmth" ]	A
sciq-640	multiple_choice	Sympathetic stimulation also triggers the release of epinephrine and norepinephrine, which enhance both cardiac output and what else?	[ "vasodilation", "inhibition", "vasoconstriction", "digestion" ]	C
sciq-10279	multiple_choice	An allele is an alternative form of what structure?	[ "gene", "protein", "amino acid", "enzyme" ]	A
sciq-6831	multiple_choice	A homogeneous mixture with tiny particles in it is known as what?	[ "element", "solution", "structure", "plasmid" ]	B
sciq-4694	multiple_choice	What is the scientific term for stored energy an object has due to its position or shape?	[ "mechanical energy", "repeat energy", "new energy", "potential energy" ]	D
sciq-4216	multiple_choice	What branch of science is the study of the solid earth?	[ "biology", "ecology", "palentology", "geology" ]	D
sciq-10788	multiple_choice	One crystalline form of calcium carbonate is the mineral sold as what?	[ "basalt", "quartz", "calcite", "salt" ]	C
sciq-1098	multiple_choice	What affects how high a cake rises when it bakes?	[ "current pressure", "air currents", "air pressure", "air movement" ]	C
sciq-6572	multiple_choice	Lymph capillaries collect fluid that leaks out of what?	[ "blood capillaries", "alveoli", "bladder", "lymph nodes" ]	A
sciq-8631	multiple_choice	What act like filters and remove pathogens from lymph?	[ "tissue nodes", "electric nodes", "lymph nodes", "spine nodes" ]	C
sciq-4315	multiple_choice	Alternative current is produced when a magnet or coil does what?	[ "moves in circles at faster rates", "moves back and forth repeatedly", "moves at faster velocities", "moves up and down repeatedly" ]	B
sciq-10777	multiple_choice	Layers of placental transfer cells help transport nutrients to the embryos as they develop into what?	[ "kinesins", "sporophytes", "fibroblasts", "keratinocytes" ]	B
ai2_arc-144	multiple_choice	Scientists know that Earth is constantly changing. They are familiar with the processes that are repeated daily, monthly, and yearly. Which of these is a natural event that can be predicted to occur monthly?	[ "volcanic eruptions", "earthquake activity", "phases of the moon", "precipitation amounts" ]	C
sciq-3385	multiple_choice	How many alleles comes from each parent?	[ "two", "three", "one", "none" ]	C
sciq-11094	multiple_choice	What is the term for rotation of a bone toward the midline of the body?	[ "visual rotation", "lateral rotation", "medial rotation", "interior rotation" ]	C
sciq-4783	multiple_choice	Sudden changes in geologic and climatic conditions can spur what process?	[ "evolution", "generation", "symbiosis", "cloning" ]	A
sciq-6200	multiple_choice	The nitrogen that enters living systems by nitrogen fixation is successively converted from organic nitrogen back into nitrogen gas by what?	[ "pollen", "bacteria", "viruses", "algae" ]	B
sciq-9175	multiple_choice	The planets orbit around what celestial body?	[ "sun", "moon", "horizon", "earth" ]	A
sciq-3432	multiple_choice	What is the turning effectiveness of a force?	[ "velocity", "intake", "torque", "gravitational pull" ]	C
sciq-7390	multiple_choice	Where does the process of assembling amino acids into a protein take place?	[ "in chromosomes", "in the chitin", "in the ribosome", "in the nucleus" ]	C
sciq-4643	multiple_choice	Forces which cause objects to turn around continuously in a circle are known as?	[ "hydrodynamic forces", "centripetal forces", "tension forces", "frictional forces" ]	B
scienceQA-4501	multiple_choice	Select the amphibian.	[ "red-eyed tree frog", "eagle ray", "red kangaroo", "Mojave rattlesnake" ]	A	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. An eagle ray is a fish. It lives underwater. It has fins, not limbs. Rays have a different shape than many other fish. Rays are large and flat. They have wide, triangle-shaped fins that help them swim long distances. A red kangaroo is a mammal. It has fur and feeds its young milk. Kangaroos hop to move around. They use their large tails for balance while hopping. A Mojave rattlesnake is a reptile. It has scaly, waterproof skin. Rattlesnakes have fangs they can use to inject venom into their prey.
sciq-7981	multiple_choice	When light strikes the rods and cones, they hyperpolarize, shutting off their release of what?	[ "glutamate", "enzyme", "dopamine", "vitreous fluid" ]	A
sciq-3198	multiple_choice	What living things are considered photoautotrophs because they use sunlight and carbon from carbon dioxide to synthesize chemical energy in the form of carbohydrates?	[ "moulds", "plants", "protazoa", "bacteria" ]	B
ai2_arc-340	multiple_choice	Which is true about reproduction for both an amoeba and a paramecium?	[ "Both can conjugate.", "Neither can conjugate.", "An amoeba can conjugate, but a paramecium cannot.", "A paramecium can conjugate, but an amoeba cannot." ]	D
sciq-2674	multiple_choice	Photoautotrophs use what energy source to self-manufacture their own food?	[ "light", "water", "air", "chlorophyll" ]	A
sciq-5009	multiple_choice	A hydraulic jack that makes it possible to lift a car easily is an example of what, meaning it produces mechanical advantages?	[ "complex machines", "simple machine", "simple weapon", "quantum physics" ]	B
sciq-3390	multiple_choice	Frogs and toads, salamanders and newts, and caecilians are the three orders of what group of animals?	[ "amphibians", "marsupials", "reptiles", "mammals" ]	A
ai2_arc-862	multiple_choice	One 7.0 kg bowling ball is lifted to a storage shelf 1.0 m above the floor. A second 7.0 kg ball is lifted to a storage shelf 2.0 m above the floor. Which of the following best explains why the measured force of gravity on each ball is nearly identical?	[ "The final potential energy of each ball increased.", "The amount of work required to lift each ball is identical.", "The distance of each ball from Earth's center of mass is almost identical.", "The gravitational force of each ball on the other cancels out the force of Earth's gravity." ]	C
sciq-10819	multiple_choice	Which glands sit atop the kidneys and are composed of an outer cortex and an inner medulla, all surrounded by a connective tissue capsule?	[ "gonads", "thyroid glands", "adrenal", "salivary" ]	C
sciq-8655	multiple_choice	What part of the brain controls body position, coordination, and balance?	[ "right brain", "cerebellum", "cerebrum", "brain stem" ]	B

sciq-3731

multiple_choice

What speeds up chemical reactions inside cells?

[ "catalysts", "inhibitors", "electrodes", "nucleus" ]

A

sciq-10046

multiple_choice

Van der waals forces are weak interactions between molecules that involve what?

[ "photons", "atoms", "dipoles", "particles" ]

C

ai2_arc-202

multiple_choice

An increase in phosphate levels in a lake increases the population of algae in the lake. Increased algae blocks sunlight into the lake and results in a decrease in dissolved oxygen in the lake's water. Which of the following should be expected as a result?

[ "Plant populations in the lake increase.", "More predatory birds feed on lake animals.", "Phosphate levels in the lake decrease.", "Fish populations in the lake decline." ]

D

sciq-9208

multiple_choice

What anatomical system is made up of neurons and glia?

[ "nervous system", "reproductive system", "digestive system", "lymphatic system" ]

A

sciq-1339

multiple_choice

What does the ground tissue consist mostly of in the stems of both monocots and eudicots?

[ "parenchyma cells", "hinterrhein cells", "epenthesis cells", "eudiocotic cells" ]

A

ai2_arc-170

multiple_choice

Cell membranes are described as selectively permeable. Four students were asked to explain what this means and provided the answers given below.Student 1: Cell membranes prevent all materials from entering the cell.Student 2: Cell membranes only provide structural support for the cell.Student 3: Cell membranes regulate which substances can enter and exit the cell.Student 4: Cell membranes allow water and water-soluble substances to enter the cell.Which student correctly identified the function of the selectively permeable membrane?

[ "Student 1", "Student 2", "Student 3", "Student 4" ]

C

sciq-283

multiple_choice

Ringworm and athlete's foot are human diseases caused by what simple organisms?

[ "bacteria", "fungi", "insects", "viruses" ]

B

sciq-8772

multiple_choice

What is a waste product from fossil fuel burning?

[ "oxidation", "co2 emissions", "smog", "hydrogen gas" ]

B

sciq-7528

multiple_choice

What is anything that causes cancer called?

[ "bacteria", "carcinogen", "pesticide", "chemical" ]

B

sciq-10122

multiple_choice

Animals that are endotherms or ectotherms are distinguished by the ability to maintain a constant what?

[ "bearing temperature", "step temperature", "Moving Tempature", "body temperature" ]

D

sciq-9402

multiple_choice

What scientist constructed a tree diagram, separating living organisms into three domains?

[ "CT Fletcher", "Mendel", "Gibbs", "carl woese" ]

D

sciq-7648

multiple_choice

Osmosis is driven by the imbalance of what?

[ "water concentration", "precipitation", "evaporation", "isolation" ]

A

sciq-2955

multiple_choice

Fungi are unique in having cell walls made of what?

[ "prokaryotic", "chitin", "Protein", "lectin" ]

B

sciq-11155

multiple_choice

Hypoxia is a condition of the reduced supply of what?

[ "oxygen", "methane", "food", "nitrogen" ]

A

sciq-1436

multiple_choice

Glucose, galactose, and fructose are all what?

[ "alucoxes", "hexoses", "structoxes", "fluxes" ]

B

sciq-8928

multiple_choice

The changing of a light ray’s direction (loosely called bending) when it passes through variations in matter is called this?

[ "resonance", "wavelength", "vibration", "refraction" ]

D

sciq-503

multiple_choice

What force is responsible for erosion by flowing water and glaciers?

[ "weight", "kinetic", "gravity", "electromagnetic" ]

C

sciq-7684

multiple_choice

When do end portions of two nonsister chromatids trade places?

[ "at night", "at every crossover", "never", "during respiration" ]

B

sciq-454

multiple_choice

When we consider a chemical reaction, we need to take into account both the system and what?

[ "sorroundings", "time", "date", "fluctuations" ]

A

sciq-9697

multiple_choice

What are all scientific explanations and interpretations based on?

[ "controls", "changes", "facts", "theories" ]

C

sciq-8183

multiple_choice

What is the star-like structure inside the paramecia?

[ "the reflex vacuole", "the baré vacuole", "the elongated vacuole", "the contractile vacuole" ]

D

sciq-608

multiple_choice

What is the network of vessels and tissues that carry a clear fluid called lymph called?

[ "vessel system", "excretory system", "lymphatic system", "cleansing system" ]

C

sciq-6260

multiple_choice

Eggs are produced in what organs and, upon fertilization, develop in what other organ?

[ "cervix, ovaries", "ovaries, uterus", "uterus, vagina", "fallopian tubes, ovaries" ]

B

scienceQA-10895

multiple_choice

Select the amphibian.

[ "olive toad", "emu", "rabbit", "anchovy" ]

A

An anchovy is a fish. It lives underwater. It has fins, not limbs. An anchovy is a small fish that lives in the ocean. Like some other types of fish, anchovies swim in large groups called schools. A rabbit is a mammal. It has fur and feeds its young milk. Rabbits live underground in burrows. A group of rabbit burrows is called a warren. An olive toad is an amphibian. It has moist skin and begins its life in water. Toads do not have teeth! They swallow their food whole. 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.

sciq-7686

multiple_choice

Magma can be created when temperature rises, pressure lowers, or what else is added?

[ "dirt", "air", "sand", "water" ]

D

ai2_arc-818

multiple_choice

A new organism is discovered. It is multicellular, autotrophic, and does not move on its own. In which kingdoms could the organism belong?

[ "Fungi and Plants", "Protists and Plants", "Animals and Fungi", "Protists and Animals" ]

B

sciq-4788

multiple_choice

What type of gas is delivered to homes to use for cooking and heating?

[ "nuetralized gas", "compounded gas", "fluid gas", "natural gas" ]

D

sciq-9802

multiple_choice

Explanations of some aspect of the natural world based on repeated observations are termed what?

[ "scientific guesses", "scientific thoughts", "scientific insights", "scientific theories" ]

D

sciq-10379

multiple_choice

What are the names of foul-smelling amines, formed as a part of the decay process after death?

[ "cadaverine and putrescine", "formaldehyde and cadaverine", "sulfur and formaldehyde", "methane and sulfur" ]

A

sciq-1532

multiple_choice

A complex interactions of hormones result in an edible fruit that entices animals that help disperse what?

[ "rocks", "pests", "water", "seeds" ]

D

sciq-4842

multiple_choice

Like the energy content in food, the energy expenditures of exercise are also reported in what units?

[ "grams", "ironies", "kilocalories", "gigabytes" ]

C

sciq-3829

multiple_choice

What is a mutation that changes all or much of a particular chromosome?

[ "chromosomal mutation", "muscular mutation", "biochemical mutation", "kinetic mutation" ]

A

sciq-8497

multiple_choice

Microwave ovens use radiation to provide food with what kind of energy?

[ "mechanical", "magnetic", "heat", "vibrational" ]

C

ai2_arc-437

multiple_choice

Approximately 59% of the Moon is visible from Earth because the Moon rotates and revolves in the same period. Which most likely causes this phenomenon?

[ "the gravitational pull of the Sun", "the gravitational pull of Earth", "the composition of the Moon", "the phases of the Moon" ]

B

sciq-364

multiple_choice

What process is at work when warm air or water rises, and cool air or water sinks?

[ "radiation", "moisture", "evaporation", "convection" ]

D

sciq-4479

multiple_choice

Viruses were assumed to exist before they were first seen with an electron microscope in which decade?

[ "1960's", "1940's", "1890's", "1930 ' s" ]

D

sciq-2843

multiple_choice

Because opposite charges attract, oppositely charged ions attract each other to form what?

[ "ionic bonds", "nuclear bonds", "particle bonds", "soluble bonds" ]

A

sciq-7353

multiple_choice

Sickle-cell anemia, leukemia, lymphoma, and hemophilia are examples of what types of disease?

[ "Cancer", "blood disease", "Bone Diease", "microscopic disease" ]

B

sciq-5870

multiple_choice

The diversity of alleles and genotypes within a population is known as genetic what?

[ "variable", "variance", "density", "group" ]

B

sciq-4511

multiple_choice

Chloroplasts are the little green particles in plants made up of what colorful pigment?

[ "chlorophyll", "carbonate", "verdigris", "melanin" ]

A

sciq-620

multiple_choice

How many mass distinctions have radically altered the history of life?

[ "one", "four", "six", "five" ]

D

sciq-9584

multiple_choice

If a fixed amount of gas maintains a perfectly inversely proportional relationship between volume and pressure, then what else must be constant about the gas?

[ "surface tension", "friction", "temperature", "density" ]

C

sciq-6463

multiple_choice

What are the two basic types of competition called?

[ "instraspecifc and interspecific", "exploitative and beneficial", "interference and interaction", "weak and strong" ]

A

sciq-2020

multiple_choice

What nullified the idea that all biological catalysts are proteins?

[ "discovery of enzymes", "amino acid theory", "discovery of metabolites", "discovery of ribozymes" ]

D

sciq-1341

multiple_choice

What catalyzes the hydrolysis of amino acids from the n-terminal end of a protein?

[ "synthase", "testosterone", "aminopeptidase", "nucleic acid" ]

C

sciq-287

multiple_choice

The creation and destruction of oceanic crust is the reason what moves?

[ "animals", "planets", "oceans", "continents" ]

D

scienceQA-7849

multiple_choice

Select the vertebrate.

[ "opossum", "bess beetle", "rock lobster", "fireworm" ]

A

A bess beetle is an insect. Like other insects, a bess beetle is an invertebrate. It does not have a backbone. It has an exoskeleton. A rock lobster is a crustacean. Like other crustaceans, a rock lobster is an invertebrate. It does not have a backbone. It has an exoskeleton. An opossum is a mammal. Like other mammals, an opossum is a vertebrate. It has a backbone. A fireworm is a worm. Like other worms, a fireworm is an invertebrate. It does not have a backbone. It has a soft body.

sciq-2183

multiple_choice

Atoms with the same atomic number but different mass numbers are called what?

[ "reactions", "tropes", "organisms", "isotopes" ]

D

sciq-1951

multiple_choice

Atoms are composed of negatively charged electrons and a positively charged what?

[ "nucleus", "DNA segment", "bond", "neutron" ]

A

sciq-6015

multiple_choice

What substance is removed from waste as it passes through the large intestine?

[ "blood", "nutrients", "water", "air" ]

C

sciq-7796

multiple_choice

What type of winds move the same way as mountain and valley breezes?

[ "planetary winds", "katabatic winds", "prevailing winds", "pyroclastic winds" ]

B

sciq-585

multiple_choice

Sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels are what kind of organs?

[ "animal", "reproductive", "marine", "floral" ]

D

sciq-7193

multiple_choice

How high or low a sound seems is associated with what property of the sound?

[ "wavelength", "frequency", "pitch", "decibel" ]

C

sciq-5321

multiple_choice

Insulin and glucagon help keep blood glucose levels in the normal range because of what type of effects?

[ "opportunistic", "sympathetic", "ABNORMALISTIC", "antagonistic" ]

D

sciq-10239

multiple_choice

What type of fertilization usually occurs in aquatic environments where both eggs and sperm are released into the water?

[ "material", "static", "external", "Internal" ]

C

ai2_arc-277

multiple_choice

Some health care professionals recommend that children use insect repellent before going outside. Using insect repellent is a good way to keep the insects from

[ "reproducing.", "laying eggs.", "spreading disease.", "dying." ]

C

sciq-11084

multiple_choice

The right atrium receives all of the systemic venous return. most of the blood flows into either the superior vena cava or this?

[ "identical vena cava", "resulted vena cava", "exterior vena cava", "inferior vena cava" ]

D

sciq-6517

multiple_choice

What is the term for liquid waste formed by kidneys?

[ "sperm", "urine", "blood", "feces" ]

B

sciq-9787

multiple_choice

Often determining the strength or intensity of a wave, this term is the distance from the equilibrium point of motion to either its lowest or highest point?

[ "amplitude", "peak", "density", "frequency" ]

A

sciq-9652

multiple_choice

Energy constantly changes back and forth between kinetic and what type of energy?

[ "mechanical", "potential", "practical", "physical" ]

B

ai2_arc-558

multiple_choice

Many scientists think that burning fossil fuels has increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. What effect would the increase of carbon dioxide most likely have on the planet?

[ "a cooler climate", "a warmer climate", "lower relative humidity", "more ozone in the atmosphere" ]

B

sciq-10381

multiple_choice

What are the smallest particles of water called?

[ "hydrogen", "ions", "atoms", "molecules" ]

D

sciq-5843

multiple_choice

When drinking water is treated, what is the term for when chemicals cause solids in the water to clump together?

[ "coagulation", "clumping", "plasma", "oxidation" ]

A

sciq-10813

multiple_choice

Which organ breaks down amino acids and toxins that are in the blood?

[ "kidney", "liver", "small intestine", "skin" ]

B

sciq-4519

multiple_choice

Explosive eruptions associated with what can be tens of thousands of times as powerful as an atomic bomb?

[ "forest fires", "hurricanes", "earthquakes", "volcanoes" ]

D

sciq-7710

multiple_choice

What type of constraints are placed on technological design?

[ "physical and social", "moral and legal", "physical and legal", "legal and social" ]

A

sciq-6051

multiple_choice

A standing wave is created when what type of wave interferes with the original wave?

[ "realized wave", "reflected wave", "refracted wave", "translated wave" ]

B

sciq-8769

multiple_choice

What explains why water molecules tend to stick together?

[ "covalent bonds", "mineral bonds", "hydrogen bonds", "helium bonds" ]

C

sciq-8224

multiple_choice

Continental climates are generally found in what areas of landmasses?

[ "northerly", "buttes", "inland", "wetlands" ]

C

sciq-8068

multiple_choice

In dioecious animals, females generally produce what contribution to reproduction?

[ "eggs", "milk", "intelligence", "warmth" ]

A

sciq-640

multiple_choice

Sympathetic stimulation also triggers the release of epinephrine and norepinephrine, which enhance both cardiac output and what else?

[ "vasodilation", "inhibition", "vasoconstriction", "digestion" ]

C

sciq-10279

multiple_choice

An allele is an alternative form of what structure?

[ "gene", "protein", "amino acid", "enzyme" ]

A

sciq-6831

multiple_choice

A homogeneous mixture with tiny particles in it is known as what?

[ "element", "solution", "structure", "plasmid" ]

B

sciq-4694

multiple_choice

What is the scientific term for stored energy an object has due to its position or shape?

[ "mechanical energy", "repeat energy", "new energy", "potential energy" ]

D

sciq-4216

multiple_choice

What branch of science is the study of the solid earth?

[ "biology", "ecology", "palentology", "geology" ]

D

sciq-10788

multiple_choice

One crystalline form of calcium carbonate is the mineral sold as what?

[ "basalt", "quartz", "calcite", "salt" ]

C

sciq-1098

multiple_choice

What affects how high a cake rises when it bakes?

[ "current pressure", "air currents", "air pressure", "air movement" ]

C

sciq-6572

multiple_choice

Lymph capillaries collect fluid that leaks out of what?

[ "blood capillaries", "alveoli", "bladder", "lymph nodes" ]

A

sciq-8631

multiple_choice

What act like filters and remove pathogens from lymph?

[ "tissue nodes", "electric nodes", "lymph nodes", "spine nodes" ]

C

sciq-4315

multiple_choice

Alternative current is produced when a magnet or coil does what?

[ "moves in circles at faster rates", "moves back and forth repeatedly", "moves at faster velocities", "moves up and down repeatedly" ]

B

sciq-10777

multiple_choice

Layers of placental transfer cells help transport nutrients to the embryos as they develop into what?

[ "kinesins", "sporophytes", "fibroblasts", "keratinocytes" ]

B

ai2_arc-144

multiple_choice

Scientists know that Earth is constantly changing. They are familiar with the processes that are repeated daily, monthly, and yearly. Which of these is a natural event that can be predicted to occur monthly?

[ "volcanic eruptions", "earthquake activity", "phases of the moon", "precipitation amounts" ]

C

sciq-3385

multiple_choice

How many alleles comes from each parent?

[ "two", "three", "one", "none" ]

C

sciq-11094

multiple_choice

What is the term for rotation of a bone toward the midline of the body?

[ "visual rotation", "lateral rotation", "medial rotation", "interior rotation" ]

C

sciq-4783

multiple_choice

Sudden changes in geologic and climatic conditions can spur what process?

[ "evolution", "generation", "symbiosis", "cloning" ]

A

sciq-6200

multiple_choice

The nitrogen that enters living systems by nitrogen fixation is successively converted from organic nitrogen back into nitrogen gas by what?

[ "pollen", "bacteria", "viruses", "algae" ]

B

sciq-9175

multiple_choice

The planets orbit around what celestial body?

[ "sun", "moon", "horizon", "earth" ]

A

sciq-3432

multiple_choice

What is the turning effectiveness of a force?

[ "velocity", "intake", "torque", "gravitational pull" ]

C

sciq-7390

multiple_choice

Where does the process of assembling amino acids into a protein take place?

[ "in chromosomes", "in the chitin", "in the ribosome", "in the nucleus" ]

C

sciq-4643

multiple_choice

Forces which cause objects to turn around continuously in a circle are known as?

[ "hydrodynamic forces", "centripetal forces", "tension forces", "frictional forces" ]

B

scienceQA-4501

multiple_choice

Select the amphibian.

[ "red-eyed tree frog", "eagle ray", "red kangaroo", "Mojave rattlesnake" ]

A

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. An eagle ray is a fish. It lives underwater. It has fins, not limbs. Rays have a different shape than many other fish. Rays are large and flat. They have wide, triangle-shaped fins that help them swim long distances. A red kangaroo is a mammal. It has fur and feeds its young milk. Kangaroos hop to move around. They use their large tails for balance while hopping. A Mojave rattlesnake is a reptile. It has scaly, waterproof skin. Rattlesnakes have fangs they can use to inject venom into their prey.

sciq-7981

multiple_choice

When light strikes the rods and cones, they hyperpolarize, shutting off their release of what?

[ "glutamate", "enzyme", "dopamine", "vitreous fluid" ]

A

sciq-3198

multiple_choice

What living things are considered photoautotrophs because they use sunlight and carbon from carbon dioxide to synthesize chemical energy in the form of carbohydrates?

[ "moulds", "plants", "protazoa", "bacteria" ]

B

ai2_arc-340

multiple_choice

Which is true about reproduction for both an amoeba and a paramecium?

[ "Both can conjugate.", "Neither can conjugate.", "An amoeba can conjugate, but a paramecium cannot.", "A paramecium can conjugate, but an amoeba cannot." ]

D

sciq-2674

multiple_choice

Photoautotrophs use what energy source to self-manufacture their own food?

[ "light", "water", "air", "chlorophyll" ]

A

sciq-5009

multiple_choice

A hydraulic jack that makes it possible to lift a car easily is an example of what, meaning it produces mechanical advantages?

[ "complex machines", "simple machine", "simple weapon", "quantum physics" ]

B

sciq-3390

multiple_choice

Frogs and toads, salamanders and newts, and caecilians are the three orders of what group of animals?

[ "amphibians", "marsupials", "reptiles", "mammals" ]

A

ai2_arc-862

multiple_choice

One 7.0 kg bowling ball is lifted to a storage shelf 1.0 m above the floor. A second 7.0 kg ball is lifted to a storage shelf 2.0 m above the floor. Which of the following best explains why the measured force of gravity on each ball is nearly identical?

[ "The final potential energy of each ball increased.", "The amount of work required to lift each ball is identical.", "The distance of each ball from Earth's center of mass is almost identical.", "The gravitational force of each ball on the other cancels out the force of Earth's gravity." ]

C

sciq-10819

multiple_choice

Which glands sit atop the kidneys and are composed of an outer cortex and an inner medulla, all surrounded by a connective tissue capsule?

[ "gonads", "thyroid glands", "adrenal", "salivary" ]

C

sciq-8655

multiple_choice

What part of the brain controls body position, coordination, and balance?

[ "right brain", "cerebellum", "cerebrum", "brain stem" ]

B