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arc_challenge_568
arc_challenge
Some types of medicines can be used to cure people when they are sick. Some medicines, however, may cause bad reactions to the people taking them. This difference is an example of
[ "technology being used to help heal people.", "medical procedures being used to hurt people.", "expensive medicines being used for many purposes.", "the solution to one problem causing another problem." ]
D
openbookqa_2845
openbookqa
An Afghan Hound get all its hair from
[ "its parents", "the water", "the sun", "its siblings" ]
A
arc_easy_2242
arc_easy
In 1609, Galileo Galilei used lenses to construct the first telescope. His telescope allowed him to observe many objects in space. His invention of the telescope and the data he gathered directly contributed to the understanding that
[ "Earth is the center of the universe.", "the planets revolve around the Sun.", "all stars eventually explode.", "the universe has many galaxies." ]
B
arc_easy_1903
arc_easy
Scientists measured the patterns of spectral lines given off by distant galaxies and concluded that almost all of these galaxies are moving away from Earth. What did the scientists observe directly?
[ "a shift toward longer wavelengths of light", "a shift toward shorter wavelengths of light", "the absence of wavelengths in the visible light range", "the compression of wavelengths in the visible light range" ]
A
qasc_1663
qasc
Fatty acids that circulate in the blood may contain other what?
[ "organs", "Acids", "Energy", "Energy.", "molecules", "hydrocarbons", "cell walls", "waters" ]
E
qasc_6798
qasc
A plant requires food for what?
[ "diversity and prosperity", "Help plants grow", "fertilization", "to stay warm", "Time and energy", "Quality of life", "circulatory systems", "most organisms" ]
A
openbookqa_853
openbookqa
To see evaporation you can wrap
[ "a metal in plastic", "a bowl of water in plastic", "a cat in a bag", "money in plastic bags" ]
B
arc_easy_953
arc_easy
Most stars are similar to each other in
[ "brightness.", "composition.", "diameter.", "temperature." ]
B
openbookqa_3043
openbookqa
The greater of number of inhabited buildings in a space
[ "the brighter the stars", "the fewer visible stars", "the more boring the stars", "the more stars in the sky" ]
B
qasc_3713
qasc
What sense can be used to detect the smoothness of an object
[ "fibers", "touch", "Hearing", "Smell", "vision", "Taste", "motion", "retina" ]
B
arc_challenge_674
arc_challenge
What do water, aluminum, redwood trees, and valley quail all have in common?
[ "They are all pure elements.", "They are all made of cells.", "They are all living creatures.", "They are all made of atoms." ]
D
arc_easy_796
arc_easy
Rocks and Earth and on the Moon are made of similar materials. What does this observation most likely suggest?
[ "Both the Moon and Earth split off from the Sun.", "Life must have existed on the Moon at one time.", "The Moon was probably formed from material from Earth.", "The whole solar system is made up of the same kinds of rocks." ]
C
qasc_5980
qasc
Most plants without attractive flowers use what to disperse pollen?
[ "animals", "wind", "Energy", "fronts", "UV", "LEDs", "insects", "bees" ]
B
arc_easy_1522
arc_easy
Which of these is most likely caused by the action of water, wind, and animals?
[ "mountains", "erosion", "earthquakes", "volcanic eruptions" ]
B
arc_easy_1395
arc_easy
Which object in our solar system reflects light and is a satellite that orbits around one planet?
[ "Earth", "Mercury", "the Sun", "the Moon" ]
D
arc_easy_1754
arc_easy
Which relationship between Earth's outer core and inner core generates a large portion of Earth's magnetic field?
[ "their relative masses", "their relative motions", "their relative diameters", "their relative circumferences" ]
B
arc_easy_1867
arc_easy
A teacher demonstrates a chemical reaction. A student observes that the test tube in which the reaction occurs becomes warm. What is the source of the thermal energy generated by the reaction?
[ "energy stored in the reactants", "breaking bonds of the reactants", "kinetic energy absorbed by the reaction", "potential energy absorbed by the reaction" ]
A
qasc_6980
qasc
How does ground erosion impact the environment?
[ "mechanical", "growing", "uncontrolled", "pushing", "watering", "damaging", "movement", "wind" ]
F
openbookqa_2400
openbookqa
cutting down trees in a forest causes the number of trees to decrease where?
[ "space", "deserts", "oceans", "timberland" ]
D
arc_easy_1515
arc_easy
What characteristic helps a rabbit survive in a winter environment?
[ "size", "strength", "long ears", "camouflage" ]
D
pubmedqa_448
pubmedqa
Does quantitative left ventricular regional wall motion change after fibrous tissue resection in endomyocardial fibrosis?
[ "yes", "no", "maybe" ]
no
arc_easy_1606
arc_easy
All living things need energy to survive. What is the primary source of energy for all living things?
[ "plants", "the sun", "water", "the wind" ]
B
openbookqa_1099
openbookqa
Because people require water to survive, it's good to live near
[ "a pond", "a national park", "a gravel pit", "a desert" ]
A
qasc_2799
qasc
the young of monotremes are
[ "hatched", "babies", "fertile", "warm", "white", "older than their parents", "born without a backbone", "always stillborn" ]
A
qasc_4316
qasc
How can Earth's crust shatter glass windows for miles?
[ "it can't", "It gets heated up", "erosion", "melting", "bottom of feet", "rock faulting", "heat energy", "having no movement" ]
F
arc_easy_1311
arc_easy
Sherry is going to use her computer to draw a three-dimensional box. She wants to be able to specify the exact dimensions and angles and to rotate the box as needed on the screen. Which of the following types of programs would Sherry most likely use for this purpose?
[ "word processing software", "math spreadsheet program", "Internet-based search engine", "computer-aided design program" ]
D
arc_challenge_775
arc_challenge
Which structure of a bird is correctly paired with its function?
[ "claws for obtaining food", "wings for eliminating waste", "feathers for breathing", "eyes for growing" ]
A
qasc_6535
qasc
What can decrease in an environment, and may cause animals to leave?
[ "essentials of life", "competition", "wind speed", "living things", "single-celled organisms", "deforestation", "biodiversity", "rock content" ]
A
qasc_654
qasc
Thirst shows an animal that it needs what?
[ "CO2", "H2O", "He", "food", "feed", "urea", "O2", "H20" ]
B
openbookqa_1563
openbookqa
A boy is waiting to see a full moon. He notes that the full moon is tonight, and looks at it. If he wants to see another, he must wait
[ "a week", "a day", "a fortnight", "a month" ]
D
qasc_1679
qasc
What can change the state of matter?
[ "temperature", "color", "a-a gradients", "electricity", "hypothyroidism", "fossil fuels", "global warming", "flavor" ]
A
qasc_5849
qasc
What can decreasing an object's speed create?
[ "heat", "death", "freezing", "cold", "harm", "pleasure", "warmth", "energy" ]
A
arc_easy_1694
arc_easy
An artificial pacemaker is a device that regulates the beat of the heart by an electrical stimulus. Some early pacemakers were powered by batteries and were worn externally with wires passing through the skin to the surface of the heart. Modern pacemakers are now much smaller and are implanted surgically. Which most likely has increased the lifespan and effectiveness of artificial pacemakers?
[ "the development of thinner wires", "the invention of lithium batteries", "mass production of pacemaker parts", "reducing the cost of producing pacemakers" ]
B
qasc_5715
qasc
Herbivores eat producers or other what?
[ "roadkill", "Most plants", "living things", "scarce resources", "carcasses", "dead things", "Chemical energy", "Organic compounds" ]
C
arc_easy_1042
arc_easy
Which two body systems are involved in inhaling oxygen and exhaling carbon dioxide?
[ "endocrine and skeletal", "excretory and nervous", "circulatory and respiratory", "digestive and reproductive" ]
C
openbookqa_2923
openbookqa
A pulley is used to lift what on a flagpole?
[ "shirts", "red cards", "national symbols", "underwear" ]
C
qasc_5366
qasc
what decreases when the season changes from summer to fall?
[ "amount illumined by the sun", "crime", "exposure to cold", "h2o", "gravity", "basic building blocks of life", "a hemisphere is tilted away from the sun", "wavelengths and photons" ]
A
openbookqa_1133
openbookqa
To explore the regions of a super nova you will need
[ "take a picture", "to look up", "great vision", "cylinder with mirrors" ]
D
openbookqa_925
openbookqa
A simple pulley example could be
[ "Going running on a treadmill", "Swimming lap in a pool", "Riding a bike outside", "pulling water from a well" ]
D
openbookqa_2616
openbookqa
If a reptile were taken to the iceland it would
[ "have many babies", "thrive", "build a home", "die" ]
D
openbookqa_2316
openbookqa
Plants are called producers because they may produce their own
[ "time travel", "feelings", "vortex", "sustenance" ]
D
pubmedqa_34
pubmedqa
Is aneurysm repair justified for the patients aged 80 or older after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage?
[ "yes", "no", "maybe" ]
yes
openbookqa_1595
openbookqa
A person wanting to protect the environment could avoid
[ "yelping", "singing", "smoking", "breathing" ]
C
qasc_5666
qasc
What do flowers require for reproduction?
[ "nutrients", "Energy.", "energy", "warmth", "sugar", "dispersal", "sunlight", "hormones" ]
F
qasc_3478
qasc
what is cells converting oxygen and carbohydrates into carbon dioxide, water, and energy?
[ "not necessary for life", "requirement for life", "Most plants", "one celled organisms", "digestion", "they body they live in", "h2o", "circulatory systems" ]
B
openbookqa_3111
openbookqa
If standing on sparking wires, you feel nothing because
[ "you have sneakers on", "you are simply immune", "you have a hard hat on", "you have pants on" ]
A
pubmedqa_921
pubmedqa
Should serum pancreatic lipase replace serum amylase as a biomarker of acute pancreatitis?
[ "yes", "no", "maybe" ]
yes
pubmedqa_945
pubmedqa
The clinical significance of bile duct sludge: is it different from bile duct stones?
[ "yes", "no", "maybe" ]
no
openbookqa_2143
openbookqa
Pollution is
[ "throwing a gum wrapper in the ocean", "trees in a forest", "Fish swimming in the sea", "The wind carrying seeds" ]
A
qasc_5938
qasc
What happens when salt water is boiled?
[ "salt changes into other things", "flow of electrons", "water is evaporated", "water freezes", "salt is evaporated", "prolactin release", "Plant growth is reduced", "looseness of dirt or compost" ]
C
arc_challenge_361
arc_challenge
Which is NOT a fossil fuel?
[ "Coal", "Oil", "Wood", "Natural gas" ]
C
arc_challenge_1031
arc_challenge
During a lecture, a professor was talking about the potential that hydrogen has for exploding under certain conditions. Which was most likely the topic of the professor's lecture?
[ "Conductivity of Gases", "Phase Changes in Matter", "Chemical Properties of Gases", "Physical Properties of Elements" ]
C
arc_easy_1978
arc_easy
An engineer constructs a prototype from wood. Which of the following is the best tool for the engineer to use to make the prototype's surface smooth?
[ "band saw", "chisel", "drill", "sandpaper" ]
D
qasc_3169
qasc
What can cause harm when splashed on humans?
[ "Pesticides", "fossil fuels", "medicine", "chlorofluorocarbons", "water", "Greenhouse gasses", "soda", "toxic material" ]
H
arc_challenge_351
arc_challenge
Which element makes up most of the air we breathe.
[ "carbon", "nitrogen", "oxygen", "argon" ]
B
openbookqa_902
openbookqa
A light can be turned on if the
[ "circuit is complete", "light is unplugged", "house is destroyed", "power is out" ]
A
openbookqa_513
openbookqa
A radiator is something that can
[ "recycle water from the toilet", "propel a rocket to the moon", "keep a room comfortable", "filter water from the tap" ]
C
qasc_2115
qasc
mutations may change the structure of the what of DNA?
[ "personalities", "mutations", "solid, liquid, gas", "building blocks", "gastropod shells", "Veins and arteries.", "hosts", "an organism's body" ]
D
openbookqa_1394
openbookqa
One day a zebra dies. Zero baby zebras were born in the herd on that day.
[ "the zebras traveled a hundred miles that day", "a new life was created", "the population went down", "the population of the herd increased" ]
C
arc_easy_1044
arc_easy
Which of these is unique to the process of scientific investigation?
[ "observing an event as it occurs", "discussing results with other experts", "publishing the results on a webpage", "collecting data in an experiment" ]
D
openbookqa_2500
openbookqa
A plastic toy reduced to a puddle was left on a
[ "steep mountain", "iceberg", "government propaganda flick", "hotplate" ]
D
openbookqa_454
openbookqa
When a new suburb was built there was less room for what?
[ "Tadpoles", "Crime", "Guns", "Air" ]
A
qasc_4856
qasc
What does water do for a root?
[ "Makes it taste bad", "it needs them", "Helps it sprout", "nutrients", "Protects it from being eaten", "Regrows it", "It remains dormant", "Kills it" ]
C
arc_challenge_371
arc_challenge
Why do scientists perform multiple trials of the same experiment?
[ "to include additional variables in the experiment", "to complete the steps of the experiment in less time", "to find a less expensive way to conduct the experiment", "to increase the likelihood of accurate experiment results" ]
D
pubmedqa_859
pubmedqa
Does the SCL 90-R obsessive-compulsive dimension identify cognitive impairments?
[ "yes", "no", "maybe" ]
yes
openbookqa_2160
openbookqa
O2 molecules stacked on top of each other create weight which is then tallied by a
[ "speedometer", "odometer", "barometer", "a microscope" ]
C
arc_easy_2227
arc_easy
Which physical characteristic do some organisms have that helps them survive in the Arctic?
[ "growing tall to hide in trees", "changing fur color to hide from predators", "developing large paws to protect themselves from the wind", "producing shallow root systems to protect themselves from the cold air" ]
B
arc_easy_1346
arc_easy
Cancer is best described as
[ "a type of genetic engineering", "the merging of sex cells", "abnormal cell division", "tissue that stops growing" ]
3
openbookqa_1761
openbookqa
One example of changing an objects shape is
[ "Making glass into a birdhouse", "Holding another person's hand", "Watching a bird fly", "Watching a show on TV" ]
A
arc_easy_1305
arc_easy
In which way are evaporation and condensation similar?
[ "Both cause decreases in air temperature.", "Both cause increases in air temperature.", "Both are caused by the warming of the atmosphere.", "Both are caused by changes in heat energy." ]
D
arc_easy_716
arc_easy
People can help keep a forest a good place for birds to live by
[ "dumping garbage in a small part of the forest", "building a road through the middle of the forest", "burning dead trees to make smoke in the air", "preventing too many trees from being cut down" ]
D
qasc_6775
qasc
What is the result of imperfect passing of heat through a metal, on that metal?
[ "contamination", "expansion", "sweating", "Energy.", "forces", "burning", "Evaporation", "electricity" ]
B
arc_easy_1580
arc_easy
A manufacturing industry has asked to relocate its plant to your town. From an environmental perspective, which question is least important to ask before deciding whether the industry may move to your town?
[ "How will the plant affect wildlife of the area?", "What kinds of pollution will the plant produce?", "What impact will the plant have on the population of the town?", "What are the uses of the products that the plant will manufacture?" ]
D
arc_easy_672
arc_easy
When air is heated, it will most likely
[ "expand and fall.", "expand and rise.", "condense and fall.", "condense and rise." ]
B
arc_easy_141
arc_easy
Which of the following is an example of genetic engineering?
[ "Growing a whole plant from a single cell.", "Finding the sequences of bases in plant DNA.", "Inserting a gene into plants that makes them resistant to insects.", "Attaching the root of one type of plant to the stem of another type of plant." ]
C
qasc_6541
qasc
When food and water decreases, what increases?
[ "energy usage", "heat energy", "Migration", "Temperature", "Pollution", "forces", "root growth", "deforestation" ]
C
arc_easy_1810
arc_easy
Which of the following keeps the planets in our solar system in orbit around the Sun?
[ "atmospheric pressure", "gravitational force", "electromagnetic energy", "thermal energy" ]
B
openbookqa_30
openbookqa
Earth rotating causes
[ "the cycling of AM and PM", "the creation of volcanic eruptions", "the cycling of the tides", "the creation of gravity" ]
A
arc_easy_194
arc_easy
Arctic areas are covered with snow and ice for much of the year. Which color rabbits would be safest from foxes there?
[ "grey", "black", "white", "brown" ]
C
arc_easy_311
arc_easy
Within a substance, atoms that collide frequently and move independently of one another are most likely in a
[ "liquid.", "solid.", "gas.", "crystal." ]
C
openbookqa_1131
openbookqa
Which type of cell must perform all life functions?
[ "candida", "sea turtle", "dragonfly", "daisy" ]
A
arc_easy_1966
arc_easy
When a switch to a ceiling fan is turned on, electrical energy is being transformed into
[ "atomic energy.", "potential energy.", "chemical energy.", "mechanical energy." ]
D
arc_challenge_1075
arc_challenge
Which of the following can be caused by weathering?
[ "cracks forming in a boulder", "rocks melting to form magma", "glaciers forming on a mountainside", "pebbles combining to form a large rock" ]
A
qasc_818
qasc
Which are muscles?
[ "to move people", "quadriceps", "mechanical", "critical organs", "bones", "heat or cold", "joints", "tendons" ]
B
pubmedqa_486
pubmedqa
Dose end-tidal carbon dioxide measurement correlate with arterial carbon dioxide in extremely low birth weight infants in the first week of life?
[ "yes", "no", "maybe" ]
yes
openbookqa_1035
openbookqa
What is present in death at the end of the life cycle
[ "spirits", "Bacteria", "God", "Food" ]
B
qasc_2450
qasc
Genes that are located on the same what are inherited together
[ "A Greek letter", "genetic code", "chromosome", "sensory neurons", "ribosome", "mammals", "species", "animals" ]
C
openbookqa_2360
openbookqa
Saturday and Sunday together are
[ "72 hours", "24 hours", "48 hours", "36 hours" ]
C
openbookqa_2344
openbookqa
An animals brain controls what?
[ "said organism", "others", "plants", "fauna" ]
A
openbookqa_1333
openbookqa
A hard wind blowing at the back of a bike that is being peddled forward will
[ "make it stop", "speed it up", "slow it down", "blow it up" ]
B
arc_easy_891
arc_easy
Which of the following could limit the supply of a renewable resource?
[ "recycling aluminum cans", "cutting down trees in forests", "mining minerals such as gold", "conserving freshwater resources" ]
B
openbookqa_2259
openbookqa
Adding milk to a hot pan creates
[ "rice", "water", "fairies", "curds" ]
D
openbookqa_1845
openbookqa
To keep a pet salamander healthy what would come in handy?
[ "live house flies", "a dog", "plant fertilizer", "snakes" ]
A
openbookqa_1596
openbookqa
If something is able to grow from a kernel and insects assist in reproduction, then it is probably a
[ "carnation", "rock", "chair", "dove" ]
A
pubmedqa_890
pubmedqa
Does anastomotic leakage affect functional outcome after rectal resection for cancer?
[ "yes", "no", "maybe" ]
no
qasc_5335
qasc
what produces asexually by budding?
[ "h2o", "Most plants", "insects", "graptolites", "humans", "swamp vegetation", "simple eukaryotes", "bioaerosols" ]
G
qasc_504
qasc
Effective insulation has a positive impact on an animal's what?
[ "heat energy", "survival", "water", "food", "growth", "ideas", "Energy.", "energy" ]
B
arc_challenge_1038
arc_challenge
How much time is required for a bicycle to travel a distance of 100 m at an average speed of 2 m/s?
[ "0.0", "s B 50 s", "100 s", "200 s" ]
B
arc_challenge_892
arc_challenge
Which of the following factors would most likely cause a hurricane to decrease in strength?
[ "staying over a warm body of water for a long time.", "increasing the number of large clouds.", "moving over a continent.", "moving toward tropical waters." ]
C
qasc_2443
qasc
Endocrine hormones move from place to place through the
[ "animals", "ovaries", "Man", "humans", "blood", "hair", "skin", "scales" ]
E