Answer the following question given this paragraph: In the winter, many people find the snow and ice beautiful. They enjoy getting out to ski or ice-skate. Others don't find that time of year to be so much fun. When the snow melts, the roads get very sloppy and messy. Those people look forward to spring when all the ice and snow are gone and the weather is warmer. Q: What season causes people to look forward to spring? Choices: - autumn - fall - summer - winter A:
winter
Answer the following question given this paragraph: Figure below shows a simple diagram of the expanding universe. Imagine a balloon covered with tiny dots. When you blow up the balloon, the rubber stretches. The dots slowly move away from each other as the space between them increases. In an expanding universe, the space between galaxies is expanding. We see this as the other galaxies moving away from us. We also see that galaxies farther away from us move away faster than nearby galaxies. Q: How does the distance between galaxies change as the universe expands? Choices: - it decreases - it is unchanged - it becomes irrelevant - it increases A:
it increases
Q: Answer the following question given this paragraph: Sahara Desert in northern Africa (left). Rainforest in northeastern Australia (right). Two very different biomes are pictured here. A biome is a group of similar ecosystems with the same general abiotic factors and primary producers. Both are found at roughly the same distance from the equator. Q: What is a group of similar ecosystems with the same general abiotic factors and primary producers called? Choices: - ecological environment - ecoculture - population - biome A:
A: biome
Question: Answer the following question given this paragraph: Rutherford's discoveries meant that Thomson's plum pudding model was incorrect. Positive charge is not spread evenly throughout an atom. Instead, it is all concentrated in the tiny nucleus. The rest of the atom is empty space except for the electrons scattered through it. In Rutherford's model of the atom, which is shown in the Figure below , the electrons move around the massive nucleus like planets orbiting the sun. That's why his model is called the planetary model. Rutherford didn't know exactly where or how electrons orbit the nucleus. That research would be undertaken by later scientists, beginning with Niels Bohr in 1913. New and improved atomic models would also be developed. Nonetheless, Rutherford's model is still often used to represent the atom. You can see an animated version of the model at this URL: http://www. clickandlearn. org/gr9_sci/atoms/modelsoftheatom. html . Q: Positive charge is mostly found in what part of an atom? Choices: - electron shell - neutrons - ions - nucleus A:
Answer: nucleus
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Answer the following question given this paragraph: The unique sequence for every protein is ultimately determined by the gene encoding the protein. A change in nucleotide sequence of the gene's coding region may lead to a different amino acid being added to the growing polypeptide chain, causing a change in protein structure and function. In sickle cell anemia, the hemoglobin chain (a small portion of which is shown in Figure 3.26) has a single amino acid substitution, causing a change in protein structure and function. Specifically, the amino acid glutamic acid is substituted by valine in the chain. What is most remarkable to consider is that a hemoglobin molecule is made up of two alpha chains and two beta chains that each consist of about 150 amino acids. The molecule, therefore, has about 600 amino acids. The structural difference between a normal hemoglobin molecule and a sickle cell moleculewhich dramatically decreases life expectancyis a single amino acid of the 600. What is even more remarkable is that those 600 amino acids are encoded by three nucleotides each, and the mutation is caused by a single base change (point mutation), 1 in 1800 bases. Q: What determines the unique sequence for every protein? Choices: - form encoding - space encoding - variation encoding - gene encoding A:
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gene encoding
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Answer the following question given this paragraph: Diseases of the endocrine system are fairly common. An endocrine disease usually involves the secretion of too much or not enough hormone by an endocrine gland. This may happen because the gland develops an abnormal lump of cells called a tumor. For example, a tumor of the pituitary gland can cause secretion of too much growth hormone. If this occurs in a child, it may result in very rapid growth and unusual tallness by adulthood. This is called gigantism. Q: An endocrine disease usually involves the secretion of too much or not enough hormone by which gland? Choices: - Pituitary - Thyroid - Pancreas - endocrine A:
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endocrine