Answer the following question given this paragraph: Amphibians have permeable skin that easily absorbs substances from the environment. This may explain why they seem to be especially sensitive to pollution. Monitoring the health and survival of amphibians may help people detect pollution early, before other organisms are affected. Q: What group of animals has permeable skin that makes them vulnerable to pollution? Choices: - fish - mammals - reptiles - amphibians A:
amphibians
Answer the following question given this paragraph: A suspension is a heterogeneous mixture in which some of the particles settle out of the mixture upon standing. The particles in a suspension are far larger than those of a solution and thus gravity is able to pull them down out of the dispersion medium (water). The typical diameter for the dispersed particles (the sand) of a suspension is about 1000 times greater than those of a solution (less than approximately two nanometers for particles in solution, compared to greater than 1000 nanometers for particles in suspension). Unlike in a solution, the dispersed particles can be separated from the dispersion medium by filtering. Suspensions are heterogeneous because at least two different substances in the mixture can be identified. Q: What do you call a mixture in which some particles settle out of it when it is left standing? Choices: - emulsion - alloy - homogenous - suspension A:
suspension
Q: Answer the following question given this paragraph: The three theories below are essential in Earth science. Each accounts for an enormous amount of data. Each is supported by many lines of evidence. All can be used to make predications. As new evidence arises, any of these theories may need to be altered. But none of these three are likely ever to be disproved. They are accepted by nearly all of the credible scientists in their fields. Q: In science, what is supported by much evidence, widely accepted by credible scientists, and unlikely to be disproved? Choices: - law - concept - hypothesis - theory A:
A: theory
Question: Answer the following question given this paragraph: All living things depend on their environment to supply them with what they need, including food, water, and shelter. Their environment consists of physical factorssuch as soil, air, and temperatureand also of other organisms. An organism is an individual living thing. Many living things interact with other organisms in their environment. In fact, they may need other organisms in order to survive. For example, living things that cannot make their own food must eat other organisms for food. Other interactions between living things include symbiosis and competition. Q: In an environment, symbiosis, competition, and relying on other organisms for food are examples of what? Choices: - collaboration - commensalism - adaptation - interaction A:
Answer: interaction
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Answer the following question given this paragraph: An increase in temperature of a gas in a rigid container increases the pressure. Q: What happens when an increase in temperature of a gas in a rigid container happens? Choices: - gas explodes - pressure decreases - container shrinks - pressure increases A:
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pressure increases
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Answer the following question given this paragraph: Osmosis and Osmotic Pressure of Solutions A number of natural and synthetic materials exhibit selective permeation, meaning that only molecules or ions of a certain size, shape, polarity, charge, and so forth, are capable of passing through (permeating) the material. Biological cell membranes provide elegant examples of selective permeation in nature, while dialysis tubing used to remove metabolic wastes from blood is a more simplistic technological example. Regardless of how they may be fabricated, these materials are generally referred to as semipermeable membranes. Consider the apparatus illustrated in Figure 11.25, in which samples of pure solvent and a solution are separated by a membrane that only solvent molecules may permeate. Solvent molecules will diffuse across the membrane in both directions. Since the concentration of solvent is greater in the pure solvent than the solution, these molecules will diffuse from the solvent side of the membrane to the solution side at a faster rate than they will in the reverse direction. The result is a net transfer of solvent molecules from the pure solvent to the solution. Diffusion-driven transfer of solvent molecules through a semipermeable membrane is a process known as osmosis. Q: What term means that only molecules or ions of a certain size, shape, polarity or charge are capable of passing through the material? Choices: - classic permeation - induced permeation - radiation permeation - selective permeation A:
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selective permeation