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Which would an ecologically minded individual most support? | [
"oil",
"gas",
"fracking",
"windmills"
] | Key fact:
wind is a renewable resource | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Something is coming out of clouds on a dark day, so it is likely | [
"birds",
"dust",
"precipitation",
"angels"
] | Key fact:
precipitation is when hail fall from clouds to the ground | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Heating ice | [
"changes it's chemical make-up",
"will leave a puddle",
"requires a deep freezer",
"makes it even colder"
] | Key fact:
heat can change the state of matter | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Slurping down your urine shows you're | [
"bed-wetting",
"recycling",
"menstruating",
"preserving wetlands"
] | Key fact:
An example of conservation is avoiding waste | B | 1 | openbookqa |
What primarily drives the hydrologic cycle to produce clouds? | [
"a stalking butler who upon the finger rests",
"how soiled the clothing is",
"energy from a gun",
"energy from a central star"
] | Key fact:
water absorbs solar energy in the water cycle | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Which is likely to have come from the same supplier that the florist gets their product from? | [
"a laptop computer",
"a human",
"a steak",
"a durian"
] | Key fact:
some flowers become fruits | D | 3 | openbookqa |
A being may have more of a chance of survival if it can | [
"dance like people are looking",
"climb up to tall places",
"hang out in large, loud groups",
"skateboard for long periods of time"
] | Key fact:
the ability to find resources has a positive impact on an organism 's survival | B | 1 | openbookqa |
The body of creatures may have nutrients delivered to various areas based on where | [
"hair grows",
"nails are trimmed",
"vessels travel",
"birds exist"
] | Key fact:
arteries transport nutrients throughout the body | C | 2 | openbookqa |
The past week has been warm, humid and foggy. As the weather is supposed to cool a little bit tomorrow, a reasonable person could assume that tomorrow will be | [
"rainy",
"clear",
"hot",
"steamy"
] | Key fact:
water vapor condensing in clouds causes rain | A | 0 | openbookqa |
melting ice may be formed by | [
"the moon",
"temp change",
"an iceberg",
"a reaction"
] | Key fact:
temperature changing can cause phase changes | B | 1 | openbookqa |
If a person wants to watch the eclipse | [
"it's best to go without sunglasses",
"it's best to use a telescope",
"it's best to just look at it",
"it's best to use eye protection"
] | Key fact:
a solar eclipse could only happen during the new moon | D | 3 | openbookqa |
If a flood is occurring there was most likely | [
"light hail",
"clear skies",
"great droplets repeating",
"some leaves"
] | Key fact:
heavy rains cause flooding | C | 2 | openbookqa |
What does a beaver use to find something to munch on with? | [
"antennas",
"teeth",
"gills",
"sense organs"
] | Key fact:
the nervous system sends observations in the form of electrical signals to the rest of the body | D | 3 | openbookqa |
If a warm potato is left on a steel sink, the potato will | [
"burn",
"lose heat",
"get hotter",
"warm up"
] | Key fact:
if a hot substance is touches a cold object then that substance will likely cool | B | 1 | openbookqa |
A person thinks they see a UFO. They look closely, but the object becomes hard to see in the night sky as | [
"gets closer to the person",
"buys a new house",
"builds a large park",
"it puts distance between them"
] | Key fact:
as distance from a source of light increases , that source of light will appear dimmer | D | 3 | openbookqa |
If the trees in an area are growing in soil rich with a certain vitamin, what might happen? | [
"the vitamin would evaporate",
"the vitamin would leak back into the ground",
"the trees would mutate and die",
"the squirrels would have that vitamin in their system"
] | Key fact:
if some nutrients are in the soil then those nutrients are in the food chain | D | 3 | openbookqa |
A field is tilled and soil is filled with nutrients after years of | [
"bears eroding trees",
"the flu dissolving",
"stones being destroyed",
"corn burning up"
] | Key fact:
soil is formed by rocks eroding | C | 2 | openbookqa |
If an object eventually warms, it was exposed to | [
"resistance",
"salt",
"moisture",
"sand"
] | Key fact:
friction causes the temperature of an object to increase | A | 0 | openbookqa |
If you breathe out, especially in the vicinity of clear glass, you may witness | [
"your breath is air",
"your breath is dry",
"your breath beading up",
"your breath smells bad"
] | Key fact:
breath contains water vapor | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Where is a mama bear likely to find food? | [
"on top of the highest trees",
"in the deepest mines",
"in the inside of a felled oak",
"at the bottom of the lake"
] | Key fact:
bears eat insects | C | 2 | openbookqa |
In order to see water evaporate you could | [
"make pasta",
"clean the windows",
"drink water",
"dry your hair"
] | Key fact:
evaporation is a stage in the water cycle process | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Which does light from the sun arrive at in final time length? | [
"Uranus",
"Mars",
"Pluto",
"Earth"
] | Key fact:
pluto has not cleared its orbit | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Flashlights run on batteries in order to light up. Those use chemical energy, light uses | [
"mechanical energy",
"Light energy",
"Hyper energy",
"solar energy"
] | Key fact:
a flashlight converts chemical energy into light energy | B | 1 | openbookqa |
At the end of their season lumberjacks will seed a new | [
"batch of chickens",
"track of land",
"popcorn machine",
"home garden"
] | Key fact:
An example of replacing a natural resource is planting new trees where a forest once stood | B | 1 | openbookqa |
A mother is six feet tall and the father is almost seven feet tall. When their son reaches maturation, he will likely | [
"measure similarly",
"be very short",
"be invisible",
"be under weight"
] | Key fact:
height is an inherited characteristic | A | 0 | openbookqa |
A storm rages for two weeks, and the rivers and lakes swell past their holding capacity, so | [
"the area becomes damp",
"the surrounding land is underwater",
"the wind blows over trees",
"everything around burns down"
] | Key fact:
when a body of water receives more water than it can hold , a flood occurs | B | 1 | openbookqa |
A person wants to fix up a fan so that it can run electrically, and finds that in order to do so they require | [
"music",
"paper",
"distractions",
"copper"
] | Key fact:
wiring requires an electrical conductor | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Recycling products such as papers can help the environment to | [
"demolish",
"heal",
"fall apart",
"be destroyed"
] | Key fact:
recycling has a positive impact on the environment | B | 1 | openbookqa |
If an area of land is sloped to the right and a body of water is on that slope, then the river will flow | [
"pollution",
"to the right",
"species",
"to the left"
] | Key fact:
the slope of the land causes a river to flow in a particular direction | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Skittles left in snow become | [
"hot",
"mushy",
"hard",
"soft"
] | Key fact:
something in a cold place becomes cold | C | 2 | openbookqa |
If a creature is looking for things but is using something other than its eyes or nose, then it is likely | [
"condensing",
"echolocating",
"reproducing",
"revolving"
] | Key fact:
echolocation is when some animals detect objects by hearing echoes by emitting sound | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Scraping the side of a cliff may result in | [
"ice",
"snow",
"sand",
"wood chips"
] | Key fact:
scraping an object may cause small particles to break off of that object | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Weathering is the eventual reason that | [
"ferns can have sustenance",
"lighthouse make visible light",
"dogs always eat homework",
"cats can hunt prey"
] | Key fact:
soil is formed by weathering | A | 0 | openbookqa |
To aid in keeping your outdoor animals warm in the winter | [
"put their shelters directly in the way of the wind",
"put their shelters on top of cement",
"attach thermal insulators to their shelters",
"attach shingles to their shelters"
] | Key fact:
a thermal insulator slows the transfer of heat | C | 2 | openbookqa |
the presence of which of these is required for the formation of cavernous chambers? | [
"some carbonated soda",
"some carbon dioxide",
"some carbonic acid",
"carbon monoxide gas"
] | Key fact:
a cavern is formed by carbonic acid in groundwater seeping through rock and dissolving limestone | C | 2 | openbookqa |
a person takes a dive under the sea and feels faint, with a dart stuck to them. What might have happened? | [
"they encountered a cnidaria",
"they must have startled a shark",
"they came in contact with a whale",
"they encountered the wrath of Poseidon"
] | Key fact:
poisonous darts are used for defense by sea anemones | A | 0 | openbookqa |
The more cereal people consume the more we will need to plant | [
"corn",
"gravy",
"milk",
"tomatoes"
] | Key fact:
as the use of a crop increases , the amount of crops planted will increase | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Freezing point is best represented by | [
"ice sculpture",
"glass of water",
"flowing rivers",
"water falls"
] | Key fact:
freezing causes a solid to form | A | 0 | openbookqa |
A chemical reaction can be caused by | [
"pouring soda into milk",
"putting vinegar in a bowl",
"bleach vinegar combo solution",
"pouring baking soda out of a box"
] | Key fact:
baking soda can react chemically with vinegar | C | 2 | openbookqa |
A stereo can run on converted energy through | [
"wires",
"coins",
"AAAs",
"hope"
] | Key fact:
batteries convert chemical energy to electrical energy | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Which event can lead to the human caused change of an environment? | [
"seasonal storms",
"annual flooding",
"natural woodland fires",
"clear cutting"
] | Key fact:
if the amount of available food and water decreases in an environment then animals may leave that environment to find food and water | D | 3 | openbookqa |
An example of seed dispersal is animals eating what? | [
"dirt",
"hard shells",
"grass",
"animals"
] | Key fact:
An example of seed dispersal is animals eating seeds | B | 1 | openbookqa |
A space exists where there is room for things with cells to propagate, so it is most likely | [
"habitable",
"desolate",
"a vacuum",
"harsh"
] | Key fact:
when a habitat can support living things , living things can live in that habitat | A | 0 | openbookqa |
sugar dissolves in what when they are combined? | [
"dirt",
"ocean liquid",
"honey",
"air"
] | Key fact:
sugar dissolves in water when they are combined | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Which would you have the most difficult time spotting in the woods? | [
"an adult Brontosaurus",
"a polar bear",
"a large airplane",
"satanic leaf-tailed gecko"
] | Key fact:
An example of camouflage is an organism looking like leaves | D | 3 | openbookqa |
The largest amount of natural illumination will likely occur for a Floridian in | [
"space",
"june",
"october",
"january"
] | Key fact:
the amount of daylight is greatest on the summer solstice | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Which location gets the most sunlight? | [
"northern Canada",
"northern Russia",
"Brazilian rainforest",
"Sahara"
] | Key fact:
a desert environment usually has a lot of sunlight | D | 3 | openbookqa |
A large source of heat can be seen in the | [
"sky",
"cave",
"ocean",
"tree trunk"
] | Key fact:
the sun is a source of heat called sunlight | A | 0 | openbookqa |
condensation is a stage in what cycle process? | [
"h2o",
"space",
"solar",
"fire"
] | Key fact:
condensation is a stage in the water cycle process | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Winter in the Northern Hemisphere | [
"correlate to warm sunny days in the Southern Hemisphere",
"are in sync with weather in the Southern Hemisphere",
"led to brisk fall days in the Northern Hemisphere",
"correlate to cold months in the Southern Hemisphere"
] | Key fact:
June is during the winter in the southern hemisphere | A | 0 | openbookqa |
An animal that perhaps uses light to it's advantage is | [
"comb jellies",
"dolphins",
"cats",
"whales"
] | Key fact:
producing light is used for attracting prey by some deep sea animals | A | 0 | openbookqa |
A place where penguins exist with pods of black and white mammals is | [
"full of sand",
"painted with cream",
"uninhabitable by iguanas",
"warm and windy"
] | Key fact:
the arctic environment is covered in snow | C | 2 | openbookqa |
To get a lab experiment right you need to | [
"use all dirty equipment",
"fully comprehend the instructions before starting",
"do the opposite of what you're supposed to do",
"instead of measuring things, make guesses"
] | Key fact:
performing lab expiriments accurately requires understanding all directions beforehand | B | 1 | openbookqa |
You can use plants like star anise for | [
"hugging",
"running",
"swimming",
"sustenance seasoning"
] | Key fact:
plants are the source of spices | D | 3 | openbookqa |
A creature's habitat would be like what, if it has wide appendages that grasp liquids well? | [
"salt water",
"salty",
"mountainous",
"dry"
] | Key fact:
flippers are used for moving in water | A | 0 | openbookqa |
A retina may be illuminated by | [
"moving animals",
"open circuits",
"dark bedroom",
"campfires"
] | Key fact:
when light enters the eye through the pupil , that light falls on the retina | D | 3 | openbookqa |
In order for food to keep safely, chemicals are used on them. This makes them what? | [
"be saltier",
"longer lasting",
"grow faster",
"taste sweeter"
] | Key fact:
bacteria cause food poisoning | B | 1 | openbookqa |
What do white blood cells allow to stay in the body? | [
"viruses",
"oxygen",
"parasites",
"bacteria"
] | Key fact:
white blood cell destroys pathogens in the body | B | 1 | openbookqa |
which one of these places would a person have the least need for a clothes dryer? | [
"in the tropical rain forest",
"in a humid cave",
"in the hot desert",
"in a wet town"
] | Key fact:
a desert environment is dry | C | 2 | openbookqa |
What will air usually do when heated up beyond a certain point? | [
"it will fall",
"it will remain",
"it will ascend",
"it will die"
] | Key fact:
if gas is heated then that gas will rise | C | 2 | openbookqa |
The dam was put under much more stress after the | [
"drought",
"huge rain storm",
"breakup.",
"party"
] | Key fact:
clouds produce rain | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Spending less time in the shower | [
"depletes a vast amount of water reserves",
"is bad for the environment",
"uses up more water",
"leads to more reserves in the water heater"
] | Key fact:
as time spent taking a shower decreases , water used will decrease | D | 3 | openbookqa |
A bunny is desperate for food and happily chows down when offered | [
"a meatball",
"some oregano",
"cat food",
"a steak"
] | Key fact:
rabbits eat plants | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Which is most considered a part of the skeletal system? | [
"the gums",
"the femur",
"the skin",
"the lemur"
] | Key fact:
skeletal system is made of bones | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Our only satellite is found with the other | [
"nine planets",
"nebula",
"red giant stars",
"Andromeda galaxy"
] | Key fact:
the solar system contains the moon | A | 0 | openbookqa |
What causes rock layers to fold on top of each other? | [
"construction",
"Violent tremors",
"earthworms",
"tornados"
] | Key fact:
earthquakes cause rock layers to fold on top of each other | B | 1 | openbookqa |
There are fuels that we are soon to run out of, and there are options that are like the sun, in that | [
"they are endlessly available",
"inexpensive to store at home",
"free for everyone's use",
"available to the public"
] | Key fact:
solar energy is a renewable resource | A | 0 | openbookqa |
the arctic area is full of | [
"white powder",
"ice cold drinks",
"warm water",
"fluffy white dirt"
] | Key fact:
the arctic environment is covered in snow | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Which uses a nonrenewable resource? | [
"wind chimes",
"solar-powered car",
"a B52 Bomber",
"a bicycle"
] | Key fact:
oil is a nonrenewable resource | C | 2 | openbookqa |
If your grandma sends you out in the yard to get the weeds out of the garden she means to | [
"water the weeds thoroughly",
"rip them out of the soil",
"fertilize and till the weeds",
"ask them to leave the yard"
] | Key fact:
if a weed is pulled then that weed is destroyed | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Electricity from a power plant lights up a light bulb in a house because | [
"a conductor is unnecessary",
"there is only one conductor",
"a conductor inside the house contacts a conductor outside the house",
"the house is free of conductors"
] | Key fact:
if one electrical conductor contacts another electrical conductor then electricity will flow through both conductors | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Our only star provides us with energy that is | [
"temporary",
"inferior",
"expensive",
"reusable"
] | Key fact:
solar energy is a renewable resource | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Which is likely to be hotter? | [
"steaming coffee",
"the ocean",
"the forest",
"tepid water"
] | Key fact:
as the temperature of a liquid increases , the rate of evaporation of that liquid will increase | A | 0 | openbookqa |
More sunlight will be absorbed by | [
"a daffodil with curled leaves",
"a rose with tiny leaves",
"a peony with wide, smooth leaves",
"a daisy with thin, short leaves"
] | Key fact:
if something is in the sunlight then that something will absorb solar energy | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Marshmallows plus ____ technically make a different substance. | [
"steak",
"cookies",
"chocolate",
"fire"
] | Key fact:
chemical reactions cause different substances to form | D | 3 | openbookqa |
if a person looked a their head in a mirror, and moved toward it, what would happen? | [
"the head would start to grow",
"the head would disappear",
"the head would start to shrink",
"the head would explode"
] | Key fact:
as distance from an object decreases , that object will appear larger | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Which is likeliest to harm an organism? | [
"a naval mine",
"a short drizzle",
"eating a meal",
"a light breeze"
] | Key fact:
explosions can cause harm to an organism | A | 0 | openbookqa |
A parent contributes DNA to their offspring which can result in | [
"beads",
"freckles",
"frowns",
"dirt"
] | Key fact:
DNA is a vehicle for passing inherited characteristics from parent to offspring | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Bluebirds are found in | [
"vast green fields",
"glaciers",
"volcanic craters",
"ocean waves"
] | Key fact:
bluebirds live in grassy spaces | A | 0 | openbookqa |
If a thistle is going to expand, it requires | [
"hay",
"nutriment",
"cattle",
"seashells"
] | Key fact:
an plant requires food for survival | B | 1 | openbookqa |
An object inside a freezer will become less excited with energy an therefore become | [
"cold",
"round",
"warm",
"nervous"
] | Key fact:
something in a cold place becomes cold | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Scavengers eat dead what? | [
"fauna",
"stars",
"meteors",
"dreams"
] | Key fact:
scavengers eat dead organisms | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Fog is formed by water vapor condensing in what? | [
"plants",
"air heads",
"empty space",
"animals"
] | Key fact:
fog is formed by water vapor condensing in the air | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Glasses help you | [
"fry ants",
"pay for crimes",
"remedy eyesight issues",
"observe Uranus"
] | Key fact:
seeing is used for sensing visual things | C | 2 | openbookqa |
A worm would most likely be eating | [
"a living tree",
"a healthy human",
"a dead lizard",
"a living rat"
] | Key fact:
dead organisms decay | C | 2 | openbookqa |
A ceramic dish from the dishwasher will be | [
"dirty",
"cold",
"clear",
"warm"
] | Key fact:
a hot plate is a source of heat | D | 3 | openbookqa |
If our earth is anything, it is this | [
"alien",
"nearest to Pluto",
"frozen solid",
"mountainous"
] | Key fact:
the surface of the Earth contains mountains | D | 3 | openbookqa |
when the earth's plates grind against each other it can be detected with a | [
"tape measure",
"ruler",
"seismograph",
"geiger counter"
] | Key fact:
a seismograph is used for measuring the size of an earthquake | C | 2 | openbookqa |
What contains nutrients for plants? | [
"dirt cheap",
"wind",
"ground minerals",
"soiled clothes"
] | Key fact:
soil contains nutrients for plants | C | 2 | openbookqa |
which one of these can help a person cook their food? | [
"a stack of clothes",
"a stack of cans",
"a pack of cigarettes",
"a counter cooker appliance"
] | Key fact:
a stove generates heat for cooking usually | D | 3 | openbookqa |
A person wanting to harvest tomatoes in the harshest winter in decades could do so if they obtained a | [
"snowblower",
"shovel",
"underground pool",
"heat lamp"
] | Key fact:
a plant light is used for help plants by mimicking sunlight | D | 3 | openbookqa |
When the Platypus emerges into the pouch it has been | [
"ran",
"died",
"birthed",
"flown"
] | Key fact:
mammals give birth to live young | C | 2 | openbookqa |
After exiting the gym, the man's heart rate was most likely? | [
"higher",
"lower",
"normal",
"fluctuating"
] | Key fact:
as energy required for an activity increases , pulse will increase | A | 0 | openbookqa |
If a person is making laps around a gym, they find that | [
"they are about to be born",
"they are gaining weight",
"their heart starts racing",
"they are getting fatter"
] | Key fact:
as energy required for an activity increases , pulse will increase | C | 2 | openbookqa |
A flower may consider its entire point in living to be | [
"propagating the animal kingdom",
"making new flowers bloom",
"feeding bees and making honey",
"spreading its genetic components around"
] | Key fact:
a flower 's purpose is to produce seeds | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Where's the best place to use water to power a lighthouse? | [
"the tundra",
"the ocean",
"the desert",
"the mountains"
] | Key fact:
tidal energy can be used to produce electricity | B | 1 | openbookqa |
On a clear day I should | [
"ride my bike",
"Bring an umbrella",
"Wear a coat",
"Stay inside"
] | Key fact:
clear weather means sunny weather | A | 0 | openbookqa |
A dog outside could be shuddering uncontrollably. Which of these could be related? | [
"they were scared by their own shadow",
"they ate too much food",
"white precipitation is falling and it's windy",
"they are very tired"
] | Key fact:
shivering is when an animal creates heat by shaking to keep the body warm | C | 2 | openbookqa |
A tortoise died many years ago, but it is easy to tell that what was left behind was from a tortoise because in the rock there are | [
"muscles",
"skeletal system",
"organs",
"candy pieces"
] | Key fact:
organisms can be preserved in sedimentary rock | B | 1 | openbookqa |
What would classify students in a class differently? | [
"species",
"favorite animal",
"home planet",
"current school"
] | Key fact:
classifying means grouping materials by their properties | B | 1 | openbookqa |
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