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OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1501
Desert lizards may sometimes appear as
[ "buildings", "rock particles", "trees", "cement" ]
B
some lizards live in desert habitats
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1502
Twenty four hours contains one
[ "high tide", "4 million seconds", "solar cycle", "week" ]
C
one day is equal to 24 hours
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1503
One way new land can be formed is by
[ "growing it in transplanting it", "having molten rock cool above sea level", "creating a dam around a body of water", "cooling burned plants with water" ]
B
new land can be formed by volcanoes erupting by lava cooling
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1504
If it's been twelve weeks since you put on shorts, and you notice today the hours of light and dark are just about equal, how long will it be until Winter?
[ "just over a year", "around thirteen weeks or so", "when G.R.R. Martin says it's here", "when the groundhog sees its shadow" ]
B
a new season occurs once per three months
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1505
If an organism is a living thing, it will always
[ "cry", "respirate", "do magic", "walk a rope" ]
B
all animals breathe
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1506
Which place are we likely to find algae?
[ "white clouds in the sky", "a small hidden puddle", "an old tall building", "a field of grass" ]
B
algae is found in bodies of water
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1507
A skin bacterium loses its habitat when
[ "you cut off your finger nails", "you eat pepperoni pizza", "you brush your teeth", "you blow your nose" ]
A
if a habitat is removed then that habitat is destroyed
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1508
A large turbine in a field can produce electricity to power devices when
[ "a breeze is floating", "a child is crying", "a dog is barking", "clouds are very thin" ]
A
wind is used for producing electricity
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1509
What causes erosion?
[ "paper", "gales", "wood", "money" ]
B
wind causes erosion
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1510
All the water vanishes from a small depression basked in sunlight on a paved road because of
[ "freezing", "evaporation", "condensation", "precipitation" ]
B
a phase change is when matter changes from one state into another state
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1511
audible vibrations can travel freely through
[ "a brick", "nitrogen and oxygen", "the ground", "a mountain" ]
B
sound can travel through air
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1512
An animal needing to be warmer could
[ "starve", "eat more", "go out", "diet" ]
B
fat is used to keep animals warm
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1513
If weather is stormy there is a greater chance of what?
[ "drought", "waterfalls", "sky water", "fire" ]
C
if weather is stormy then there is a greater chance of rain
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1514
Which recyclable body part is largely comprised of muscle
[ "the ticker", "the spleen", "the kidney", "the liver" ]
A
the heart is mostly made of muscle
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1515
If a thing is living, it will require
[ "noxious foods for illness", "energetic mutation of limbs", "a source of happiness", "a source of nutriment" ]
D
living things all require energy for survival
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1516
What's a good way to heat up inside after ice skating on a frozen lake?
[ "Put on a swimming suit", "set fire to some snow", "run a cool bath", "set fire to some natural gas" ]
D
natural gas is a source of heat by burning
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1517
Water is a recyclable
[ "commodity", "lubricant", "revenue", "treasure" ]
A
water is a renewable resource
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1518
What kind of substance will get less warm when it touches a cold object?
[ "a dream", "ideas", "cold", "fresh baked poptart" ]
D
if a hot substance is touches a cold object then that substance will likely cool
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1519
A person wants their yard to be a wonderful ecosystem for local wildlife. They consider doing a few things in order to facilitate this, but ultimately decide that the best way to make a great impact is to
[ "make some more money", "plant a wet rope", "plant a blue spruce", "sing to their flowers" ]
C
planting trees has a positive impact on an ecosystem
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1520
A person wants to take their dog to the park as long as there is a lack of precipitation that day. After checking the weather channel, plans are canceled when it is announced that it will
[ "be sunny", "sprinkle", "be humid", "be windy" ]
B
precipitation is when water falls from the sky
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1521
Invisible forces work to keep the moon near the
[ "sun", "uranus", "mars", "our home planet" ]
D
gravity causes orbits
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1522
What does crop rotation renew?
[ "plants", "loans", "loam", "water" ]
C
crop rotation renews soil
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1523
Water vapor cooling causes it to what?
[ "electrify", "warm up", "deliquesce", "smell" ]
C
water vapor cooling causes that water vapor to condense
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1524
smoking will directly affect what?
[ "hearing loss", "sleep", "intensity of cough", "hunger" ]
C
smoking causes direct damage to the lungs
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1525
As it travels further into a land mass, what looses power?
[ "a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with high winds", "ideas in print media", "a large jet engine", "a gas guzzling automobile" ]
A
when a hurricane moves over land , that hurricane will decrease in strength
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1526
A person is going to explore in the ocean and sees that when they get down to a darker part,
[ "there is more sunlight", "there is more weight on them", "there is more salt", "there is more booze" ]
B
as depth increases , pressure will increase
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1527
What goes to a place that has a negative impact on the environment?
[ "garbage trucks", "trains", "mail trucks", "motorcycles" ]
A
landfills have a negative impact on the environment
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1528
A person turns a flashlight on and points it at a cut stone, which results in
[ "flower patterns", "varied hues", "varied light scents", "sizes of elephants" ]
B
refraction is when light bends
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1529
A puppy was uneducated on how to go through a doggy door until
[ "the mom did it", "it read how to", "it went to school", "it made a plan" ]
A
animals learn some behaviors from watching their parents
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1530
A book experiences tearing so it
[ "has lost status as whole", "lacks any real mass", "is completely intact now", "is a whole book" ]
A
tearing means changing a whole into pieces
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1531
A radio that takes batteries can make that energy into
[ "fire", "video", "water", "sound" ]
D
electrical devices convert electricity into other forms of energy
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1532
Gravitational force never affects
[ "balloons", "stars", "sunshine", "air" ]
C
gravitational force causes objects that have mass to be pulled down on a planet
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1533
What happens to a living thing if it becomes too cold?
[ "pass away", "joy", "increased energy", "warmth" ]
A
if a living thing becomes too cold then that living thing will die
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1534
As a flower becomes more aromatic it will bring in a growing crowd of
[ "lazy tourists", "leaf miners", "pollinators", "caterpillars" ]
C
as the amount of fragrance of a flower increases , the number of pollinators it will attract increases
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1535
What do hawks eat?
[ "lizard droppings", "bearded dragons", "cows", "grass" ]
B
hawks eat lizards
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1536
A puppy has a kink in his tail, but he lacked it yesterday. The puppy ______ a broken tail.
[ "inherited", "absorbed", "wanted", "acquired" ]
D
the condition of the parts of an organism are acquired characteristics
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1537
Who would find an arctic environment most pleasant?
[ "iguanas", "parka squirrels", "tiger sharks", "Burmese pythons" ]
B
the arctic environment is cold in temperature from being at a northern lattitude below 0 degrees celsius during most of the year
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1538
Which animal eats prey?
[ "beetle", "horse", "rabbit", "buffalo" ]
A
predators eat prey
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1539
An environmentalist heats their home by using a corn stove. The environmentalist knows that heating this way releases carbon dioxide back into the air, but is unworried about is as a result of
[ "it promoting plant growth", "corn is too dangerous", "corn is actually evil", "corn grows under the water" ]
A
biofuel releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1540
melting ice may be formed by
[ "the moon", "temp change", "an iceberg", "a reaction" ]
B
temperature changing can cause phase changes
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1541
A magnifying glass makes objects
[ "more clear", "smaller", "spontaneous combust", "physically grow" ]
A
as the size of an object appears larger , that object will be observed better
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1542
positively impact your bodies strength by
[ "dead-lifting", "thinking", "sleeping", "singing" ]
A
exercise has a positive impact on a body 's strength
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1543
You might support a growing tomato plant with
[ "yard stick", "a bench", "a flashlight", "candy" ]
A
a stem is a source of support for a plant
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1544
Salt dissolves better in a pot of water after
[ "drowning in the Atlantic ocean", "setting the burner to maximum", "setting the burner to minimum", "gargling salt-water in the shower" ]
B
as temperature increases , the ability of that liquid to dissolve solids will increase
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1545
A construction team is building a business center where a park used to be. The change in the park will
[ "cause animals to play", "cause animals to celebrate", "cause animals to marry", "cause animals to suffer" ]
D
humans changing animal habitats usually causes harm to those animals
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1546
Meadow vales are
[ "carnivores", "hard of hearing", "very large", "potatoes" ]
B
meadow voles eat plants
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1547
There are many protests and outraged people about humans changing the environment of the rain forest because changing even something small in an environment can
[ "wreck it", "make it cry", "make it laugh", "do nothing" ]
A
humans changing an environment sometimes causes that environment to be destroyed
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1548
A tree must depend upon, for its support
[ "A large fibrous mass", "plants on the forest floor", "the wooden welfare state", "massive redwoods on the backs of turtles" ]
A
a trunk is a source of support for a tree
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1549
Explosions destroy
[ "Air", "communities", "darkness", "Sunlight" ]
B
explosions can cause harm to an organism
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1550
A guy wants to figure out how fast makes it to work every day so he looks up
[ "how wide the road is", "how tall the building is", "how the weather is", "the space between destinations" ]
D
calculating speed requires knowing distance travelled
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1551
An example of an electrical circuit could be
[ "Dimming the lights", "Driving a car", "Drinking water", "Riding a bike" ]
A
a light bulb converts electrical energy into light energy when it is turned on
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1552
A tiny sand particle came from
[ "another world", "boiling water", "candle fragments", "larger mineral chunks" ]
D
sediment is formed by weathering
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1553
A thousand new trucks are put on the road carrying produce. As a result
[ "distant cities burn down", "things stay the same", "distant locations build quarries", "distant locations have greater produce options" ]
D
as ability to transport food increases around the world , the available types of food in distant locations will increase
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1554
Palm trees use the sun to
[ "swim", "eat", "sleep", "run" ]
B
In the food chain process some types of plankton have the role of producer
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1555
Tectonic expression can give massive amounts of data to a
[ "seismograph", "lie detector", "geiger counter", "glass of water" ]
A
a seismograph is a kind of tool for measuring the size of an earthquake
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1556
what is an electrical energy conductor?
[ "plastic", "stone", "plants", "swords" ]
D
metal is an electrical energy conductor
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1557
A mountain is shoved skyward one day, so there must have been
[ "a clone", "an emission", "a flood", "a mistake" ]
B
mountains are formed by volcanoes
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1558
Rain helps
[ "candy", "communities thrive", "cooking", "bread" ]
B
rain is a source of water
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1559
Rain at the apex of a pyramid will end up
[ "on your shoes", "on the side", "at the footing", "at the top" ]
C
water flows down a slope
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1560
a windmill converts wind energy into
[ "food", "music", "architecture", "charged electrons" ]
D
a windmill converts wind energy into electricity
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1561
If a plant is going to photosynthesize, it can have all aside from
[ "water", "sunlight", "cake", "soil" ]
C
a plant requires sunlight for photosynthesis
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1562
A person has a glass of water and a friend pranks them by making their water taste different. They prankster added
[ "ice", "water", "soda", "air" ]
C
dissolving a substance in water causes the water to taste like that substance
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1563
A green container with white arrows in a circle indicate it's a receptacle for
[ "trash that can be used for a new purpose", "excess and unused portions of soylent green", "radioactive nuclear waste materials", "hazardous biological materials and waste" ]
A
recyclable means a material can be recycled
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1564
A dead skunk in the middle of the road would be most appealing to
[ "a giraffe", "a politician", "a vulture", "a whale" ]
C
scavengers eat dead organisms
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1565
In order to grow as a child I should have
[ "cake", "cheese", "candy", "spinach" ]
D
a living thing requires nutrients to grow
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1566
A flashlight converts chemical energy into what kind of energy?
[ "light snacks", "greens", "food", "illumination" ]
D
a flashlight converts chemical energy into light energy
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1567
rocks often contain large amounts of
[ "milk", "cheese", "aluminium", "honey" ]
C
rocks often contain large amounts of metal
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1568
I just read about using cardboard in layers for building, but the surfaces should be waxed to keep out water. This premise is used by some _____________ to keep water in:
[ "balloons", "plastic bottles", "leaves", "books" ]
C
waxy leaves are used for storing water by some plants
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1569
Pollution is extremely difficult to contain in a
[ "refuse facility", "greenhouse", "the white house", "capital building" ]
A
an landfill is a source of pollution
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1570
The Earth is going to be completing a full rotation. A child notes this, and knows that it means that
[ "a cloud is going to rain", "the moon is in the sky", "a day has passed on Jupiter", "the sun rose, set and rose again" ]
D
a Rotation of the Earth on itself takes one day
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1571
A person paints a white door a different color, so the door is probably now
[ "still white", "grey", "white", "clear" ]
B
painting an object a color causes that object to be that color
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1572
Additional consistent force on a vehicle moving forward will cause that vehicle to
[ "slightly accelerate", "stop", "slow down", "turn" ]
A
a force continually acting on an object in the same direction that the object is moving can cause that object 's speed to increase in a forward motion
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1573
rock from deep down creates what as it becomes less hot
[ "vitamins", "cracks", "minerals", "holes" ]
C
minerals are formed from magma cooling
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1574
What displays the movement of electrons from the base atoms?
[ "venus", "mercury", "plasma star", "pluto" ]
C
plasma is formed by electrons separating from atoms in stars
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1575
A goat in a lush field of dense vegetation will be bestowed
[ "four lucky hooves", "poor growth", "a tin can", "a shiny coat" ]
D
an animal being born when food is available has a positive impact on that animal 's health
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1576
Salamanders may be unable to survive in a hot, dry location lacking food and water, but if it has food and water in an ideal location
[ "it is extinguished", "it may flourish", "it is financed", "it may crash" ]
B
when a habitat can support living things , living things can live in that habitat
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1577
A way that scientists determined whether previously known planets truly are still such is based on whether
[ "they complete rotations", "they have atmosphere", "they are glowing", "they have life" ]
A
pluto has not cleared its orbit
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1578
As the Earth crust receives radiation from the sun it
[ "releases CO2", "loses mass", "swells", "thermally increases" ]
D
as temperature during the day increases , the temperature in an environment will increase
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1579
The earth receives uneven amounts of UV rays due to
[ "height", "distance", "it's axis", "width" ]
C
the Earth being tilted on its axis causes ones side of the Earth to receive less energy from the Sun than the other side
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1580
What is an example of navigation?
[ "reading novels", "directing rudder", "cooking", "sleeping" ]
B
An example of navigation is directing a boat
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1581
The moon is bright in the night sky, especially when full because
[ "Earth shines", "stars absorb it", "sunlight brightens it", "batteries power it" ]
C
the moon reflects sunlight towards the Earth
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1582
A person who is unable to hunt for nourishment may still survive and even thrive if they
[ "harvest human organs", "burn crops", "purchase produce", "spend time alone" ]
C
humans eat crops
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1583
Magma pours out a volcano and what off a cliff
[ "drips", "suspends", "freezes", "sticks" ]
A
matter in the liquid state drips
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1584
The moon is always illustrated in movies and drawings as being very rough and bumpy due to craters, but there are many areas that are
[ "smooth", "Earth", "rainbow", "edible" ]
A
the moon 's surface contains flat areas
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1585
Some fish are
[ "cannibals", "Dry", "Land animals", "Magic" ]
A
carnivores only eat animals
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1586
Camel humps are a good example of
[ "Iraqi roadside prime cuisine", "seats for desert dwellers", "a popular brand of shoe", "changing to meet the environment" ]
D
An example of an adaptation is camel humps
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1587
An object that contains gas often goes
[ "in circles", "forward", "down", "up" ]
D
a balloon contains gas
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1588
A hermit crab may find good protection from elements in
[ "a mountain lion", "a sky color", "a stone configuration", "a mouse carcass" ]
C
rocks are a source of shelter for small animals in an environment
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1589
Soil contains
[ "the highest portion of the ozone layer", "the rotten idea of a decaying democracy", "waves of salt-water moving back and forth", "chemical substances found in every living thing" ]
D
if some nutrients are in the soil then those nutrients are in the food chain
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1590
Birds sometimes eat what?
[ "grass", "underground crawlers", "insecticide", "trees" ]
B
birds sometimes eat insects
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1591
What causes food to taste sweet?
[ "crystal sucrose", "heat", "salt", "pepper" ]
A
sugar causes food to taste sweet
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1592
Where could you expect to see a quail sleeping?
[ "box", "field", "ocean", "tree" ]
B
female birds sit in nests
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1593
Which item can be used more than once?
[ "toilet paper", "cloth pad", "tampon", "drugstore pad" ]
B
something reusable can be used more than once
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1594
What orbits the earth 13 times per year?
[ "night illuminator", "clouds", "oceans", "moon pictures" ]
A
the moon orbiting the Earth approximately occurs 13 times per year
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1595
Louis Pasteur found a way to
[ "make food tasty", "make food healthier", "make food wet", "make food green" ]
B
Louis Pasteur invented pasteurization
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1596
365 solar cycles is equivalent to
[ "4 full moon cycles", "2 years in deep space", "a trip to the moon and back", "one trip around the sun" ]
D
one year is equal to 365 days
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1597
A boy leaves a circuit in the wall open, then when he goes to turn on the lights
[ "it fails", "it succeeds", "it shines", "it works" ]
A
electricity can not flow through an open circuit
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1598
glass crystals will cause light to
[ "go out", "dim", "deflect", "brighten" ]
C
objects made of glass cause refraction of light
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1599
Because building a house requires a lot of daylight, it's best to do it in
[ "January", "December", "July", "a cave" ]
C
the amount of daylight is greatest in the summer
OpenBookQA
OpenBookQA-1600
If an electromagnet is active then a nail touching it will become what?
[ "frozen", "reactively charged", "cold", "magnetic personality" ]
B
if battery in an electromagnet is active then the nail in the electromagnet will become magnetic