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Which likely would win in a race? | [
"a slug",
"a sardine",
"an Olympic swimmer",
"an orca"
] | Key fact:
large fins can be used to move quickly through water | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Maggots eat flesh turning it into | [
"dryer",
"nourishment for soil",
"rancid",
"deadlier"
] | Key fact:
decomposition increases the amount of nutrients in the soil | B | 1 | openbookqa |
What rock is likely to be more mechanically weathered? | [
"a rock used to make fires",
"a rock traveling through space",
"a rock far below the ground",
"a rock is hit by the sun's rays"
] | Key fact:
mechanical weathering is when rocks are broken down by mechanical means | A | 0 | openbookqa |
What is an example of the sun being directly overhead at noon? | [
"shadows disappear at noon",
"the shadows on trees are longest at noon",
"sundials can tell time easiest using shadows",
"the sun is hottest at noon"
] | Key fact:
the sun is located directly overhead at noon | A | 0 | openbookqa |
In the desert at night, most animals that live there find that they require less | [
"liquid to consume",
"food to eat",
"warmth to sleep",
"packmates for hunting"
] | Key fact:
as temperature in an environment decreases , the amount of water an animal in that environment will lose will decrease | A | 0 | openbookqa |
In a system of a body, this thing is broken down into smaller pieces to be effectively used: | [
"wax",
"nutriment",
"stones",
"glass"
] | Key fact:
the breaking down of food into simple substances occurs in the digestive system | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Sleet is made out of water that is | [
"vapor",
"hot",
"liquid",
"cold"
] | Key fact:
sleet is made of ice | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Ligers are less likely to thrive when there is | [
"massive antelope herds",
"famine",
"abundant food",
"readily available prey"
] | Key fact:
an animal being born when food is available has a positive impact on that animal 's health | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Hot water is best when you want to | [
"go rock climbing",
"have cold drinks",
"cleanse your hands",
"go running"
] | Key fact:
a shower is a source of hot water for washing | C | 2 | openbookqa |
if a child gets certain traits from the parent, what delivers these to them? | [
"the epidermis of the skin",
"the platelets of the blood",
"the plasma in the blood",
"the body's nucleic acid"
] | Key fact:
offspring receive genes from their parents through DNA | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Cameras | [
"can take snapshots of friends wearing snapbacks",
"can be used for their microscopic properties",
"can be used for solving mysteries",
"can take friends on an adventure"
] | Key fact:
a camera is used for recording images | A | 0 | openbookqa |
seismic activities will force an abrupt change in the surface appearance of | [
"terra",
"canoes",
"flowers",
"trees"
] | Key fact:
an earthquake changes Earth 's surface quickly | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Which would be excluded from a list of objects with metallurgical properties? | [
"iron",
"bone",
"gold",
"steel"
] | Key fact:
classifying means grouping materials by their properties | B | 1 | openbookqa |
If a bright thing in the sky that is something other than our Sun does something in just under a month, it is likely | [
"the stars rising",
"the Sun burning",
"the air dying",
"luna cycling"
] | Key fact:
the Moon completes a lunar cycle over a period of 29 days | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Folding up rocks can happen when | [
"deer shiver",
"snakes rattle",
"birds quiver",
"bunkers shake"
] | Key fact:
earthquakes cause rock layers to fold on top of each other | D | 3 | openbookqa |
What has more mass than the moon? | [
"your home planet",
"Skylab",
"the Atlantic ocean",
"pluto"
] | Key fact:
the earth has more mass than the moon | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Ultimately, what one thing is needed for energy for any living thing on Earth? | [
"carbon dioxide",
"the closest star",
"blood",
"oxygen"
] | Key fact:
the sun is the source of energy for life on Earth | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Which is true? | [
"the moon is a source of light with powerful nuclear reactions",
"the sun is a source of evil with powerful nuclear reactions",
"the sun is a source of light with weak, low-temperature reactions",
"the sun is a source of light with powerful nuclear reactions"
] | Key fact:
a star is a source of light through nuclear reactions | D | 3 | openbookqa |
What is most like a fish? | [
"offspring of frogs",
"a desk",
"a diva",
"a solar system"
] | Key fact:
young amphibians breathe through gills | A | 0 | openbookqa |
which one of these animals lives deepest in the ocean? | [
"an african parrot",
"gold fish",
"a tuna fish",
"a vampire squid"
] | Key fact:
deep sea animals live deep in the ocean | D | 3 | openbookqa |
If crops are rotated then the crops planted would look like | [
"tomato, tomato, tomato, tomato",
"beans, corn, peas, cucumbers",
"beans, beans, beans, beans",
"corn, corn, corn, corn,"
] | Key fact:
crop rotation is when different crops are planted on a field in different years | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Where are you likely to find a nonrenewable resource? | [
"a forest",
"a dam",
"a mine",
"a solar panel"
] | Key fact:
natural gas is a nonrenewable resource | C | 2 | openbookqa |
All predators are also carnivorous because predators | [
"murder other beings",
"Count stuff",
"cook veggies",
"listen to music"
] | Key fact:
carnivores are predators | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Over a period of years in direct heat and sunlight, a large boulder may be | [
"frozen",
"catapulted",
"ravaged",
"rotted"
] | Key fact:
being exposed to heat can cause erosion of rocks | C | 2 | openbookqa |
There are 5 steps in the water cycle, it starts with evaporation, ends with infiltration, and then | [
"cries",
"goes away",
"dies",
"Restarts"
] | Key fact:
a cycle happens repeatedly | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Annelids do what to soil? | [
"loosen it",
"tighten it",
"condense it",
"clump it"
] | Key fact:
tunnels in soil loosen that soil | A | 0 | openbookqa |
A dog needs to be able to sense something visually, so it makes sure it can | [
"read",
"view",
"walk",
"hear"
] | Key fact:
seeing is used for sensing visual things | B | 1 | openbookqa |
What is the source of energy for life on earth? | [
"rivers",
"planets",
"astral star",
"mountains"
] | Key fact:
the sun is the source of energy for life on Earth | C | 2 | openbookqa |
A woman visits the same beach year after year, and begins to notice a change to a large wall of stone. Where the water touches the rock, she notices that the rock shows signs of being dissolved. After two year, there is an indent in the rock. After fifty years, the woman discovers that the rock | [
"is now an underground chamber",
"is now solid gold",
"is now about to explode",
"is now much bigger"
] | Key fact:
a cavern is formed by carbonic acid in groundwater seeping through rock and dissolving limestone | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Newer hybrid cars will have what effect on the gas usage in the world over time? | [
"less",
"more",
"more electric",
"slower cars"
] | Key fact:
as mileage per galon of gasoline increases , the amount of gasoline used will decrease | A | 0 | openbookqa |
A brick wall stops | [
"lumens",
"monster trucks",
"wrecking balls",
"bulldozers"
] | Key fact:
no light shines through an opaque object | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Which of these would let the most heat travel through? | [
"a cotton candy at the store",
"the new pair of jeans",
"the steel spoon in the cafeteria",
"a calvin klein cotton hat"
] | Key fact:
metal is a thermal conductor | C | 2 | openbookqa |
If a person blows on another person's arm, then nerves will | [
"curl up and die",
"signal to the sky",
"make more nerves in that area",
"alert the brain of this"
] | Key fact:
nerves can be used to feel heat and pressure on the skin | D | 3 | openbookqa |
If a warmth is relocated from one thing to another, and one of the things is the producer of the heat, the source is the most likely to be | [
"a stone",
"a vent",
"the moon",
"the sun"
] | Key fact:
the sun transfers solar energy from itself to the Earth through sunlight | D | 3 | openbookqa |
A battery operated vehicle requires everything but | [
"electricity",
"ions",
"petroleum",
"charging"
] | Key fact:
an electric car uses less gasoline than a regular car | C | 2 | openbookqa |
When a sound is produced inside a room, sometimes there is a | [
"light",
"electric charge",
"delayed reflection",
"video"
] | Key fact:
when a sound is produced inside of a room , there is sometimes an echo after the sound | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Why would some birds have beaks that look a lot different than those of other birds? | [
"some of the birds eat worms and the other birds have blue feathers",
"some of the birds of the same species have lived in a zoo all their lives",
"some of the birds take seeds for nourishment and the others look for dead animals for nourishment",
"some of the birds like to file down their beaks"
] | Key fact:
birds with beaks of different shapes eat different foods | C | 2 | openbookqa |
An element from the periodic table is used to transfer | [
"light",
"sound",
"air",
"voltage"
] | Key fact:
wiring requires an electrical conductor | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Which of these uses shelter for protection against weather? | [
"a planet",
"a centipede",
"a rock",
"an ocean"
] | Key fact:
shelter is used for protection by animals against weather | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Where various seasons currently take place depends upon | [
"the globe's size",
"the world's view",
"the earth's consideration",
"the globe's turning"
] | Key fact:
winter in the Northern Hemisphere is during the summer in the Southern Hemisphere | D | 3 | openbookqa |
New plants sprang up everywhere seeds were taken by | [
"cool breezes",
"magic",
"luck",
"demons"
] | Key fact:
plant requires seed dispersal for reproduction | A | 0 | openbookqa |
An example of a chemical change is acid breaking down substances, another is | [
"flour added to salt",
"milk added to water",
"corn added to soup",
"lemon juice added to milk"
] | Key fact:
An example of a chemical change is acid breaking down substances | D | 3 | openbookqa |
a student leaves a nail line on a mineral sample, so that mineral can be described as what? | [
"a mineral",
"a soft mineral",
"a liquid mineral",
"a mineral melt"
] | Key fact:
if a mineral can be scratched by a fingernail then that mineral is soft | B | 1 | openbookqa |
John's dog seemed to be getting chubby. He concluded that | [
"the dog was sleepwalking.",
"the dog was getting more exercise",
"the dog was overindulging in meals and snacks",
"the dog was refusing to eat"
] | Key fact:
as the amount of food an animal eats increases , the weight of that animal will increase | C | 2 | openbookqa |
A source of heat is used to make | [
"ice cream",
"salad",
"lemonade",
"pastries"
] | Key fact:
an oven is a source of heat | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Magnification makes a small thing | [
"stuck on metal",
"hard to see",
"really very tiny",
"more easily seen"
] | Key fact:
as the size of an object appears larger , that object will be observed better | D | 3 | openbookqa |
If one where to get high at Mt. Everest it would mean they are | [
"arriving at airport",
"waiting for cabs",
"at the bottom",
"at the apex"
] | Key fact:
high means great in altitude | D | 3 | openbookqa |
How would a location's climate be determined? | [
"look at the weather many mornings, afternoons, and evenings in different seasons",
"look at the the most extreme weather events",
"look at the weather at noon only",
"look at the weather on one day"
] | Key fact:
climate is the usual kind of weather in a location | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Arctic animals often live on | [
"ice",
"soil",
"liquid water",
"plants"
] | Key fact:
arctic animals live in an arctic environment | A | 0 | openbookqa |
What is a way to be born besides live birth? | [
"coming through a tough shell",
"digging out of the sand",
"cooking up an egg",
"living in a nest"
] | Key fact:
if an animal hatches from an egg then that animal is born | A | 0 | openbookqa |
feeders attract animals to a | [
"volcano",
"video game",
"nearby spot",
"moon"
] | Key fact:
feeders attract animals to a location | C | 2 | openbookqa |
if something is outside during the day then that something will receive what? | [
"astral beams",
"steam",
"gratitude",
"night light"
] | Key fact:
if something is outside during the day then that something will receive sunlight | A | 0 | openbookqa |
if a student needs to travel with their lunch for long distances, which of these would have the freshest meal? | [
"a student with freshly cooked food",
"a student with food containing preservatives",
"raw uncooked fish meal",
"a student with uncooked beef"
] | Key fact:
as ability to preserve food increases , the ability to transport food increases | B | 1 | openbookqa |
A place without a sand bar is indicative of which of these characteristics? | [
"a flow of sedimentation to settle",
"a stacking of silty sediments",
"a downstream movement without sediments",
"a rapid movement of sediments for downward deposit"
] | Key fact:
a sandbar is formed by water moving sediment downstream | C | 2 | openbookqa |
A guy wants to be able to remember the evening. He can be sure that he has a visual and audio backup of the night by | [
"bringing his camera",
"bringing his son",
"bringing a drink",
"bringing a chair"
] | Key fact:
a camera is used for recording images | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Why might you want to wear safety goggles while working in a lab? | [
"Safety goggle give you x-ray vision",
"Caustic liquid man-made substances can fly up",
"They protect your eyes from the sun",
"Mosquitoes are a problem"
] | Key fact:
chemical splashing sometimes occurs during experiments | B | 1 | openbookqa |
What could be an example of a thermal conductor | [
"a penny",
"grass",
"a wood block",
"cotton"
] | Key fact:
a thermal conductor is made of materials that conduct thermal energy | A | 0 | openbookqa |
After the chickens were let into the field, the population of worms | [
"decreased",
"increased",
"exploded",
"fluctuated"
] | Key fact:
if an organism dies then the population of that organism will decrease | A | 0 | openbookqa |
During an earthquake, piles of earth can | [
"crash through car windows",
"shift on top of one another",
"pile up on houses",
"kill small animals and birds"
] | Key fact:
earthquakes cause rock layers to fold on top of each other | B | 1 | openbookqa |
A lone fox is searching for its next meal in a meadow that used to be bountiful with food. This season, though, rabbits have all been eaten up and the field is dry and barren. The fox may | [
"fly",
"speak",
"starve",
"float"
] | Key fact:
loss of resources has a negative impact on the organisms in an area | C | 2 | openbookqa |
The strength of a hurricane increases as moisture and what increase? | [
"hotness",
"animals",
"water",
"anger"
] | Key fact:
as heat and moisture increases , the strength of a hurricane will increase | A | 0 | openbookqa |
The reason that ducks are such excellent swimmers is because | [
"ducks have a space between their toes",
"ducks are buoyant and resilient",
"ducks have wide feet",
"ducks have extra foot skin"
] | Key fact:
webbed feet are used for moving faster through water by aquatic animals | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Lava on the ocean floor may build up upon itself. This is where | [
"birds may be thinking",
"lone land mass develops",
"musical notes are heard",
"fish are buried in sand"
] | Key fact:
an island is formed by lava being released on the ocean floor over time | B | 1 | openbookqa |
A tree falls down in a yard, and the people who live there liked the shade the tree provided. They can regain their shade by | [
"planting flowers",
"making money",
"acquiring seeds",
"tilling gardens"
] | Key fact:
a tree can be replaced by planting a new tree | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Competition is fierce among lions | [
"when new prey species arrive in the community",
"when population of lions decreases",
"when there are a plethora of prey choices",
"when the antelopes are scare"
] | Key fact:
as the population of prey decreases , competition between predators will increase | D | 3 | openbookqa |
A person's shadow is smallest at what time? | [
"4:00 pm",
"8:00 am",
"12:30 pm",
"6:30 pm"
] | Key fact:
as a source of light moves directly overhead of an object , the size of the shadow of that object will decrease | C | 2 | openbookqa |
If a plot of land a thousand miles wide has water, food, shelter, clean air and a good climate, then | [
"organisms will struggle with it",
"organisms will populate it",
"organisms will die off",
"organisms will avoid it"
] | Key fact:
as available resources increases , the population of an organism that uses those resources will increase | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Which of the following burns due to wax? | [
"electric kettle",
"internal combustion engine",
"tea candle",
"gas stove"
] | Key fact:
lighting a candle causes that candle to burn | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Wood can be reused to make a | [
"dresser",
"plastic bottle",
"candy cane",
"glass bottle"
] | Key fact:
wood is a renewable resource | A | 0 | openbookqa |
If you're stuck outside on a sunny day, the coolest place would be under a tree because they do what to the sunlight | [
"sell it",
"climb it",
"block it out",
"smell it"
] | Key fact:
large trees block sunlight from reaching the ground | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Mice | [
"abandon their offspring",
"hatch their young",
"lay eggs",
"nurse their offspring"
] | Key fact:
a mouse gives birth to live young | D | 3 | openbookqa |
over a period of three years, a farmer cultivates, corn, millet and potatoes. What is this exemplary of? | [
"An amateur farming practice",
"a way to gain attention",
"a manner of rotating",
"a way to confuse spectators"
] | Key fact:
crop rotation is when different crops are planted on a field in different years | C | 2 | openbookqa |
A couple having a baby want to guess if the child will share the same eye color as mother and father so they | [
"chart the likelihood",
"pray for peace",
"take a vacation",
"inject a dye"
] | Key fact:
a Punnett square is used to identify the percent chance of a trait being passed down from a parent to its offspring | A | 0 | openbookqa |
During what period of the Earth cycle would you see someone having a picnic outside? | [
"Day",
"Night",
"Extinction",
"Ice Age"
] | Key fact:
cycles of day and night occur once per day | A | 0 | openbookqa |
which of these is an accurate scenario? | [
"the sun traveling around the earth",
"none of these",
"the sun orbiting Mars",
"the earth traveling around the sun"
] | Key fact:
planets orbit stars | D | 3 | openbookqa |
If a thing is seen, then | [
"the pupil was studying",
"the pupil absorbed light",
"light was put out",
"the pupil was gone"
] | Key fact:
light enters the eye through the pupil | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Which of the following would be considered the most windy | [
"a light drizzle",
"a light breeze",
"a powerful front",
"a tremendous hurricane"
] | Key fact:
windy means high wind speeds | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Which of the following would slow the flow of electricity? | [
"a metal fork",
"a pencil eraser",
"a paper clip",
"aluminum foil"
] | Key fact:
an electrical insulator slows the flow of electricity | B | 1 | openbookqa |
What could a person eat to avoid starvation? | [
"Akvavit",
"Jeggings",
"Carmex",
"Floss"
] | Key fact:
lack of food causes starvation | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Crickets live in forests in | [
"Rotting Trees",
"In the desert",
"In the snow",
"The sunlight"
] | Key fact:
some crickets live in forests | A | 0 | openbookqa |
What is most like a mirror? | [
"grasslands",
"deserts",
"oceans",
"forests"
] | Key fact:
a mirror is used for reflecting light | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Which part of a pencil comes most directly from rocks? | [
"eraser",
"logo",
"the middle",
"wood"
] | Key fact:
pencil lead contains mineral graphite | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Rubbing calcium on a streak plate | [
"describes a white mineral",
"leaves behind bits of white",
"tells a lot about calcium",
"breaks the calcium into chunks"
] | Key fact:
when a mineral is rubbed on a streak plate , some of the material breaks off and forms a powder | B | 1 | openbookqa |
When is fog most likely to occur | [
"3 p.m.",
"midnight",
"6 p.m.",
"noon"
] | Key fact:
fog is formed by water vapor condensing in the air | B | 1 | openbookqa |
A telescope uses what to redirect light | [
"money",
"shiny glass",
"lasers",
"people"
] | Key fact:
a mirror reflects light | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Beach balls contain | [
"water",
"carbon dioxide",
"sunlight",
"beach sand"
] | Key fact:
a beach ball contains gas | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Which would likely decrease the food in an environment? | [
"gravity",
"water evaporation",
"a tree",
"time"
] | Key fact:
as available water in an environment decreases , the amount of available food in that environment will decrease | B | 1 | openbookqa |
An example of being a predator is | [
"an eagle landing on a branch",
"a mouse taking shelter in a hole",
"a wolf having a litter of pups",
"a bird catching worms in its mouth"
] | Key fact:
a beak is used for catching prey by some birds | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Meadow voles consume | [
"producers",
"apex predators",
"decomposers",
"detritivores"
] | Key fact:
meadow voles eat plants | A | 0 | openbookqa |
A person is going to freeze on a cold night. The person looks for something to ignite for a source of warmth, and chooses the best option, | [
"live frogs",
"old stones",
"dry switches",
"dry cheese"
] | Key fact:
burning wood is used to produce heat | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Which would likely be detected by a human tongue? | [
"air",
"plastic",
"vanilla",
"nothing"
] | Key fact:
animals taste flavors | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Volcanoes, have a | [
"Esophagus",
"Camels",
"Emotional experience",
"Cigarettes"
] | Key fact:
mountains are formed by volcanoes | A | 0 | openbookqa |
A car engine is a source of heat and therefore needs | [
"radiator fluid",
"water added",
"wiper fluid",
"gasoline"
] | Key fact:
a car engine is a source of heat | A | 0 | openbookqa |
What does harming an organism cause? | [
"population increase",
"change in appearance",
"population decrease",
"nothing"
] | Key fact:
as population of predators decreases , the population of prey will increase in an environment | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Who famously explicated the science of dropping something? | [
"Galileo",
"Newton",
"Einstein",
"Rutherford"
] | Key fact:
dropping something causes that something to fall | B | 1 | openbookqa |
If an scientist is stationed in the south pole during their winter, what season is it in the arctic region | [
"Fall",
"Winter",
"Summer",
"Spring"
] | Key fact:
snow falls during the winter in the arctic environment | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Which is a producer? | [
"cloudy mornings",
"vinyl",
"team Alicia",
"strawberries"
] | Key fact:
a producer is a source of sugar in an ecosystem | D | 3 | openbookqa |
A person needs to move a boulder from a crevice to a bluff. The person employs the use of | [
"a fast car and a ball",
"a plank with one end raised",
"a small bowl of soup",
"a stick with a leaf"
] | Key fact:
an inclined plane is used for raising objects | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Death | [
"deducts from population total",
"leads to phoenix-like rebirth",
"adds to the population total",
"leads to population growth"
] | Key fact:
if an organism dies then the population of that organism will decrease | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Food is less risky to consume when | [
"spoiled",
"fully cooked",
"defecated on",
"rotted"
] | Key fact:
reducing bacteria in food prevents illness in people | B | 1 | openbookqa |
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