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Ducks might their webbed appendages to
[ "season pizza", "navigate", "sing", "do ballet" ]
Key fact: webbed feet are used for moving faster through water by aquatic animals
B
1
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if a person is unable to stand cold weather, which of these should be avoided?
[ "the arctic regions", "all of these", "tropical rain forest", "the mangrove forest" ]
Key fact: the arctic environment is cold in temperature from being at a northern lattitude below 0 degrees celsius during most of the year
A
0
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Actress and goddess Jessica Alba wishes to help the environment by riding a bicycle. Dressed in a tantalizingly suggestive outfit, she propels herself by
[ "dark angel wings", "burning rocket fuel", "using paparazzi cameras", "using foot levers" ]
Key fact: pushing on the pedals of a bike cause that bike to move
D
3
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Sea nomads' larger spleens let them
[ "eat every kind of poison on the planet", "hold their breath for longer underwater", "post low quality content on the internet", "time travel to the future" ]
Key fact: living in an environment causes an organism to adapt to that environment
B
1
openbookqa
A cloud gets fat and heavy because
[ "precipitation destroys", "clouds float", "precipitation condenses", "precipitation falls" ]
Key fact: condensation is a stage in the water cycle process
C
2
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The count of rings in a pine has a one to one relationship with the number of years it has
[ "shrunk", "produced pine cones", "had mistletoe", "grown" ]
Key fact: a tree growing a tree-growth ring occurs once per year
D
3
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A person in precipitating weather will want to
[ "be electrocuted", "be vanquished", "be drowned", "be safeguarded" ]
Key fact: shelter can protect humans from weather
D
3
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Weather is getting a little more chilly, so a flock makes their way
[ "elsewhere", "north", "Narnia", "the moon" ]
Key fact: An example of migration is birds flying south in the winter
A
0
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Overeating
[ "causes massive weight loss", "causes the number on the scale to go up", "boosts the immune system", "causes the number on the scale to go down" ]
Key fact: as the amount of food an animal eats increases , the weight of that animal will increase
B
1
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A metal sticker remains on a fridge because of
[ "vibrations in the surface of the fridge door", "a force that pulls two objects together", "magic that Juggaloes are unable to explain", "the entropy of the universe" ]
Key fact: magnetic attraction pulls two objects together
B
1
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Polar bears are best suited for
[ "colder places", "hotter regions", "Jupiter's polar caps", "northern desert regions" ]
Key fact: living in an environment causes an organism to adapt to that environment
A
0
openbookqa
A child will only grow if they are provided with
[ "energy", "education", "inspiration", "a bed" ]
Key fact: an animal requires energy to move
A
0
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Which is likely true about water?
[ "oceans will evaporate more liquid than a lake", "streams will evaporate more liquid than anything", "lakes will evaporate more water than oceans", "streams will evaporate more water than oceans" ]
Key fact: as the surface area of a body of water increases , evaporation of that body of water will increase
A
0
openbookqa
the moon rising occurs
[ "once in a decade", "4 times a year", "7 times a week", "1 time a month" ]
Key fact: the moon rising occurs once per day
C
2
openbookqa
Mountains exist on a planet next to
[ "Saturn", "Mars", "Neptune", "Uranus" ]
Key fact: the surface of the Earth contains mountains
B
1
openbookqa
When you scream in an empty room, you hear an echo due to the noise
[ "eating", "bouncing a ball", "nothing", "bouncing off stuff" ]
Key fact: echo is when sound reflects off of a surface
D
3
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Which of these items is required for a deer to live
[ "sun", "iron", "sand", "cafeteria" ]
Key fact: the sun is the source of energy for life on Earth
A
0
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If something is alive, then it requires
[ "something to keep it interested", "a source to propel it forward", "something to give it hope", "something to consider doing" ]
Key fact: living things all require energy for survival
B
1
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If someone is dying of liquid needs, they can hydrate the body by
[ "high temp snow", "catching falling ash", "visiting a valley", "pray" ]
Key fact: snow falls during the winter in some environments
A
0
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A faucet drips
[ "lava", "air", "sand", "melted ice" ]
Key fact: matter in the liquid state drips
D
3
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Toasting already-baked bread requires using
[ "unprocessed gluten mix", "a thermal conductor", "a snowboard", "an energetic stream" ]
Key fact: a thermal energy conductor transfers heat from hotter objects to cooler objects
B
1
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By hiding from creatures who crave the taste of their sweet flesh
[ "mice will be able to free Aslan", "some mice are able to have offspring", "predator missiles can hunt their target", "a field of mice can die of disease" ]
Key fact: avoiding predators has a positive impact on prey 's ability to reproduce
B
1
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Insomniacs are less healthy than other people because they
[ "are in space", "rarely slumber", "sleep too much", "fly away" ]
Key fact: a human requires rest to be healthy
B
1
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A creature that is living will require this to have movement abilities:
[ "clouds", "nutriment", "glass", "dirt" ]
Key fact: an animal requires energy to move
B
1
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The most daylight is two months after
[ "October", "July", "January", "April" ]
Key fact: the amount of daylight is greatest in the summer
D
3
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he sun rising and setting causes cycles of
[ "evolution", "available luminance", "dancing", "cooking" ]
Key fact: the sun rising and setting causes cycles of day and night
B
1
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If a white bear lives in a space and is going to flourish, the space should mostly
[ "match his fur color", "have a warm climate", "be dark and humid", "be green and leafy" ]
Key fact: a polar bear requires a cold environment
A
0
openbookqa
What has a positive impact on a bodies strength?
[ "pumping iron", "overeating", "flying", "dying" ]
Key fact: exercise has a positive impact on a body 's strength
A
0
openbookqa
A large oak can create
[ "water with salt", "other oak creatures", "watermelons", "kites" ]
Key fact: a tree can be replaced by planting a new tree
B
1
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which one of these would make a great organic manure later on?
[ "a plastic spoon and fork", "a white plastic chair", "a family of raccoons", "a plastic water bottle" ]
Key fact: plastic is a nonrenewable resource
C
2
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Humans are like monkeys in a lot of ways, besides sharing a lot of the same DNA, their babies are birthed
[ "mad", "old", "alive", "dead" ]
Key fact: a monkey births live young
C
2
openbookqa
Chlorophyll is good for allowing plants to absorb energy and
[ "is dry", "is dead", "is clear", "is healthy" ]
Key fact: chlorophyll is used for absorbing light energy by plants
D
3
openbookqa
Which is likely true of hurricanes?
[ "a category 50 hurricane becomes a category 1 hurricane over land", "a category 5 hurricane becomes a category 11 hurricane over land", "a category 5 dies over land", "a category 0 hurricane becomes a category 1 hurricane over land" ]
Key fact: when a hurricane moves over land , that hurricane will decrease in strength
C
2
openbookqa
Camouflage is used by entities for hunting
[ "air", "trees", "vittles", "water" ]
Key fact: An example of camouflage is an organism looking like leaves
C
2
openbookqa
A horse barn fire
[ "damages only the pastures", "would be easy to handle", "damages the structure and animals trapped inside", "would cause very few issues" ]
Key fact: burning a living thing usually causes harm to that living thing
C
2
openbookqa
What happens when molten lava comes into contact with a car?
[ "it freezes into a solid", "it turns into a gas", "it reaches its melting point", "it flies up into the sky" ]
Key fact: melting point means temperature at which a solid melts
C
2
openbookqa
All living things are made of parts that contain a
[ "blood vessel", "heart", "nucleus", "skeleton" ]
Key fact: a living thing is made of cells
C
2
openbookqa
Sailors guided themselves with the night sky using a
[ "the sun", "the moon", "never moving star", "light houses" ]
Key fact: the North Star does not move in the sky in the Northern Hemisphere each night
C
2
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If a hilly area that reaches incredible peaks is existing, then what happened long ago was
[ "things were steamed", "rocks were tiny", "stones crumpling together", "plants were eaten" ]
Key fact: the Appalachians were formed by rock folding
C
2
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As the earth orbits the sun
[ "various places experience different weather patterns", "weather is consistent world-wide", "weather is always different", "we all have snow" ]
Key fact: Earth orbiting the Sun causes seasons to change
A
0
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A cat is laying outdoors in the sunlight. Suddenly, a large, dark cloud blocks the sun and the temperature drops several degrees. The cat's physical reaction to this abrupt change will most likely be
[ "finding someone to dye them pink", "involuntary body tremors and shudders", "creating a new telephone system", "hopping a plane to warmer climates" ]
Key fact: shivering is when an animal creates heat by shaking to keep the body warm
B
1
openbookqa
A chemical reaction to vinegar or to baking soda can be caused by adding
[ "air", "bees", "cola", "sand" ]
Key fact: baking soda can react chemically with vinegar
C
2
openbookqa
When wheels are squealing on a blacktop, friction
[ "works against motion", "stops motion", "removes forward motion", "makes things rough" ]
Key fact: friction acts to counter the motion of two objects when their surfaces are touching
A
0
openbookqa
Some animals that detect objects by emitting sound live in
[ "the arctic", "soil", "a tide pool", "rivers" ]
Key fact: echolocation is when some animals detect objects by hearing echoes by emitting sound
D
3
openbookqa
Herbivores who live in climates that get cold must find other sources of food in the winter because plants
[ "fly", "cry", "Eat candy canes", "will be gone" ]
Key fact: if an animal relies on plants for food then that animal must store enough food to last through the winter
D
3
openbookqa
The sun causes what to happen to water at a more rapid pace when heat is added?
[ "water volume maintains exactly", "water levels rise as moisture is held in the water", "the heat makes the water boil as it reaches higher temperatures", "heat causes the water to lose volume as moisture is pulled into the air" ]
Key fact: the sun causes water to evaporate more quickly by adding heat
D
3
openbookqa
Which would damage the eyes the most in a laboratory setting without protection?
[ "a stray cat", "an acidic spray", "a chainsaw", "your thumb" ]
Key fact: chemical splashing can cause harm to the eyes
B
1
openbookqa
Which of the following is an example of electrical insulation?
[ "Ethernet cables", "stove burners", "movie cameras", "air conditioning" ]
Key fact: electrical insulation requires wrapping a conductor in an insulator
A
0
openbookqa
Which is a carnivore?
[ "a cow", "a caterpillar", "a vegan", "a shark" ]
Key fact: carnivores only eat animals
D
3
openbookqa
Why was my son-in-law required to add rugs or carpeting to his upstairs apartment when the ground floor wasn't?
[ "So it would look good then prospective renters took a tour", "Because they didn't want him to scratch up the wood floors.", "Because they didn't want the downstairs renters to be as likely to complain about noise", "Because they didn't want to pay for carpeting themselves." ]
Key fact: carpet absorbs sound
C
2
openbookqa
A hard wind blowing at the back of a bike that is being peddled forward will
[ "make it stop", "speed it up", "slow it down", "blow it up" ]
Key fact: force causes the speed of an object to increase
B
1
openbookqa
A deer may be hungry and malnourished. In order to rectify this, the deer may
[ "eat other deer", "consume boulders", "consume cubs", "consume dandelions" ]
Key fact: eating food is used to get nutrients by living things
D
3
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wildfire occurs when
[ "being environmental is considered hot", "someone smokes near a forest", "condensed tree areas are ablaze", "tree patterns are similar to fire" ]
Key fact: wildfire is when a forest catches fire
C
2
openbookqa
A lot of animals would avoid
[ "piles of discarded diapers", "freshly off the grill steak", "flowers that have just bloomed", "pools of clear, clean water" ]
Key fact: most animals avoid bad odors
A
0
openbookqa
A rock tumbler revolves to
[ "collect bees", "trap clowns", "facet diamonds", "smooth gemstones" ]
Key fact: contact between rocks over long periods of time causes rocks to smooth
D
3
openbookqa
An electrical conductor is a vehicle for what?
[ "people", "water", "sunlight", "zapping energy" ]
Key fact: An electrical conductor is a vehicle for the flow of electricity
D
3
openbookqa
Matter in the gas phase has
[ "fluctuating volume", "turned up volume", "turned down volume", "steady volume" ]
Key fact: Matter in the gas phase has variable volume
A
0
openbookqa
This is likely to be an insulator
[ "a flip flop", "a can", "water", "a car" ]
Key fact: rubber is an thermal insulator
A
0
openbookqa
insulation for the purposes of moving electrons involves
[ "conductor wrapped wire", "insulator wrapped insulator", "non coated metal", "insulation encompassed wire" ]
Key fact: electrical insulation requires wrapping a conductor in an insulator
D
3
openbookqa
Wide tree rings mean
[ "happiness", "thriving", "money", "magic" ]
Key fact: as the amount of available water decreases , tree-growth rings will become narrower
B
1
openbookqa
How does darkness impact photosynthesis?
[ "positively", "increases absorption", "very poorly", "increases endurance" ]
Key fact: darkness has a negative impact on photosynthesis
C
2
openbookqa
A light is turned on and the circuit is closed so
[ "the house is old", "the connections get warm", "the light is off", "the light is broken" ]
Key fact: electrical current running through a wire causes that wire to heat up
B
1
openbookqa
An example of adaption is
[ "Eating tacos", "wearing sunblock", "Reading a book", "Drinking water" ]
Key fact: adaptation is when an organism develops a trait over time for survival
B
1
openbookqa
An example of a circuit would be
[ "rock climbing", "running", "dimming a bulb", "swimming" ]
Key fact: a light bulb converts electrical energy into light energy when it is turned on
C
2
openbookqa
ultraviolet light is found in light from where
[ "the flaming ball of gas we orbit", "giant planets in the neighborhood", "light sources that we create", "balls of fire lit with gas" ]
Key fact: sunlight contains ultraviolet light
A
0
openbookqa
A person wants to collect green slime, so they seek out
[ "damp gutters", "neat pictures", "old dogs", "dry bones" ]
Key fact: algae is found in bodies of water
A
0
openbookqa
Electricity is able to flow through a circuit after it is...?
[ "Steady", "fully complete", "Turned on", "Charged" ]
Key fact: when an electrical conductor is plugged into an outlet , a circuit is completed
B
1
openbookqa
Heat energy has been added to
[ "red velvet cupcakes", "Greek yogurt", "ceviche", "Caesar salad" ]
Key fact: if food is cooked then heat energy is added to that food
A
0
openbookqa
Knowing what to do without ever being taught is known as
[ "learned", "found", "instinctive", "given" ]
Key fact: an animal knows how to do instinctive behaviors when it is born
C
2
openbookqa
A reflective surface fogging up is
[ "reflection", "refraction", "evaporation", "condensation" ]
Key fact: a phase change is when matter changes from one state into another state
D
3
openbookqa
Sea hares are poisonous slugs, with tiny bunny-like tentacles, that float in water currents and ocean waves. They squirt a purple colored chemical that's sticky and smelly
[ "to attract a mate", "to swim in deep waters", "to ward off predators", "to color the water" ]
Key fact: some hares live in fields
C
2
openbookqa
Speed is measuring how fast an object is doing what?
[ "melting", "evaporating", "rotating", "changing location" ]
Key fact: speed is a measure of how fast an object is moving
D
3
openbookqa
Which of the following is an example of ecological succession?
[ "a group of horses slowly becomes extinct due to loss of habitat", "a group of rats in a lab learn to navigate a maze", "a soccer team trains for the championship", "Trees, insects, and birds in a forest grew from wildfire-ravaged lands" ]
Key fact: ecological succession means entire communities in an ecosystem change over time
D
3
openbookqa
If one electrical conductor touches another one what will flow through them both?
[ "zapping power", "tea", "water", "milk" ]
Key fact: if one electrical conductor contacts another electrical conductor then electricity will flow through both conductors
A
0
openbookqa
What would be a benefit of skipping showers?
[ "getting facial acne", "being smelly", "having dirty hair", "fostering healthy bacteria" ]
Key fact: good bacteria grow on a human 's skin
D
3
openbookqa
A screw will increase in temperature when set in the sun's path, why?
[ "heating element", "building device", "conduction", "convection" ]
Key fact: if an object is exposed to a source of heat then that conductor may become hot
C
2
openbookqa
Clouds are made up of moisture particles that are held in the sky until
[ "weight works against it", "the storm starts to approach", "the weather starts to change", "winter arrives sooner than later" ]
Key fact: clouds produce rain
A
0
openbookqa
Earth orbiting what causes seasons to change?
[ "mars", "saturn", "local star", "sunlight" ]
Key fact: Earth orbiting the Sun causes seasons to change
C
2
openbookqa
energy is required for survival, and this is primarily delivered by
[ "the moon shining at night", "the fifth planet from the sun", "the closest star to our planet", "the vast ocean body" ]
Key fact: the sun is the source of energy for life on Earth
C
2
openbookqa
An organism that has an unusual habitat on it's back is
[ "carrier snails", "feelings", "magic", "love" ]
Key fact: when a habitat can support living things , living things can live in that habitat
A
0
openbookqa
What causes objects that have mass to be pulled down?
[ "planetary pull", "wind", "water force", "weight" ]
Key fact: gravitational force causes objects that have mass to be pulled down on a planet
A
0
openbookqa
It's important to do this if you want your lab experiment to be performed correctly.
[ "do the experiment blindfolded", "comprehend all the steps that will be involved beforehand", "forget about rules and wing it", "do all the steps in a random order" ]
Key fact: performing lab expiriments accurately requires understanding all directions beforehand
B
1
openbookqa
In America, we know that January is a Winter month. But in other parts of the world, its another season. due to
[ "store", "coma", "differing hemisphere", "different world" ]
Key fact: January is during the winter in the northern hemisphere
C
2
openbookqa
dry wood easily
[ "grows", "freezes", "shrinks", "incinerates" ]
Key fact: dry wood easily burns
D
3
openbookqa
Sedimentary rock is where you'll find most
[ "pterodactyl bodies", "flutes", "pebbles", "wings." ]
Key fact: nearly all fossils are found in sedimentary rock
A
0
openbookqa
Weathering can
[ "release a best selling album", "create a black hole in the desert", "turn a sculpture to dust", "create a time traveling vortex" ]
Key fact: sediment is formed by weathering
C
2
openbookqa
Bats hunt through echolocation because
[ "bats can only hear echoes", "echoes are a form of sound", "their chirps are sent back after bouncing", "they enjoy listening to echoes" ]
Key fact: echo is when sound reflects off of a surface
C
2
openbookqa
It's hardest to perceive in a flashlight's beam
[ "a shiny diamond", "a dark spider", "a metal sphere", "a glistening icicle" ]
Key fact: if an object reflects more light then that object is more easily seen
B
1
openbookqa
As the amount of water a plant receives increases what will usually happen with it?
[ "diminish", "shrinking", "grow metal", "expanded proportions" ]
Key fact: as the amount of water received by a plant increases , that plant will usually grow
D
3
openbookqa
When standing miles away from Mount Rushmore
[ "the mountains seem very close", "the mountains are boring", "the mountains look the same as from up close", "the mountains seem smaller than in photographs" ]
Key fact: as distance to an object increases , that object will appear smaller
D
3
openbookqa
seed dispersal is when the seeds of a plant are moved from the plant to a new what?
[ "planet", "bus", "page", "locale" ]
Key fact: seed dispersal is when the seeds of a plant are moved from the plant to a new environment
D
3
openbookqa
A puppy feels hunger and moves straight to its female parent's nipple. This behavior is
[ "learned", "instinctive", "reactive", "predatory" ]
Key fact: an animal knows how to do instinctive behaviors when it is born
B
1
openbookqa
A group of bunnies move into a field and start to have litters of kits, and soon rabbits are all over the field, so the foxes that live six miles away
[ "relocate to the field", "eat all the bunnies", "find new food sources", "start to go hungry" ]
Key fact: most predators live near the same environment as their prey
A
0
openbookqa
Another source of pollution may be
[ "throwing things in the ocean", "buying a new solar panel", "biking instead of driving the car", "using old food as compost for the plants" ]
Key fact: burning gasoline is a source of pollution
A
0
openbookqa
A burrito needs to be cooked so it
[ "has heat removed", "is made hollow", "is burned black", "has heat applied" ]
Key fact: cooking food requires adding heat energy
D
3
openbookqa
What is decomposed in decomposition?
[ "living creatures", "lifeless life forms", "plastics", "metals" ]
Key fact: dead organisms are the source of nutrients for decomposers
B
1
openbookqa
If a stone is broken down into sand it is
[ "glass", "mechanically weathered", "garden compost", "grits" ]
Key fact: mechanical weathering is when rocks are broken down by mechanical means
B
1
openbookqa
Loose dirt in a garden may be from
[ "creation myths", "moon phases", "buzzards", "voles" ]
Key fact: tunnels in soil loosen that soil
D
3
openbookqa
All animals need to be what during cold conditions in order to survive?
[ "in space", "warm enough", "Freezing", "lying down" ]
Key fact: an animal requires warmth for survival
B
1
openbookqa
A switch turns something on because:
[ "electrons are made to excite", "metal closes the circuit", "the engine needs to run", "the circuit is opened completely" ]
Key fact: pushing a button sometimes completes a circuit
B
1
openbookqa