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A month that is in the summer in the Northern Hemisphere directly follows which month? | [
"March",
"November",
"January",
"May"
] | Key fact:
June is during the summer in the northern hemisphere | D | 3 | openbookqa |
If you plug this into an outlet, current will flow through it. | [
"sword tip",
"rubber",
"plastic",
"air."
] | Key fact:
sending electricity through a conductor causes electric current to flow through that conductor | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Which would likely cause an injury to a baby? | [
"a bath",
"a pacifier",
"a bottle",
"a wasp"
] | Key fact:
a stinger is used for defense by a wasp | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Chimpanzees dig for insects with sticks; what is another example of using tools? | [
"birds using twigs to build nests",
"otters using rocks to open clams",
"anteaters using their tongue to catch ants",
"koalas using their pouch to hold infants"
] | Key fact:
An example of using tools is a chimpanzee digging for insects with a stick | B | 1 | openbookqa |
A micro-scratch test is able to determine which rock formations deep inside the earth's sub-surface are the hardest and how resistant the formations are to being | [
"scratched, fractured or otherwise deformed",
"transformed into different minerals",
"melted and otherwise liquified",
"scratched with ice breakers"
] | Key fact:
heat and pressure change the remains of prehistoric living things into natural gas | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Which relationship is true? | [
"wind is renewable; metal is nonrenewable",
"wind is recyclable, metal is other",
"wind is happy, metal is other",
"wind is nonrenewable; metal is renewable"
] | Key fact:
metal is a nonrenewable resource | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Two females usually can produce | [
"children",
"a progeny",
"offspring",
"nothing"
] | Key fact:
two females can not usually reproduce with each other | D | 3 | openbookqa |
amphibians hatch from | [
"trees",
"rocks",
"the sky",
"calcium life pods"
] | Key fact:
amphibians hatch from eggs | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Why would a lightbulb be dark? | [
"the bulb needs to be charged",
"the room is too bright",
"the circuit is incomplete",
"it ran out of electricity"
] | Key fact:
electricity can not flow through an open circuit | C | 2 | openbookqa |
What color is a stick bug? | [
"brown",
"gray",
"green",
"black"
] | Key fact:
An example of camouflage is when something has the same color as its environment | A | 0 | openbookqa |
When an object moves, how will its kinetic energy be affected? | [
"lower",
"reduced",
"escalate",
"lessen"
] | Key fact:
as an object moves , the kinetic energy of that object will increase | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Which is likely considered soft? | [
"taffy",
"steel",
"diamond",
"hard pretzels"
] | Key fact:
if a mineral can be scratched by a fingernail then that mineral is soft | A | 0 | openbookqa |
To warm yourself up on a chilly day | [
"rub your palms together",
"wear short sleeve shirts",
"go without any socks",
"stand still in one place"
] | Key fact:
friction causes the temperature of an object to increase | A | 0 | openbookqa |
A simple pulley example could be | [
"Going running on a treadmill",
"Swimming lap in a pool",
"Riding a bike outside",
"pulling water from a well"
] | Key fact:
a pulley is used to lift a flag on a flagpole | D | 3 | openbookqa |
What is something that could be made from iron? | [
"Cats",
"RVs",
"Wood",
"Feelings"
] | Key fact:
iron nails are made of iron | B | 1 | openbookqa |
The more hawks that chow down on voles, the | [
"the happier voles in an area",
"the bigger voles in the area",
"fewer voles in that area",
"more voles in the area"
] | Key fact:
if a new predator begins eating prey then the population of that prey will decrease | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Snowfall takes place during the winter in what area? | [
"Arctic",
"Atlantic",
"Rain forest",
"Tropics"
] | Key fact:
snow falls during the winter in the arctic environment | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Some birds find locations with | [
"landmarks",
"road signs",
"eggs",
"magnetic patterns"
] | Key fact:
Earth 's magnetic patterns are used for finding locations by animals that migrate | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Single cell organisms can put an animal in the | [
"funny farm",
"space program",
"emergency room",
"hall of fame"
] | Key fact:
bacteria can cause people to become ill | C | 2 | openbookqa |
If a bird is moving through the sky, someone wanting to know the speed would | [
"speedily enjoy viewing",
"observe quickness",
"watch slowly",
"look away"
] | Key fact:
speed is a measure of how fast an object is moving | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Most of the pollutants in the air and in our world are there due to | [
"wolves attacking deer",
"dolphins under water",
"man made reasons",
"naturally occurring reasons"
] | Key fact:
humans cause pollution | C | 2 | openbookqa |
which one of these would be a migratory outcome? | [
"animals feeling more comfortable being outside",
"animals getting more sick",
"animals getting more aggressive",
"animals dying from sub-zero weather"
] | Key fact:
migration is when animals move themselves from a cooler climate to a warmer climate for the winter | A | 0 | openbookqa |
A 40 foot wide hole is found in the dessert. It's shaped like a ball had hit it. What could have happened? | [
"something from space entered the atmosphere",
"a lizard built the hole",
"the moon's gravity pulled sand out of the hole",
"a dust storm filled it in"
] | Key fact:
usually craters on planets are formed by asteroids impacting that planet or moon 's surface | A | 0 | openbookqa |
A person is lost in a dense forest, and needs to find their home. They know their home is to the south, and they are headed north. They can find home by using a | [
"northern-directing device",
"northern light reader",
"northeastern winds",
"north central credit"
] | Key fact:
a compass is a kind of tool for determining direction by pointing north | A | 0 | openbookqa |
If a tree in your backyard rots away for is knocked over by the wind, you can just | [
"plant another",
"Draw one",
"climb one",
"do nothing"
] | Key fact:
a tree can be replaced by planting a new tree | A | 0 | openbookqa |
When a lake receives too much rain it will | [
"swell beyond it's banks",
"reverse direction of flow",
"lower it's water level",
"dry up all together"
] | Key fact:
when a body of water receives more water than it can hold , a flood occurs | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Adding heat energy to something can cook it, such as heating | [
"ice",
"wood",
"seashells",
"cookie dough"
] | Key fact:
cooking food requires adding heat energy | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Which feels hotter? | [
"90 degrees Fahrenheit, high humidity",
"low temperature, low humidity",
"low temperature, high humidity",
"90 degrees Fahrenheit, low humidity"
] | Key fact:
humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air | A | 0 | openbookqa |
A supermodel with a big nose probably | [
"ate an animal with a big nose",
"had a parent also with one",
"didn't pay the photographer enough",
"ate dog food a lot"
] | Key fact:
when both a dominant and recessive gene are present , the dominant trait will be visible | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Who would refrain from eating a salad? | [
"horses",
"cows",
"wolves",
"rabbits"
] | Key fact:
carnivores only eat animals | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Shorter periods of daylight happen | [
"October to December",
"November to March",
"December to April",
"December to March"
] | Key fact:
the amount of daylight is least in the winter | D | 3 | openbookqa |
If a snow storm is coming you should? | [
"Go out",
"Find pizza",
"Buy supplies",
"Watch Tv"
] | Key fact:
preparing for a storm requires predicting the occurrence of that storm | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Which is an inherited characteristic? | [
"hair length",
"clothing style",
"bone thickness",
"language skills"
] | Key fact:
the thickness of the parts of an organism is an inherited characteristic | C | 2 | openbookqa |
if a person has a scar on the face, at what point did they get it? | [
"after they were born",
"at the time of delivery",
"at the time of conception",
"at the time of fetus development"
] | Key fact:
a scar is an acquired characteristic | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Living near any body of water puts your home at risk of flooding, if there is? | [
"too much rainfall",
"West Virginia",
"Jelly Beans",
"Tape"
] | Key fact:
storms cause bodies of water to increase amount of water they contain | A | 0 | openbookqa |
If enough dirt is able to accumulate over a carcass, then eventually that carcass may | [
"be solidified in stone",
"be frozen in carbonate",
"be melted to a tree",
"become a source of water"
] | Key fact:
fossils are formed when layers of sediment cover the remains of organisms over time | A | 0 | openbookqa |
If a bear has thick legs fur, then | [
"her mom was very old",
"his hair is blonde",
"her arms are wide",
"his ancestors had the same"
] | Key fact:
the thickness of the parts of an organism is an inherited characteristic | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Which animal will eat only plants? | [
"snake",
"fish",
"slug",
"deer"
] | Key fact:
herbivores only eat plants | D | 3 | openbookqa |
if a spoon was placed outside under our closest star, what could happen to it? | [
"it would shrink smaller",
"it would feel warmer to touch",
"it would freeze over",
"it would become a gas"
] | Key fact:
absorbing sunlight causes objects to heat | B | 1 | openbookqa |
If an animal gets too cold for its body to perform its functions, that animal will | [
"perish due coldness",
"laugh to death",
"do math",
"float"
] | Key fact:
if a living thing becomes too cold then that living thing will die | A | 0 | openbookqa |
An iron horseshoe with red stripes is held over a paperclip and | [
"melts it",
"drops it",
"burns it",
"yanks it"
] | Key fact:
a magnet attracts magnetic metals through magnetism | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Cars driving over a stone road throughout a year, including hot days and cool nights, may cause the road to | [
"evaporate",
"burn",
"flood",
"break up"
] | Key fact:
mechanical weathering is when rocks are broken down by mechanical means | D | 3 | openbookqa |
A lack of water has a direct connection on the amount of available | [
"shelters",
"sustenance",
"rainy days",
"mates"
] | Key fact:
as available water in an environment decreases , the amount of available food in that environment will decrease | B | 1 | openbookqa |
An arid sandy place has very little | [
"sustenance",
"sand",
"sun",
"heat"
] | Key fact:
a desert environment contains very little food | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Which animal might catch it's sustenance faster? | [
"Snail",
"Frigate Bird",
"turtle",
"Sloth"
] | Key fact:
if an organism 's prey moves quickly then that organism may need to move quickly to catch its prey | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Squirrels eat a variety of foods including | [
"beef",
"tender leaf buds",
"pork",
"cotton candy"
] | Key fact:
squirrels eat edible plants | B | 1 | openbookqa |
A bear in the arctic can go a long time without eating | [
"if it is focused",
"if it is determined",
"if it is working",
"if it has excess chub"
] | Key fact:
an animal can survive in an environment with little food by storing fat | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Electricity causes less damage to the Earth's atmosphere than | [
"Gasoline",
"Potatoes",
"The sun",
"Water"
] | Key fact:
electricity causes less pollution than gasoline | A | 0 | openbookqa |
If the ground is fully shaded, and plants there barely grow, likely the reason is | [
"water there is clean",
"people there are silly",
"oaks there are mighty",
"birds there are fat"
] | Key fact:
large trees block sunlight from reaching the ground | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Which have a positive impact on the environment? | [
"driving gas guzzlers",
"canvas grocery sacks",
"littering",
"unchecked consumerism"
] | Key fact:
recycling has a positive impact on the environment | B | 1 | openbookqa |
What could be used to find out how much carpet is needed for a room? | [
"a tape measure",
"a compass",
"a barometer",
"a beam balance"
] | Key fact:
a tape measure is used to measure distance | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Naomi looks around outside on a prairie and it is cloudless but the sun is nowhere to be seen. It is | [
"night",
"noon",
"morning",
"afternoon"
] | Key fact:
if it is night then the sun has set | A | 0 | openbookqa |
An example of a conductor might be | [
"carrots",
"wood",
"a nickel",
"magic"
] | Key fact:
An electrical conductor is a vehicle for the flow of electricity | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Your body goes into starvation mode when you insufficient amounts of | [
"shoes",
"fun",
"pants",
"sustenance"
] | Key fact:
lack of food causes starvation | D | 3 | openbookqa |
If a reptile were taken to the iceland it would | [
"have many babies",
"thrive",
"build a home",
"die"
] | Key fact:
an animal usually requires a warm body temperature for survival | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Why would philanthropists donate special straws to help poor countries? | [
"they pollute water",
"they need straws",
"they treat water",
"they poison water"
] | Key fact:
treating water is used to remove harmful substances before drinking | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Melting of polar icecaps will | [
"lead to more some US states gaining surface area",
"lead to more animal species roaming the Earth",
"cause the loss of animal habitats",
"cause a boom in the polar bear population"
] | Key fact:
as the level of water rises , the amount of available land will decrease | C | 2 | openbookqa |
If an organism dies what happens to that organisms population? | [
"relaxes",
"cries",
"increases",
"subsides"
] | Key fact:
if an organism dies then the population of that organism will decrease | D | 3 | openbookqa |
diamonds exist because of the existence of | [
"raw carbon",
"work force",
"plant feeding",
"machines"
] | Key fact:
if something is a raw material then that something comes directly from a source | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Which of the following is true? | [
"gut flora can make you more healthy",
"bacteria is always bad",
"bacteria in your brain helps digest food",
"gut bacteria always makes you sick"
] | Key fact:
bacteria can help digest food in humans | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Pushing on a pedal is an example of | [
"force",
"patching",
"practice",
"speed"
] | Key fact:
pushing on the pedals of a bike cause that bike to move | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Carnivores devour omnivores which eat | [
"flora",
"rocks",
"crustaceans",
"sand"
] | Key fact:
omnivores eat plants | A | 0 | openbookqa |
A tree can be replaced by planting a new what? | [
"tall bush",
"farm",
"grass",
"ford"
] | Key fact:
a tree can be replaced by planting a new tree | A | 0 | openbookqa |
An example of combined substances could be | [
"diamonds",
"tin",
"cake",
"water"
] | Key fact:
An example of combining two substances is pouring one substance into the other substance | C | 2 | openbookqa |
An action that may provide a small bit of warmth could be | [
"looking out of a window",
"putting the radio on",
"looking at a snow storm",
"smashing hands together repeatedly"
] | Key fact:
friction occurs when two object 's surfaces move against each other | D | 3 | openbookqa |
What loosens soil? | [
"gopher homes",
"wind",
"heat",
"bird nests"
] | Key fact:
tunnels in soil loosen that soil | A | 0 | openbookqa |
A camera can take an image and | [
"preserve it",
"edit it",
"lock it in",
"produce it"
] | Key fact:
a camera is used for recording images | A | 0 | openbookqa |
The moon's surface | [
"features of variety of landscape features",
"is covered completely in water",
"is 100% flat and smooth",
"is 100% covered in asteroid created craters"
] | Key fact:
the moon 's surface contains highlands | A | 0 | openbookqa |
In a drought, a resource that will be lacking is | [
"soil",
"land",
"droplets",
"cheese"
] | Key fact:
drought means available water decreases in an environment | C | 2 | openbookqa |
A lizard that passed away centuries ago may be viewed most easily today in some ways through | [
"globes",
"mirrors",
"telescopes",
"sediment"
] | Key fact:
An example of a fossil is a footprint in a rock | D | 3 | openbookqa |
A blue colored item will only reflect | [
"all colors in the spectrum",
"only the color white",
"a combination of colors",
"an exact matching color"
] | Key fact:
if an object is blue then that object reflects only blue light | D | 3 | openbookqa |
A load of earth and stone that folds upon itself repeatedly could be considered | [
"a still",
"a group",
"a range",
"a pond"
] | Key fact:
mountains are formed by plate tectonics | C | 2 | openbookqa |
If a screwdriver is bought from a high end store known for high quality, it will most likely end up | [
"falling apart quite fast",
"breaking in half immediately",
"with rotting wood this week",
"passed down from parent to child"
] | Key fact:
as the time a tool lasts increases , the number of tools discarded will decrease | D | 3 | openbookqa |
If your pet bird is having trouble flying | [
"lock them in their cage more",
"give up and get a new bird",
"try putting them on a diet",
"take away all their perches"
] | Key fact:
as the weight of an animal decreases , that animal will fly more easily | C | 2 | openbookqa |
A large body of salty water drying up is responsible for the creation of the | [
"salt flats",
"salt water taffy",
"Rocky mountains",
"ocean winds"
] | Key fact:
An example of a change in the Earth is an ocean becoming a wooded area | A | 0 | openbookqa |
A shark is looking for a quick bite, so it | [
"eats some seeds",
"eats a sandbar",
"eats some seaweed",
"eats an eel"
] | Key fact:
carnivores are predators | D | 3 | openbookqa |
What is the source of energy for physical cycles on Earth? | [
"the closest planet to earth",
"the closest yellow dwarf star",
"the seven different oceans",
"various gas powered engines"
] | Key fact:
the sun is the source of energy for physical cycles on Earth | B | 1 | openbookqa |
If the days are more chilled than before, and yet still avoid freezing degrees, a likely assumption is that | [
"daylight lasts longer",
"daylight has lessened",
"daylight is brighter",
"nights are shorter"
] | Key fact:
when the seasons change from the summer to the fall , the amount of daylight will decrease | B | 1 | openbookqa |
An indian hawthorn that has received more water will usually be | [
"taller",
"older",
"less healthy",
"colder"
] | Key fact:
as the amount of water received by a plant increases , that plant will usually grow | A | 0 | openbookqa |
In order for trees to use sunlight they must | [
"their roots",
"the light switch",
"CPR",
"respire"
] | Key fact:
living things require respiration to use energy | D | 3 | openbookqa |
An example of a chemical change is | [
"milk to yogurt",
"mixing marbles",
"my chemical romance",
"shredding paper"
] | Key fact:
An example of a chemical change is acid breaking down substances | A | 0 | openbookqa |
A cardinal makes brief contact with a picnic table, and between them there is | [
"death",
"transactions",
"animosity",
"abrasion"
] | Key fact:
friction occurs when two object 's surfaces move against each other | D | 3 | openbookqa |
A family moves into an old home that mice have moved into. Soon after the human family moves in, the family of mice are likely to | [
"be frozen",
"be ejected",
"be happy",
"be welcomed"
] | Key fact:
humans moving into an environment usually causes native species to lose their habitats | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Maps may be redrawn because of | [
"an avalanche",
"a deep freeze",
"a glacier",
"an earthquake"
] | Key fact:
an earthquake changes Earth 's surface quickly | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Miletinae in the air above will have gone through a transmutation and would have already gone through what pre imago but post egg stage ? | [
"egg stage",
"old stage",
"stage after larva",
"moth stage"
] | Key fact:
the pupa stage is a stage in the metamorphosis process of some animals | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Which of the following relies on vibrating matter to work? | [
"soda cans",
"dog food",
"baseball caps",
"violas"
] | Key fact:
vibrating matter can produce sound | D | 3 | openbookqa |
In a bog, when water levels become low, | [
"bog animals may be thirsty",
"bog animals may search longer for nutrients",
"the bog produces more water",
"bog predators need more prey"
] | Key fact:
as available water in an environment decreases , the amount of available food in that environment will decrease | B | 1 | openbookqa |
In order for a crane to operate properly it requires | [
"sand",
"the wind",
"solar power",
"a fulcrum"
] | Key fact:
a lever is used for moving heavy objects | D | 3 | openbookqa |
If a tree falls then it is what? | [
"alive",
"expired",
"lush",
"growing"
] | Key fact:
if a tree falls then that tree is dead | B | 1 | openbookqa |
what characterizes a cycle | [
"a steady recurrence",
"none of these",
"a stagnant pattern",
"a circle shape"
] | Key fact:
a cycle happens repeatedly | A | 0 | openbookqa |
A crowd-source worker wants to track when a certain task drops. They would | [
"use a notebook",
"randomly play tracks",
"buy expensive sneakers",
"run for miles"
] | Key fact:
An example of collecting data is measuring | A | 0 | openbookqa |
the gravitational pull between two objects increases as they are | [
"spun around",
"brought together",
"exposed to light",
"moved apart"
] | Key fact:
as distance from an object decreases , the the pull of gravity on that object increases | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Which substance is likely present for the birth of a mountain? | [
"venom",
"peat",
"magma",
"sunlight"
] | Key fact:
mountains are formed by volcanoes | C | 2 | openbookqa |
crops need to be switched on a continual basis why? | [
"the animal habitats",
"for more pests",
"bees and birds",
"more wanted vitamins"
] | Key fact:
farming cause nutrients in the soil to decrease | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Living things all require energy for what? | [
"dying",
"observing",
"staying perky",
"decaying"
] | Key fact:
living things all require energy for survival | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Plants can use what as a pollinator? | [
"bees wax",
"small extinct birds",
"rhinos",
"windy air"
] | Key fact:
pollination is when wind carry pollen from one flower to another flower | D | 3 | openbookqa |
What prohibits cells from contorting into deformed shapes? | [
"helpful viruses help them retain their function",
"a prison cell wall contains them",
"the thin membrane which surrounds them",
"they have a Chilton's manual to guide them"
] | Key fact:
the cell membrane provides support for a cell | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Robins will often devour | [
"rocks",
"wood",
"glue",
"grasshoppers"
] | Key fact:
birds sometimes eat insects | D | 3 | openbookqa |
My dad gave me | [
"my head windows",
"a building",
"air",
"the sun"
] | Key fact:
offspring receive genes from their parents through DNA | A | 0 | openbookqa |
What might be harder to digest? | [
"corn",
"spinach",
"water",
"eggs"
] | Key fact:
the breaking down of food into simple substances occurs in the digestive system | A | 0 | openbookqa |
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