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Which animal produces more eggs
[ "African Driver Ant", "Humans", "Monkeys", "Goats" ]
Key fact: as the number of eggs laid by an animal increases , the number of eggs that hatch will increase
A
0
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A scar will develop from a
[ "tap", "slash", "run", "walk" ]
Key fact: a scar is an acquired characteristic
B
1
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Breathing is when the lungs convert oxygen from inhaled air into
[ "oxygen dispersed from respiratory bronchioles through air sacs to hemoglobin proteins", "Glucose particles in the blood", "nitrogen oxide in the blood", "carbon monoxide in the blood" ]
Key fact: breathing is when a lung converts from oxygen in air into oxygen in blood
A
0
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A person can be punched in the chest without the heart stopping because
[ "muscles crumple", "ribs guard it", "hearts are stone", "hearts are hollow" ]
Key fact: the skeletal system protects internal organs
B
1
openbookqa
If the earth were small enough to put on a plate and serve up for dinner, the being eating it would get mouthfuls of
[ "stew", "towels", "stone", "corn" ]
Key fact: Earth 's surface is made of rock
C
2
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if a habitat is destroyed then that habitat
[ "is clean", "is smelly", "is super", "is gone forever" ]
Key fact: if a habitat is destroyed then that habitat can not support animals
D
3
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Water, while a finite resource, is renewable because
[ "water is good to drink", "water is hard to dry up", "water is quite cyclical", "water is found in trees" ]
Key fact: water is a renewable resource
C
2
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Which are likely slightly larger in size than its liquid counterparts?
[ "solid steel", "solid wood", "solid glaciers", "solid mercury" ]
Key fact: when water freezes , that water expands
C
2
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Which likely has the highest force exerted upon it?
[ "the palm of your hand", "a pillow for sleeping", "a home run baseball", "a button on a keyboard" ]
Key fact: as force exerted on an object increases , distance travelled will increase
C
2
openbookqa
When the game console's power cable was attached to the wall, electricity ended up in
[ "the plug", "the power cable", "the wall", "the game console" ]
Key fact: sending electricity through a conductor causes electricity to flow through that conductor
D
3
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Which land type is covered in snow for the largest portion of the year?
[ "tiaga and", "prairie", "deciduous forest", "desert" ]
Key fact: cold environments are usually white in color from being covered in snow
A
0
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As a Red Giant forms it's gravity will
[ "grow", "fluctuate", "shrink", "reverse" ]
Key fact: as mass of a celestial body increases , the force of gravity on that planet will increase
A
0
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Which of these are required for a mother cat to have the same whisker length as her daughter?
[ "rock music", "jeans", "magic", "genes" ]
Key fact: genes are a vehicle for passing inherited characteristics from parent to offspring
D
3
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The way that electrical conductors works in ways such as
[ "sticking a plug into an outlet to power a microwave", "turning on a coffee pot in the morning", "making sure that a hair dryer is unplugged after use", "turning on lights in a room" ]
Key fact: when an electrical conductor is plugged into an outlet , a circuit is completed
A
0
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What is most likely to occur before a rainstorm?
[ "chlorine gas is released into the atmosphere", "atmospheric water droplets collide", "the electromagnetic field of the earth flips", "rivers and lakes overflow" ]
Key fact: precipitation is when water falls from the sky
B
1
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Tearing an object changes that object's
[ "nutrition", "biology", "chemical composition", "formation" ]
Key fact: tearing an object changes that object 's shape
D
3
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If an electromagnet is active then a nail touching it will become what?
[ "frozen", "reactively charged", "cold", "magnetic personality" ]
Key fact: if battery in an electromagnet is active then the nail in the electromagnet will become magnetic
B
1
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What temperature is most likely to result in sweat?
[ "0 degrees Celsius", "95 degrees Fahrenheit", "34 degrees Celsius", "33 degrees Celsius" ]
Key fact: sweat is used for adjusting to hot temperatures by some animals
B
1
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The strength of a hurricane will increase
[ "in a sweltering environment", "in a cold environment", "in a breezy environment", "in a dry environment" ]
Key fact: as heat and moisture increases , the strength of a hurricane will increase
A
0
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Diamonds are made and dispersed by
[ "volcanoes", "gypsies", "giants", "clouds" ]
Key fact: all minerals are formed by natural geological processes
A
0
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A person can cause a chemical reaction by adding heat to
[ "a rock", "a diamond", "cake batter", "a wall" ]
Key fact: adding heat to an object sometimes causes chemical reactions
C
2
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The shape of a hummingbird's beak is an adaptation for
[ "getting to hard to reach wood", "getting to hard to reach females", "getting to hard to reach rocks", "getting to hard to reach nutrients" ]
Key fact: sharp beaks are a kind of adaptation for catching prey
D
3
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Someone in a room without any lights on, but that has mirrors in it, can still have light in that room if
[ "lights are turned on in another house", "a joined room is dark", "the room is completely dark", "a joined room is lit" ]
Key fact: a mirror is used for reflecting light
D
3
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when light hits a reflective object , that light
[ "never reaches it", "illuminates the backside", "goes above it", "redirected from it" ]
Key fact: when light hits a reflective object , that light bounces off that object
D
3
openbookqa
A consequence of creating thousands of notebooks is
[ "longer days", "habitat change", "lush landscapes", "shorter days." ]
Key fact: creating paper requires cutting down trees
B
1
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The sun shines the least when an area has
[ "precipitation", "blue skies", "clear skies", "empty skies" ]
Key fact: as the amount of rain increases in an environment , available sunlight will decrease in that environment
A
0
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A puppy wakes up and needs to to for a walk. In order to have the ability to do this, he will require
[ "pebbles", "lunch", "toys", "wheels" ]
Key fact: an animal requires energy to move
B
1
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At the beach you are likely to find this type of stone:
[ "rock that is compacted from other rock", "rock that is formed of plastic", "rock that is formed of water", "rock that is compacted trash" ]
Key fact: sedimentary rocks are formed from sediment compacting together
A
0
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glass crystals will cause light to
[ "go out", "dim", "deflect", "brighten" ]
Key fact: objects made of glass cause refraction of light
C
2
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if a tree fell down and dried with a hole in it, which of these would likely be in it?
[ "A two hundred pound lion", "a great white shark", "a striped tail nut eater", "a wild female antelope" ]
Key fact: some raccoons live in hollow logs
C
2
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Humans are
[ "Air", "Sunlight", "Water", "Plants" ]
Key fact: animals require water for survival
C
2
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A person wants to use a raw material to make a toy, so they use
[ "bronze", "plastic", "denim", "logs" ]
Key fact: if something is a raw material then that something comes directly from a source
D
3
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as the amount of polluting gasses in the atmosphere increases , what will also increase in the atmosphere?
[ "reflections", "humidity", "depth", "hotness" ]
Key fact: as the amount of polluting gasses in the atmoshere increases , the atmospheric temperature will increase
D
3
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Which of these would enjoy the flavor of honey?
[ "Raccoons", "Leaves", "Bacteria", "Flowers" ]
Key fact: animals taste flavors
A
0
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summer is when a hemisphere is tilted towards what?
[ "new york", "saturn", "mars", "astral gas ball" ]
Key fact: summer is when a hemisphere is tilted towards the sun
D
3
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When there is an increase in atmospheric temperature, then
[ "glaciers become too large", "global sea level decreases", "Antartica and Greenland icebergs will melt", "Earth absorbs less sunlight" ]
Key fact: if the atmospheric temperature rises then the glaciers will melt
C
2
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A person with a pet amphibian will likely feed it
[ "meal worms", "deer", "steak", "wax" ]
Key fact: a frog eats insects
A
0
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When would the days be the longest 1000 miles north of the equator?
[ "the same time that the nights are the longest", "in the month of March", "6 months after Christmas", "in the fall season" ]
Key fact: the amount of daylight is greatest in the summer
C
2
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Why is it dangerous for an animal to be kept boxed up in an area without air circulation?
[ "it will be confused", "it might get too viscious", "it will be scared", "it might get overheated" ]
Key fact: if an organism becomes too hot then that organism may die
D
3
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What requires energy to move?
[ "a rock", "a cloud", "a monkey", "a leaf" ]
Key fact: an animal requires energy to move
C
2
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during the winter, a man's central heating stops functioning. Which of these could be a lifeline?
[ "cranking on the air conditioner", "leaving the oven lid open", "leaving the fan on", "leaving the window open" ]
Key fact: an oven is a source of heat
B
1
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Which of these animals might eat a steak?
[ "Chicken", "Lion", "Cow", "Buffalo" ]
Key fact: carnivores only eat animals
B
1
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A person is going to go to the beach and plans on getting some items for swimming, so they buy
[ "wetsuit", "canes", "bricks", "hats" ]
Key fact: swimming is when humans can move in water
A
0
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A mechanical device requires 420 J of work to do 230 J of work in lifting a crate. What is the efficiency of the device?
[ "65%", "50%", "60%", "55%" ]
Key fact: a simple machine requires mechanical energy to function
D
3
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A fallen tree may provide what?
[ "Hope", "Happiness", "Love", "Thriving life" ]
Key fact: if a tree falls then that tree is dead
D
3
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Perspiration leaving the torso through evaporation helps
[ "quench it's thirst", "heat it up", "cool it down", "wash it off" ]
Key fact: sweat cools a body
C
2
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The best time to have an all-day BBQ in the northern hemisphere is
[ "December 21st", "the winter solstice", "end of June", "sometime in January" ]
Key fact: the amount of daylight is greatest on the summer solstice
C
2
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New hydro-electric vehicles will result in gas stations
[ "eventually earning a lot of money", "being blown up by the governor of California", "eventually losing a lot of money", "reporting record third quarter growth" ]
Key fact: as the use of alternative fuels increases , the use of gasoline will decrease
C
2
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Due to plates gliding over our planet's mantle, why is Vancouver likely to be destroyed?
[ "it sits on an active fault line", "it's located in Canada", "it has French people", "the Pacific Ocean is only half as blue as the Atlantic" ]
Key fact: a tectonic plate moves along a fault line
A
0
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Earth's magnetic patterns are helpful
[ "to birds building a nest", "to lions roaming the Sahara", "to birds looking a warmer locale", "to whales trying to find a mate" ]
Key fact: Earth 's magnetic patterns are used for finding locations by animals that migrate
C
2
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Bears hibernate in winter because
[ "to socialize more with other bears", "the environment is colder and has less food", "a fixed amount of time has passed", "cubs are being born" ]
Key fact: seasonal changes are made in response to changes in the environment
B
1
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What might happen in an Earthquake?
[ "It is the start of the Olympics", "Cats come out of the crack", "Jimmy may need to move", "A magical god comes out" ]
Key fact: an earthquake changes Earth 's surface quickly
C
2
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How many divisions of particular weather patterns and hours of daylight is a year divided into?
[ "4", "long", "3", "12" ]
Key fact: a new season occurs four times per year
A
0
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A boy that has two legs and two arms has parents that have
[ "nearly an arm and a leg", "the same number limbs", "their left arms only", "one right leg each" ]
Key fact: the number of body parts of an organism is an inherited characteristic
B
1
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What does electrical energy become when a light bulb is turned on?
[ "energy newly derived from radiation", "energy derived from its motion", "energy that can be seen and used to see the matter around us", "solar and wind energy" ]
Key fact: a light bulb converts electrical energy into light energy when it is turned on
C
2
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Which of these has resonating wood?
[ "a lute", "a bell", "a metal flute", "a saxophone" ]
Key fact: strumming a string can cause that string to vibrate
A
0
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A glacier is made from
[ "the same stuff as pencils are made from", "the same stuff as steam", "the same stuff as the gas that lights up signs", "the same stuff as the gas that fills up balloons" ]
Key fact: a glacier is made of ice
B
1
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If a living being will make it to adulthood, then the most important thing to it will be
[ "talons", "mining", "edibles", "hotels" ]
Key fact: an animal requires nutrients for survival
C
2
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This would be associated with a lack of sunlight:
[ "a wide sandy desert", "carbonic acid in groundwater", "a tropical beach scene", "a rice plantation in the North" ]
Key fact: a cavern is formed by carbonic acid in groundwater seeping through rock and dissolving limestone
B
1
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To pass on heat one might
[ "eat food", "hold hands", "time travel", "fart" ]
Key fact: heat can change the state of matter
B
1
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A kitten is born and a person who is petting it can know that it
[ "broke through shell", "was hatched", "was an egg", "came out breathing" ]
Key fact: live birth means developing inside the mother instead of an egg
D
3
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The Earth may lose a million parts of energy each day but
[ "it loses more", "it has less", "it gains more", "it is soft" ]
Key fact: the Earth absorbs more energy than it loses
C
2
openbookqa
deep sea animals live way down in the
[ "volcanoes", "wet abyss", "sky", "mount everest" ]
Key fact: deep sea animals live deep in the ocean
B
1
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Oak tree seeds are planted and a sidewalk is paved right next to that spot, until eventually, the tree is tall and the roots must extend past the sidewalk, which means
[ "roots may fall apart", "roots may begin to die", "parts may break the concrete", "roots may be split" ]
Key fact: scraping an object may cause small particles to break off of that object
C
2
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A fundamental feature of all life produces
[ "offspring", "auroras", "magnetism", "organisms" ]
Key fact: reproduction produces offspring
A
0
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With the apple tree chopped down, there was now no place for
[ "apples", "apple pies", "falling leaves", "bird's nests" ]
Key fact: cutting down trees has a negative impact on an organisms living in an ecosystem
D
3
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Consumers eat other what?
[ "oxygen", "animal toys", "rays", "weaker bugs" ]
Key fact: consumers eat other organisms
D
3
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As a soccer ball goes flying through the air, the person watching it knows that the reason is because
[ "everything is aerial", "exerting occurred", "balls are birds", "soccer takes wing" ]
Key fact: if an object is kicked then force is exerted on that object
B
1
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One day a zebra dies. Zero baby zebras were born in the herd on that day.
[ "the zebras traveled a hundred miles that day", "a new life was created", "the population went down", "the population of the herd increased" ]
Key fact: if an organism dies then the population of that organism will decrease
C
2
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the sun makes rounds around this planet
[ "maybe", "this is wrong", "all of these", "this is true" ]
Key fact: the Earth revolves around the sun
B
1
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Illness has a negative impact on the health of what?
[ "rocks", "bricks", "llamas", "plastics" ]
Key fact: illness has a negative impact on an organism 's health
C
2
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When a varmint eats a pear and discards the seeds what will develop
[ "a tree", "flower", "debt", "an ant mound" ]
Key fact: An example of seed dispersal is animals eating seeds
A
0
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Predators which rely on small rodents for food will do what when rodents all die off?
[ "become vegetarians", "increase in population", "have more food", "have lower numbers" ]
Key fact: as the supply of food in an environment decreases , the population of animals in that environment will decrease
D
3
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Which would likely be the biggest factor in climate change?
[ "bees", "glaciers", "bicycles", "factories" ]
Key fact: carbon dioxide concentrations in the air have increased over the last decade dramatically
D
3
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a couple sits on a meadow enjoying a nice picnic, when something runs by with a terrible smell. what could it be?
[ "a raccoon wandering the meadows", "a person with a great cologne", "a little skunk going about its business", "a scarecrow come to life" ]
Key fact: a skunk produces a bad odor
C
2
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Which is able to create its own nourishment from sunlight?
[ "roses", "deer", "rainbows", "water buffalo" ]
Key fact: animal cells can not perform photosynthesis
A
0
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As a sled runs off the snow and on to the asphalt it's runners start
[ "fly off", "turn sideways", "to heat up", "cooling down" ]
Key fact: as the roughness of something increases , the friction of that something will increase when its surface moves against another surface
C
2
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To be a friend of the environment
[ "buy products that can be reused", "drive a gas guzzling car", "throw aluminum cans in the trash", "litter in public parks" ]
Key fact: recycling has a positive impact on the environment
A
0
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The moon is absent of
[ "craters", "gravity", "H2O", "CO2" ]
Key fact: the moon does not contain water
C
2
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Ice wedging might create
[ "buildings", "Beds", "cars", "mountainsides" ]
Key fact: ice wedging is when ice causes rocks to crack by expanding in openings
D
3
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A way to illuminate a dark study is to
[ "spread a good idea", "introduce a spark to a wick", "open a small box", "put a book down" ]
Key fact: a candle is a source of light when it is burned
B
1
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many vehicles emitting pollution into the air may occur when
[ "horses pull carriage over snow", "child is propelling scooter", "trolley collects current from overhead wire", "EMT transports panting patient" ]
Key fact: many vehicles emit pollution into the air
D
3
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Where does an object feel the least pressure?
[ "a riverbed", "a puddle", "a lake bed", "the ocean floor" ]
Key fact: as an object descends into water , the pressure on that object will increase
B
1
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If a thing experiences a burning combustion, then it is
[ "great", "safe", "fine", "damaged" ]
Key fact: a car engine usually converts gasoline into motion and heat through combustion
D
3
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Which of these items must be combined with a river to produce power?
[ "chocolat", "ice", "snow", "concrete" ]
Key fact: hydropower requires damming a river
D
3
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A rock is boring, so a person wants to make it look different. A person could have it weathered by
[ "putting it in a bag", "putting it in a yard", "putting it in a dish", "putting it in a tumbler" ]
Key fact: mechanical weathering is when rocks are broken down by mechanical means
D
3
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Which can best be described as hibernation for most amphibians?
[ "a brain dead frog in mud", "a frog napping for an hour in mud", "a frog burying itself in mud for months", "a frog sleeping for the night in mud" ]
Key fact: an amphibian is cold-blooded
C
2
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Feeling is when a living thing senses through what?
[ "sight", "smell", "contact", "taste" ]
Key fact: feeling is when an living thing senses through touch
C
2
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If an environment experiences a long drought
[ "animals will experience a boom in reproduction", "ponds may dry up and kill off the fish population", "tadpoles will mature faster into frogs", "plants will continue to flourish" ]
Key fact: if the amount of available food and water decreases in an environment then animals may leave that environment to find food and water
B
1
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Different plants draw different minerals so to save the land you need to
[ "water less", "switch crops yearly", "watch the moon", "bring in dirt" ]
Key fact: crop rotation renews soil
B
1
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If you want to walk over a lake, which of these is necessary?
[ "happy dogs", "freezing temperatures", "meowing cats", "hot lava" ]
Key fact: freezing point means temperature below which a liquid freezes
B
1
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An plant that requires lots of watering would do better in
[ "craters on Earth's moon", "a sandy, barren desert", "a lush elm-filled area", "a large expanse of frozen tundra" ]
Key fact: a forest environment receives more rainfall than a desert
C
2
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Needing to use an umbrella could be the result of
[ "altercation", "precipitation", "condensation", "evaporation" ]
Key fact: evaporation causes amount of water to decrease
B
1
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Marine invertebrates are likely to be discovered in
[ "rushing streams", "backyard ponds", "clam filled waters", "local pools" ]
Key fact: coral lives in the ocean
C
2
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An ivory page will be able to
[ "feed a family", "make some money", "reflect all light", "eat a cookie" ]
Key fact: a white object reflects all visible light
C
2
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A pulley is used to lift what on a flagpole?
[ "banner", "thermometer", "plants", "food" ]
Key fact: a pulley is used to lift a flag on a flagpole
A
0
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Thirteen times a year, roughly, the moon
[ "crashes into the Earth", "is orbited by the Earth", "lights up the Earth", "completely rotates the Earth" ]
Key fact: the moon orbiting the Earth approximately occurs 13 times per year
D
3
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What causes flooding?
[ "dryness", "droughts", "sunlight", "deluges" ]
Key fact: heavy rains cause flooding
D
3
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Tendons work with what to move the bodies skeletal system
[ "wires", "meat", "robots", "ropes" ]
Key fact: muscles pull bones to move the bones
B
1
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Blind people are unable to see what the shapes of things are, but they can still sense it thanks contacting it via their
[ "flying", "singing", "smiling", "hands" ]
Key fact: the shape of an object can be discovered through feeling that object
D
3
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