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Stepping in a lake causes | [
"tsunamis",
"ripples",
"typhoons",
"earthquakes"
] | Key fact:
dropping an object into water causes vibrations in the water | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Water in a sealed jar might do what when placed in the freezer? | [
"evaporate",
"break it",
"melt",
"run off"
] | Key fact:
when water freezes , that water expands | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Earth is warmed mostly by a large yellow dwarf star that is | [
"hollow",
"local",
"furthest",
"dark"
] | Key fact:
the Sun is the star that is closest to Earth | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Which is true? | [
"balloons and stars are composed of exactly the same materials",
"balloons and stars are the same size",
"stars and balloons share some of the same gases",
"balloons and stars contain sodium"
] | Key fact:
a star is made of gases | C | 2 | openbookqa |
What is often brackish in an estuary? | [
"water wheels",
"fish",
"air",
"h2o"
] | Key fact:
water is often brackish in an estuary | D | 3 | openbookqa |
A grass snake may make its home in | [
"a jungle",
"a desert",
"a neighborhood",
"a swamp"
] | Key fact:
grass snakes live in grass | C | 2 | openbookqa |
A seismometer will be able to tell how much this was quaking: | [
"tree",
"bird",
"shoe",
"bed"
] | Key fact:
a seismometer is used to measure the strength or magnitude of an earthquake | A | 0 | openbookqa |
What makes it difficult to hear on the moon? | [
"lack of air",
"stiff breezes",
"wind",
"sea monsters"
] | Key fact:
air is a vehicle for sound | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Evaporation of a pond can happen and will lead to what? | [
"a pond with more fish",
"a pond of less size",
"water level fluctuations constantly",
"frogs in the pond"
] | Key fact:
if a body of water loses all water then that body of water does not exist any more | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Splitting and fusing billions of atoms at the same location in space produces | [
"darkness",
"frigged rain",
"illumination",
"groceries"
] | Key fact:
nuclear reactions in stars causes stars to produce light | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Which of the following could harbor unsafe bacteria? | [
"hand sanitizer",
"unwashed greens",
"properly cooked beef",
"washed carrots"
] | Key fact:
bacteria can cause people to become ill | B | 1 | openbookqa |
A year can pass in the time it takes | [
"our globe to circle a heat source",
"to heat up a hot pocket",
"to take off your shoes",
"to wash the dirty dishes"
] | Key fact:
a complete revolution of the Earth around the sun takes one Earth year | A | 0 | openbookqa |
magnifying glass is used to | [
"make objects appear",
"find better sights",
"increase object size",
"increase seeing potential"
] | Key fact:
magnifying glass is used to see small things by making objects appear bigger | D | 3 | openbookqa |
How is a place of lower elevation affected by flooding when compared to a higher location? | [
"It is more resistant than a higher place",
"The lower area is already flooded",
"It is more affected by the flood",
"It is impossible to flood a lower elevation location"
] | Key fact:
as elevation of a place decreases , how much a flood will affect that place will increases | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Relocating a stalled vehicle requires a lot of | [
"slopes",
"force",
"wind",
"gravity"
] | Key fact:
pushing an object requires force | B | 1 | openbookqa |
With a ruler I can measure | [
"feelings",
"love",
"air",
"a phone"
] | Key fact:
a ruler is used for measuring the length of an object | D | 3 | openbookqa |
To keep a pet salamander healthy what would come in handy? | [
"live house flies",
"a dog",
"plant fertilizer",
"snakes"
] | Key fact:
a salamander eats insects | A | 0 | openbookqa |
If you're stranded on a desert for a week without clothes, you're likely to | [
"evaporate",
"find a forest",
"freeze",
"perish"
] | Key fact:
if an organism becomes too hot then that organism may die | D | 3 | openbookqa |
An example of biofuel could be | [
"metal",
"the sun",
"leaves",
"the wind"
] | Key fact:
biofuel is used to produce electricity by burning | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Which of these is warm-blooded? | [
"a frog",
"a snake",
"a vulture",
"a lizard"
] | Key fact:
a bird is warm-blooded | C | 2 | openbookqa |
How might I decrease someone's forward motion? | [
"sing to them",
"cry to them",
"hug them",
"send a letter"
] | Key fact:
a force acting on an object in the opposite direction that the object is moving can cause that object 's speed to decrease in a forward motion | C | 2 | openbookqa |
If you were to miss winter how many seasons would you have to wait till you saw it again | [
"4",
"36",
"12",
"1"
] | Key fact:
a new season occurs four times per year | A | 0 | openbookqa |
On a morning when the weather is clear, the sky is | [
"bright",
"cloudy",
"stormy",
"dark"
] | Key fact:
clear weather means sunny weather | A | 0 | openbookqa |
If a creature is building a soft space for sitting and roosting, it is likely | [
"a chickadee",
"a rabbit",
"a ferret",
"a dog"
] | Key fact:
birds build nests in the spring | A | 0 | openbookqa |
When the amount of food goes down, the amount of conflict between the organisms searching for it will | [
"nothing.",
"remain the same",
"go down",
"go up"
] | Key fact:
as the population of prey decreases , competition between predators will increase | D | 3 | openbookqa |
If you wanted the visual effect of being closer to something without moving, what would you use? | [
"An old spyglass",
"Squinting your eyes",
"A large mirror",
"Some good sunglasses"
] | Key fact:
as distance from an object decreases , that object will appear larger | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Pressure is quite high in spaces such as | [
"the floor of a sea",
"the bottom of a house",
"the bottom of a mountain",
"the bottom of a river"
] | Key fact:
as depth increases , pressure will increase | A | 0 | openbookqa |
All the water vanishes from a small depression basked in sunlight on a paved road because of | [
"freezing",
"evaporation",
"condensation",
"precipitation"
] | Key fact:
a phase change is when matter changes from one state into another state | B | 1 | openbookqa |
What have a negative impact on the environment? | [
"plants",
"trees",
"recycling",
"dumpyards"
] | Key fact:
landfills have a negative impact on the environment | D | 3 | openbookqa |
The color of our eyes are permanent because eye color is fixed at birth due to | [
"shoes",
"parent's DNA",
"doctor",
"corn"
] | Key fact:
eye color is an inherited characteristic | B | 1 | openbookqa |
This organ will help in providing nutrients to your body | [
"lungs",
"esophagus",
"kidney",
"bladder"
] | Key fact:
the digestive system breaks food into nutrients for the body | B | 1 | openbookqa |
The arctic environment mostly reflects all colors from the closest star because | [
"it's covered in prisms",
"it's covered in white precipitation",
"it's always raining there",
"the ground is completely covered with white animals"
] | Key fact:
the arctic environment is white in color from being covered in snow | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Why would a species camouflage as a dangerous animal? | [
"to mate",
"to avoid crocodiles",
"to catch prey",
"to build nests"
] | Key fact:
mimicry is used for avoiding predators by animals by camouflaging as a dangerous animal | B | 1 | openbookqa |
migration is when what move to different locations in an annual cycle? | [
"animal figurines",
"sedentary animals",
"habitual creatures",
"currents"
] | Key fact:
migration is when animals move to different locations in an annual cycle | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Which likely most relies on its looks to reproduce? | [
"the shark",
"the horse",
"the spider",
"the peacock"
] | Key fact:
coloration is used to find a mate by some animals | D | 3 | openbookqa |
in order for a person's burger to make it successfully into the toilet, which of these must be functional? | [
"the respiratory system",
"the digestive system",
"the circulatory system",
"the destructive system"
] | Key fact:
the digestive system digests food for the body | B | 1 | openbookqa |
People often tear | [
"rain",
"evaporation",
"voltage",
"private documents"
] | Key fact:
tearing means changing a whole into pieces | D | 3 | openbookqa |
A new island springs up out of the ocean after only a couple of years of | [
"underwater buildup",
"animal testing",
"volcanic movies",
"millionaire ideas"
] | Key fact:
an island is formed by lava cooling on the ocean floor over time | A | 0 | openbookqa |
If a bean is a mile away from where it originated , and then it develops into a plant which produces more beans, then that original bean most likely | [
"was flat",
"was built",
"was honest",
"was transported"
] | Key fact:
plant requires seed dispersal for reproduction | D | 3 | openbookqa |
if a plant shows up in a new place, what might have happened? | [
"the plant is able to relocate itself",
"it spontaneously appeared there",
"it walked to the new place",
"its cased embryo have been dispersed"
] | Key fact:
seed dispersal is when the seeds of a plant are spread from the parent plant to another area | D | 3 | openbookqa |
What requires energy for growth? | [
"a car",
"a hippopotamus",
"a house",
"a desk"
] | Key fact:
an organism requires energy for growth | B | 1 | openbookqa |
The moon looks different in different parts of | [
"April",
"today",
"this week",
"2018"
] | Key fact:
the phases of the Moon change the appearance of the Moon | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Red blood cells help your | [
"breathing boxes",
"magic",
"oranges",
"time traveling"
] | Key fact:
a living thing is made of cells | A | 0 | openbookqa |
A child has a basket of chocolate eggs for breakfast and as a result | [
"sleeps for the afternoon",
"quietly reads a book",
"runs around all day",
"eats seven more eggs"
] | Key fact:
an organism breaks down sugar to release energy | C | 2 | openbookqa |
an animal needs to burn complex carbohydrates to | [
"stay up",
"move",
"sit",
"sleep"
] | Key fact:
an animal requires energy to move | B | 1 | openbookqa |
How many phases are present in a closed flask if it contains ice, water and air | [
"5",
"3",
"2",
"6"
] | Key fact:
Matter in the liquid phase has definite volume | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Which are least likely to be seen in the wild? | [
"bird eggs",
"human eggs",
"fish eggs",
"crocodile eggs"
] | Key fact:
if an animal hatches from an egg then that animal is born | B | 1 | openbookqa |
A pulley is used to lift a flag on a flagpole by | [
"putting something in the air",
"yanking string up a wheel",
"moving a rope sideways",
"moving things with wheels"
] | Key fact:
a pulley is used for lifting objects | B | 1 | openbookqa |
An object that contains gas often goes | [
"in circles",
"forward",
"down",
"up"
] | Key fact:
a balloon contains gas | D | 3 | openbookqa |
What is the most sensible reason why a stove is often just white? | [
"it scatters all photons away from it without absorbing any",
"a chef specified white makes food cook better",
"it was black until someone scrubbed all the blood off it and it turned white",
"confining a stove to any specific color is color-shaming and indicates white privilege"
] | Key fact:
if an object reflects a light of a certain color then the object appears to be that color | A | 0 | openbookqa |
More dirt and sand gets deposited in a flat area near a river whenever | [
"the river is hit with an extremely large amount of precipitation in a day",
"a deer is hunted on the river bank",
"birds fly over the area",
"a helicopter flies too low over the land"
] | Key fact:
when a river floods , that river deposits sediment in flood plains | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Hotter blood is rarely found | [
"in horny toads",
"in rats",
"in humans",
"in bears"
] | Key fact:
a reptile is cold-blooded | A | 0 | openbookqa |
If a flag is adjusted at great heights | [
"something is pulled",
"something is ravaged",
"something is burned",
"something is gold"
] | Key fact:
a pulley is used to lift a flag on a flagpole | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Mechanical weathering is a end result of a | [
"wind turbines",
"solar panel",
"shad tree mechanic",
"giant ice river"
] | Key fact:
a glacier causes mechanical weathering | D | 3 | openbookqa |
heat and pressure change the remains of what into natural gas? | [
"leaves",
"cans",
"books",
"cars"
] | Key fact:
heat and pressure change the remains of prehistoric living things into natural gas | A | 0 | openbookqa |
A hot liquid would be | [
"an old cup of coffee",
"a tall glass of milk",
"pasta water bubbling on the stove",
"a warm cup of cocoa"
] | Key fact:
if liquid is boiling then that liquid is hot | C | 2 | openbookqa |
when the mercury in a thermometer goes up, what does it indicate? | [
"there is a rise in heat",
"there is a rise in temperature",
"there is a rise in warmth",
"all of these"
] | Key fact:
temperature is a measure of heat energy | D | 3 | openbookqa |
What is more likely to have caused pollution in the air? | [
"it developed on its own",
"a hurricane",
"an action by a business",
"a flock of birds"
] | Key fact:
humans cause pollution | C | 2 | openbookqa |
A camel can survive in the desert because of | [
"horses",
"hoarded energy",
"sandy nostrils",
"star gates"
] | Key fact:
An example of an adaptation is camel humps | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Silver nitrate on hardened silicon will force light to | [
"refract",
"scatter",
"become hot",
"dissipate"
] | Key fact:
a mirror reflects light | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Avoiding the use of fossil fuel is an example of | [
"Liberalism",
"Ecosystem Vulnerability",
"Conservationism",
"Protectionism"
] | Key fact:
An example of conservation is not using fossil fuel | C | 2 | openbookqa |
The volume of water in a pond could increase if | [
"the water drains out of the pond",
"a large flock of ducks visits the pond",
"people swim in the pond",
"there is stormy weather"
] | Key fact:
storms cause bodies of water to increase amount of water they contain | D | 3 | openbookqa |
The thing that is shared between birds, people, snakes, and sharks is that they | [
"defecate",
"eat beans",
"pray",
"lay eggs"
] | Key fact:
all living things eliminate waste | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Recycling which of the following has a positive impact on the environment? | [
"acquired earth materials",
"rocks",
"car pools",
"bees"
] | Key fact:
recyclable means a material can be recycled | A | 0 | openbookqa |
If I wanted to disguise myself, what might be something I do? | [
"Nothing",
"Take off clothes",
"Smile",
"Color my epidermis"
] | Key fact:
disguise means change appearance to hide | D | 3 | openbookqa |
How can things that are very tall have things lifted up them? | [
"a kite is flown with a string attached",
"a string that loops from top to bottom",
"flats are flown to the top of poles",
"a flagpole is leaned down to get a flag on it"
] | Key fact:
a pulley is used to lift a flag on a flagpole | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Which would likely most impact a barometer? | [
"gale-force winds",
"thunder",
"light breezes",
"lightning"
] | Key fact:
as air pressure increases , the reading on a barometer will rise | A | 0 | openbookqa |
If a thing has a certain amount of itself, then it can be described using | [
"that smell",
"that color",
"that volume",
"that taste"
] | Key fact:
the volume of an object can be used to describe the size of that object | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Which is likeliest to be true? | [
"octopuses are found in the jungle",
"birds are found in the deep ocean waters",
"sheep are found high in the tree",
"seaweed is found in the shallow waters near the beach"
] | Key fact:
aquatic plants live in bodies of water | D | 3 | openbookqa |
An extremely rapid surge of rising flood water that moves across usually dry land at about 30 feet or more each second is powerful enough to | [
"keep the land dry",
"lift and carry a tall mountain",
"lift a 250-ton object off the ground",
"reach high in the sky"
] | Key fact:
when a body of water receives more water than it can hold , a flood occurs | C | 2 | openbookqa |
A car is stuck in a ditch, and requires the passengers of the vehicle to get out and push it back onto the road. Two of the three passengers push the car, and they struggle to gain any ground, but when the third passenger helps them | [
"the car struggles to move",
"the car gains ground rapidly",
"the car is stuck",
"the car is too heavy to push"
] | Key fact:
as force exerted on an object increases , distance travelled will increase | B | 1 | openbookqa |
A person turns a flashlight on and points it at a cut stone, which results in | [
"flower patterns",
"varied hues",
"varied light scents",
"sizes of elephants"
] | Key fact:
refraction is when light bends | B | 1 | openbookqa |
A bee is a pollinating | [
"moving alive thing",
"rock",
"tree",
"song"
] | Key fact:
A bee is a pollinating animal | A | 0 | openbookqa |
When writing with an instrument one sharpens, the leftovers when pressed to paper is | [
"a squid",
"glowing",
"a mineral",
"bright white"
] | Key fact:
pencil lead contains mineral graphite | C | 2 | openbookqa |
An environmentalist heats their home by using a corn stove. The environmentalist knows that heating this way releases carbon dioxide back into the air, but is unworried about is as a result of | [
"it promoting plant growth",
"corn is too dangerous",
"corn is actually evil",
"corn grows under the water"
] | Key fact:
biofuel releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Where could you most likely jump to the top of a mountain? | [
"near the equator",
"on the moon",
"near the sea",
"in a laboratory"
] | Key fact:
the surface of the Moon contains mountains | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Why is acid rain unhealthy? | [
"because it causes drought",
"because it evaporates too quickly",
"It contains various detrimental particles from the air",
"because it causes algae growth"
] | Key fact:
acid rain has a negative impact on water quality | C | 2 | openbookqa |
When the digestive system is working | [
"it is bad to eat",
"it is dismantling nutrients",
"food is cleared out",
"it is time for dinner"
] | Key fact:
the digestive system breaks food into nutrients for the body | B | 1 | openbookqa |
If you see a mushroom on an old decaying log, its because a mushroom is a decomposer, which gets its food from | [
"non-alive things",
"space",
"computers",
"the store"
] | Key fact:
dead organisms are the source of nutrients for decomposers | A | 0 | openbookqa |
If a plant's extended portion is larger, it will | [
"soak up more light",
"put out less pollen",
"be wilting very soon",
"fold in on itself"
] | Key fact:
as the size of a leaf increases , the amount of sunlight absorbed by that leaf will increase | A | 0 | openbookqa |
in the presence heat, which of these comes about? | [
"a piece of gum",
"a slurpy at the cafeteria",
"an ice cream cone",
"a large metamorphic rock"
] | Key fact:
extreme heat and pressure metamorphose rock into metamorphic rock | D | 3 | openbookqa |
The removal of trees may cause damage to ecosystems such as | [
"cities",
"jungles",
"fields",
"oceans"
] | Key fact:
cutting down trees has a negative impact on an organisms living in an ecosystem | B | 1 | openbookqa |
A thing that may assist a living being in prolonging life is | [
"making bad decisions",
"quitting when tired",
"calibrating to changes",
"living in danger"
] | Key fact:
adaptations are used for survival | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Tungsten is a metal which is found in large amounts in filaments, which are used in incandescent light bulbs. These light bulbs work because | [
"light bulbs get very warm",
"filaments are able to freeze",
"the filament glows warmly",
"the filament catches fire"
] | Key fact:
an incandescent light bulb converts electricity into light by sending electricity through a filament | C | 2 | openbookqa |
herbivores do what with plants | [
"burn them",
"garden them",
"trade them",
"snack on them"
] | Key fact:
herbivores only eat plants | D | 3 | openbookqa |
If a young tern is found in a locked box, dead, without marks on it, a the most likely cause of death was | [
"violent stabbing",
"accidental shooting",
"ceremonial burning",
"untouched asphyxiation"
] | Key fact:
an animal requires air for survival | D | 3 | openbookqa |
the strength of a hurricane will increase when | [
"it hits the arctic circle",
"it meets a tornado",
"it from South Africa to Mexico",
"it travels around Antarctica"
] | Key fact:
as heat and moisture increases , the strength of a hurricane will increase | C | 2 | openbookqa |
Death begins for a leaf the second it | [
"is released",
"is eaten",
"is born",
"is burned"
] | Key fact:
if a leaf falls off of a tree then that leaf is dead | A | 0 | openbookqa |
when an animal's eyes grow, what happens | [
"they see more",
"they close them",
"they get dry",
"they pop out"
] | Key fact:
as the size of the eyes of an animal increases , the ability of that animal to see will usually increase | A | 0 | openbookqa |
A way in which sound may be heard is | [
"eating out of a bowl",
"moving pots and pans",
"moving a cardboard box",
"a small plastic cup"
] | Key fact:
matter vibrating can cause sound | B | 1 | openbookqa |
Before spring can arrive a squirrels must gather nuts to make it through | [
"December",
"rocks",
"blankets",
"microwaves"
] | Key fact:
squirrels gather nuts in the autumn to eat during the winter | A | 0 | openbookqa |
Grass snakes live in what? | [
"trees",
"rivers",
"mountains",
"turf"
] | Key fact:
grass snakes live in grass | D | 3 | openbookqa |
What is an example that ecosystems are an interconnected world? | [
"animals' numbers decreasing when food decreases",
"animals' numbers increasing when predator numbers increase",
"animals' numbers increasing when plants decrease",
"animals' numbers decreasing when food increases"
] | Key fact:
as the supply of food in an environment decreases , the population of animals in that environment will decrease | A | 0 | openbookqa |
A hawk would prefer this for lunch | [
"Popcorn",
"Grass",
"Apple",
"A bison"
] | Key fact:
carnivores only eat animals | D | 3 | openbookqa |
What rises and sets causing cycles of day and night? | [
"the closest gas giant planet",
"another galaxy near ours",
"the closest planet to earth",
"the closest yellow dwarf star"
] | Key fact:
the sun rising and setting causes cycles of day and night | D | 3 | openbookqa |
Which of the following is most likely to occur? | [
"an archaeologist finds an ancient crustacean in magma",
"an archaeologist finds an ancient crustacean in limestone",
"an archaeologist finds an ancient human in limestone",
"an archaeologist finds an ancient human in magma"
] | Key fact:
organisms can be preserved in sedimentary rock | B | 1 | openbookqa |
A side effect of having a Husky as a pet is that when she sheds | [
"the dog enjoys being washed out",
"washing all the fur is easy",
"it takes hours to vacuum all of the fur",
"the fur is still attached to the skin"
] | Key fact:
shedding is when an animal loses hair | C | 2 | openbookqa |
A good conductor of electricity would be | [
"tree",
"coke bottle",
"your finger",
"coke can"
] | Key fact:
An electrical conductor is a vehicle for the flow of electricity | D | 3 | openbookqa |
The running and moving liquid fluid during a storm causes what | [
"insects",
"weather damage",
"abrasion",
"lava"
] | Key fact:
erosion of soil has a negative impact on the environment | B | 1 | openbookqa |
A dog's ears may be as thin as its | [
"friend's",
"neighbor's",
"father's",
"owner's"
] | Key fact:
the thickness of the parts of an organism is an inherited characteristic | C | 2 | openbookqa |
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