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Mercury_SC_406987
Whilk explains best hou maist soils are alike?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Maist soils hae mony rocks.", "Maist soils are foond in layers.", "Maist soils haud the same amoonts o watter.", "Maist soils hae the same texture." ] }
B
Mercury_192745
Whit ane o the follaein is a renewable resource?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "coal", "minerals", "petroleum", "sunlicht" ] }
D
MCAS_2006_9_20
Whit yin o the follaein hes the least momentum?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a 0.5 kg mass wi a 1000 m/s velocity", "a 1 kg mass wi a 100 m/s velocity", "a 10 kg mass wi a 11 m/s velocity", "a 100 kg mass wi a 2 m/s velocity" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_408759
In Florida, baith pumas an wildcaits preys on whitetailed deer. Hou will thair competition fur fud maist likely be affectit if whitetailed deer populations in Florida suddenly decreases?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Competition will increase atween wildcaits an pumas.", "Competition will decrease atween wildcaits an pumas.", "Competition will increase atween whitetailed deer an wildcaits.", "Competition will decrease atween whitetailed deer an pumas." ] }
A
Mercury_7017168
Whit is the best example a chemical chynge hus occurred?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "chynge o state", "release o energy", "temperature chynge", "formation o a new substance" ] }
D
Mercury_7106400
Mixin bakin soda an vinegar maks the temperatur o the solution daecrease an release carbon dioxide. Whit conclusion aboot this investigation is nae valid?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Mixin the chemicals caused them tae absorb heat.", "A chemical reaction teuk place.", "New elements were formed.", "The procedure caused a gas tae be formed." ] }
C
CSZ_2005_5_CSZ10383
Which best describes a parallel circuit?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Electricity flows alang ae airt.", "The flow o electricity comes frae ae source.", "Electricity flows alang mair nor ae airt.", "The flow o electricity comes frae mair nor ae source." ] }
C
TIMSS_2003_8_pg6
A son can inherit traits
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "only frae his faither", "only frae his mither", "frae baith his faither an his mither", "frae aither his faither or his mither, but no frae baith" ] }
C
AKDE&ED_2008_8_16
Genes canna determine a person's
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "ee colour.", "athletic ability.", "number o teeth.", "shape o ear-lugs." ] }
B
Mercury_SC_401814
Whit situation wad be considered observation an measurement?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "getherin the resources fur a plant investigation", "recordin hou much a plant grew daily fur a week", "predictin hou much a plant wull grow in ane week", "explainin why a plant grew differently unner certain conditions" ] }
B
Mercury_401790
Whit situation is an example o an inherited trait?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "lions preyin on zebras", "monkeys uisin twigs tae get fud", "birds followin migratory patterns", "bears openin coolers at campsites" ] }
A
Mercury_7027143
A new battery claims that it "lasts twice as lang as competing batteries unner the same loading conditions." Whit comparison o the battery wi competing batteries wad validate this claim?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "It is twice as lairge.", "It conteens mair electrons.", "It stores mair chemical energy.", "It destroys less energy when uised." ] }
C
Mercury_7128713
Whit is the primary reason for providin detailed, accurate records frae scientific investigations?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "tae mak reports langer", "sae results can be published", "tae demonstrate professionalism", "sae experiments can be replicated" ] }
D
Mercury_7236075
The plate-tectonic model haes achieved the status o a scientific theory due tae whit property o the model?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "It haes been empirically proved tae be true.", "It haes passed extensive, independent tests o its predictions.", "It is clearer, simpler, and mair plausible than other models.", "It provides guidelines for Earth-science investigations that are scientifically valid." ] }
B
Mercury_SC_405303
Whit form o watter is maist likely tae appear whan the temperature is below freezin?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "haar", "rain", "snaw", "cloods" ] }
C
Mercury_406916
Watter uised in a factory is heatit tae 75 degrees Celsius. It is dischairged intae a nearhan river that haes a normal temperatur o 20 degrees Celsius. Whit shuid maist likely be duin tae minimise damage tae the river?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "decrease the temperatur o the factory watter", "increase the temperatur o the river watter", "remove the vegetation fae the river", "add mair fish tae the river" ] }
A
MDSA_2007_8_54
Whan Chemical X is added tae a certain liquid, the chemical breaks intae Substances Y an Z. It is nae possible tae break Substances Y an Z intae simpler particles. Which statement is best supported by this evidence?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Chemical X is an element.", "Chemical X is soluble in water.", "Substances Y an Z are elements.", "Substances Y an Z are compounds." ] }
C
Mercury_185255
Which o the follaein human traits is least likely tae be inherited?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "heidwecht", "ee colour", "hair colour", "fingerprints" ] }
D
Mercury_7097965
Whit dae the Milky Wey Galaxy an ither galaxies in the universe hae in common?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "They are similar in shape.", "They rotate in the same direction.", "They contain the same number of stars.", "They hae similar elements." ] }
D
NCEOGA_2013_8_24
Whit is a possible disadvantage o uisin flowing watter tae produce electricity?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "ecosystem damage an loss o land", "reduced carbon dioxide emission", "only suitable for industrial uise", "creates reservoirs" ] }
A
NYSEDREGENTS_2009_8_41
Whit is a disadvantage o using muivin watter tae produce lectricity?
{ "label": [ "1", "2", "3", "4" ], "text": [ "Pouer is produced cheaply.", "Air pollution is produced.", "Ail spills may occur.", "The local eco-systeem mey be disrupted." ] }
4
Mercury_7084000
Whit o thir is true when a bit o wid is completely burnt in a fire?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The chynge in the wid is reversible.", "The energy in the wid is destroyed.", "The chynge in the wid is physical.", "The energy in the wid is transformed." ] }
D
AIMS_2009_8_9
Monie scientists think that burnin fossil fuels haes increased the amoont o carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Whit effect wad the increase o carbon dioxide maist likely ha'e on the planet?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a caller climate", "a warmer climate", "lawer relative humidity", "mair ozone in the atmosphere" ] }
B
Mercury_7026460
In pea plants, the allele for smooth peas is dominant (S). If a heterozygous smooth pea plant (Ss) is crossed with a homozygous smooth pea plant (SS), which are the possible genotypes the offspring could have?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "anly SS", "anly Ss", "Ss or SS", "ss or SS" ] }
C
CSZ_2009_8_CSZ20870
Reid-clay bricks hae a density o aboot 2000 kg/m^3. Air haes a density o 1 kg/m^3. Whit ane o the follaein haes the laichest mass?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "2 m^3 o bricks", "4 m^3 o bricks", "6000 m^3 o air", "10,000 m^3 o air" ] }
A
NYSEDREGENTS_2007_8_21
The structurs foond in a livin cell can be compared tae the pairts o a factory that produces cars. Whit pairt o the factory is maist similar tae the nucleus o a livin cell?
{ "label": [ "1", "2", "3", "4" ], "text": [ "a convoyor belt that transports materials", "a storage bin that hauds the pieces needit tae assemble a caur", "the computer room that controls the assembly process", "the generator that provides energy for the factory" ] }
3
Mercury_SC_LBS10656
Whit results in a chemical cheenge?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "A student smells a flooer.", "A teacher lichts a cannel.", "A student colours a papeir blue.", "A teacher feels a roch cloot." ] }
B
Mercury_402569
Whit compound is formed when the saft putty-hae kin metal sodium (Na) reacts wi the green-coloured poisonous gas chlorine (Cl_{2})?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "sugar", "table saut", "sulphuric acid", "sodium hydroxide" ] }
B
Mercury_7027178
A gasoline is adverteesed as "releasin' fewer pollutants" when it is uised in cars. Fur this claim tae be accurate, whit haes maist likely happened tae the gasoline?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Its acidity haes been increased.", "Mair oxygen haes been dissolved in it.", "Impurities haes been removed.", "Its molecules hae higher chemical energies." ] }
C
Mercury_7230265
Volcanic eruptions early in Earth's history are believed to be responsible for a large proportion of the matter now found in which Earth structure?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "mantle", "asthenosphere", "hydrosphere", "ozone layer" ] }
C
Mercury_406888
Whit measurement descrives the muivement o a rubber baw?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "5 cm", "10 m/s", "15 newtons", "50 grams" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_405460
Some types o medicines can be uised tae cure fowk when they are seik. Some medicines, houiver, may cause bad reactions tae the fowk takkin thaim. This differ is an example o
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "technology bein uised tae help heal fowk.", "medical procedures bein uised tae hurt fowk.", "dear medicines bein uised for mony purposes.", "the solution tae ae problem causin anither problem." ] }
D
NYSEDREGENTS_2007_4_22
A fa in air temperature fae 60°F tae 35°F wad maist likely cause a bodie tae
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "shiver", "sweat", "bink his een", "feel sleepy" ] }
A
Mercury_7221795
As pairt o a study, a scientist observit a nummer o different molecular chynges in maitter. Whit o the follaein observations provides evidence o a pheesical chynge?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "usin heat tae burn a log in a ingle", "usin licht tae produce sugar in plants", "a cake that wis baked frae mony ingredients", "a bittle that wis broken intae mony sma pieces" ] }
D
ACTAAP_2009_7_17
In plaunts, whilk descrives sexual reproduction but nae asexual reproduction?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Five limbs are graftit onto the same tree.", "New plaunts are growed frae pieces o ither plaunts.", "A fertilised egg cell divides tae produce an embryo.", "Offspring are producit that hae the same genetic information as the parent." ] }
C
Mercury_7141558
An ingineer maun calculate the potential energy o a roller coaster cairt at the tap o an incline. Which information wad best help the ingineer determine the potential energy o the cairt?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the distance the roller coaster cairt maun travel", "the mass o the roller coaster cairt at full capacity", "the average wecht o an empty roller coaster cairt", "the direction that the roller coaster cairt is travelin" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_LBS10271
Whit is ane wey plants an animals ur different?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Plants dinnae need minerals, an animals dae.", "Plants produce their ain fuid, an animals dinnae.", "Plants dinnae produce oxygen, an animals dae.", "Plants need sunlight, an animals dinnae." ] }
B
Mercury_SC_LBS10918
A body is 6 feet tall. Which o the follaein metric measurements is maist near tae 6 feet?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "6 meters", "3 meters", "2 meters", "1 meter" ] }
C
MEAP_2005_8_8
Which o the follaein is an example o an escape strategy that is used tae avoid being killt an eaten by predators?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Deer shed thair antlers in the faw.", "Newts drap thair tails whan threatened.", "Anglerfish produce licht tae attract ither fish.", "Otters produce ile tae coat their fur an mak it waterproof." ] }
B
MCAS_2008_5_5647
Anette is uisin mony tools tae big a doghoose. Fer which o the followin wad Anette maist likely uise a tape measur while biggin the doghoose?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "decidin whit type o wood tae uise", "removin extra nails fae the wood", "attatchin different pieces o wood thegither", "determinin whaur tae cut the wood intae pieces" ] }
D
Mercury_407023
Which o the follaein best shaws the basic three-step energy transformation for a battery-operated radio?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Acoustical -> Mechanical -> Electrical", "Mechanical -> Acoustical -> Chemical", "Chemical -> Electrical -> Acoustical", "Electrical -> Acoustical -> Chemical" ] }
C
Mercury_SC_401183
Aw o the follaein are pairt o an ainimal life cycle except
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "growth.", "fertilisation.", "binary fission.", "gamete development." ] }
C
Mercury_401311
Whit process is maist directly related tae biggin new land?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "erosion", "pollutin", "deposition", "weatherin" ] }
C
Mercury_7215740
Scientists analyzed the cells o an animal tae determinate the cause o an infection. The scientists didnae agree on the results o the analysis. Whit does this disagreement indicate aboot the nature o science?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Scientists can present data in different formats.", "Scientific results can be interpreted in different ways.", "Scientists are capable o makin unsupported claims.", "Scientific results are aften different frae the expected results." ] }
B
Mercury_SC_401644
A foal will inherit aw o thae traits fae its parents except
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "hicht.", "wecht.", "coat color.", "preferred food." ] }
D
Mercury_SC_416456
A single-cell organism can dae awthing a cell frae a multicellular organism can dae except
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "specialeeze.", "reproduce.", "use energy.", "mak protein." ] }
A
Mercury_SC_405724
Tae conserve the supply o nonrenewable resources, it is best tae recycle
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "newspapers.", "phonebooks.", "paper towels.", "soda cans." ] }
D
Mercury_7217105
Hou dis a parachute gyte eneuch air resistance tae allou the parachutist tae laun safely?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "by decreasin the force o gravity actin on the parachutist", "by decreasin the total mass o the parachutist", "by increasin the surroundin air pressure aroond the parachute", "by increasin the total surface area o the parachute" ] }
D
Mercury_183908
Whit o the follaein characteristics is uised when classifeein organisms within the plant kingdom?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "type o vascular tissue", "uise o photosynthesis", "presence o cell waas", "production o oxygen" ] }
A
Mercury_7114415
Accordin tae the fossil record, the first horses were smawer than modern species. Throu time, horses hae gradually changed
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "tae become better hunters.", "in order tae re-populate the Earth.", "in response tae an alterin environment.", "tae become useful for humans." ] }
C
Mercury_SC_408664
Ellie is growin a vegetable gairden. In whit saison dae the plants in Ellie's gairden receive the maist energy fae the Sun fer growin?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "faw", "spring", "summer", "winter" ] }
C
Mercury_7001155
Afore lettin students uise hammers tae investigate hou various minerals break, whit question wad the teacher maist likely speir?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Is awbody wearin goggles?", "Wha wull get the minerals fae the shelf?", "Whit is the purpose o this investigation?", "Has someone volunteered tae mak drawins o the breaks?" ] }
A
NCEOGA_2013_8_19
Tigers an hoosehaud cats are members o the same faimily; houaniver, their sizes are vastly different. Whit is the cause o this difference?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "biochemical makeup", "behavioural makeup", "genetics", "habitat size" ] }
C
Mercury_SC_407295
Louis Pasteur creatit a process that reduced the amoont o bacteria in milk. Hou dis this process maist likely benefit fowk?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "by helpin tae prevent food allergies", "by encouragin fowk tae eat healthy foods", "by helpin tae keep fowk frae becumin ill", "by curin diseases caused by lack o vitamins" ] }
C
Mercury_LBS10257
Which o the follaein represents the process o photosynthesis?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "C_{6}H_{12}O_{6} -> 6CO_{2} + 6H_{2}O", "6CO_{2} + 6H_{2}O -> C_{6}H_{12}O_{6} + 6O_{2}", "2H_{2}O -> 2H_{2} + O_{2}", "2H_{2} + O_{2} -> 2H_{2}O" ] }
B
Mercury_401400
In certain species o plants, purple flowers (P) are dominant tae white flowers (p). If twa heterozygous plants are crossed, whit will be the phenotype o the affspring?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "100% purple flowers", "100% white flowers", "75% white flowers, 25% purple flowers", "25% white flowers, 75% purple flowers" ] }
D
Mercury_417136
Estuaries are cried "the nurseries o the sea" because mony species lay eggs an develop their young in estuaries. Whit twa features o estuaries support this role maist?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "concentratit nutrients an a stey salt gradient", "abundant shelter an concentratit nutrients", "a stey salt gradient an shallae watter", "shallae watter an abundant shelter" ] }
B
AKDE&ED_2012_8_29
A research scientist repeatedly observes a bird evitin a specific butterfly species even tho it eats ither types o butterflies. Which statement maist likely explains the behavior o the bird?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The behavior is a random act.", "The behavior is the result o a genetic mutation.", "The behavior is inherited frae the bird's parents.", "The behavior is learned ower the lifetime o the bird." ] }
D
Mercury_7187040
Scientists launch a rocket intae space fur a mission. Ance the rocket escapes the gravitational pull o Earth, hoo will the mass an wecht o the rocket be affected?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The mass an wecht will chynge.", "The mass an wecht will bide the same.", "The mass will bide the same, but the wecht will chynge.", "The mass will chynge, but the wecht will bide the same." ] }
C
Mercury_7283938
Carolina wrens an pentit buntins are twa bird species that bide in owerlappin territories. They hae different requirements for food an nestin. Whit term describes the relationship atween the twa species best?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "parasitism", "symbiosis", "coexistence", "mutualism" ] }
C
Mercury_7195685
Sea-flair spriedin occurs at deivirgin bunns. Whilk statement best identifies the geologic process takkin place at the pynt whaur sea-flair spriedin occurs?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a trench is formin", "new cruist is formin", "oceanic cruist is subductin", "a continental plate is subductin" ] }
B
Mercury_7164798
The students observed a large crack found in a boulder with a tree growing out of it. Which process were the students observing?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "oxidisin", "deposition", "weatherin", "decomposition" ] }
C
Mercury_7186778
Kevin is observin the sky on a clear nicht. Wi the unaided ee he is able tae see Venus, Mars, Jupiter, an Saturn. Why wid Venus appear tae be brichter than the ither planets?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "It reflects the maist sunlight toward Earth.", "It is hotter than the ither planets.", "It is bigger than the ither planets.", "It is closest planet tae the Sun." ] }
A
MCAS_2008_5_5633
Students want tae plant a lemon tree at thair schuil, but the cauld winter temperatures in Massachusetts wad kill the tree. Whit o the follaein is the best solution tae this problem?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "plantin several lemon trees thegither in a raw", "biggin a greenhouse tae shelter the lemon tree", "giein the lemon tree extra fertiliser in the winter", "tyin a stake tae the lemon tree for support durin the winter" ] }
B
MCAS_2001_8_5
Whit is a major function o the vacuoles foond in cells?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "tae store watter an food fur cells", "tae release energy fur cells", "tae control whit enters an leaves cells", "tae provide protection fur cells" ] }
A
Mercury_412527
A timmer company is dividin a 10,000 hectare widd into 5 sections. Whit unit is maist appropriate tae uise whan shawin the area o the divided sections?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "square inches (in.^2)", "square metres (m^2)", "square kilometres (km^2)", "square centimetres (cm^2)" ] }
C
MCAS_2003_5_21
Whit o the follaein is least likely tae chynge frae a solid state tae a liquid state whan heat is applee'd?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "butter", "paper", "ice", "candle wax" ] }
B
Mercury_7017133
Whilk o thir is a composite material?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a glass windae", "a bronze statue", "an aluminium can", "a f'braglass bumper" ] }
D
CSZ30771
In a comparison o metals tae non-metals, metals tend tae hae
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "laicher meltin pynts an better conductivity than non-metals.", "laicher conductivity an laicher density than non-metals.", "heicher density an laicher meltin pynts than non-metals.", "better conductivity an heicher meltin pynts than non-metals." ] }
D
Mercury_7116130
The rate o growthe for a species o grass wis measured in a treeless gairden an tree-shaded gairden. The grass grew twise as fest in the treeless gairden. Whit factor maist likely contributit tae the differ in growthe rate?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "amount o animals", "amount o licht", "amount o soil", "amount o rain" ] }
B
Mercury_7215268
Whit o these statements best describes a possible environmental consequence in constructing a large-scale wind fairm tae generate electricity?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Wind fairms alter the regional climate.", "Wind fairms can disrupt migratin wildlie.", "Wind fairms use a renewable energy source.", "Wind fairms generate direct current electricity." ] }
B
Mercury_SC_416515
Whit body o water haes the fewest plants an animals livin in it?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "ocean", "burn", "glaisiar", "estonary" ] }
C
Mercury_7200165
Mr. Jenkins's class is studyin sex chromosomes. He tells his students that the nuclei o human cells hae 22 pairs o autosomes. Hou mony sex chromosomes dis the human body hae?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "1", "2", "23", "46" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_405514
A student ploys tae design a new toothpaste tube that will gie the same amount o toothpaste every time it is squeezed. Whit should the student dae first when designing the new tube?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "mak a data table o amounts o toothpaste", "gither building materials", "create models o auld toothpaste tubes", "draw a puckle possible solutions" ] }
D
NYSEDREGENTS_2011_8_13
Ainimals mey fecht, mak threatenin soonds, an act aggressively towards members o the same species. Thir behaviours usually occur as the result o
{ "label": [ "1", "2", "3", "4" ], "text": [ "competitition", "conservation", "decomposietion", "pollution" ] }
1
MCAS_2016_5_15
Whit ane o the follaein characteristics o an individual wolf is maist affected by its environment?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the size o its feet", "the colour o its een", "the shape o its lugs", "the condition o its fur" ] }
D
Mercury_7013283
The speed o soond is generalliest greatest in
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "saunds an lawest in liquids.", "saunds an lawest in gases.", "gases an lawest in liquids.", "gases an lawest in saunds." ] }
B
Mercury_SC_409907
Charisma haes a gowdfish she keeps in a tank. She plantit several unnerwatter plants in the boddom o the tank. Hou are the gowdfish an the plants in the tank similar?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Baith add oxygen tae the watter.", "Baith perform photosynthesis.", "Baith are made up o cells.", "Baith eat fuid." ] }
C
Mercury_7188913
Whiles on a field trip tae NASA, Felicia saw a short film on materials that mak up nebulae. Whit topic was maist likely presented in the film?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "asteroid development", "stellar formation", "planetary orbits", "galaxy shapes" ] }
B
Mercury_7166618
The Milky Way is pairt o 30 or mair galaxies cried the Local Group. Whit woud be the maist likely reason thir galaxies are conseidert tae be pairt o the Local Group?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "They are aw the same type o galaxy.", "They aw hae the same nummer o starns.", "They are aw attractit tae ilk ither by graavity.", "They can aw be seen withoot the aid o a telescope." ] }
C
Mercury_7106733
A science teacher filled ane balloon wi' helium gas an' a second balloon wi' carbon dioxide. The helium-filled balloon rose tae the ceilin', an the balloon filled wi' carbon dioxide fell tae the fluir. Whit statement is an inference based on this demonstration?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Ilka balloon behaved differently.", "Helium gas has a lawer density than air.", "Carbon dioxide causes a balloon tae expand.", "Balloons can be filled wi' different gases." ] }
B
MDSA_2010_8_18
Hannie boukies hae byleerten structur's that support growth an survival. Whit is the maist basic structur o the human body that supports growth an survival?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a cell", "a tissue", "an organ", "an organ system" ] }
A
Mercury_7228288
At whit level o organization dis damage compromise the function o the hale system?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a cell", "an organ", "a tissue", "an organelle" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_415477
Whit animal wad maist likely bide whaur it is?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a tod in forest fire", "a puddock whase puil has dried up", "a beaver that juist feenished biggin its dam", "a rabbit whase fuid is gane acause o a drouth" ] }
C
VASoL_2008_5_36
Which o these activities is maist likely tae hae a positive impact on the environment o Earth?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Expandin neibourheids", "Biggin factories", "Biggin highways", "Creatin naitur preserves" ] }
D
Mercury_SC_416141
Whit can a flouer become?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a fruit", "a leaf", "a stem", "a branch" ] }
A
TIMSS_1995_8_N3
A cupfu o watter an a similar cupfu o petrol wur placed on a table near a windae on a het sunny day. A puckle oors later it wis observed that baith the cups haed less liquid in them but that there wis less petrol left nor watter. Whit dis this experiment shaw?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" ], "text": [ "Aw liquids evaporate.", "Petrol gets hotter nor watter.", "Some liquids evaporate faster nor ithers.", "Liquids will only evaporate in sunshine.", "Watter gets hotter nor petrol." ] }
C
MEA_2014_5_7
Efter a heavy rain, a clairtie slid flows intae a dūn and clairt mixes intae the water. Whit o the follaein is maist likely to happen?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Fish will hae mair fuid.", "Trees will be able tae get mair licht.", "Raccouns will no be able tae fin fuid.", "Unnerwatter plants will receeve less licht." ] }
D
Mercury_SC_LBS10907
Durin whit phase o the Muin could a solar eclipse tak place?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "full", "new", "quarter", "crescent" ] }
B
Mercury_7001523
Storms cairt watter in the form o rain. The energy that sterts this process comes frae the
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Sun.", "oceans.", "Yird.", "clauds." ] }
A
TAKS_2009_8_19
In a healthy forest, dead trees an limbs fa tae the grun an deecompose. Whit o these statements best descrives why decomposition is important tae a forest ecosystem?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Nutrients are released whan wid is broken doun.", "Wurms produce oxygen uised by ither organisms.", "Deid trees provide nestin sites for mony different species o birds.", "Watter is stored in deid trees an limbs." ] }
A
MDSA_2008_4_2
Ainimals uise resources in the environment tae survive. Whilk o the follaein resources dis an ainimal uise for energy?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "air", "fuid", "shelter", "watter" ] }
B
Mercury_401376
Whilk o these is nae an example o a physical cheenge o state?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "boilin", "stirrin", "freezin", "evaporatin" ] }
B
Mercury_7133700
Whit fact aboot watter is an example o a chemical property?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Watter expands whan it freezes.", "Th' bilin pynt o watter is 100ºC.", "Watter can separate intae hydrogen an oxygen.", "Th' density o watter is greater than th' density o ice." ] }
C
Mercury_SC_LBS10782
Pheesical an chemical properties can be uised tae classify substances. Whilk o these shaws a chemical property?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Siller melts.", "Magnesium burns.", "Suffur is a yellae solit.", "Aluminium conducts heat." ] }
B
Mercury_7271285
Whit o these is the main function o the spewin reflex?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "tae rid the body o wastes", "tae expel food that his nae nutritional value", "tae empty the stamach when it his too much food in it", "tae remove toxic material frae the stamach afore it is absorbed" ] }
D
Mercury_7038868
Iced water is poured intae fower cups made o different materials. The cup made o whit material will be cauldest tae touch efter ae minute?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "faim", "gless", "metal", "plastic" ] }
C
MDSA_2008_5_16
A student leaves a bucket o watter ootside on a warm, sunny day. Whit process maist likely happens tae the watter in the bucket?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "meltin", "freezin", "evaporation", "condensation" ] }
C
ACTAAP_2010_5_14
Hoo are green plants an important pairt o the carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "They add oxygen tae the yird.", "They release oxygen intae the air.", "They fix carbon dioxide in the yird.", "They store carbon dioxide in ruits." ] }
B
Mercury_182018
Whit characteristic property indicates that igneous rock cools slowly?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "meenral compostion", "hairdness", "densitie", "crystal size" ] }
D