britllm/arc_scots · Datasets at Hugging Face

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Mercury_7122570	Whit unit dae scientists uise tae measure the distance atween starns?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "licht-year", "angstrom unit", "astronomical unit", "apperent magnitude" ] }	A
Mercury_7188090	Agnes learnt that the brain, spinal cord, an nerves work thegither. Whit dae they combine tae form?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a cell", "a tissu", "an organ", "a system" ] }	D
NCEOGA_2013_5_42	A bairn rides a cairt doun a brae. Eventually, the cairt comes tae a halt. Whit is maist responsible for causin the cairt tae stap?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "gravitie actin oan the cairt", "friction actin oan the cairt", "the mass o the cairt", "the mass o the bairn" ] }	B
Mercury_7016730	Mice, rabbits, bobcats, an squirrals aw bide in a brush ecosystem. Whit animal wad hae the maist defficult time survivin if the population o the ither three animals continued tae decrease?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "moose", "squirral", "wildcat", "rabbit" ] }	C
MDSA_2008_5_18	Fowk uise watter in different weys. Whit o these activities wastes watter?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "fillin a gless wi watter", "leavin a tap oan", "soakin vegetables in watter tae clean thaim", "addin cups o watter as directed by a recipe" ] }	B
NYSEDREGENTS_2016_4_20	Ain property o liquids is that they hae a definite	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "flexibeelity", "temperature", "volume", "shape" ] }	C
Mercury_409819	Laura prepared tae rowe a bowlin' baw doon a lane. She swung the baw back wi' her airm. At the tap o' her backswing, the baw haed a velocity o' 0 meters per second (m/s). She swung her airm forrit tae release the baw doon the lane. The baw left her haun wi' a velocity o' 12 m/s. The time it took her tae swing the baw forrit wis 0.5 seconds. Whit wis the average acceleration o' the bowlin' baw durin' her forrit swing?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "2.4 m/s^2", "6.0 m/s^2", "11.5 m/s^2", "24.0 m/s^2" ] }	D
MCAS_2006_9_21	Mr. Jenkins biggit a circuit consisting o a variable soorce, wires, an a resistor. In order tae triple the amount o current, hoo shuid he cheenge the voltage o the soorce?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "mak the voltage three times lairger", "mak the voltage ae-third as muckle", "mak the voltage nine times lairger", "mak the voltage ae-ninth as muckle" ] }	A
Mercury_7245753	Efter a forest fire, whit type o organisms will begin secondary succession?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "smaw scrubbs", "mature aik trees", "evergreens", "wildfloors" ] }	D
Mercury_7058030	In plants, the xylem an phloem move water an nutrients through the plant for use an storage. In humans, an organ system wi a similar function is the	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "nervous system.", "respeeratory system.", "cardiovascular system.", "integumentary system." ] }	C
MDSA_2007_5_9	A student biles 100 grams o watter tae form watter vapour (gas). Whit method should the student uise tae determine that the mass o the watter vapour is equal tae 100 grams?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "measurin the amount o watter vapour (gas) in the air", "collectin the watter vapour (gas) an coolin it back tae a liquid", "weighin the beaker afore an efter the watter is biled", "comparin the temperature o the bilin watter tae the temperature o the watter vapour (gas)" ] }	B
NYSEDREGENTS_2011_4_13	A student cyclin’ a bike sees that it gaes faster on a smooth road than on a rough road. This happens because the smooth road has	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "less gravity", "mair gravity", "less friction", "mair friction" ] }	C
MCAS_2006_9_13	In ane o the steps o the carbon cycle, a body breathes oot a molecule o carbon dioxide (CO2) intae the atmosphere. Whit o the follaein is maist likely tae happen neist tae the atom o carbon in this molecule?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "It mey be uised as pairt o a sugar in a plant.", "It mey become pairt o a protein in an animal.", "It mey be consumed as a fossil fuel is burnt.", "It mey be decomposed intae carbon an oxygen by a bacterium." ] }	A
Mercury_7056438	At whit temperatur daes watter freeze tae allou it tae exist in whit twa forms on Earth?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "freshwatter rivers an sauty oceans", "leet oceans an solid glaciers", "atmospheric vapour an clood droppies", "watter in soil an watter in plants" ] }	B
MDSA_2010_4_1	A parent an a bairn share several characteristics. Baith individuals are tall, hae curly hair, are guid cooks, an hae freckles. Which o these characteristics is a learned behavior?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "bein tall", "haein curly hair", "bein a guid cook", "haein freckles" ] }	C
Mercury_408090	Whan a battery operated train is turned oan, it moves alang the track. Whit best identifies the order o the types o energy uised tae mak the train move?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "mechanical, chemical, electrical", "electrical, chemical, mechanical", "electrical, mechanical, chemical", "chemical, electrical, mechanical" ] }	D
Mercury_SC_406541	A scientist fund a fossil o a ocean plant in the rocks o a desert. Whit dis the discovery o this fossil maist likely tell the scientist?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The fossils war formed at the tap o a mountain.", "The fossils war formed durin a rainstorm.", "The area haed mony volcanic eruptions.", "The area wis ance kivered by water." ] }	D
Mercury_SC_LBS10244	Whit list gies the correct order o substances frae the laichest meltin pynt tae the heichest?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "oxygen, watter, iron", "watter, iron, oxygen", "oxygen, iron, watter", "iron, oxygen, watter" ] }	A
Mercury_7140035	Earthworms muive randomly throughout tapsoil. Hou dae earthworms maist likely affect the tapsoil?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "by compactin the tapsoil", "by giein less fertily tae the tapsoil", "by addin nutrients tae the tapsoil", "by takin oot the minerals frae the tapsoil" ] }	C
Mercury_SC_413078	Whit event can cause a muckle stane tae become soil ower time?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "decayin", "an yirdquauk", "a landslide", "witherin" ] }	D
Mercury_7093993	The biggin o a dam will maist likely	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "steid watter pollutin.", "darg habitat for mony animal species.", "allou fish tae mair easily swim up river.", "cause fowk tae consume mair watter." ] }	B
Mercury_7086118	A student adds watter an detergent tae a cup o saul. The mixtur is shakkit an alloued tae settle. The student observes that silt particles bide suspendit lang efter the ither particles form layers at the bottom o the jar. The maist likely explication is that the silt particles are	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "organic.", "dissolvin.", "less dense.", "muivin faster." ] }	C
Mercury_7016835	Students are designing kites to discover what type of kite flies the highest. Whit's maist important tae consider when designing a kite tae flee high?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "string length", "surface area", "materials used", "time of day" ] }	B
Mercury_7222058	Fower students are investigatin the effeck o the force o a baseball bat on a ba. They markit the fower different points whaur ilk o the baas made contact on the bat eftir ilk strik by ilk o the fower students. Whilk o the follaein descrives an error in the experiment design?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "failur tae conduct eneuch trials", "no considerin the spin o the ba", "no usin baas o different masses", "failur tae define ae testable variable" ] }	D
MCAS_2016_5_11	A student is watchin a local telly weather report for Gloucester, Massachusetts. Whilk o the follaein is maist likely includit in this weather report?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the speed o currents in a river", "the amount o moisture in the air", "the depth o currents in the ocean", "the level o moisture in the grund" ] }	B
Mercury_7233748	Some watter uise is consumptive. Instead o returnin tae its source, the watter evaporates frae reservoirs or transpires frae craps. Hou dis this type o uise maist likely affect the hydrosphere?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "bi reducin the total amount o watter on Yirth", "bi alterin the paths o the watter through the Yirth system", "bi shiftin watter tae different stages in the watter cycle", "bi affectin climate in a wey that alters the watter cycle" ] }	C
Mercury_SC_401591	Solar cells absorb energy frae the sun. In order tae use this energy tae poower hoosehaud appliances, solar cells maun convert the absorbit energy tae	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "heat.", "licht.", "radiation.", "electricity." ] }	D
Mercury_7263165	The cellar membrane surrounds ilka human cell. The membrane protects the cell an transmits information aboot the cell's surroundings tae organelles inside the cell. Whit organ system provides a similar function in the human body?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "endocrine system", "skeletal system", "integumentary system", "lymphatic system" ] }	C
Mercury_7102270	Whit kin' o activity wad maist likely be includit on a weather map?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "satellite", "seismic", "volcanic", "hurricane" ] }	D
NYSEDREGENTS_2007_4_17	Apple trees can bide for mony years, but bean plants uisually bide for only a puckle months. This statement suggests that	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "different plants hae different lifespans", "plants depeend on ither plants", "plants produce mony affspring", "saisonal chynge helps plants grow" ] }	A
NYSEDREGENTS_2007_8_28	The muivement o an air mass ower Yird's surface causes	{ "label": [ "1", "2", "3", "4" ], "text": [ "yirdquauk activity", "local wather chynge", "warmin o the globe", "ecological succession" ] }	2
CSZ_2007_5_CSZ10068	Whit dae watter, aluminioom, redwid trees, an valley quail aw hae in common?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "They are aw pure elements.", "They are aw made o cells.", "They are aw leevin creatures.", "They are aw made o atoms." ] }	D
MCAS_2008_8_5719	Whit o the follaein structurs isnae present in animal cells?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "cell membrane", "cell wa", "mitochondrion", "nucleus" ] }	B
ACTAAP_2015_7_2	A reflex can protect the body frae harm. Whit organ seestems wark thegither tae produce a reflex?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "nervous an immune seestems", "nervous an muscular seestems", "circulatory an immune seestems", "circulatory an muscular seestems" ] }	B
Mercury_7233800	Whit type o laundscape maist likely existit millions o years ago in places whaur naitural gas reserves are currently foond?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "desert", "Alpine forest", "Arctic ocean", "swamp" ] }	C
MDSA_2007_4_35	Aluminium an copper ur composed o different types o maitter. Whit statement best descrives maitter?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Maitter haes mass.", "Maitter haes mass an volume.", "Maitter maun change intae different forms.", "Maitter maun be conteened in a certain volume." ] }	B
Mercury_411029	In the geologic past, abiotic factors sic as volcanic eruptions hae had an impact on the availability o resources. Hou can volcanic eruptions impact the availability o resources?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "by decryasin the thickness o soil", "by causin mair heavy rains tae erode tapsoil", "by disruptin the sunlight frae reachin producers", "by causin the surface o the Earth tae be warmer than usual" ] }	C
Mercury_7166600	Growth an activities o organisms can speed up the chemical weatherin o rocks. Whit organisms naturally cause maist o the chemical weatherin o rocks?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "sma mammals", "plant seedlin's", "mosses", "insects" ] }	C
Mercury_405142	Monie products are made frae trees. Whit is the best wey tae manage the uise o trees?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "cut doon maist o the trees frae forests", "big mair lumber mills", "reduce the amoont o recycled paper", "plant a tree ilk time ane is cut doon" ] }	D
Mercury_7168560	The watter cycle descrives the muivement o the watter o Yirth. Aboot 96% o the watter o Yirth is the saut watter foond in the oceans while the remainin 4% is fresh watter. Whaur wad the majority o the freshwatter on Yirth be foond?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "grundwatter an aquifers", "sypes an wetland", "ice taps an glessiers", "lochs an rivers" ] }	C
Mercury_7217840	Ice will form on sma ponds when the temperature draps below 0°C. Whit property o ice is maist beneficial tae fish livin in thae ponds?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Ice has a temperature caulder than the temperature o watter.", "Ice absorbs sunlicht that is reflected by watter.", "Ice traps mair pollution than is trapped by watter.", "Ice haes a density lawer than the density o watter." ] }	D
Mercury_7041160	Whit energy resource is non-renewable?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "ile", "solar", "watter", "wind" ] }	A
Mercury_7168683	A plant gets the energy it needs frae the Sun. The plant uises aboot ten percent o the energy tae cairry on its life functions. The plant transfers appruiximately anither ten percent o the energy tae the consumers in a fuid chain. Whit happens tae maist o the remainin energy?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "It is reabsorbed by the Sun.", "It is recycled by decomposers.", "It is stored in soil for later use.", "It is released intae the ecosystem as heat." ] }	D
Mercury_7183505	When high winds knocked down pine trees in a wooded region, it created a gap in the crowded canopy and allowed sunlight to fall on the ground. The increased sunlight allowed a dense growth of raspberry plants which protected young pine seedlings from being eaten by herbivores. Over time, the pine seedlings grew and blocked sunlight from falling on the woodland floor, thereby preventing growth of more raspberry plants. Which of these terms best describes the process of change observed in this woodlands community?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "adaptation", "cooperation", "natural selection", "ecological succession" ] }	D
Mercury_183803	Which o thir wad be a model o diffusion?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a student passes throu a door", "twa students pass by ilk ither", "twa students bum intae ilk ither", "students pass frae a crooded room intae a hall" ] }	D
Mercury_7124180	Whit is the maist reliable wye tae get unbiased results whan conductin a controlled experiment?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Uise mair than ane control group.", "Try a different experimental group.", "Chynge the hypothesis if it is incorrect.", "Repeat the procedure exactly the same ilk time." ] }	D
Mercury_402211	A potassium (K) atom haes 20 neutrons, 19 protons an 19 electrons. Whit is the atomic mass o potassium?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "19", "20", "38", "39" ] }	D
NYSEDREGENTS_2007_8_23	Whan placed in direct sunnlicht, which object will absorb the maist visible licht energy?	{ "label": [ "1", "2", "3", "4" ], "text": [ "a piece o clear gless", "a snawba", "a shiny mirror", "a black sweater" ] }	4
Mercury_7114870	A student prepares a report on gradual environmental changes. Whit is the best topic for this report?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "forest fires in mountain regions", "succession that transforms grassland to forest", "decomposition of a desert rodent", "flash flooding in a country area" ] }	B
Mercury_7268835	Whit transition is maist responsible for gaps in the fossil record?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "metamorphic rock tae igneous rock", "igneous rock tae metamorphic rock", "metamorphic rock tae sedimentary rock", "sedimentary rock tae metamorphic rock" ] }	D
Mercury_SC_406669	Which wad maist likely need tae happen for a new plant tae grow?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Leaves grow oot o a stem.", "Insects get attracted tae the petals.", "A blossom faws intae the soil.", "A seed sprouts intae a seedling." ] }	D
Mercury_7013545	Students feenished a lab experiment uisin chemicals. The students made sure they safely disposed o the chemicals because they	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "-poored the chemicals doon the sink drain.", "-placed the chemicals carefully in the trash can.", "-placed each chemical back in its original container.", "-followed the directions provided by the teacher for each chemical." ] }	D
MDSA_2007_5_50	Coal an trees ur resources foond in Maryland. Baith resources ur uised fur	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "makkin paper", "makkin pencils", "biggin hooses", "producing heat" ] }	D
ACTAAP_2011_5_9	Which set o descriptions correctly states the difference atween a population an a community?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Population: ane species in an area Community: ane species worldwide", "Population: organisms in a sma area Community: organisms in a lairge area", "Population: livin parts o an area Community: livin an nonlivin parts o an area", "Population: ane type o organism in an area Community: mony types o organisms in an area" ] }	D
Mercury_7284060	The vamput finches in the Galápagos Islands peck at anither species o bird, the blue-fittit booby, til the finches mak a wund. Syne, the finches drink the booby's bluid. Scientists think that mony generations ago finches used tae peck buiks aff the booby, and the behaviour evolved tae whit it is the day. Whilk statement best describes the birds' relationship generations ago and the relationship the day?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The auld relationship wis parasitic. The new relationship is mutualistic.", "The auld relationship wis mutualistic. The new relationship is parasitic.", "Baith relationships are parasitic.", "Baith relationships are mutualistic." ] }	B
Mercury_SC_414081	A student blew air intae a beach ba and sealed it. She then pushed oan the middle o the beach ba. Whit happened tae the air inside the beach ba?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The air in the beach ba escaped.", "The air in the beach ba became a liquid.", "The type o air in the beach ba changed.", "The shape o the air in the beach ba changed." ] }	D
MDSA_2011_8_10	The crust, the mantle, an the core ur structures o Yird. Whit description is a feature o Yird's mantle?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "contains fossil remains", "consists o tectonic plates", "is located at the center o Yird", "haes properties o baith liquids an solids" ] }	D
MDSA_2007_5_32	A container is filled wi 250 milliliters o watter. The total mass o the container an the watter is 300 grams. Whit is the total mass o the container an the watter efter bein in a freezer for 2 oors?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "50 grams", "250 grams", "300 grams", "550 grams" ] }	C
Mercury_SC_401165	Whit event is the best example o mechanical energy?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "wid burnin", "licht shinin", "a sang playin on a radio", "a cairt rollin doon a hill" ] }	D
Mercury_7012618	Soond waves traivel festest in	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "air.", "iron.", "watter.", "a vacuum." ] }	B
Mercury_7103460	Whit condition is associated wi maist warm fronts?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "tornado formations", "law temperatures", "violent air mass collisions", "cloud formations bringin precipitation" ] }	D
Mercury_7219083	The radioactive isotope content o a stane can be uised tae identifee whilk property o the stane?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the total mass o the stane", "the rate at whilk the stane formed", "the types o fossils that the stane conteens", "the amount o time passed sin the stane formed" ] }	D
Mercury_188563	Whit o the follaein best descrives a chynge in Earth's atmosphere made by early photosynthetic life?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "increasit level o oxygen", "increasit level o carbon dioxide", "decreasit ability tae support life", "decreasit ability tae transmit licht" ] }	A
Mercury_7162925	A student staunds on a scales, an the scale reads 85 pound. Whit is bein measured by the scale?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the force o gravity actin on the student", "the air pressure surroundin the student", "the mass o the student", "the volume o the student" ] }	A
Mercury_SC_415706	An ingineer can choose frae fower different materials tae mak a het-resistant handle for a stirring spuin. Whit material is least likely tae get het when the spuin is placed in boiling water?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Ceramic", "Wid", "Gless", "Iron" ] }	B
NCEOGA_2013_5_26	A student notishes that an infiltrated balloon gets lairger whan it is warmed by a lamp. Whit best descrives the mass o the balloon as a result o this chynge?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The mass o the balloon increases because the size o the balloon haes increased.", "The mass o the balloon increases because the temperature o the balloon haes increased.", "The mass o the balloon bides the same because the gas inside the balloon still haes the same mass eftir it warms up.", "The mass o the balloon bides the same because warming decreases the mass eneuch tae cancel oot the effect o increasin the size." ] }	C
Mercury_412775	A solution wi a pH o 2 can be increased tae a pH abuin 7 by adding	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "an acid.", "watter.", "a base.", "hydrogen." ] }	C
Mercury_7246873	Which o thir indicates a physical cheenge that occurs durin the process o digestion?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the addition o acids tae create a ba' o food", "the secretion o pepsin tae cheenge proteins tae peptides", "the breakdown o food substances by digestive juices", "the squeezing o food through the intestines" ] }	D
Mercury_7171920	Kailey an LeAnn war preparin a report on ocean tides. Whit information should they include in their report concernin the greatest influence on the strength o a high tide in a particular area?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the poseetion o the Muin aroond Yird", "the poseetion o Yird aroond the Sun", "the rotation o the Muin", "the rotation o Yird" ] }	A
Mercury_SC_401199	Uisin fossil fuels wisely an avoiding waste is an example o	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "rationin.", "recyclin.", "substeetution.", "conservation." ] }	D
Mercury_404134	When a button is pushed on a battery-operated clock, the time display is illuminated. Whit process has taen place?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Pressure has been converted to light. Pressure haes been convertit tae licht.", "Force has been converted to light. Force haes been convertit tae licht.", "Closing an electric circuit has produced light. Closin an electric circuit haes produced licht.", "Opening an electric circuit has produced light. Openin an electric circuit haes produced licht." ] }	C
Mercury_7283588	Whit dae the energy resoorces uranium an coal hae in common?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "They baith are formed fae the remains o deid organisms.", "They baith are acqueered by minin the lithosphere.", "They baith release energy through combustion.", "They baith generate radioactive wastes." ] }	B
Mercury_7269168	Whin is wid a nonrenewable resource?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Whin mair trees are harvested than are replanted.", "Whin trees are harvested and replanted at the same rate.", "Whin trees are uised as an energy resource.", "Whin trees are uised as a material resource." ] }	A
Mercury_7009625	If a tod an a earn eat some o the same organisms in an ecosystem, the relationship atween the tod an the earn coud be clessifeed as	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "competition.", "mutualism.", "predation.", "parasitism." ] }	A
Mercury_SC_402085	Licht is refractit the least when passin through a	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "telescope lens.", "a tintit windae.", "magnifyin glaiss.", "a pair o specks." ] }	B
MEAP_2005_8_17	Why is it winter in North America when it is summer in South America?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The south is aye warmer than the north.", "Thare is less land than watter in the south.", "North America receives less direct sunlight durin the winter.", "When it is December in North America, it is Juin in South America." ] }	C
Mercury_7228025	Whit factor best explains hou mony diseases, sic as cancer, are formed within the body?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "A trauma tae the body haes occurred.", "A disruption in the cell cycle haes taen place.", "A response by the immune system wis triggred by an allergic reaction.", "A mutation occurred durin the process o crossin ower." ] }	B
Mercury_410719	A student pushes a shoppin cairtel foo o messages. The cairtel haes a mass o 12 kilograms (kg). The student pushes the cairtel wi a force o 15 newtons (N). Assumin the grund is frictionless, hou fast will the cairtel accelerate untill the student staps applyin the force?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "0.625 m/s^2", "0.8 m/s^2", "1.25 m/s^2", "2.5 m/s^2" ] }	C
Mercury_7180758	During whit activity will licht maist likely be refracted?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "placing a scarf ower the shade o a lamp", "viewin objects using the side mirror o a car", "looking at pebbles thro the water in a stream", "usin a flashlight tae licht up a forest path at nicht" ] }	C
Mercury_416649	Rosaria discovered a type o structure she couldnae identify in a sample o laich water. Her teacher looked intae her microscope an explained that they were zygotes produced by ane o the protists in her sample. The zygotes belang tae which protist?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "amoeba", "euglena", "paramecium", "volvox" ] }	D
AKDE&ED_2012_8_45	Whit action is maist likely a learned behavior?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "A bird biggs a nest.", "A spider spins a wab.", "A lion cub practices its huntin skills.", "An earthworm moves awa frae bricht licht." ] }	C
NYSEDREGENTS_2004_4_3	Watter freezin is an example o a	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "liquid chyngein tae a solid", "solid chyngein tae a liquid", "gas chyngein tae a solid", "gas chyngein tae a liquid" ] }	A
Mercury_SC_407186	A chuckie is able tae gain energy that cam frae the Sun by	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "eatin seeds.", "drinkin watter.", "layin eggs.", "breathin oxygen." ] }	A
Mercury_7084263	Whit o thir conditions maist likely results frae infection?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "high bluid sugar levels", "swallin o throat tissues", "numbness in fingers", "blockage o bluid vessels in the leg" ] }	B
MCAS_1999_4_2	Why is it better tae wear a white T-shirt than a dark blue T-shirt in the summer?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Light-coloured claes let mair air in.", "Light-coloured claes prevent sweatin.", "Light-coloured claes are no as hivy as dark-coloured claes.", "Light-coloured claes reflect mair sunlight than dark-coloured claes." ] }	D
Mercury_412649	The equation for the synthesis o watter is gien ablow. 2H_{2} + O_{2} -> 2H_{2}O Hoo monie grams o oxygen gas are needit tae produce 36.0 grams o watter?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "9.00 grams", "16.0 grams", "32.0 grams", "40.0 grams" ] }	C
MEA_2016_5_12	A gowp o Canada geese left a Florida loch in the spring. The geese arrivit at a Maine loch 2,000 km awa in 40 days. If the geese traivelt at a constant rate, hou far did the geese traivel on the first day?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "5 km", "20 km", "40 km", "50 km" ] }	D
Mercury_SC_406796	Students are daein an investigation tae find oot the types o bacteria that grow inside their schuil. Whit activity should the students avoid while performin this investigation?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "wearing gloves while handling the samples", "cleaning aw materials they hiv finished uisin", "bringin food an drinks intae the lab", "washin haunds afore leavin the lab" ] }	C
MDSA_2009_4_18	Scienteests group ainimals based on pheesical features. Trout ur classified as fish because o whit pheesical feature?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Fish hae gills.", "Fish eat the same food.", "Fish bide in the same area.", "Fish hae the same predators." ] }	A
NYSEDREGENTS_2006_8_26	Althocht chainge in multicellular species eften taks thoosands o years, some species o bacteria unnergang major chainges in juist a puckle years. Ane reason for this differ is that thir bacteria	{ "label": [ "1", "2", "3", "4" ], "text": [ "are microscopic", "dae no contein DNA", "reproduce vera quick", "cause infectious diseeses" ] }	3
NAEP_2011_8_S11+15	Watter evaporates an faws back tae Yirth as rain or snaa. Whit is the primary energy soorce that drives this cycle?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The wind", "The Sun", "Air pressure", "Ocean currents" ] }	B
Mercury_400893	In humans, the gene for a free lobe [E] is dominant ower the gene for an attached lobe [e]. Gif ane parent haes a free lobe [ Ee ] an the ither parent haes an attached lobe ( ee ), whit is the probability that their offspring will hae an attached lobe?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "0%", "25%", "50%", "100%" ] }	C
Mercury_SC_401596	A tree fog wi whit chaakteristic is mair likely tae survive than ither tree fogs?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a preference fur rare insects", "an unusually heich-pitched caw", "skyn that resembles tree leaves", "a body lairger than ither tree fogs" ] }	C
LEAP_2008_4_10288	Hoo dis ower muckle fishin in an area affect its ecosystem?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The fish will lay mony mair eggs tae replace the fish that were caught.", "Organisms that eat the fish cud become endangered due tae starvation.", "Organisms that the fish eat will become endangered.", "Fowk cud eat ower mony fish an become ill." ] }	B
Mercury_7189070	The gametes o human males an females hae the same number o chromosomes. Whit best describes whit happens tae the chromosomes when typical male an female gametes combine tae produce offspring?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The chromosomes cheenge shape.", "The number o chromosomes doubles.", "The chromosomes get bigger in size.", "The number o chromosomes reduces by half." ] }	B
Mercury_7122010	A student recordit the growth rate o plants grown in the presence o twa different types o music. Plants grown in the presence o ane type o music grew faster than the ither plants. Before reportin a conclusion, which should the student maist likely dae?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "use different plants", "dae the experiment again", "add a third type o music", "use fewer plants" ] }	B
Mercury_7217018	A scientist cross-pollinates a tomato plant that is resistant tae viruses wi a tomato plant that produces muckle tomatoes. This is an example o	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "natural selection.", "asexual reproduction.", "selective breedin.", "genetic ingineerin." ] }	C
Mercury_SC_400200	At whit temperatur is watter maist likely tae be in vapour form?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "-10°C", "20°C", "90°C", "120°C" ] }	D
Mercury_7106330	A meteorologist records data for a ceety on a certain date. The data includes temperature, cloud cover, wind speed, barometric pressure, and wind direction. Whit method should the meteorologist use tae record this data for a quick reference?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a written scrieve", "a table", "a station model", "a weather map" ] }	B
Mercury_415080	A bus traivelt 280 kilometers atween twa ceities. It left the first ceity at 3:00 p.m. an' arrived at the second ceity at 7:00 p.m. Whit wis the average speed o the bus durin' the trip?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "4 km/h", "40 km/h", "70 km/h", "280 km/h" ] }	C

Mercury_7122570

Whit unit dae scientists uise tae measure the distance atween starns?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "licht-year", "angstrom unit", "astronomical unit", "apperent magnitude" ] }

A

Mercury_7188090

Agnes learnt that the brain, spinal cord, an nerves work thegither. Whit dae they combine tae form?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a cell", "a tissu", "an organ", "a system" ] }

D

NCEOGA_2013_5_42

A bairn rides a cairt doun a brae. Eventually, the cairt comes tae a halt. Whit is maist responsible for causin the cairt tae stap?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "gravitie actin oan the cairt", "friction actin oan the cairt", "the mass o the cairt", "the mass o the bairn" ] }

B

Mercury_7016730

Mice, rabbits, bobcats, an squirrals aw bide in a brush ecosystem. Whit animal wad hae the maist defficult time survivin if the population o the ither three animals continued tae decrease?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "moose", "squirral", "wildcat", "rabbit" ] }

C

MDSA_2008_5_18

Fowk uise watter in different weys. Whit o these activities wastes watter?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "fillin a gless wi watter", "leavin a tap oan", "soakin vegetables in watter tae clean thaim", "addin cups o watter as directed by a recipe" ] }

B

NYSEDREGENTS_2016_4_20

Ain property o liquids is that they hae a definite

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "flexibeelity", "temperature", "volume", "shape" ] }

C

Mercury_409819

Laura prepared tae rowe a bowlin' baw doon a lane. She swung the baw back wi' her airm. At the tap o' her backswing, the baw haed a velocity o' 0 meters per second (m/s). She swung her airm forrit tae release the baw doon the lane. The baw left her haun wi' a velocity o' 12 m/s. The time it took her tae swing the baw forrit wis 0.5 seconds. Whit wis the average acceleration o' the bowlin' baw durin' her forrit swing?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "2.4 m/s^2", "6.0 m/s^2", "11.5 m/s^2", "24.0 m/s^2" ] }

D

MCAS_2006_9_21

Mr. Jenkins biggit a circuit consisting o a variable soorce, wires, an a resistor. In order tae triple the amount o current, hoo shuid he cheenge the voltage o the soorce?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "mak the voltage three times lairger", "mak the voltage ae-third as muckle", "mak the voltage nine times lairger", "mak the voltage ae-ninth as muckle" ] }

A

Mercury_7245753

Efter a forest fire, whit type o organisms will begin secondary succession?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "smaw scrubbs", "mature aik trees", "evergreens", "wildfloors" ] }

D

Mercury_7058030

In plants, the xylem an phloem move water an nutrients through the plant for use an storage. In humans, an organ system wi a similar function is the

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "nervous system.", "respeeratory system.", "cardiovascular system.", "integumentary system." ] }

C

MDSA_2007_5_9

A student biles 100 grams o watter tae form watter vapour (gas). Whit method should the student uise tae determine that the mass o the watter vapour is equal tae 100 grams?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "measurin the amount o watter vapour (gas) in the air", "collectin the watter vapour (gas) an coolin it back tae a liquid", "weighin the beaker afore an efter the watter is biled", "comparin the temperature o the bilin watter tae the temperature o the watter vapour (gas)" ] }

B

NYSEDREGENTS_2011_4_13

A student cyclin’ a bike sees that it gaes faster on a smooth road than on a rough road. This happens because the smooth road has

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "less gravity", "mair gravity", "less friction", "mair friction" ] }

C

MCAS_2006_9_13

In ane o the steps o the carbon cycle, a body breathes oot a molecule o carbon dioxide (CO2) intae the atmosphere. Whit o the follaein is maist likely tae happen neist tae the atom o carbon in this molecule?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "It mey be uised as pairt o a sugar in a plant.", "It mey become pairt o a protein in an animal.", "It mey be consumed as a fossil fuel is burnt.", "It mey be decomposed intae carbon an oxygen by a bacterium." ] }

A

Mercury_7056438

At whit temperatur daes watter freeze tae allou it tae exist in whit twa forms on Earth?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "freshwatter rivers an sauty oceans", "leet oceans an solid glaciers", "atmospheric vapour an clood droppies", "watter in soil an watter in plants" ] }

B

MDSA_2010_4_1

A parent an a bairn share several characteristics. Baith individuals are tall, hae curly hair, are guid cooks, an hae freckles. Which o these characteristics is a learned behavior?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "bein tall", "haein curly hair", "bein a guid cook", "haein freckles" ] }

C

Mercury_408090

Whan a battery operated train is turned oan, it moves alang the track. Whit best identifies the order o the types o energy uised tae mak the train move?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "mechanical, chemical, electrical", "electrical, chemical, mechanical", "electrical, mechanical, chemical", "chemical, electrical, mechanical" ] }

D

Mercury_SC_406541

A scientist fund a fossil o a ocean plant in the rocks o a desert. Whit dis the discovery o this fossil maist likely tell the scientist?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The fossils war formed at the tap o a mountain.", "The fossils war formed durin a rainstorm.", "The area haed mony volcanic eruptions.", "The area wis ance kivered by water." ] }

D

Mercury_SC_LBS10244

Whit list gies the correct order o substances frae the laichest meltin pynt tae the heichest?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "oxygen, watter, iron", "watter, iron, oxygen", "oxygen, iron, watter", "iron, oxygen, watter" ] }

A

Mercury_7140035

Earthworms muive randomly throughout tapsoil. Hou dae earthworms maist likely affect the tapsoil?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "by compactin the tapsoil", "by giein less fertily tae the tapsoil", "by addin nutrients tae the tapsoil", "by takin oot the minerals frae the tapsoil" ] }

C

Mercury_SC_413078

Whit event can cause a muckle stane tae become soil ower time?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "decayin", "an yirdquauk", "a landslide", "witherin" ] }

D

Mercury_7093993

The biggin o a dam will maist likely

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "steid watter pollutin.", "darg habitat for mony animal species.", "allou fish tae mair easily swim up river.", "cause fowk tae consume mair watter." ] }

B

Mercury_7086118

A student adds watter an detergent tae a cup o saul. The mixtur is shakkit an alloued tae settle. The student observes that silt particles bide suspendit lang efter the ither particles form layers at the bottom o the jar. The maist likely explication is that the silt particles are

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "organic.", "dissolvin.", "less dense.", "muivin faster." ] }

C

Mercury_7016835

Students are designing kites to discover what type of kite flies the highest. Whit's maist important tae consider when designing a kite tae flee high?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "string length", "surface area", "materials used", "time of day" ] }

B

Mercury_7222058

Fower students are investigatin the effeck o the force o a baseball bat on a ba. They markit the fower different points whaur ilk o the baas made contact on the bat eftir ilk strik by ilk o the fower students. Whilk o the follaein descrives an error in the experiment design?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "failur tae conduct eneuch trials", "no considerin the spin o the ba", "no usin baas o different masses", "failur tae define ae testable variable" ] }

D

MCAS_2016_5_11

A student is watchin a local telly weather report for Gloucester, Massachusetts. Whilk o the follaein is maist likely includit in this weather report?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the speed o currents in a river", "the amount o moisture in the air", "the depth o currents in the ocean", "the level o moisture in the grund" ] }

B

Mercury_7233748

Some watter uise is consumptive. Instead o returnin tae its source, the watter evaporates frae reservoirs or transpires frae craps. Hou dis this type o uise maist likely affect the hydrosphere?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "bi reducin the total amount o watter on Yirth", "bi alterin the paths o the watter through the Yirth system", "bi shiftin watter tae different stages in the watter cycle", "bi affectin climate in a wey that alters the watter cycle" ] }

C

Mercury_SC_401591

Solar cells absorb energy frae the sun. In order tae use this energy tae poower hoosehaud appliances, solar cells maun convert the absorbit energy tae

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "heat.", "licht.", "radiation.", "electricity." ] }

D

Mercury_7263165

The cellar membrane surrounds ilka human cell. The membrane protects the cell an transmits information aboot the cell's surroundings tae organelles inside the cell. Whit organ system provides a similar function in the human body?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "endocrine system", "skeletal system", "integumentary system", "lymphatic system" ] }

C

Mercury_7102270

Whit kin' o activity wad maist likely be includit on a weather map?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "satellite", "seismic", "volcanic", "hurricane" ] }

D

NYSEDREGENTS_2007_4_17

Apple trees can bide for mony years, but bean plants uisually bide for only a puckle months. This statement suggests that

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "different plants hae different lifespans", "plants depeend on ither plants", "plants produce mony affspring", "saisonal chynge helps plants grow" ] }

A

NYSEDREGENTS_2007_8_28

The muivement o an air mass ower Yird's surface causes

{ "label": [ "1", "2", "3", "4" ], "text": [ "yirdquauk activity", "local wather chynge", "warmin o the globe", "ecological succession" ] }

2

CSZ_2007_5_CSZ10068

Whit dae watter, aluminioom, redwid trees, an valley quail aw hae in common?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "They are aw pure elements.", "They are aw made o cells.", "They are aw leevin creatures.", "They are aw made o atoms." ] }

D

MCAS_2008_8_5719

Whit o the follaein structurs isnae present in animal cells?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "cell membrane", "cell wa", "mitochondrion", "nucleus" ] }

B

ACTAAP_2015_7_2

A reflex can protect the body frae harm. Whit organ seestems wark thegither tae produce a reflex?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "nervous an immune seestems", "nervous an muscular seestems", "circulatory an immune seestems", "circulatory an muscular seestems" ] }

B

Mercury_7233800

Whit type o laundscape maist likely existit millions o years ago in places whaur naitural gas reserves are currently foond?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "desert", "Alpine forest", "Arctic ocean", "swamp" ] }

C

MDSA_2007_4_35

Aluminium an copper ur composed o different types o maitter. Whit statement best descrives maitter?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Maitter haes mass.", "Maitter haes mass an volume.", "Maitter maun change intae different forms.", "Maitter maun be conteened in a certain volume." ] }

B

Mercury_411029

In the geologic past, abiotic factors sic as volcanic eruptions hae had an impact on the availability o resources. Hou can volcanic eruptions impact the availability o resources?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "by decryasin the thickness o soil", "by causin mair heavy rains tae erode tapsoil", "by disruptin the sunlight frae reachin producers", "by causin the surface o the Earth tae be warmer than usual" ] }

C

Mercury_7166600

Growth an activities o organisms can speed up the chemical weatherin o rocks. Whit organisms naturally cause maist o the chemical weatherin o rocks?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "sma mammals", "plant seedlin's", "mosses", "insects" ] }

C

Mercury_405142

Monie products are made frae trees. Whit is the best wey tae manage the uise o trees?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "cut doon maist o the trees frae forests", "big mair lumber mills", "reduce the amoont o recycled paper", "plant a tree ilk time ane is cut doon" ] }

D

Mercury_7168560

The watter cycle descrives the muivement o the watter o Yirth. Aboot 96% o the watter o Yirth is the saut watter foond in the oceans while the remainin 4% is fresh watter. Whaur wad the majority o the freshwatter on Yirth be foond?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "grundwatter an aquifers", "sypes an wetland", "ice taps an glessiers", "lochs an rivers" ] }

C

Mercury_7217840

Ice will form on sma ponds when the temperature draps below 0°C. Whit property o ice is maist beneficial tae fish livin in thae ponds?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Ice has a temperature caulder than the temperature o watter.", "Ice absorbs sunlicht that is reflected by watter.", "Ice traps mair pollution than is trapped by watter.", "Ice haes a density lawer than the density o watter." ] }

D

Mercury_7041160

Whit energy resource is non-renewable?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "ile", "solar", "watter", "wind" ] }

A

Mercury_7168683

A plant gets the energy it needs frae the Sun. The plant uises aboot ten percent o the energy tae cairry on its life functions. The plant transfers appruiximately anither ten percent o the energy tae the consumers in a fuid chain. Whit happens tae maist o the remainin energy?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "It is reabsorbed by the Sun.", "It is recycled by decomposers.", "It is stored in soil for later use.", "It is released intae the ecosystem as heat." ] }

D

Mercury_7183505

When high winds knocked down pine trees in a wooded region, it created a gap in the crowded canopy and allowed sunlight to fall on the ground. The increased sunlight allowed a dense growth of raspberry plants which protected young pine seedlings from being eaten by herbivores. Over time, the pine seedlings grew and blocked sunlight from falling on the woodland floor, thereby preventing growth of more raspberry plants. Which of these terms best describes the process of change observed in this woodlands community?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "adaptation", "cooperation", "natural selection", "ecological succession" ] }

D

Mercury_183803

Which o thir wad be a model o diffusion?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a student passes throu a door", "twa students pass by ilk ither", "twa students bum intae ilk ither", "students pass frae a crooded room intae a hall" ] }

D

Mercury_7124180

Whit is the maist reliable wye tae get unbiased results whan conductin a controlled experiment?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Uise mair than ane control group.", "Try a different experimental group.", "Chynge the hypothesis if it is incorrect.", "Repeat the procedure exactly the same ilk time." ] }

D

Mercury_402211

A potassium (K) atom haes 20 neutrons, 19 protons an 19 electrons. Whit is the atomic mass o potassium?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "19", "20", "38", "39" ] }

D

NYSEDREGENTS_2007_8_23

Whan placed in direct sunnlicht, which object will absorb the maist visible licht energy?

{ "label": [ "1", "2", "3", "4" ], "text": [ "a piece o clear gless", "a snawba", "a shiny mirror", "a black sweater" ] }

4

Mercury_7114870

A student prepares a report on gradual environmental changes. Whit is the best topic for this report?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "forest fires in mountain regions", "succession that transforms grassland to forest", "decomposition of a desert rodent", "flash flooding in a country area" ] }

B

Mercury_7268835

Whit transition is maist responsible for gaps in the fossil record?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "metamorphic rock tae igneous rock", "igneous rock tae metamorphic rock", "metamorphic rock tae sedimentary rock", "sedimentary rock tae metamorphic rock" ] }

D

Mercury_SC_406669

Which wad maist likely need tae happen for a new plant tae grow?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Leaves grow oot o a stem.", "Insects get attracted tae the petals.", "A blossom faws intae the soil.", "A seed sprouts intae a seedling." ] }

D

Mercury_7013545

Students feenished a lab experiment uisin chemicals. The students made sure they safely disposed o the chemicals because they

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "-poored the chemicals doon the sink drain.", "-placed the chemicals carefully in the trash can.", "-placed each chemical back in its original container.", "-followed the directions provided by the teacher for each chemical." ] }

D

MDSA_2007_5_50

Coal an trees ur resources foond in Maryland. Baith resources ur uised fur

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "makkin paper", "makkin pencils", "biggin hooses", "producing heat" ] }

D

ACTAAP_2011_5_9

Which set o descriptions correctly states the difference atween a population an a community?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Population: ane species in an area Community: ane species worldwide", "Population: organisms in a sma area Community: organisms in a lairge area", "Population: livin parts o an area Community: livin an nonlivin parts o an area", "Population: ane type o organism in an area Community: mony types o organisms in an area" ] }

D

Mercury_7284060

The vamput finches in the Galápagos Islands peck at anither species o bird, the blue-fittit booby, til the finches mak a wund. Syne, the finches drink the booby's bluid. Scientists think that mony generations ago finches used tae peck buiks aff the booby, and the behaviour evolved tae whit it is the day. Whilk statement best describes the birds' relationship generations ago and the relationship the day?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The auld relationship wis parasitic. The new relationship is mutualistic.", "The auld relationship wis mutualistic. The new relationship is parasitic.", "Baith relationships are parasitic.", "Baith relationships are mutualistic." ] }

B

Mercury_SC_414081

A student blew air intae a beach ba and sealed it. She then pushed oan the middle o the beach ba. Whit happened tae the air inside the beach ba?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The air in the beach ba escaped.", "The air in the beach ba became a liquid.", "The type o air in the beach ba changed.", "The shape o the air in the beach ba changed." ] }

D

MDSA_2011_8_10

The crust, the mantle, an the core ur structures o Yird. Whit description is a feature o Yird's mantle?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "contains fossil remains", "consists o tectonic plates", "is located at the center o Yird", "haes properties o baith liquids an solids" ] }

D

MDSA_2007_5_32

A container is filled wi 250 milliliters o watter. The total mass o the container an the watter is 300 grams. Whit is the total mass o the container an the watter efter bein in a freezer for 2 oors?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "50 grams", "250 grams", "300 grams", "550 grams" ] }

C

Mercury_SC_401165

Whit event is the best example o mechanical energy?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "wid burnin", "licht shinin", "a sang playin on a radio", "a cairt rollin doon a hill" ] }

D

Mercury_7012618

Soond waves traivel festest in

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "air.", "iron.", "watter.", "a vacuum." ] }

B

Mercury_7103460

Whit condition is associated wi maist warm fronts?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "tornado formations", "law temperatures", "violent air mass collisions", "cloud formations bringin precipitation" ] }

D

Mercury_7219083

The radioactive isotope content o a stane can be uised tae identifee whilk property o the stane?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the total mass o the stane", "the rate at whilk the stane formed", "the types o fossils that the stane conteens", "the amount o time passed sin the stane formed" ] }

D

Mercury_188563

Whit o the follaein best descrives a chynge in Earth's atmosphere made by early photosynthetic life?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "increasit level o oxygen", "increasit level o carbon dioxide", "decreasit ability tae support life", "decreasit ability tae transmit licht" ] }

A

Mercury_7162925

A student staunds on a scales, an the scale reads 85 pound. Whit is bein measured by the scale?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the force o gravity actin on the student", "the air pressure surroundin the student", "the mass o the student", "the volume o the student" ] }

A

Mercury_SC_415706

An ingineer can choose frae fower different materials tae mak a het-resistant handle for a stirring spuin. Whit material is least likely tae get het when the spuin is placed in boiling water?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Ceramic", "Wid", "Gless", "Iron" ] }

B

NCEOGA_2013_5_26

A student notishes that an infiltrated balloon gets lairger whan it is warmed by a lamp. Whit best descrives the mass o the balloon as a result o this chynge?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The mass o the balloon increases because the size o the balloon haes increased.", "The mass o the balloon increases because the temperature o the balloon haes increased.", "The mass o the balloon bides the same because the gas inside the balloon still haes the same mass eftir it warms up.", "The mass o the balloon bides the same because warming decreases the mass eneuch tae cancel oot the effect o increasin the size." ] }

C

Mercury_412775

A solution wi a pH o 2 can be increased tae a pH abuin 7 by adding

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "an acid.", "watter.", "a base.", "hydrogen." ] }

C

Mercury_7246873

Which o thir indicates a physical cheenge that occurs durin the process o digestion?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the addition o acids tae create a ba' o food", "the secretion o pepsin tae cheenge proteins tae peptides", "the breakdown o food substances by digestive juices", "the squeezing o food through the intestines" ] }

D

Mercury_7171920

Kailey an LeAnn war preparin a report on ocean tides. Whit information should they include in their report concernin the greatest influence on the strength o a high tide in a particular area?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the poseetion o the Muin aroond Yird", "the poseetion o Yird aroond the Sun", "the rotation o the Muin", "the rotation o Yird" ] }

A

Mercury_SC_401199

Uisin fossil fuels wisely an avoiding waste is an example o

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "rationin.", "recyclin.", "substeetution.", "conservation." ] }

D

Mercury_404134

When a button is pushed on a battery-operated clock, the time display is illuminated. Whit process has taen place?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Pressure has been converted to light. Pressure haes been convertit tae licht.", "Force has been converted to light. Force haes been convertit tae licht.", "Closing an electric circuit has produced light. Closin an electric circuit haes produced licht.", "Opening an electric circuit has produced light. Openin an electric circuit haes produced licht." ] }

C

Mercury_7283588

Whit dae the energy resoorces uranium an coal hae in common?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "They baith are formed fae the remains o deid organisms.", "They baith are acqueered by minin the lithosphere.", "They baith release energy through combustion.", "They baith generate radioactive wastes." ] }

B

Mercury_7269168

Whin is wid a nonrenewable resource?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Whin mair trees are harvested than are replanted.", "Whin trees are harvested and replanted at the same rate.", "Whin trees are uised as an energy resource.", "Whin trees are uised as a material resource." ] }

A

Mercury_7009625

If a tod an a earn eat some o the same organisms in an ecosystem, the relationship atween the tod an the earn coud be clessifeed as

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "competition.", "mutualism.", "predation.", "parasitism." ] }

A

Mercury_SC_402085

Licht is refractit the least when passin through a

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "telescope lens.", "a tintit windae.", "magnifyin glaiss.", "a pair o specks." ] }

B

MEAP_2005_8_17

Why is it winter in North America when it is summer in South America?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The south is aye warmer than the north.", "Thare is less land than watter in the south.", "North America receives less direct sunlight durin the winter.", "When it is December in North America, it is Juin in South America." ] }

C

Mercury_7228025

Whit factor best explains hou mony diseases, sic as cancer, are formed within the body?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "A trauma tae the body haes occurred.", "A disruption in the cell cycle haes taen place.", "A response by the immune system wis triggred by an allergic reaction.", "A mutation occurred durin the process o crossin ower." ] }

B

Mercury_410719

A student pushes a shoppin cairtel foo o messages. The cairtel haes a mass o 12 kilograms (kg). The student pushes the cairtel wi a force o 15 newtons (N). Assumin the grund is frictionless, hou fast will the cairtel accelerate untill the student staps applyin the force?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "0.625 m/s^2", "0.8 m/s^2", "1.25 m/s^2", "2.5 m/s^2" ] }

C

Mercury_7180758

During whit activity will licht maist likely be refracted?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "placing a scarf ower the shade o a lamp", "viewin objects using the side mirror o a car", "looking at pebbles thro the water in a stream", "usin a flashlight tae licht up a forest path at nicht" ] }

C

Mercury_416649

Rosaria discovered a type o structure she couldnae identify in a sample o laich water. Her teacher looked intae her microscope an explained that they were zygotes produced by ane o the protists in her sample. The zygotes belang tae which protist?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "amoeba", "euglena", "paramecium", "volvox" ] }

D

AKDE&ED_2012_8_45

Whit action is maist likely a learned behavior?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "A bird biggs a nest.", "A spider spins a wab.", "A lion cub practices its huntin skills.", "An earthworm moves awa frae bricht licht." ] }

C

NYSEDREGENTS_2004_4_3

Watter freezin is an example o a

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "liquid chyngein tae a solid", "solid chyngein tae a liquid", "gas chyngein tae a solid", "gas chyngein tae a liquid" ] }

A

Mercury_SC_407186

A chuckie is able tae gain energy that cam frae the Sun by

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "eatin seeds.", "drinkin watter.", "layin eggs.", "breathin oxygen." ] }

A

Mercury_7084263

Whit o thir conditions maist likely results frae infection?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "high bluid sugar levels", "swallin o throat tissues", "numbness in fingers", "blockage o bluid vessels in the leg" ] }

B

MCAS_1999_4_2

Why is it better tae wear a white T-shirt than a dark blue T-shirt in the summer?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Light-coloured claes let mair air in.", "Light-coloured claes prevent sweatin.", "Light-coloured claes are no as hivy as dark-coloured claes.", "Light-coloured claes reflect mair sunlight than dark-coloured claes." ] }

D

Mercury_412649

The equation for the synthesis o watter is gien ablow. 2H_{2} + O_{2} -> 2H_{2}O Hoo monie grams o oxygen gas are needit tae produce 36.0 grams o watter?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "9.00 grams", "16.0 grams", "32.0 grams", "40.0 grams" ] }

C

MEA_2016_5_12

A gowp o Canada geese left a Florida loch in the spring. The geese arrivit at a Maine loch 2,000 km awa in 40 days. If the geese traivelt at a constant rate, hou far did the geese traivel on the first day?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "5 km", "20 km", "40 km", "50 km" ] }

D

Mercury_SC_406796

Students are daein an investigation tae find oot the types o bacteria that grow inside their schuil. Whit activity should the students avoid while performin this investigation?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "wearing gloves while handling the samples", "cleaning aw materials they hiv finished uisin", "bringin food an drinks intae the lab", "washin haunds afore leavin the lab" ] }

C

MDSA_2009_4_18

Scienteests group ainimals based on pheesical features. Trout ur classified as fish because o whit pheesical feature?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Fish hae gills.", "Fish eat the same food.", "Fish bide in the same area.", "Fish hae the same predators." ] }

A

NYSEDREGENTS_2006_8_26

Althocht chainge in multicellular species eften taks thoosands o years, some species o bacteria unnergang major chainges in juist a puckle years. Ane reason for this differ is that thir bacteria

{ "label": [ "1", "2", "3", "4" ], "text": [ "are microscopic", "dae no contein DNA", "reproduce vera quick", "cause infectious diseeses" ] }

3

NAEP_2011_8_S11+15

Watter evaporates an faws back tae Yirth as rain or snaa. Whit is the primary energy soorce that drives this cycle?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The wind", "The Sun", "Air pressure", "Ocean currents" ] }

B

Mercury_400893

In humans, the gene for a free lobe [E] is dominant ower the gene for an attached lobe [e]. Gif ane parent haes a free lobe [ Ee ] an the ither parent haes an attached lobe ( ee ), whit is the probability that their offspring will hae an attached lobe?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "0%", "25%", "50%", "100%" ] }

C

Mercury_SC_401596

A tree fog wi whit chaakteristic is mair likely tae survive than ither tree fogs?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a preference fur rare insects", "an unusually heich-pitched caw", "skyn that resembles tree leaves", "a body lairger than ither tree fogs" ] }

C

LEAP_2008_4_10288

Hoo dis ower muckle fishin in an area affect its ecosystem?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The fish will lay mony mair eggs tae replace the fish that were caught.", "Organisms that eat the fish cud become endangered due tae starvation.", "Organisms that the fish eat will become endangered.", "Fowk cud eat ower mony fish an become ill." ] }

B

Mercury_7189070

The gametes o human males an females hae the same number o chromosomes. Whit best describes whit happens tae the chromosomes when typical male an female gametes combine tae produce offspring?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The chromosomes cheenge shape.", "The number o chromosomes doubles.", "The chromosomes get bigger in size.", "The number o chromosomes reduces by half." ] }

B

Mercury_7122010

A student recordit the growth rate o plants grown in the presence o twa different types o music. Plants grown in the presence o ane type o music grew faster than the ither plants. Before reportin a conclusion, which should the student maist likely dae?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "use different plants", "dae the experiment again", "add a third type o music", "use fewer plants" ] }

B

Mercury_7217018

A scientist cross-pollinates a tomato plant that is resistant tae viruses wi a tomato plant that produces muckle tomatoes. This is an example o

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "natural selection.", "asexual reproduction.", "selective breedin.", "genetic ingineerin." ] }

C

Mercury_SC_400200

At whit temperatur is watter maist likely tae be in vapour form?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "-10°C", "20°C", "90°C", "120°C" ] }

D

Mercury_7106330

A meteorologist records data for a ceety on a certain date. The data includes temperature, cloud cover, wind speed, barometric pressure, and wind direction. Whit method should the meteorologist use tae record this data for a quick reference?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a written scrieve", "a table", "a station model", "a weather map" ] }

B

Mercury_415080

A bus traivelt 280 kilometers atween twa ceities. It left the first ceity at 3:00 p.m. an' arrived at the second ceity at 7:00 p.m. Whit wis the average speed o the bus durin' the trip?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "4 km/h", "40 km/h", "70 km/h", "280 km/h" ] }

C