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Mercury_7143780
A medical research team is tryin tae determine whether a cream that is rubbed on the chest will help reduce the coughin associated wi a particular illness. The team conducts the research usin several groups o people. Which step will most likely result in producin a dependent (respondin) variable that will help validate their research?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "usin a different amount o people in each trial", "writin doon the names o the people in the study", "monitorin the reaction o each person in the study", "applyin the same amount o cream tae each person" ] }
D
AKDE&ED_2012_8_9
Twa pure substances combine tae mak a new substance. The new substance cannae be physically separatit and haes a different boiling pynt than each o the original substances. This new substance can best be classified as
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "an atom.", "a mixture.", "an element.", "a compound." ] }
D
Mercury_406549
Bees uise pollen frae flouers tae mak hinny. Bees help flouers by
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "providin thaim wi fertiliser.", "helpin thaim grow taller.", "aiding thaim in reproduction.", "increasin photosynthesis." ] }
C
Mercury_7086293
Whit pairticle aye haes a mass o ane atomic mass unit (amu) an nae chairge?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a neutron", "a proton", "an electron", "an atom" ] }
A
Mercury_7282555
Aquaculture is the raisin o freshwatter an marine plants an ainimals for fuid. Hou wad a company raisin fish best demonstrate guid stewardship o naitural resoorces?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "They wad raise fish wi as little pollutin as possible.", "They wad raise fish as economically as possible.", "They wad raise fish fae as mony species as possible.", "They wad raise fish tae be as flavorful as possible." ] }
A
Mercury_416594
A smaw community is biggin their first watter treatment plant, but haes limited amounts o land an siller available. Ane o the council members suggests reducin costs an land needs by laeving oot the aeration pond. The plant supervisor explains that aeration is a necessary step in treatin drinkin watter. Whit is the maist important reason the toon shuid include an aeration pond in their watter treatment plant?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Aeration kills anaerobic bacteria.", "Aeration removes dissolved gases.", "Aeration oxidizes dissolved metal ions.", "Aeration removes some solvents and chemicals." ] }
A
Mercury_7207393
The concept o continental drift, continents driftin ower the ocean fluirs, wis proponed by Alfred Wegner in 1915. This concept wis replaced by the theory o plate tectonics in the 1960s. Chynges fae the continental drift concept tae the plate tectonics theory required whilk o the follaein?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "strang yirdquakes occurrin alang fau't zones", "daty and ideas bein shared amang scientists", "a scientific law bein passed by Congreess", "teachers beginnin tae teach the newer theory" ] }
B
Mercury_7217963
Due tae the increasin average temperature o the atmosphere, polar ice sheets melt at a greater rate than they form. Whit o these will be an effect o the continued meltin o polar ice?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "A major reservoir o fresh water will decrease.", "Plant life will increase due tae higher sea levels.", "Water runoff will cause an increase in ocean salinity.", "Ocean temperature will decrease wi the addition o cauld water." ] }
A
Mercury_184293
Which o these statements is maist accurate aboot the Sun?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "It haes an infinite energy supply.", "It is near the end o its life cycle.", "It is in its infancy in terms o energy consumption.", "It haes consumed approximately one-half o its expendable energy." ] }
D
Mercury_404903
If a bairn scartes his fuit on a bit o' rusty metal, it's important tae get medical treatment because the
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "metal is corrosive tae the skin.", "fuit carries lairge amoonts o' bacteria.", "fuit is the maist sensitive pairt o' the body.", "metal may be contaminated an cause infection." ] }
D
TIMSS_2003_4_pg58
Whit group consists only o livin things?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "rabbit, seed, bird", "seed, bird, wund", "Volcano, candle, rabbit", "wund, candle, volcano" ] }
A
MEA_2014_5_6
Twa flouers are baith roses. Ane rose is lairger an has mair fragrance than the ither rose. Whit advantage will ane o the roses maist likely gain because o this differ?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The lairger rose will hae fewer petals than the smawer rose.", "The lairger rose will mair easily attract bees than the smawer rose.", "The smawer rose will hae mair pollen than the lairger rose.", "The smawer rose will grow faster than the lairger rose." ] }
B
MDSA_2009_8_44
Clams, oystèrs, an mussels eat plankton filtered frae water. Hoo would clams, oystèrs, an mussels maist likely be affectit if the amoont o plankton in a lairge bouk o water wis significantly reduced?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "They would increase in number.", "They would find a new food source.", "They would become prey tae ither animals.", "They would compete for a limited food source." ] }
D
NCEOGA_2013_5_29
Andy bides in the soothren hemisphere. Whit sizzon dis he maist likely experience in August?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "spring", "summer", "winter", "autumn" ] }
C
AKDE&ED_2008_8_12
Hou dis the tilt o Earth’s axis an its rotation affect the weather?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The tilt o Earth allous Earth tae absorb aw o the Sun’s radiation as it rotates.", "The tilt allous certain latitudes o Earth tae be heated at a greater rate whiles Earth rotates.", "The tilt o Earth allous Earth tae rotate fast eneuch tae allou surface coolin tae occur at nicht.", "The tilt allous energy tae be evenly distributed throughout the atmosphere whiles Earth rotates." ] }
B
Mercury_SC_LBS10343
The wecht o heavy machinery compacts soil, especially when it is weet. Why dae fermers avoid drivin thair machinery across weet grund?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Compacted soil will absorb ower muckle water.", "Plants canna grow when soil is compacted.", "Minnerals are destroyed when soil is compacted.", "Compacted soil increases soil acidity." ] }
B
Mercury_7188703
The wearin doun o landforms depends on various factors. Whilk area wad maist likely hae the fastest rate o chemical wearin doun?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "freezin and dry regions", "warm and moist regions", "cool and humid regions", "het and dry regions" ] }
B
MCAS_2008_5_5637
A statue an a table ur baith made o the same type o marble. Whit o the follaein properties will maist likely be the same for baith o these objects?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "size", "shape", "weight", "hardness" ] }
D
VASoL_2008_5_9
The Yird maks a complete revolution aroon the Sun aboot ance ilka
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "day", "year", "season", "minute" ] }
B
ACTAAP_2010_5_6
Mara plantit sax pots o lettuce seeds. She pat three pots in a sunny area an thrie pots in a shadie area. She watered ilkane pot the same an measured the growth o the lettuce. Efter Mara analyses her data, whit conclusion will it help her tae mak?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Whan tae plant her lettuce", "Whaur tae plant her lettuce", "Hoo muckle water tae gie lettuce", "Hoo mony lettuce plants tae grow" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_401133
Whit should be done when the results o an experiment dinnae support the hypothesis?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "repeat the experiment an check for errors", "chynge the observations tae match the hypothesis", "redo the experiment until the expected results are obtained", "record an analyze the data efter chyngein the hypothesis" ] }
A
Mercury_7267680
A student wants tae mak a model showin the maist important reason why auld gasoline shoud niver be poured intae the soil. Which o the followin maun be included in the model?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "gasoline evaporatin frae soil", "gasoline catchin fire in the soil", "gasoline pollutin an auld septic system", "gasoline tricklin doon intae grundwatter" ] }
D
Mercury_192763
Whit is the source o fuels sic as coal an naitural gas?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "ance-livin organisms", "cauld-watter oceans", "eruptin volcanoes", "forest fires" ] }
A
NYSEDREGENTS_2009_4_20
Whit pairt o a bird is richtly matched wi its function?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "claws fer obtainin fuid", "wings fer eliminatin waste", "feathers fer breathin", "eyes fer growin" ] }
A
Mercury_7093188
Whit source o electricity wad hairm the environment the least?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "solar pouer", "diesel generator", "hydroelectric dams", "pouer lines" ] }
A
MCAS_2013_5_29405
A student freezes some orange juice. Which of the following statements best describes how the orange juice is different after it is frozen?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "It is a liquid.", "It weighs more.", "It stays in one shape.", "It takes up less space." ] }
C
Mercury_7108640
A scientist investigated the effeck o warkplace stress on hert disease in humans. Men o various ages wir divided intae twa groups based on whether they descrived their wark as very stressful or no very stressful. Durin the ane year investigation the scientist monitored the hert health o each man. Whit was the bias in this investigation?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The investigation only lasted ane year.", "The only organ studied was the hert.", "The investigation tested only men.", "The age o the pairticipants varied." ] }
C
NYSEDREGENTS_2005_8_1
Whit statement best explains why the Sun an the Muin appear tae be aboot the same size in the sky?
{ "label": [ "1", "2", "3", "4" ], "text": [ "The Sun an the Muin hae the same diameter.", "The Muin is lairger in diameter an farther frae Yird than the Sun.", "The Muin is smawer in diameter an is closer tae Yird than the Sun.", "The Sun an the Muin are the same distance frae Yird." ] }
3
Mercury_7174195
A perpetual motion machine is a theoretical device which, once started, continues to operate without any additional input of energy. Whit statement descrives why a perpetual motion machine is impossible tae design?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Energy can be converted intae mass.", "Friction reduces the efficiency in a seestem.", "The amount o energy in a seestem remains constant.", "Potential energy can be converted intae kinetic energy." ] }
B
MCAS_2006_9_30-v1
Whit o the follaein chynges occurs as a solid is heated?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The kinetic energy o the solid decreases.", "The average density o the solid increases.", "The specific heat capacity o the solid decreases.", "The average molecular speed in the solid increases." ] }
D
NYSEDREGENTS_2009_8_29
In whit organisms coud evolution happen maist rapid?
{ "label": [ "1", "2", "3", "4" ], "text": [ "humans", "fish", "birds", "bacteria" ] }
4
Mercury_7005443
Smaa mammals hae mony adaptations that keep them warm in winter. Whit wadna help conserve heat?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "rinnin", "hibernatin", "hudlin in a group", "growin thicker fur" ] }
A
Mercury_183750
In whit scenario ablow wad natural selection maist likely occur?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "centuries o gradual climate change", "catastrophic destruction o habitat", "rapid an profound climate change", "immediate loss o primary food source" ] }
A
NCEOGA_2013_5_59
Whit is a characteristic o a dug that is maist likely a result o its environment?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "its colour", "its length o lugs", "its fuid preference", "its ability tae see in the dark" ] }
C
Mercury_7211225
Stuidents measure the effect o watter on the growth of plants for a lab experiment. The stuidents gie different amounts o watter tae three different groups o plants. Aw plants receive the same amount of licht an are planted in the same amount o soil. The stuidents then measure the heicht of the plants ower a period of fower weeks. Whit variables should be labeled on the axes tae graph the data collected in this experiment?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Amount o Watter vs. Heicht o Plants", "Temperature vs. Amount o Sunlicht", "Amount o Watter vs. Amount o Soil", "Amount o Sunlicht vs. Heicht o Plants" ] }
A
Mercury_7086223
Whit property best indicates that soil contains nutrients?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "texture", "colour", "amount o saund", "amount o clay" ] }
B
CSZ_2004_5_CSZ10003
Which o the follaein quaistens is testable in a scientific investigation?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Are dugs better pets nor cats?", "Are dugs happy whan they are walked?", "Are cats mair active at nicht nor during the day?", "Are cats easier tae tak care o nor dugs?" ] }
C
ACTAAP_2013_5_14
Mr. Pratt dis a science demonstration. He blaws up a balloon, places it in a freezer, an syne remove it efter 10 minutes. Whit best describes the balloon's volume when in the freezer an syne efter bein removed an allawed tae warm up?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "expands in the freezer an syne contracts as it gets warmer again", "contracts in the freezer an syne expands as it gets warmer again", "expands in the freezer an syne keeps that volume when warmed up", "contracts in the freezer an syne keeps that volume when warmed up" ] }
B
NYSEDREGENTS_2011_4_24
Whit activity is an example o a guid health habit?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "watchin the telly", "smokin cigarettes", "eatin sweeties", "exercisin ilka day" ] }
D
Mercury_7014525
Whit substance should a student apply tae the skin if he or she gets splashed wi an acid?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "watter", "vinegar", "saut", "formaldehyde" ] }
A
NYSEDREGENTS_2016_4_13
Whit human activity aft hae's a hairmfu effeck on the environment?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "recyclin paper an plastic", "ridin a bicycle tae school", "helpin seeds tae germinate", "thrawin garbage intae a burn" ] }
D
Mercury_SC_400863
Thare is fower stages tae the life cycle o a butterfly: adult, pupa, egg, an catterpillar. Whit ane o thae occurs first?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "egg", "adult", "pupa", "catterpillar" ] }
A
Mercury_7223178
A sample in a cylindrical container haes a cylindrical shape an a fixed volume. The state o matter o the sample
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "maun be solid.", "could be either solid or liquid.", "maun be liquid.", "could be either liquid or gas." ] }
B
Mercury_7207218
Whit is the best eidence that rocks fun deep unnergroun were yince exposed at the surface?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The rocks hae been melted by a magma.", "The rocks hae been broket by fauts.", "The rocks hae been weathered by watter.", "The rocks hae been faulded by pressure." ] }
C
Mercury_7218120
Whit yin o these happens due tae the rotation o the Earth?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the saisons", "day an nicht", "the rotation o the Muin", "muin an solar clipses" ] }
B
ACTAAP_2015_7_8
In 1783, Europe wis unco cauld an foggy. The rain wis acidy. Whit event maist likely caused the uncoser climate in Europe that year?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "A logging company deforestit millions o acres in South America.", "A muckle yirdquauk an tsunami chynged the path o the Gulf Stream.", "A muckle volcanic eruption released ash an sulphur gas intae the atmosphere.", "An increase in the uise o automobiles released mair carbon dioxide intae the atmosphere." ] }
C
Mercury_SC_LBS10389
A group o students is studyin bean plants. Aw o the follaein traits is effectit by chynge in the environment except
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "leaf colour.", "seed type.", "bean production.", "plant heicht." ] }
B
Mercury_7267960
As humans traivel in space, which gas is provided in the atmosphere o the spacecraft an which gas is removed frae the atmosphere o the spacecraft?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Oxygen is provided. Carbon dioxide is removed.", "Carbon dioxide is provided. Oxygen is removed.", "Carbon dioxide is provided. Nitrogen is removed.", "Oxygen is provided. Nitrogen is removed." ] }
A
Mercury_7182893
Maist o the volume o the universe is foond in the space atween galaxies. Objects foond in the regions atween galaxies are maist likely tae be closest in size tae whilk o these?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a dust particle", "an asteroid", "a planet", "a starn" ] }
A
MCAS_2008_8_5694
Whit ae the follaein statements braw explains why the tilt o Yird on its aixle causes summer tae be warmer than winter in the Northern Hemisphere?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The braw ocean currents flow frae the tropics tae the Northern Hemisphere in the summer.", "The rays o the Sun shrape the Northern Hemisphere mair directly in the summer.", "The greenhouse effeck uphauds in the Northern Hemisphere in the summer.", "The Northern Hemisphere is closer tae the Sun in the summer." ] }
B
Mercury_SC_407571
Jennifer an Mark prepared a layer cake usin ile an watter. Efter the cake baked in the oven, they added frosting. Whit property coud be measured wi a balance?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the temperature o the oven", "the mass o the frosting", "the height o the layers", "the volume o the ile" ] }
B
MCAS_2007_8_5172
Which o the follaein substances can be separate intae several elements?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "nitrogen", "zinc", "air", "aluminum" ] }
C
Mercury_7135835
A Mars Rover haes been sent tae explore an relay data fae Mars. Mars is less massive than Yird. Whan compared wi Yird, which is the best comparison atween the mass an the wecht o the Rover on Mars?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The mass is mair on Mars an the wecht is less.", "The wecht is mair on Mars an the mass is less.", "The wecht is less on Mars an the mass is the same.", "The mass is less on Mars an the wecht is the same." ] }
C
Mercury_SC_405647
The ice cubes in the freezer are meltin. Whit change is maist likely causin the ice cubes tae melt?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a decrease in the mass o the ice cubes", "an increase in the mass o the ice cubes", "a decrease in the temperature inside the freezer", "an increase in the temperature inside the freezer" ] }
D
Mercury_SC_401371
Whit event occurs on a daily cycle?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The Sun rises an sets.", "Earth tilts on its axis.", "Earth revolves aroond the Sun.", "The Muin revolves aroond Earth." ] }
A
Mercury_7268013
In whit wey are rainforests an coral reefs different fae ecosystems wi few species?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "There are mair prey than predators.", "The food wab is mair stable an lang-lasting.", "Organisms aften maun compete fur food.", "Plant populations ur the primary producers." ] }
B
Mercury_7009538
Whit statement best explains why a car that is rollin oan a level surface will eventually come tae a stoap?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Frictional forces oppose the motion o the car.", "Forrit motion slowly rins oot as energy is expended.", "The natural state o an object is tae be at rest.", "Inertia actin oan an object will dissipate." ] }
A
Mercury_7008838
Whit compound disnae contain individual molecules?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "saut", "watter", "hydrogen gas", "carbon monoxide" ] }
A
Mercury_7041125
Whit is the greatest contributor tae air pollution in the Unitit States?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "factories", "automobiles", "pouer plants", "burnin waste" ] }
B
NYSEDREGENTS_2009_8_12
Limestone is a sedimentary rock an marble is a metamorphic rock. E’en tho limestone an marble hae the same chemical makup, they are classified as different rocks because they
{ "label": [ "1", "2", "3", "4" ], "text": [ "wur formed fae different fossils", "teuk different amoonts o time tae form", "formed at different times", "formed by different methods" ] }
4
Mercury_SC_402240
Whit piece o lab equipment is necessary tae determine the mass o 2 teaspoons o san?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "gless beaker", "balance", "eyedropper", "graduate cylinder" ] }
B
NYSEDREGENTS_2006_8_39
Whit is the result o cellular respiration?
{ "label": [ "1", "2", "3", "4" ], "text": [ "Energy for cell processes is released.", "Oxygen is released for photosynthesis.", "Cells undergo decomposition.", "Nutrients are excreted tae prevent the buildup o body fat." ] }
1
Mercury_7111248
Ane astronomical unit is the average distance atween the Yird an the Sun. This unit is maist aften uised tae descrive the distance atween whit twa objects?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "frae galaxy tae galaxy", "frae Saturn tae Mercury", "frae the Sun tae Proxima Centauri", "frae the Big Dipper tae the Little Dipper" ] }
B
Mercury_7188878
A combination o processes occurs whan starns ur formin. Whit is ae process maist likely associatit wi the formation o new starns?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Hydrogen in the cores o the starns is exhaistit.", "Material accumulates fae starns that hae deid.", "Elements in the starns sic as iron undergo fusion.", "Cores o starns become twice as massive as the Sun." ] }
B
Mercury_7168455
The watter cycle descrives the continuous muivement o the watter o Earth. Whit pairt o the watter cycle is directly responsible for returnin watter tae the soil?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "condensation", "evaporation", "precipitation", "transpiration" ] }
C
LEAP__7_10343
Researchers recently discoverit a gene in humans that previously wis unknown tae science. Whit statement best explains why the gene probably wisnae discoverit much sooner?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The gene anely recently evolved in humans.", "The technology uised tae study genes is still bein developed.", "Scientists werenae interested in genes until a puckle years ago.", "Scientists were sure they had already discovered every possible gene." ] }
B
Mercury_7262833
A new organisam is discovered. It is multicellular, autotrophic, and disnae move oan its ain. In whilk kingdoms cuid the organisam belang?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Fungi an Plants", "Protists an Plants", "Animals an Fungi", "Protists an Animals" ] }
B
MCAS_2008_5_5623
The marsh willow herb is a plant native tae the northeestern United States. It grows best in damp habitats. Whilk o the follaein environmental chinges wad maist likely cause a decrease in the marsh willow herb population in an area?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a rainstorm lastin several weeks", "a drought lastin twal month", "unusually low temperatures during the month o July", "unusually high temperatures during the month o January" ] }
B
MEA_2016_8_1
A tod gied birth tae an affspring that had a better sense o' hearin than maist tods. Hou coud this wee chynge maist likely result in descendants that are different fae the original tod?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Tods that hae a better sense o' hearin may mutate mair frequently than ither tods.", "Tods that hae a better sense o' hearin may be huntit mair frequently.", "Ower time, descendants o' this tod may hear and hunt prey better than ither tods.", "Ower time, descendants o' this tod may become extinct." ] }
C
Mercury_7222740
Whit layers o Earth are maistly made o solid material?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "inner core an' outer core", "crust an' inner core", "crust an' mantle", "mantle an' outer core" ] }
B
Mercury_7213255
Fower students compared the total mass o the products tae the total mass o the reactants efter perfomin three trials o the same chemical reaction. Ilka student concluded that the total mass o the products wis slightly less than the total mass o the reactants. Ilka student proposed a different explanation as follows. Student 1: The reaction converted some o the reactant mass tae energy. Student 2: The chemical reaction producit a gas that escaped. Student 3: Some o the mass measurements were made wi insufficient precision. Student 4: Heat released durin the reaction caused the volume o the products tae increase. Whilk students offered the maist reasonable explanations?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Students 1 and 3", "Students 1 and 4", "Students 2 and 3", "Students 2 and 4" ] }
C
Mercury_7142695
Whan the first American astronauts wur plannin tae wauk on the Mune, thay kent that the gravity on the Mune wis less than the gravity on Earth. Wi this information, whit did the astronauts expect tae be maist different on the Mune?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "thair mass", "thair hicht", "thair wecht", "thair volume" ] }
C
AKDE&ED_2012_8_42
A chynge in the density o air can result in a breeze. Whit diagram best shows a series o energy transfers that begins wi the Sun an results in a breeze?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "radiation → conduction → breeze", "radiation → conduction → convection → breeze", "convection → radiation → breeze", "convection → conduction → radiation → breeze" ] }
B
Mercury_417463
Casey haes foond several identical marine animals attached tae an airtificial reef in the Gulf o Mexico. Whit characteristic wad identifee the animals as mollusks?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "brain", "tentacles", "muscular fit", "hard ooter casing" ] }
C
Mercury_7085575
Whit resource whin uised causes the maist pollution?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "solar", "coal", "wind", "watter" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_415410
Whit forms baith glens an canyons?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "glaciers", "rivers", "wind", "tides" ] }
B
Mercury_7221008
Doctors hae determined that ilkae o thae factors coud cause heart disease in humans except
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "genes that code for heart defects.", "infections that damage the heart muscle.", "ither diseases that cause the heart tae wear oot.", "intense exercise that increases the heart rate." ] }
D
Mercury_SC_402170
Fur a class project, students convertit the daily temperatures fur the past month frae Fahrenheit tae Celsius. Whit is the clearest wey fur the students tae present the information?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "table", "formula", "pie chart", "line graph" ] }
A
Mercury_7119858
A ceety wants tae big a dam nearby tae increase watter supplies. Whit question is maist important tae speir aboot the environmental effects o biggin the dam?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Hoo lang will it tak tae big?", "Hoo muckle concrete is needed?", "Hoo will the loch be uised for recreation?", "Hoo will the dam affect fish populations?" ] }
D
NCEOGA_2013_8_47
Whit factors can hae the biggest effeck on the health o a river system?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "type o yird an sautit", "nitrate levels an drumliness", "human consumption an pH", "natural disasters an tidal chynes" ] }
B
NYSEDREGENTS_2009_8_20
Ane important differ atween livin things an non-livin things is that only livin things hae
{ "label": [ "1", "2", "3", "4" ], "text": [ "compounds", "elements", "molecules", "cells" ] }
4
Mercury_SC_401645
Whit characteristic o a kitten is an acquired trait due tae environmental influences?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "cleanin its lugs", "sleepin oan a chair", "shairpenin its claws", "meowin when it is hungry" ] }
C
Mercury_SC_406048
A student plants rose bushes in her front gairden. The student is aft seen pu'in wauds frae the fit o the rose bushes. Whit is the maist likely reason that the wauds are pu'd?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Wauds add fertiliser tae the soil.", "Wauds uise nutrients the roses need tae grow.", "Wauds increase the bacteria in the soil.", "Wauds consumer maist o the oxygen." ] }
B
Mercury_7159093
A female possum can gie birth tae 5-15 offspring. Whit increases wi a lairger litter?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the rate at which they mature", "the number of reliable food sources", "the amount of maternal care per offspring", "the likelihood that some will survive and reproduce" ] }
D
Mercury_SC_411900
Whit action has maist helped sclers find cures tae some ailments?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "buyin new equipment", "learnin aboot bacteria", "findin chemicals in plants", "avoidin poisonous animals" ] }
B
Mercury_7211068
Whit seestem haes layirs o smoove muscle tissue that contract tae move solid an liquid nutrients an waste through the body?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "respiratory", "skeletal", "endocrine", "digestive" ] }
D
NYSEDREGENTS_2009_8_4
Whit wather event usually includes heavy precipitation, strang winds, and surface air temperatures belaw 0°C?
{ "label": [ "1", "2", "3", "4" ], "text": [ "blizzard", "hurricane", "thunderstorm", "tornado" ] }
1
Mercury_182718
Birds that dinnae receive adequate nutrition durin development sing less often an for shorter periods o time as adult birds. Whit best describes the outcome o nutritional stress in thae songbirds?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "They are less likely tae ward aff predators.", "They are less likely tae obtain guid nestin sites.", "They are less likely tae find adequate fuid supplies.", "They are less likely tae attract mates an pass on their genes." ] }
D
Mercury_SC_407691
Felicia notit hoo air temperatures were caller an there were fewer oors o daylicht durin some o the seasons. Whit o the follaein contributes tae these seasonal chynges?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Yird rotates on its axis.", "Yird gaes roond the Sun.", "The Sun haes less energy in wunter.", "The Sun moves further frae Yird in wunter." ] }
B
Mercury_7165060
Scientists ur collectin samples fae sediment deposits in Biscayne Bay. Test results shaw that salinity in the bay is increasin. Whit human influence micht hae led tae this environmental change?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "establishin the bay as a national park in 1980", "findin sunken ships lyin oan the flair o the bay", "collectin marine animals fae the bottom o the bay", "developin power plants alang the shoreline o the bay" ] }
D
MCAS_2011_5_17663
Chris left a gless o water on a windae sill. When he looked at the gless a puckle days later, some o the water had evaporated. Which o the follaein best describes whit happened tae the particles o water that evaporated?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "They became lairger in size.", "They spread oot intae the air.", "They were absorb’t by the gless.", "They passed through the gless intae the air." ] }
B
MDSA_2010_4_28
Some fuid that humans eat, sic as corn an peas, are actually seeds frae plants. Whit best describes the role o humans in a fuid wab conteening thae plants?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a consumer", "a decomposer", "a producer", "a scavenger" ] }
A
Mercury_7282118
Rat snakes, Elaphe obsoleta, ur a species made o mony distinct populations in different areas. Ilka o the populations hae different markins an colorins. Whaur wid rat snakes maist likely be grey?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "in a forest", "in a swamp", "in a gravel pit", "in a corn field" ] }
C
Mercury_SC_406766
Whit precaution maun be taen by students whan makin observations o the Sun?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Uise ainly new equipment.", "Uise a richt strang telescope.", "Project image onto a piece o cairdboard.", "Luik at the Sun ainly in the mornin." ] }
C
Mercury_SC_401364
A drap o reid fuid colorin is added tae a bowl o watter. Siveral minutes later, aw o the watter is reid. Whit o these descrives the chynge that teuk place?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "erosion", "osmosis", "diffusion", "transfousion" ] }
C
Mercury_7212030
Compared tae seemilar-sized gasoline-pouered vehicles, electric-gasoline-hybrid vehicles are primarily designed tae
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "produce mair horsepower.", "eliminate greenhouse gas emissions.", "operate independently o fossil fuels.", "provide better gas mileage." ] }
D
Mercury_7058118
A student is uisin descrietions tae clessifee orrganisms. Ane orrganism is descriet as haein sense organs tae detect heat, layin eggs tae reproduce, uisin venom fer protection, an haein the ability tae chynge body temperature wi its surroundings. Hou wuid the student clessifee this orrganism?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "bacterium", "mammal", "reptile", "bird" ] }
C
MCAS_2005_8_15
Suilphur (S), oxygen (O2), watter (H2O), an sodium chloride (NaCl) are aw examples o pure substances. Which o the follaein describes aw pure substances?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "A pure substance consists o anely ane type o element.", "A pure substance haes a definite chemical composition.", "A pure substance cannae be broken doon intae simpler substances.", "A pure substance is normally foond as a solid at room temperature." ] }
B
Mercury_7154350
In early 2003, the Human Genome Project identified the sequence of base pairs in the genes in human DNA. Wi aw o this information, mony o the functions o the genes are still unknown. Currently, scientists are studyin mony o these genes in order tae learn mair aboot them. Whit is the significance o this new genetic discovery?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "It can provide new methods for creating diseases.", "It can lead to faster chromosome replication.", "It can lead to a simpler structure for DNA.", "It can provide new ways to treat diseases." ] }
D
Mercury_SC_408423
Marni rins 1500 meters aroond the schuil track. Whit dis she need tae ken in order tae find oot her speid?
{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "her time fae stert tae feenish", "the nummer o steps she took", "her hairt rate at the feenish line", "the direction she stertit rinnin" ] }
A