britllm/arc_scots · Datasets at Hugging Face

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LEAP__7_10356	Whit dae scientists mean whin they refer tae a population?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "aw the organisms in an ecosystem", "aw the species that share similar anatomical features", "aw the animals that acquire resources through similar methods", "aw the interbreedin members o a certain species in an ecosystem" ] }	D
Mercury_417154	In 2005, a team o' scientists discover't a photosynthetic bacteria livin' near the molten lava o' a thermal vent ecosystem deep in the Pacific Ocean. The bacteria liv'd 2400 meters below the surface o' the ocean, yet made energy fae photosynthesis. Which conclusion best explains the results?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Photosynthesis can occur withoot licht.", "The hydrothermal vent emits usable licht.", "High water pressure can power photosynthesis.", "The bacteria us'd tae live at the ocean's surface." ] }	B
FCAT_2012_8_7	Fuid wabes shaw feedin relatenships amang different types o organisms. Thae organisms each hae a specific niche. Whilk o the follaein best descrives a function o decomposers in fuid wabes?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "ta recycle nutrients intae soil", "ta convert solar energy intae fuid", "ta provide fuid for secondary consumers", "ta compete wi secondary consumers for oxygen" ] }	A
MCAS_1999_4_12	Whit o the follaein is a SOORCE o licht?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Yird", "planet", "starn", "muin" ] }	C
Mercury_405773	Mony communities in the Unitit States uise coal tae produce electricitie. Ane problem wi uisin coal is that	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "verra wee energy is produced.", "ecosystems can be damaged.", "it contains hairmfu bacteria.", "it is a verra rare resource." ] }	B
TIMSS_2007_8_pg7	Whit statement is true aboot the particles o a liquid compared tae the particles o a gas?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Particles o a liquid are slower an further apairt.", "Particles o a liquid are faster an further apairt.", "Particles o a liquid are slower an closer thegither.", "Particles o a liquid are faster an closer thegither." ] }	C
Mercury_7216125	Mony schuil districts are placin dispensers o haun sanitizer in classrooms an computer labs. Whit o the followin is the maist likely purpose o this practice?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "conserve watter resources", "control noninfectious diseases", "promote safe uise o technology", "limit diseases spread by contact" ] }	D
Mercury_7100468	A cell that's scrimp in watter will maist likely immediately lose the ability tae	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "remain rigid.", "absorb sunlight.", "release oxygen.", "reproduce again." ] }	A
Mercury_7233555	Whit layer o Earth is the source o lava that erupts frae volcanoes?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "asthenosphere", "inner core", "outer core", "lithosphere" ] }	A
Mercury_416582	Whit characteristic does a paramecium hae in common wi volvox?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "able tae produce gametes", "can perform photosynthesis", "haes an organelle for movement", "lives as ane o a colony o cells" ] }	C
ACTAAP_2013_5_7	Sam builds a ramp an lets a toy motor caur row doun. Whit describes the energy o the caur as it rows doun the ramp?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The kinetic energy an the potential energy baith increase.", "The kinetic energy an the potential energy baith decrease.", "The kinetic energy increases an the potential energy decreases.", "The kinetic energy decreases an the potential energy increases." ] }	C
Mercury_7198275	A hydrologist is studyin the acidity level o a ceity loch. She collects samples twice a week an taks them tae her lab tae test them. Efter testin the samples, she places the data on a graph. She tells the ceity ingineers that her tests indicate that the pH level has been steadily droppin ower the past few months. Whilk o the follaein steps is the best wey tae check the accuracy o her data?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "retest new samples", "retest the original samples", "shaw the graphs tae the ingineers", "shaw the samples tae the ingineers" ] }	B
Mercury_SC_416461	A cless is modellin the differences atween a single-celled organism an a multi-celled organism. Whilk example is a model o a single-celled organism?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a student passin oot watter tae a group", "a student gettin cereal frae the press", "twa students collectin trash frae a group", "fower students warkin thegither tae move a desk" ] }	B
Mercury_SC_405198	Whit o thir will maist likely increase a plant population in a habitat?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "strang winds", "freezin temperatures", "fewer days o sunshine", "mair days o rain shawers" ] }	D
NYSEDREGENTS_2005_4_28	Whan a bairn shaks a rattle, it maks a noise. Whit form o energy wis chynged tae soond energy?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "electrical", "licht", "mechanical", "heat" ] }	C
Mercury_7018218	The majority o the fresh watter on Yird is frozen in glaciers an ice caps. If the climate chynged aroun the warld, causin glaciers an ice caps tae melt, whilk situaution wad maist like occur?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Land wad become mair fertile.", "Air temperatures wad decrease.", "Ocean watter wad become sautier.", "Land masses wad become smawer." ] }	D
Mercury_7187005	Ane effect o ocean pollution is that it can reduce populations o phytoplankton an algae. The reduction o thae populations micht hae whit impact on an ecosystem?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "decreasin the level o carbon dioxide in the atmosphere", "decreasin the amoont o oxygen bein produced", "increasin the amoont o marine sediments", "increasin saut-watter fish populations" ] }	B
Mercury_7120698	A scientist warkin oan a new packagin design wants tae uise a material that is heichly recyclable, biodegradable, an inexpensive. The best material for the packagin design is	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "aluminium.", "cairdboard.", "plastic.", "gless." ] }	B
Mercury_7230545	The drag o wind results in which featur o ocean surface currents?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "movement o water awa frae the equator", "cyclical variations in the height o high tides", "reduction in velocity wi distance frae Earth's poles", "deflection o water toward the direction o airflow" ] }	D
MEA_2012_5_8	How mony times dis Earth birl on its aixle in ae day?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "ance", "twice", "24 times", "365 times" ] }	A
MDSA_2008_8_26	Uise the information tae answer the question. Ower the last 150 years, the uise o fossil fuels haes increased, resultin in mair carbon dioxide an ither greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Some scientists think that these atmospheric gases will result in global warmin. Scientists hae recordit data on global temperature changes an hae predictit possible changes in sea level that may affect Maryland residents. Whit result of global warmin will maist negatively affect coastal residents in Maryland?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "loss o shore land", "erosion o mountains", "decrease in average temperature", "increase in the size o the polar ice caps" ] }	A
Mercury_7142975	Scientists fand a fossil o an elephant in the African savanna. It haes muckle langer tusks an is muckle lairger than elephant species presently inhabiting the area. This elephant fossil maist likely reveals	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the diet o early elephants.", "that elephants traivel in herds.", "the function o the trunck o the elephant.", "that physical changes occurred in elephants ower time." ] }	D
Mercury_SC_415468	Heich rains cause floodin in a glen. Whit animals wad maist likely thrive?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "porcupines", "otters", "deer", "mice" ] }	B
Mercury_7102340	Biologists ur studyin the white-tailed deer population in Ohio. Whit question could the biologists maist likely answer?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Hou fast does this deer population growe?", "Whit percentage o fowk enjoy watchin deer?", "Does this deer population like warmer states?", "Shuid fowk raise deer as pets?" ] }	A
Mercury_7033583	Which o these hes the greatest capacity fer storin thermal energy frae the Sun?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "air", "land", "oceans", "plants" ] }	C
Mercury_400350	Whit mechanism is nae an example o a negative feedback mechanism in the human body?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "contractin muiscles", "regulatin bluid pressure", "regulatin body temperature", "maintainin bluid sugar level" ] }	A
Mercury_7145495	Fowk micht remuive fawn trees frae wuds tae reduice fire risk. Remuivin the trees is nou thocht tae hae an impact on the health o the wuid. Whit impact wad remuivin fawn trees frae wuds maist likely hae on wuid health?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "increased risk o wuid fire", "increased fuid soorces for wuid fungi", "decreased sile fertility bi preventin nutrient reyclin", "decreased wuid vegetaition bi increasin sunlicht penetration" ] }	C
NCEOGA_2013_5_60	Whit trait dae bairns maist likely inherit frae their parents?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "shape o earlobes", "musical ability", "personality", "language" ] }	A
Mercury_7013213	Whit activity is an example o a chemical change?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "sugar dissolvin in watter", "watter evaporatin in air", "lichtin a match", "freezin watter" ] }	C
MCAS_2007_8_5169	Whilk o the follaein is an example o the formation o a mixture?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "rust formin on an iron nail", "sugar crystals dissolvin in watter", "sodium an chlorine formin table saut", "hydrogen an oxygen reactin tae produce watter" ] }	B
NYSEDREGENTS_2004_4_10	A deuk's feathers are cuivered wi a naitural ile that keeps the deuk dry. This is a special featur deuks hae that helps them	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "feed their young", "adapt tae their environ", "attrack a mate", "seek for food" ] }	B
Mercury_SC_412697	Whit o the followin is a chemical property o maitter?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "densitie", "bilin pynt", "flammabilitie", "shape" ] }	C
NYSEDREGENTS_2005_8_28	The main function o the human digestive system is tae	{ "label": [ "1", "2", "3", "4" ], "text": [ "break doon foods for absorption intae the bluid", "exchange oxygen an' carbon dioxide in the lungs", "release energy frae sugars within the cells", "carry nutrients tae aw pairts o the body" ] }	1
Mercury_7038570	Students are lairnin aboot different types o waves. Whit is the least likely wey for the students tae generate a wave?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "by tossin a baw in the air", "by shakin the ends o a rope", "by throwin a pebble intae a pool o water", "by pullin on a coiled spring toy" ] }	A
VASoL_2007_5_7	Whilk o thir animals is maist likely tae be foond leevin an feedin on the forest floors o Virginie?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Bat", "Troot", "Deer moose", "Golden eagle" ] }	C
Mercury_SC_401002	O thir research projects, whilk is the best choice for a student wha is interested in environmental issues tae study?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "makin caws run on less fuel", "findin mair sites for copper mines", "makin ocean liners bigger an faster", "replacin human workers wi robots" ] }	A
Mercury_7083580	Chynges shuid be made tae a scientific theory whan	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "public support o the theory decreeses.", "the theory is mair nor 100 years auld.", "new technology provides updated information.", "financial gain can be made by addin data." ] }	C
Mercury_7107380	Stu dents watched a burd flee tae an frae a lairge bush ilka few meenutes. The students telt thaur teacher, "The burd haes a nest in yon bush." This state is an example o	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "an inference made fae observations.", "an observation made fae predictions.", "a prediction made fae data samples.", "a result made fae inference." ] }	A
Mercury_7013860	A teacher biggs a model o a hydrogen atom. A reid gowf ba is uised for a proton, an a green gowf ba is uised for an electron. Whilk isnae accurate concernein the model?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "number o particles", "relative mass o particles", "types o particles present", "charges o particles present" ] }	B
MCAS_2005_9_20	Whit o the follaein is a similarity atween x-ray waves an soond waves?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Baith transfer energy.", "Baith need a vacuum.", "Baith hiv the same speed.", "Baith hiv the same frequency." ] }	A
MEA_2014_5_13	Whit is a soorce o food an growth fer a mushrum?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "rottin organisms", "sunshine", "minerals in soil", "watter in soil" ] }	A
MDSA_2007_5_15	Hou dae coal an the sun compare as soorces o energy?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Coal is renewable, an the sun is renewable.", "Coal is renewable, an the sun is no renewable.", "Coal is no renewable, an the sun is renewable.", "Coal is no renewable, an the sun is no renewable." ] }	C
Mercury_SC_400673	Recyclin o a resource, sic as paper, is important because	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "paper companies cannae mak eneuch paper.", "usin recycled paper reduces the cuttin o new trees.", "maist paper is made frae species o trees that are endangered.", "recycled paper is less expensive than paper made withoot recyclin." ] }	B
MDSA_2011_4_12	The muintain chorus frog is an endangered species in Maryland. In addition tae the loss o habitat, whit maist likely caused this frog population tae decline?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "an increase in a food source", "mair frog breedin grunds", "native wetlands preservation", "poissons dissolved in the water" ] }	D
Mercury_SC_400519	In studyin layers o rock sediment, a geologist foond an area whaur aulder rock wes layered on tap o younger rock. Whit best explains hou this occurred?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Yirthquaik activity folded the rock layers.", "Volcanic eruptions destroyed a rock layer.", "Erosion removed several layers o rock.", "Weatherin changed the layrin o the rocks." ] }	A
MCAS_2003_8_8	A rabbit population haes increased noticeably in the past ten years. Whit o the follaein is a reasonable hypothesis for this population growth?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Competition for food haes increased amang rabbits.", "The rabbit's main predator haes been eliminated by human development.", "Abnormal weather conditions hae decreased water levels o the local pons.", "An organism that relies on similar food sources haes migrated intae the area." ] }	B
Mercury_7027353	Newton's wark in pheesics helpit tae provide mathematical explanations for the earlier conclusions o whit scientist?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Ptolemy", "Aristotle", "Nicolas Copernicus", "Dmitri Mendeleev" ] }	C
Mercury_SC_400300	Whit yin o thae tuils wad be best tae uise whan observin insects in a field?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "compass", "haun lens", "microscope", "thermometer" ] }	B
Mercury_7239470	Whilk o the follaein is a function o the motor neurons in the nervous system?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "tae directly apply force tae the skelet system", "tae gather information aboot the stimuli", "tae transmit messages fae the brain tae the body", "tae directly control the action o muscles" ] }	D
Mercury_7234465	The presence o heich temperatures durin fossil-fuel formation results in a heicher percent o which product?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "tar", "coal", "crude ile", "natural gas" ] }	D
OHAT_2007_5_39	The weather forecast says a heavy snowstorm is comin later the day. Which weather observation is likely juist afore the snaw?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "clear sky", "thick grey cloods", "smaa white cloods", "warm temperature" ] }	B
Mercury_SC_400986	Why is it safer to look at the Moon than it is to look at the Sun?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The Moon is less bricht.", "The Moon is closer tae Earth.", "The Moon shines maistly at nicht.", "The Moon is fu only yince a month." ] }	A
Mercury_7004043	Whan collectin wildflowers, a student begins tae sneeshin an haes itchy, watery een. What bodily system causes this reaction?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "immune", "nervous", "muscular", "circulatory" ] }	A
Mercury_SC_414080	A student poured watter intae a plastic tray. The student then pit the tray intae the freezer. Whit property o the watter chynge'd as the watter froze?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The watter becam a gas.", "The mass o watter increasit.", "The watter teuk a definite shape.", "The flavour o the watter chynge'd." ] }	C
ACTAAP_2014_7_7	Wind turbines is being used tae generate electricity in mony pairts o the United States. Ane advantage o wind turbines is that nae fossil fuels are burnt. Which o the followin is a disadvantage o wind turbines?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Wind turbines can emit dangerous radiation if damaged.", "Wind turbine ferms maun be located near large bodies o watter.", "Wind turbines dinnae produce energy til mony years efter bein built.", "Wind turbine ferms require a lot o area compared tae hou muckle energy they produce." ] }	D
LEAP_2004_4_10259	Whit type o force requires contact atween twa objects for ane tae push or pull the ither?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "frictional forces slowin doon a rollin fitbaw", "the magnetic force pullin paper clips tae a pouerfu electromagnet", "the magnetic force pushin twa magnets apart", "the force o gravity actin on rain draps that faa tae Earth" ] }	A
Mercury_SC_416523	Whit pairt o a pine tree maks fuid?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "rout", "cone", "trunk", "needle" ] }	D
MCAS_1998_8_25	In pea plants, tall is dominant ower short. Whit size pea plants wad result whan twa short plants are crossed?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "short plants anely", "short an tall plants", "tall plants anely", "middle-sized plants" ] }	A
Mercury_7213115	Whit kynd o water reservoir hauds the biggest amount o fresh watter?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "lakes", "rivers", "ice sheets", "aquifers" ] }	C
VASoL_2010_3_10	Whit o these will tak the LANGEST time tae observe?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Ane muin-phase cycle", "Ane ocean-tide cycle", "An aikern growin intae an adult tree", "A caterpillar becomin a butterfly" ] }	C
Mercury_SC_401153	Whit pairt o a plant is sib tae a bird's egg?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "leaf", "ruit", "seed", "stem" ] }	C
MCAS_1998_8_5	Whilk statement aboot photoysynthesis an respiration is true?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Photoysynthesis stores energy an respiration releases energy.", "Respiration stores energy an photoysynthesis releases energy.", "Photoysynthesis an respiration ar the same process.", "Photoysynthesis an respiration dinnae hae onything tae dae wi energy." ] }	A
Mercury_400749	An atom becomes an ion wi a -1 charge because the atom	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "gains ane electron.", "loses ane electron.", "gains ane proton.", "loses ane proton." ] }	A
NYSEDREGENTS_2004_4_5	Whit type o energy dis a person use tae pedal a bicycle?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "licht", "soond", "mechanical", "electrical" ] }	C
Mercury_7160983	Durin a lecture, a professor wis talkin aboot the potential that hydrogen haes for explodin unner certain conditions. Whit wis maist likely the topic o the professor's lecture?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Conductivity o Gases", "Phase Chynges in Maitter", "Chemical Properties o Gases", "Physical Properties o Elements" ] }	C
TIMSS_1995_8_N5	Ane o the principal causes o acid rain is	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "waste acid frae chemical factories bein gien intae rivers", "acid frae chemical laboratories evaporatin intae the air", "gases frae burnin coal an ile dissolvin in watter in the atmosphere", "gases frae air conditioners an refrigerators escapin intae the atmosphere" ] }	C
TAKS_2009_8_49	The petals o flooers aften are brichtly coloured. Thir petals gie a benefit for the plant because they —	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "prevent insects frae takin pollen tae ither flooers", "hide the plant frae predators that wad eat its flooers", "proteck the leaves frae injury by birds an insects", "attract insects that can cairry the pollen needit for plant reproduction" ] }	D
Mercury_SC_400160	The follaein are inherited traits o humans except	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "lang hair.", "blue een.", "lang eyelashes.", "wee dimples." ] }	A
NYSEDREGENTS_2004_8_37	City administrators can encourage energy conservation by	{ "label": [ "1", "2", "3", "4" ], "text": [ "lowerin parking fees", "biggin larger parking lots", "decreasin the cost o petrol", "lowerin the cost o bus an subway fares" ] }	4
Mercury_7077683	The best example o balanced forces is a	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "caur giein speed.", "bus parked in a garage.", "baw kicked alang a flat surface.", "roller coaster sloain doun on an incline." ] }	B
Mercury_7239610	Whit structuir dis a virus hae in common wi a prokaryotic cell?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "cell waw", "nucleic acid", "ribosome", "capsid" ] }	B
CSZ20740	Hoo lang is required for a bicycle tae traivel a distance o 100 m at an average speed o 2 m/s?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "0.0 s", "50 s", "100 s", "200 s" ] }	B
MCAS_2013_5_29398	A birdie haes jist hatched frae an egg. Whit o the follaein stages maist likely comes neist in the life cycle o the birdie?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "birth", "death", "growth", "reproduction" ] }	C
CSZ30564	Whit o the follaein is fund faurthest frae the center o an atom?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "nucleus", "proton", "neutron", "electron" ] }	D
Mercury_405061	Whit is an advantage o uisin renewable resources?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "They mak energy mair affordable.", "They mak electricity less dangerous.", "They will be available for mony years.", "They will reduce the demand for electricity." ] }	C
ACTAAP_2007_7_28	Whit is an example o conduction?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a space heater turned on", "watter bilin on the stove", "sunlicht shinin through the windae", "a metal speen warmin in a pot o het soup" ] }	D
Mercury_SC_416112	Whilk is maist like the wey a stem supports a floo'er?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the wey watter supports a boat crossin a river", "the wey a flag-pole supports a flag in the schuil-yaird", "the wey buik-ends support beuks on a shelf", "the wey a belt supports breeks on a body's waist" ] }	B
MEAP_2005_8_30	An experiment is bein' cunductit tae determinate the air quality inside a building. In order tae come tae a conclusion, scientists maun gather data. Which o' the followin' wad be an excellent source o' data fae which tae draw a conclusion?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "naked-eye viewin'", "calculations o' air mass", "demonstrations o' air pressure", "measurement o' airborne particulates" ] }	D
Mercury_7186480	Laundry detergents were aince made wi high concentrations o phosphorus compounds. When waste watter containin thae compounds ran aff intae lochs, the phosphorus became a nutrient tae algae. As algae populations increased in the lochs, succession accelerated. Ower a lang time, whit wad a loch become as a result o the phosphorus in the detergent?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "canyon", "desert", "swamp", "river" ] }	C
MCAS_2013_5_29397	Whit o the follaein is an example o a form o energy?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the air in a sealed jar", "the wire in a metal hanger", "the watter in a wee puddle", "the soond in a loud classroom" ] }	D
Mercury_7216685	Wind is becamin mair common as a soorce o energy. Wind ferms require lairge open spaces for the wind turbines. A negative consequence o this technology is wind turbines	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "are an inexpensife soorce o energy.", "cause little pollution tae the environment.", "micht hurt the fleein animals in the area.", "are a renewable soorce o energy." ] }	C
Mercury_SC_405862	A student is lookin at insects uisin a magnifyin lens. Whit aboot the insects can best be seen wi the magnifyin lens?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "different colours o insect bodies", "hou insects protect themsels", "type o een insects hae", "size o the insects" ] }	C
Mercury_7009590	Whit happens if the body's renal system fails tae work?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Gas exchange is impaired.", "Bluid oxygenation nae langer happens.", "Metabolic waste builds up in the bluid.", "Nutrients are nae langer transported tae organs." ] }	C
Mercury_7084700	Whit pit at equal distances apairt, the greatest gravitational attraction will be atween twa	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "skatebuirds.", "refrigerators.", "bowlin ba's.", "schuil buses." ] }	D
NCEOGA_2013_5_56	A simple fuid chain includes hawks, lizards, an insects. Whit wull maist likely happen tae the leezard an hawk populations if a pesticide is sprayed tae kill the insects, an the leezard an hawk populations cannae find ither fuid in this ecosystem?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Baith the leezard population an the hawk population wull increase.", "Baith the leezard population an the hawk population wull decrease.", "The leezard population wull increase, but the hawk population wull decrease.", "The leezard population wull decrease, but the hawk population wull increase." ] }	B
Mercury_7236600	Whilk o the follaein best descrives an interaction atween Yird an solar energy that functions tae warm up the planet?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "absorption o solar energy by continental laund masses", "use o solar energy in the process o photosynthesis", "reflection o solar energy fae polar snawcaps", "transformation o solar energy intae auroras" ] }	A
Mercury_SC_406721	Whit characteristic o a bird maist likely aids in obtainin food foond in smaw places?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "webbed feet", "lairge body", "saft feathers", "skinnie beak" ] }	D
Mercury_7132038	Fit wid be the best evidence that twa substances are made o different types o matter?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Twa substances hae different reactions tae licht.", "Twa substances hae different temperatures.", "Twa substances hae different volumes.", "Twa substances hae different shapes." ] }	A
Mercury_7080535	A hard hat wad be uised tae protect a student durin whit kin o investigation?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a field trip tae a museum o geology", "a field investigation o rock layers in a hillside", "a laboratory demonstration on the hardness o minerals", "a laboratory investigation o the identification o fossils" ] }	B
ACTAAP_2008_7_5	Whit is a chairacteristic o a sperm cell but no o a egg cell?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "roon shape", "presence o a tail", "cuntains genetic information", "involvit in sexual reproduction" ] }	B
Mercury_411450	Astronomical units can be uised tae measure distances atween objects in ooter space. Ane astronomical unit (AU) is the distance atween Earth an the Sun. Based on this information, aboot hou mony astronomical units is Mars frae the Sun?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "0.4", "0.7", "1.0", "1.5" ] }	D
Mercury_SC_LBS10046	A squirrel gatherin nuts helps trees	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "growe.", "reproduce.", "thole disease.", "become stranger." ] }	B
Mercury_7092260	New technology in some kintras focuses on medical procedures an space exploration. In ither kintras, new technology focuses on preventin disease an feedin an increasin population. Whit statement best explains why kintras focus on different types o new technology?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Technological advances are no effective in some populations.", "Needs an attitudes influence technological development.", "Medical advances are no important in some kintras.", "Technology is inexpensive in developing kintras." ] }	B
Mercury_SC_LBS10384	Vegetables can be scientifically classified by aw o these except	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "size.", "colour.", "shape o plant pairts.", "whether they taste guid." ] }	D
Mercury_7170433	Emily is ridin her bicycle. Whit best explains why only some o the energy used tae pedal her bicycle is transferred intae forrit motion o the bicycle?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The energy o the bicycle tire is applied in a circular motion.", "The energy o the bicycle is transferred tae only the one wheel.", "The gears an chain o the bicycle are covered wi oil.", "The gears an chain o the bicycle generate friction." ] }	D
MCAS_1998_8_7	Whit statement aboot the Sun is true?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The Sun is a vera lairge starn that exists faur frae the Milky Way Galaxy.", "The Sun is at the centre o the Milky Way Galaxy.", "The Sun is a medium-sized starn near the edge o the Milky Way Galaxy.", "The Sun haes the Milky Way an several ither galaxies movin in orbits aroond it." ] }	C
Mercury_417139	Whan fresh watter an saut watter meet in an estuary, the saut watter typically flows unnerneath the fresh watter because the saut watter is denser. Whit effect dis this maist likely hae on the nutrients concentratit in the fresh watter?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "They are kept close tae the shore.", "They are spread oot fae the shore.", "They are diluted by the sea watter.", "They are inactivated by the sea watter." ] }	B
Mercury_183978	Whilk o thir is an example o an adaptation for defence frae predators?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "giraffe's lang neck", "bairn deer's spotties", "otter's oily fur", "fish's gills" ] }	B
Mercury_7092523	An oceanic plate subducts unner a continental plate. Which o these landforms maist likely results frae the interaction o these plates?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "volcanic mountains", "transform boondaries", "continental shelves", "normal faults" ] }	A
Mercury_7139580	Run-aff fae nearhaund ferms can pit ower muckle amounts o nutriments intae bodies o watter sic as lochs. This abiotic process wull maist like cause a decrease in whilk bit o a loch?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the depth o the watter", "the oxygen levels for fish", "the amount o minerals in the watter", "the accumulation o organic maitter" ] }	B

LEAP__7_10356

Whit dae scientists mean whin they refer tae a population?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "aw the organisms in an ecosystem", "aw the species that share similar anatomical features", "aw the animals that acquire resources through similar methods", "aw the interbreedin members o a certain species in an ecosystem" ] }

D

Mercury_417154

In 2005, a team o' scientists discover't a photosynthetic bacteria livin' near the molten lava o' a thermal vent ecosystem deep in the Pacific Ocean. The bacteria liv'd 2400 meters below the surface o' the ocean, yet made energy fae photosynthesis. Which conclusion best explains the results?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Photosynthesis can occur withoot licht.", "The hydrothermal vent emits usable licht.", "High water pressure can power photosynthesis.", "The bacteria us'd tae live at the ocean's surface." ] }

B

FCAT_2012_8_7

Fuid wabes shaw feedin relatenships amang different types o organisms. Thae organisms each hae a specific niche. Whilk o the follaein best descrives a function o decomposers in fuid wabes?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "ta recycle nutrients intae soil", "ta convert solar energy intae fuid", "ta provide fuid for secondary consumers", "ta compete wi secondary consumers for oxygen" ] }

A

MCAS_1999_4_12

Whit o the follaein is a SOORCE o licht?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Yird", "planet", "starn", "muin" ] }

C

Mercury_405773

Mony communities in the Unitit States uise coal tae produce electricitie. Ane problem wi uisin coal is that

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "verra wee energy is produced.", "ecosystems can be damaged.", "it contains hairmfu bacteria.", "it is a verra rare resource." ] }

B

TIMSS_2007_8_pg7

Whit statement is true aboot the particles o a liquid compared tae the particles o a gas?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Particles o a liquid are slower an further apairt.", "Particles o a liquid are faster an further apairt.", "Particles o a liquid are slower an closer thegither.", "Particles o a liquid are faster an closer thegither." ] }

C

Mercury_7216125

Mony schuil districts are placin dispensers o haun sanitizer in classrooms an computer labs. Whit o the followin is the maist likely purpose o this practice?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "conserve watter resources", "control noninfectious diseases", "promote safe uise o technology", "limit diseases spread by contact" ] }

D

Mercury_7100468

A cell that's scrimp in watter will maist likely immediately lose the ability tae

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "remain rigid.", "absorb sunlight.", "release oxygen.", "reproduce again." ] }

A

Mercury_7233555

Whit layer o Earth is the source o lava that erupts frae volcanoes?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "asthenosphere", "inner core", "outer core", "lithosphere" ] }

A

Mercury_416582

Whit characteristic does a paramecium hae in common wi volvox?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "able tae produce gametes", "can perform photosynthesis", "haes an organelle for movement", "lives as ane o a colony o cells" ] }

C

ACTAAP_2013_5_7

Sam builds a ramp an lets a toy motor caur row doun. Whit describes the energy o the caur as it rows doun the ramp?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The kinetic energy an the potential energy baith increase.", "The kinetic energy an the potential energy baith decrease.", "The kinetic energy increases an the potential energy decreases.", "The kinetic energy decreases an the potential energy increases." ] }

C

Mercury_7198275

A hydrologist is studyin the acidity level o a ceity loch. She collects samples twice a week an taks them tae her lab tae test them. Efter testin the samples, she places the data on a graph. She tells the ceity ingineers that her tests indicate that the pH level has been steadily droppin ower the past few months. Whilk o the follaein steps is the best wey tae check the accuracy o her data?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "retest new samples", "retest the original samples", "shaw the graphs tae the ingineers", "shaw the samples tae the ingineers" ] }

B

Mercury_SC_416461

A cless is modellin the differences atween a single-celled organism an a multi-celled organism. Whilk example is a model o a single-celled organism?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a student passin oot watter tae a group", "a student gettin cereal frae the press", "twa students collectin trash frae a group", "fower students warkin thegither tae move a desk" ] }

B

Mercury_SC_405198

Whit o thir will maist likely increase a plant population in a habitat?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "strang winds", "freezin temperatures", "fewer days o sunshine", "mair days o rain shawers" ] }

D

NYSEDREGENTS_2005_4_28

Whan a bairn shaks a rattle, it maks a noise. Whit form o energy wis chynged tae soond energy?

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

C

Mercury_7018218

The majority o the fresh watter on Yird is frozen in glaciers an ice caps. If the climate chynged aroun the warld, causin glaciers an ice caps tae melt, whilk situaution wad maist like occur?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Land wad become mair fertile.", "Air temperatures wad decrease.", "Ocean watter wad become sautier.", "Land masses wad become smawer." ] }

D

Mercury_7187005

Ane effect o ocean pollution is that it can reduce populations o phytoplankton an algae. The reduction o thae populations micht hae whit impact on an ecosystem?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "decreasin the level o carbon dioxide in the atmosphere", "decreasin the amoont o oxygen bein produced", "increasin the amoont o marine sediments", "increasin saut-watter fish populations" ] }

B

Mercury_7120698

A scientist warkin oan a new packagin design wants tae uise a material that is heichly recyclable, biodegradable, an inexpensive. The best material for the packagin design is

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "aluminium.", "cairdboard.", "plastic.", "gless." ] }

B

Mercury_7230545

The drag o wind results in which featur o ocean surface currents?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "movement o water awa frae the equator", "cyclical variations in the height o high tides", "reduction in velocity wi distance frae Earth's poles", "deflection o water toward the direction o airflow" ] }

D

MEA_2012_5_8

How mony times dis Earth birl on its aixle in ae day?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "ance", "twice", "24 times", "365 times" ] }

A

MDSA_2008_8_26

Uise the information tae answer the question. Ower the last 150 years, the uise o fossil fuels haes increased, resultin in mair carbon dioxide an ither greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Some scientists think that these atmospheric gases will result in global warmin. Scientists hae recordit data on global temperature changes an hae predictit possible changes in sea level that may affect Maryland residents. Whit result of global warmin will maist negatively affect coastal residents in Maryland?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "loss o shore land", "erosion o mountains", "decrease in average temperature", "increase in the size o the polar ice caps" ] }

A

Mercury_7142975

Scientists fand a fossil o an elephant in the African savanna. It haes muckle langer tusks an is muckle lairger than elephant species presently inhabiting the area. This elephant fossil maist likely reveals

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the diet o early elephants.", "that elephants traivel in herds.", "the function o the trunck o the elephant.", "that physical changes occurred in elephants ower time." ] }

D

Mercury_SC_415468

Heich rains cause floodin in a glen. Whit animals wad maist likely thrive?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "porcupines", "otters", "deer", "mice" ] }

B

Mercury_7102340

Biologists ur studyin the white-tailed deer population in Ohio. Whit question could the biologists maist likely answer?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Hou fast does this deer population growe?", "Whit percentage o fowk enjoy watchin deer?", "Does this deer population like warmer states?", "Shuid fowk raise deer as pets?" ] }

A

Mercury_7033583

Which o these hes the greatest capacity fer storin thermal energy frae the Sun?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "air", "land", "oceans", "plants" ] }

C

Mercury_400350

Whit mechanism is nae an example o a negative feedback mechanism in the human body?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "contractin muiscles", "regulatin bluid pressure", "regulatin body temperature", "maintainin bluid sugar level" ] }

A

Mercury_7145495

Fowk micht remuive fawn trees frae wuds tae reduice fire risk. Remuivin the trees is nou thocht tae hae an impact on the health o the wuid. Whit impact wad remuivin fawn trees frae wuds maist likely hae on wuid health?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "increased risk o wuid fire", "increased fuid soorces for wuid fungi", "decreased sile fertility bi preventin nutrient reyclin", "decreased wuid vegetaition bi increasin sunlicht penetration" ] }

C

NCEOGA_2013_5_60

Whit trait dae bairns maist likely inherit frae their parents?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "shape o earlobes", "musical ability", "personality", "language" ] }

A

Mercury_7013213

Whit activity is an example o a chemical change?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "sugar dissolvin in watter", "watter evaporatin in air", "lichtin a match", "freezin watter" ] }

C

MCAS_2007_8_5169

Whilk o the follaein is an example o the formation o a mixture?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "rust formin on an iron nail", "sugar crystals dissolvin in watter", "sodium an chlorine formin table saut", "hydrogen an oxygen reactin tae produce watter" ] }

B

NYSEDREGENTS_2004_4_10

A deuk's feathers are cuivered wi a naitural ile that keeps the deuk dry. This is a special featur deuks hae that helps them

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "feed their young", "adapt tae their environ", "attrack a mate", "seek for food" ] }

B

Mercury_SC_412697

Whit o the followin is a chemical property o maitter?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "densitie", "bilin pynt", "flammabilitie", "shape" ] }

C

NYSEDREGENTS_2005_8_28

The main function o the human digestive system is tae

{ "label": [ "1", "2", "3", "4" ], "text": [ "break doon foods for absorption intae the bluid", "exchange oxygen an' carbon dioxide in the lungs", "release energy frae sugars within the cells", "carry nutrients tae aw pairts o the body" ] }

1

Mercury_7038570

Students are lairnin aboot different types o waves. Whit is the least likely wey for the students tae generate a wave?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "by tossin a baw in the air", "by shakin the ends o a rope", "by throwin a pebble intae a pool o water", "by pullin on a coiled spring toy" ] }

A

VASoL_2007_5_7

Whilk o thir animals is maist likely tae be foond leevin an feedin on the forest floors o Virginie?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Bat", "Troot", "Deer moose", "Golden eagle" ] }

C

Mercury_SC_401002

O thir research projects, whilk is the best choice for a student wha is interested in environmental issues tae study?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "makin caws run on less fuel", "findin mair sites for copper mines", "makin ocean liners bigger an faster", "replacin human workers wi robots" ] }

A

Mercury_7083580

Chynges shuid be made tae a scientific theory whan

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "public support o the theory decreeses.", "the theory is mair nor 100 years auld.", "new technology provides updated information.", "financial gain can be made by addin data." ] }

C

Mercury_7107380

Stu dents watched a burd flee tae an frae a lairge bush ilka few meenutes. The students telt thaur teacher, "The burd haes a nest in yon bush." This state is an example o

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "an inference made fae observations.", "an observation made fae predictions.", "a prediction made fae data samples.", "a result made fae inference." ] }

A

Mercury_7013860

A teacher biggs a model o a hydrogen atom. A reid gowf ba is uised for a proton, an a green gowf ba is uised for an electron. Whilk isnae accurate concernein the model?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "number o particles", "relative mass o particles", "types o particles present", "charges o particles present" ] }

B

MCAS_2005_9_20

Whit o the follaein is a similarity atween x-ray waves an soond waves?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Baith transfer energy.", "Baith need a vacuum.", "Baith hiv the same speed.", "Baith hiv the same frequency." ] }

A

MEA_2014_5_13

Whit is a soorce o food an growth fer a mushrum?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "rottin organisms", "sunshine", "minerals in soil", "watter in soil" ] }

A

MDSA_2007_5_15

Hou dae coal an the sun compare as soorces o energy?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Coal is renewable, an the sun is renewable.", "Coal is renewable, an the sun is no renewable.", "Coal is no renewable, an the sun is renewable.", "Coal is no renewable, an the sun is no renewable." ] }

C

Mercury_SC_400673

Recyclin o a resource, sic as paper, is important because

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "paper companies cannae mak eneuch paper.", "usin recycled paper reduces the cuttin o new trees.", "maist paper is made frae species o trees that are endangered.", "recycled paper is less expensive than paper made withoot recyclin." ] }

B

MDSA_2011_4_12

The muintain chorus frog is an endangered species in Maryland. In addition tae the loss o habitat, whit maist likely caused this frog population tae decline?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "an increase in a food source", "mair frog breedin grunds", "native wetlands preservation", "poissons dissolved in the water" ] }

D

Mercury_SC_400519

In studyin layers o rock sediment, a geologist foond an area whaur aulder rock wes layered on tap o younger rock. Whit best explains hou this occurred?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Yirthquaik activity folded the rock layers.", "Volcanic eruptions destroyed a rock layer.", "Erosion removed several layers o rock.", "Weatherin changed the layrin o the rocks." ] }

A

MCAS_2003_8_8

A rabbit population haes increased noticeably in the past ten years. Whit o the follaein is a reasonable hypothesis for this population growth?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Competition for food haes increased amang rabbits.", "The rabbit's main predator haes been eliminated by human development.", "Abnormal weather conditions hae decreased water levels o the local pons.", "An organism that relies on similar food sources haes migrated intae the area." ] }

B

Mercury_7027353

Newton's wark in pheesics helpit tae provide mathematical explanations for the earlier conclusions o whit scientist?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Ptolemy", "Aristotle", "Nicolas Copernicus", "Dmitri Mendeleev" ] }

C

Mercury_SC_400300

Whit yin o thae tuils wad be best tae uise whan observin insects in a field?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "compass", "haun lens", "microscope", "thermometer" ] }

B

Mercury_7239470

Whilk o the follaein is a function o the motor neurons in the nervous system?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "tae directly apply force tae the skelet system", "tae gather information aboot the stimuli", "tae transmit messages fae the brain tae the body", "tae directly control the action o muscles" ] }

D

Mercury_7234465

The presence o heich temperatures durin fossil-fuel formation results in a heicher percent o which product?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "tar", "coal", "crude ile", "natural gas" ] }

D

OHAT_2007_5_39

The weather forecast says a heavy snowstorm is comin later the day. Which weather observation is likely juist afore the snaw?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "clear sky", "thick grey cloods", "smaa white cloods", "warm temperature" ] }

B

Mercury_SC_400986

Why is it safer to look at the Moon than it is to look at the Sun?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The Moon is less bricht.", "The Moon is closer tae Earth.", "The Moon shines maistly at nicht.", "The Moon is fu only yince a month." ] }

A

Mercury_7004043

Whan collectin wildflowers, a student begins tae sneeshin an haes itchy, watery een. What bodily system causes this reaction?

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

A

Mercury_SC_414080

A student poured watter intae a plastic tray. The student then pit the tray intae the freezer. Whit property o the watter chynge'd as the watter froze?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The watter becam a gas.", "The mass o watter increasit.", "The watter teuk a definite shape.", "The flavour o the watter chynge'd." ] }

C

ACTAAP_2014_7_7

Wind turbines is being used tae generate electricity in mony pairts o the United States. Ane advantage o wind turbines is that nae fossil fuels are burnt. Which o the followin is a disadvantage o wind turbines?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Wind turbines can emit dangerous radiation if damaged.", "Wind turbine ferms maun be located near large bodies o watter.", "Wind turbines dinnae produce energy til mony years efter bein built.", "Wind turbine ferms require a lot o area compared tae hou muckle energy they produce." ] }

D

LEAP_2004_4_10259

Whit type o force requires contact atween twa objects for ane tae push or pull the ither?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "frictional forces slowin doon a rollin fitbaw", "the magnetic force pullin paper clips tae a pouerfu electromagnet", "the magnetic force pushin twa magnets apart", "the force o gravity actin on rain draps that faa tae Earth" ] }

A

Mercury_SC_416523

Whit pairt o a pine tree maks fuid?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "rout", "cone", "trunk", "needle" ] }

D

MCAS_1998_8_25

In pea plants, tall is dominant ower short. Whit size pea plants wad result whan twa short plants are crossed?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "short plants anely", "short an tall plants", "tall plants anely", "middle-sized plants" ] }

A

Mercury_7213115

Whit kynd o water reservoir hauds the biggest amount o fresh watter?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "lakes", "rivers", "ice sheets", "aquifers" ] }

C

VASoL_2010_3_10

Whit o these will tak the LANGEST time tae observe?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Ane muin-phase cycle", "Ane ocean-tide cycle", "An aikern growin intae an adult tree", "A caterpillar becomin a butterfly" ] }

C

Mercury_SC_401153

Whit pairt o a plant is sib tae a bird's egg?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "leaf", "ruit", "seed", "stem" ] }

C

MCAS_1998_8_5

Whilk statement aboot photoysynthesis an respiration is true?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Photoysynthesis stores energy an respiration releases energy.", "Respiration stores energy an photoysynthesis releases energy.", "Photoysynthesis an respiration ar the same process.", "Photoysynthesis an respiration dinnae hae onything tae dae wi energy." ] }

A

Mercury_400749

An atom becomes an ion wi a -1 charge because the atom

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "gains ane electron.", "loses ane electron.", "gains ane proton.", "loses ane proton." ] }

A

NYSEDREGENTS_2004_4_5

Whit type o energy dis a person use tae pedal a bicycle?

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

C

Mercury_7160983

Durin a lecture, a professor wis talkin aboot the potential that hydrogen haes for explodin unner certain conditions. Whit wis maist likely the topic o the professor's lecture?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Conductivity o Gases", "Phase Chynges in Maitter", "Chemical Properties o Gases", "Physical Properties o Elements" ] }

C

TIMSS_1995_8_N5

Ane o the principal causes o acid rain is

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "waste acid frae chemical factories bein gien intae rivers", "acid frae chemical laboratories evaporatin intae the air", "gases frae burnin coal an ile dissolvin in watter in the atmosphere", "gases frae air conditioners an refrigerators escapin intae the atmosphere" ] }

C

TAKS_2009_8_49

The petals o flooers aften are brichtly coloured. Thir petals gie a benefit for the plant because they —

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "prevent insects frae takin pollen tae ither flooers", "hide the plant frae predators that wad eat its flooers", "proteck the leaves frae injury by birds an insects", "attract insects that can cairry the pollen needit for plant reproduction" ] }

D

Mercury_SC_400160

The follaein are inherited traits o humans except

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "lang hair.", "blue een.", "lang eyelashes.", "wee dimples." ] }

A

NYSEDREGENTS_2004_8_37

City administrators can encourage energy conservation by

{ "label": [ "1", "2", "3", "4" ], "text": [ "lowerin parking fees", "biggin larger parking lots", "decreasin the cost o petrol", "lowerin the cost o bus an subway fares" ] }

4

Mercury_7077683

The best example o balanced forces is a

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "caur giein speed.", "bus parked in a garage.", "baw kicked alang a flat surface.", "roller coaster sloain doun on an incline." ] }

B

Mercury_7239610

Whit structuir dis a virus hae in common wi a prokaryotic cell?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "cell waw", "nucleic acid", "ribosome", "capsid" ] }

B

CSZ20740

Hoo lang is required for a bicycle tae traivel a distance o 100 m at an average speed o 2 m/s?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "0.0 s", "50 s", "100 s", "200 s" ] }

B

MCAS_2013_5_29398

A birdie haes jist hatched frae an egg. Whit o the follaein stages maist likely comes neist in the life cycle o the birdie?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "birth", "death", "growth", "reproduction" ] }

C

CSZ30564

Whit o the follaein is fund faurthest frae the center o an atom?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "nucleus", "proton", "neutron", "electron" ] }

D

Mercury_405061

Whit is an advantage o uisin renewable resources?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "They mak energy mair affordable.", "They mak electricity less dangerous.", "They will be available for mony years.", "They will reduce the demand for electricity." ] }

C

ACTAAP_2007_7_28

Whit is an example o conduction?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a space heater turned on", "watter bilin on the stove", "sunlicht shinin through the windae", "a metal speen warmin in a pot o het soup" ] }

D

Mercury_SC_416112

Whilk is maist like the wey a stem supports a floo'er?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the wey watter supports a boat crossin a river", "the wey a flag-pole supports a flag in the schuil-yaird", "the wey buik-ends support beuks on a shelf", "the wey a belt supports breeks on a body's waist" ] }

B

MEAP_2005_8_30

An experiment is bein' cunductit tae determinate the air quality inside a building. In order tae come tae a conclusion, scientists maun gather data. Which o' the followin' wad be an excellent source o' data fae which tae draw a conclusion?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "naked-eye viewin'", "calculations o' air mass", "demonstrations o' air pressure", "measurement o' airborne particulates" ] }

D

Mercury_7186480

Laundry detergents were aince made wi high concentrations o phosphorus compounds. When waste watter containin thae compounds ran aff intae lochs, the phosphorus became a nutrient tae algae. As algae populations increased in the lochs, succession accelerated. Ower a lang time, whit wad a loch become as a result o the phosphorus in the detergent?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "canyon", "desert", "swamp", "river" ] }

C

MCAS_2013_5_29397

Whit o the follaein is an example o a form o energy?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the air in a sealed jar", "the wire in a metal hanger", "the watter in a wee puddle", "the soond in a loud classroom" ] }

D

Mercury_7216685

Wind is becamin mair common as a soorce o energy. Wind ferms require lairge open spaces for the wind turbines. A negative consequence o this technology is wind turbines

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "are an inexpensife soorce o energy.", "cause little pollution tae the environment.", "micht hurt the fleein animals in the area.", "are a renewable soorce o energy." ] }

C

Mercury_SC_405862

A student is lookin at insects uisin a magnifyin lens. Whit aboot the insects can best be seen wi the magnifyin lens?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "different colours o insect bodies", "hou insects protect themsels", "type o een insects hae", "size o the insects" ] }

C

Mercury_7009590

Whit happens if the body's renal system fails tae work?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Gas exchange is impaired.", "Bluid oxygenation nae langer happens.", "Metabolic waste builds up in the bluid.", "Nutrients are nae langer transported tae organs." ] }

C

Mercury_7084700

Whit pit at equal distances apairt, the greatest gravitational attraction will be atween twa

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "skatebuirds.", "refrigerators.", "bowlin ba's.", "schuil buses." ] }

D

NCEOGA_2013_5_56

A simple fuid chain includes hawks, lizards, an insects. Whit wull maist likely happen tae the leezard an hawk populations if a pesticide is sprayed tae kill the insects, an the leezard an hawk populations cannae find ither fuid in this ecosystem?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Baith the leezard population an the hawk population wull increase.", "Baith the leezard population an the hawk population wull decrease.", "The leezard population wull increase, but the hawk population wull decrease.", "The leezard population wull decrease, but the hawk population wull increase." ] }

B

Mercury_7236600

Whilk o the follaein best descrives an interaction atween Yird an solar energy that functions tae warm up the planet?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "absorption o solar energy by continental laund masses", "use o solar energy in the process o photosynthesis", "reflection o solar energy fae polar snawcaps", "transformation o solar energy intae auroras" ] }

A

Mercury_SC_406721

Whit characteristic o a bird maist likely aids in obtainin food foond in smaw places?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "webbed feet", "lairge body", "saft feathers", "skinnie beak" ] }

D

Mercury_7132038

Fit wid be the best evidence that twa substances are made o different types o matter?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Twa substances hae different reactions tae licht.", "Twa substances hae different temperatures.", "Twa substances hae different volumes.", "Twa substances hae different shapes." ] }

A

Mercury_7080535

A hard hat wad be uised tae protect a student durin whit kin o investigation?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a field trip tae a museum o geology", "a field investigation o rock layers in a hillside", "a laboratory demonstration on the hardness o minerals", "a laboratory investigation o the identification o fossils" ] }

B

ACTAAP_2008_7_5

Whit is a chairacteristic o a sperm cell but no o a egg cell?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "roon shape", "presence o a tail", "cuntains genetic information", "involvit in sexual reproduction" ] }

B

Mercury_411450

Astronomical units can be uised tae measure distances atween objects in ooter space. Ane astronomical unit (AU) is the distance atween Earth an the Sun. Based on this information, aboot hou mony astronomical units is Mars frae the Sun?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "0.4", "0.7", "1.0", "1.5" ] }

D

Mercury_SC_LBS10046

A squirrel gatherin nuts helps trees

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "growe.", "reproduce.", "thole disease.", "become stranger." ] }

B

Mercury_7092260

New technology in some kintras focuses on medical procedures an space exploration. In ither kintras, new technology focuses on preventin disease an feedin an increasin population. Whit statement best explains why kintras focus on different types o new technology?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Technological advances are no effective in some populations.", "Needs an attitudes influence technological development.", "Medical advances are no important in some kintras.", "Technology is inexpensive in developing kintras." ] }

B

Mercury_SC_LBS10384

Vegetables can be scientifically classified by aw o these except

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "size.", "colour.", "shape o plant pairts.", "whether they taste guid." ] }

D

Mercury_7170433

Emily is ridin her bicycle. Whit best explains why only some o the energy used tae pedal her bicycle is transferred intae forrit motion o the bicycle?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The energy o the bicycle tire is applied in a circular motion.", "The energy o the bicycle is transferred tae only the one wheel.", "The gears an chain o the bicycle are covered wi oil.", "The gears an chain o the bicycle generate friction." ] }

D

MCAS_1998_8_7

Whit statement aboot the Sun is true?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The Sun is a vera lairge starn that exists faur frae the Milky Way Galaxy.", "The Sun is at the centre o the Milky Way Galaxy.", "The Sun is a medium-sized starn near the edge o the Milky Way Galaxy.", "The Sun haes the Milky Way an several ither galaxies movin in orbits aroond it." ] }

C

Mercury_417139

Whan fresh watter an saut watter meet in an estuary, the saut watter typically flows unnerneath the fresh watter because the saut watter is denser. Whit effect dis this maist likely hae on the nutrients concentratit in the fresh watter?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "They are kept close tae the shore.", "They are spread oot fae the shore.", "They are diluted by the sea watter.", "They are inactivated by the sea watter." ] }

B

Mercury_183978

Whilk o thir is an example o an adaptation for defence frae predators?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "giraffe's lang neck", "bairn deer's spotties", "otter's oily fur", "fish's gills" ] }

B

Mercury_7092523

An oceanic plate subducts unner a continental plate. Which o these landforms maist likely results frae the interaction o these plates?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "volcanic mountains", "transform boondaries", "continental shelves", "normal faults" ] }

A

Mercury_7139580

Run-aff fae nearhaund ferms can pit ower muckle amounts o nutriments intae bodies o watter sic as lochs. This abiotic process wull maist like cause a decrease in whilk bit o a loch?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the depth o the watter", "the oxygen levels for fish", "the amount o minerals in the watter", "the accumulation o organic maitter" ] }

B