epanner/MNLP_M3_mcqa_dataset · Datasets at Hugging Face

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Peat is made by decaying vegetation compacted by soil in a	[ "uncultivated swamp or marsh", "river that flows with freshwater", "geographically separated saltwater ocean", "lake surrounded by land with a basin" ]	0A
A miner is searching for stones and rocks that can be used for other purposes than for building. He wants to be able to find and process something worthwhile, so he looks for rocks with	[ "aluminium", "sand", "roxys", "pearl" ]	0A
A higher barometer reading means	[ "lower air pressure in the atmosphere", "an atmosphere lacking in air pressure", "greater air pressure in the atmosphere", "that the barometer is broken" ]	2C
A camera can take an image and	[ "preserve it", "edit it", "lock it in", "produce it" ]	0A
Spending less time in the shower	[ "depletes a vast amount of water reserves", "is bad for the environment", "uses up more water", "leads to more reserves in the water heater" ]	3D
National parks have rules	[ "that curtail the growth of fragile animal species", "that open the parks to mining of natural resources", "that allow for littering", "that protect vulnerable animal inhabitants int he parks" ]	3D
A	[ "bacterial cell must perform all life functions", "lung cell", "flower cell", "tail cell" ]	0A
A breeze is blowing across a field, growing stronger and stronger. The breeze becomes a storm of wind, moving rocks and breaking trees. This wind is likely the cause of	[ "evenly heated spaces", "unevenly distributed heat", "heated earth spaces", "space heaters" ]	1B
How many times per 365.3 days does an equinox occur?	[ "3", "1", "2", "4" ]	2C
What happens when hexane's temperature goes above 70 degrees celsius?	[ "It melts", "it sublimates", "it boils", "It freezes" ]	2C
Which of the following crops was the first staple in the human diet?	[ "wheat", "barley", "corn", "rice" ]	0A
An example of how sunlight is a source of light from the sun is	[ "weather being variable", "raising temps", "windmills producing energy", "frogs croaking" ]	1B
The amount of water in the ocean compared to fifty years ago is	[ "fluctuating", "larger", "smaller", "the same" ]	1B
Heat from the sun, waves crashing down, and huge storms all wail on a large boulder at the shore. After a few hundred years, where the boulder stood is now	[ "earth", "trees", "corn", "cats" ]	0A
What kind of insects lays eggs during the adult stage of its life cycle?	[ "All", "large", "queen", "Male" ]	2C
Eagles eat	[ "hawks", "flying insects", "plants and grains", "small burrowing mammals" ]	3D
what characterizes a cycle	[ "a steady recurrence", "none of these", "a stagnant pattern", "a circle shape" ]	0A
Organic matter in soil can be increased by	[ "digging up flowers from the soil", "skunks spraying their scent on the soil", "the dead body of a mouse breaking down", "animals eating crops planted in the soil" ]	2C
To attract birds to your yard	[ "erect a large menacing scarecrow", "destroy all your flowers", "cut down all trees big and small", "put out seeds in an easily accessible dish" ]	3D
If a kitten is unable to nurse from birth	[ "it will cry", "it will expire", "it will sleep", "it will vomit" ]	1B
Three hundred and sixty five turns of the earth is	[ "double half a calendar year", "a very long time", "almost half of a lifetime", "more than two years" ]	0A
How essential is air for animals?	[ "it is optional", "it is necessary", "it is useless", "it is unknown" ]	1B
Ripping a paper in half	[ "alters the shape of the paper", "leaves the paper unchanged", "enlarges the piece of paper", "makes the paper into its gas form" ]	0A
Breathing is when the lungs convert oxygen from inhaled air into	[ "oxygen dispersed from respiratory bronchioles through air sacs to hemoglobin proteins", "Glucose particles in the blood", "nitrogen oxide in the blood", "carbon monoxide in the blood" ]	0A
frozen rainfall falling leaves the northern hemisphere a carpeted	[ "grey", "yellow", "white", "off white" ]	2C
Tsunamis	[ "have little impact on the environment", "can be easily halted", "can rearrange coastal shorelines", "can encourage economic growth" ]	2C
An example of a mixture is	[ "light", "a molecule", "terra cotta", "gold" ]	2C
wildfire occurs when	[ "being environmental is considered hot", "someone smokes near a forest", "condensed tree areas are ablaze", "tree patterns are similar to fire" ]	2C
Which of the following has a population of zero?	[ "Merriam's elk", "bison", "llama", "whooping crane" ]	0A
The Earth spins around and around, and in order to finish one cycle of this spinning	[ "two days must pass", "a week must go by", "the Earth must slow down", "a seventh of a week must pass" ]	3D
When I play a violin the strings and create sound through	[ "A new word", "A quake", "Pens", "Sweat" ]	1B
Measuring is a way to collect data; what is an example of this?	[ "pouring water into a gallon jug to save for later", "pouring milk into a half cup to see how much is left", "making sure that a blanket is warm enough for the night", "noticing how long a cat's tail is" ]	1B
What impact does humans changing animals habits have?	[ "inimical", "shameful", "positive", "happy" ]	0A
In a decade spring occurs	[ "three times", "twelve times", "ten times", "twice" ]	2C
Some animals are housed	[ "in public exhibitions for viewing", "in boxes for storage", "in barrels for travel", "in tents for sleeping" ]	0A
Being stronger has what impact on a creatures health?	[ "bad impact", "unexpected complications", "minimum effect", "good influence" ]	3D
Thermal conduction is	[ "room temperature water sitting on a counter", "a dog's paws touching summer scorched pavement", "cake pans stacked in an oven", "ice touching ice in a freezer" ]	1B
New plants sprang up everywhere seeds were taken by	[ "cool breezes", "magic", "luck", "demons" ]	0A
Recycling happens	[ "when coal is turned into heat energy", "when fossil fuels are used by cars", "when Styrofoam plates are turned into trash", "when old Pepsi bottles are turned into t-shirts" ]	3D
as dryness increases in an environment, biodiversity	[ "increases", "decreases", "stays the same", "begins" ]	1B
Rubbing calcium on a streak plate	[ "describes a white mineral", "leaves behind bits of white", "tells a lot about calcium", "breaks the calcium into chunks" ]	1B
A smack on a wooden board can be heard a mile away	[ "because sound travels through oxygen", "because of how sound works", "because vibration can move", "because sound vibrates through atmosphere" ]	3D
what does a cactus do with water	[ "spit it out", "make it dirty", "keep a cache", "filter it" ]	2C
Bananas, pineapples, and coconuts are from places that are	[ "warm", "islands", "wet", "far away" ]	0A
Some animals build a structure called a house for their own species to live in. This animal is a	[ "rodent", "reptile", "carnivore", "primate" ]	3D
Some animals get caught easily by other animals because they are slow while the predators are	[ "Nice", "speedy", "manipulative", "crazy" ]	1B
Seeing stars may become more difficult as	[ "stars are condensed in the sky", "a greater amount of light is condensed in an area", "floodlights are used at sea", "spaceships begin to hover over earth" ]	1B
If a forest that is home to animals is cut down	[ "then the animals' homes are demolished", "then the animals will just rebuild", "then the animals will adapt", "then the animals all die" ]	0A
The more that cars are driven, the more that	[ "daily temps will rise", "birds will get sick", "water will need purification", "food will taste odd" ]	0A
Bears hibernate in winter because	[ "to socialize more with other bears", "the environment is colder and has less food", "a fixed amount of time has passed", "cubs are being born" ]	1B
Which of these would absorb more sunlight	[ "A cave", "A octopus", "A bat", "An elephant Ear" ]	3D
Rainbows need	[ "leprechauns and pots of gold", "rain and dark skies", "sun and some drizzle", "sun and clear skies" ]	2C
A stopwatch is helpful	[ "when ascertaining what time it is", "when tracking split times on runs", "when setting an alarm clock", "when ascertaining answers on a times table test" ]	1B
The pull of gravity on objects increase as what happens?	[ "the object gets further away", "the object is pulled in circles", "gravity is heavier on an object", "the object is brought closer" ]	3D
A common problem involving waste in the excretory system is	[ "run for it", "running on empty", "running a fever", "having the runs" ]	3D
some level of crushing and pressure would be needed for sedimentary rock formation	[ "this is accurate", "maybe true", "this is untrue", "all of these" ]	0A
which of these will lead to a larger population in a given habitat?	[ "all of these", "severe famine and starvation", "severe drought and dryness", "a bountiful assortment of meals" ]	3D
Where is December warmest?	[ "Nebraska", "Canada", "Papua New Guinea", "Israel" ]	2C
whether hot or cold blooded, to survive all animals are required to	[ "store radiant heat", "wash with water", "bath in sunshine", "fight to survive" ]	0A
There is more rain when the sky is	[ "gray", "red", "blue", "white" ]	0A
Decomposition is important for	[ "water", "medicine", "sunlight", "food" ]	3D
How is a place of lower elevation affected by flooding when compared to a higher location?	[ "It is more affected by the flood", "It is impossible to flood a lower elevation location", "It is more resistant than a higher place", "The lower area is already flooded" ]	0A
Seeds can be found inside an object often seen on	[ "Saturday", "Valentine's Day", "April Fool's Day", "Halloween" ]	3D
A producer makes its own what?	[ "air", "grass", "body", "sustenance" ]	3D
Clouds are made up of moisture particles that are held in the sky until	[ "weight works against it", "the storm starts to approach", "the weather starts to change", "winter arrives sooner than later" ]	0A
what is a mammal's parenting behavior?	[ "they give nutrition to their young", "they lack care for their young", "mammals eat their young", "mammals have zero offspring" ]	0A
There are very few species of plants and animals in places like the North Pole because the temperatures are always very	[ "muggy", "low", "high", "boring" ]	1B
The family cooked most of their food using a stove and	[ "electricity", "luck", "ice", "magic" ]	0A
Many plant species can only reproduce if the environment includes	[ "fungi", "ants", "bees", "spiders" ]	2C
Water vapor cooling	[ "will thoroughly evaporate into the air", "will quickly become ice", "becomes steam in the atmosphere", "becomes droplets of h2o on a boiling pot's lid" ]	3D
if a student locates their pen on the table across the room, which of these happened?	[ "there was light from pen to cornea", "the pen failed to reflect any light", "none of these", "the person has psychic powers" ]	0A
Thick feathers come in handy for birds	[ "that live in warm climates", "who like a fluffier look", "that live in frigid climates", "who suffer from male patterned baldness" ]	2C
What is safest to breathe around?	[ "coal plant", "Union Carbide plant", "windmill", "automobile" ]	2C
Bill missed high tide, so he had to wait until when to see it again	[ "tomorrow", "next month", "next year", "never" ]	0A
The bee provided a valuable service to the	[ "house.", "rock", "water", "rose" ]	3D
When washing laundry, dishes, or taking a bath, it is vital to have	[ "seven pails for water", "a hot water heater in the city", "a large brush for scrubbing", "water which is warmed to acceptable temperatures" ]	3D
A desert environment is	[ "frigid", "parched", "rainy", "tropical" ]	1B
Phase changing occurs when	[ "water is poured into a glass", "cake is left to cool on the counter", "jello mix is refrigerated", "turkey is sliced into pieces" ]	2C
A ramp can move a person to what level?	[ "a pulley", "handicapped", "a higher one", "darker level" ]	2C
Altering the physical structure of an object destructively might involve	[ "building on top of the item", "getting it broken to pieces", "none of these", "producing a better quality version" ]	1B
An area where snow falls more of the year is often	[ "rainy", "windy", "higher", "forested" ]	2C
A person takes buckets of water from the house and begins to add it to a pond in the yard. After a certain point, the pond	[ "bloats", "breaks", "sinks", "drowns" ]	0A
What is present during the day but not at night?	[ "the moon", "sunlight", "clouds", "planets" ]	1B
A deer	[ "would live in an area devoid of fauna or flora", "would live in an area surrounded by redwoods", "would live in a highly populate city", "would live in an aquatic environment" ]	1B
Earth's magnetic patterns are helpful	[ "to birds building a nest", "to lions roaming the Sahara", "to birds looking a warmer locale", "to whales trying to find a mate" ]	2C
Descending air pressure leads to	[ "a lower chance of rain", "an ascending chance of showers", "a decreased likelihood of showers", "has zero effect on the weather forecast" ]	1B
Fish are quickly caught in water because of the webbed feet possessed by a	[ "cheetah", "penguin", "hippopotamus", "snake" ]	1B
It was hot during Christmas in	[ "new york", "ayers rock", "seattle", "denver" ]	1B
A phase change happens	[ "when onions are chopped", "when food is digested by the stomach", "when water is added to a glass", "when flowers bloom in full" ]	1B
Jim found birds living among	[ "gravel", "space", "cactus", "ocean floor" ]	2C
There are creatures which, depending on species, have varying numbers of body parts. Arachnids have a certain number, while humans have a different number, and these numerous parts can be attributed to	[ "survival", "environmental growth", "inherited characteristics", "developmental abilities" ]	2C
if a chemical reaction occurs, it might have been triggered by which of these?	[ "a person yelling at it", "a person walking by it", "a person looking at it intently", "a person cranking up the room heater" ]	3D
as the year progress from June to November the hours of light per day	[ "increases by a few hours", "decreases by a few hours", "decreases by 10 minutes", "increases by 10 minutes" ]	1B
Annelids do what to soil?	[ "loosen it", "tighten it", "condense it", "clump it" ]	0A
What shows that crumpling is to change something from being smooth into a compacted shape by physical force?	[ "folding a piece of paper into a shape", "crushing a can in your hand", "squishing a smooth bug", "ripping up a piece of paper" ]	1B
The past week has been warm, humid and foggy. As the weather is supposed to cool a little bit tomorrow, a reasonable person could assume that tomorrow will be	[ "rainy", "clear", "hot", "steamy" ]	0A
What forms craters on planets?	[ "sunlight", "thunder", "space stones", "digging" ]	2C
When a bear eats berries he will be contributing to what process?	[ "food for young", "hunters", "seed propagation", "hunger" ]	2C
Bats hunt through echolocation because	[ "bats can only hear echoes", "echoes are a form of sound", "their chirps are sent back after bouncing", "they enjoy listening to echoes" ]	2C
What could be used to fill a beach ball?	[ "Aluminium", "Iron", "Oxygen", "Water" ]	2C

Peat is made by decaying vegetation compacted by soil in a

[ "uncultivated swamp or marsh", "river that flows with freshwater", "geographically separated saltwater ocean", "lake surrounded by land with a basin" ]

0A

A miner is searching for stones and rocks that can be used for other purposes than for building. He wants to be able to find and process something worthwhile, so he looks for rocks with

[ "aluminium", "sand", "roxys", "pearl" ]

0A

A higher barometer reading means

[ "lower air pressure in the atmosphere", "an atmosphere lacking in air pressure", "greater air pressure in the atmosphere", "that the barometer is broken" ]

2C

A camera can take an image and

[ "preserve it", "edit it", "lock it in", "produce it" ]

0A

Spending less time in the shower

[ "depletes a vast amount of water reserves", "is bad for the environment", "uses up more water", "leads to more reserves in the water heater" ]

3D

National parks have rules

[ "that curtail the growth of fragile animal species", "that open the parks to mining of natural resources", "that allow for littering", "that protect vulnerable animal inhabitants int he parks" ]

3D

A

[ "bacterial cell must perform all life functions", "lung cell", "flower cell", "tail cell" ]

0A

A breeze is blowing across a field, growing stronger and stronger. The breeze becomes a storm of wind, moving rocks and breaking trees. This wind is likely the cause of

[ "evenly heated spaces", "unevenly distributed heat", "heated earth spaces", "space heaters" ]

1B

How many times per 365.3 days does an equinox occur?

[ "3", "1", "2", "4" ]

2C

What happens when hexane's temperature goes above 70 degrees celsius?

[ "It melts", "it sublimates", "it boils", "It freezes" ]

2C

Which of the following crops was the first staple in the human diet?

[ "wheat", "barley", "corn", "rice" ]

0A

An example of how sunlight is a source of light from the sun is

[ "weather being variable", "raising temps", "windmills producing energy", "frogs croaking" ]

1B

The amount of water in the ocean compared to fifty years ago is

[ "fluctuating", "larger", "smaller", "the same" ]

1B

Heat from the sun, waves crashing down, and huge storms all wail on a large boulder at the shore. After a few hundred years, where the boulder stood is now

[ "earth", "trees", "corn", "cats" ]

0A

What kind of insects lays eggs during the adult stage of its life cycle?

[ "All", "large", "queen", "Male" ]

2C

Eagles eat

[ "hawks", "flying insects", "plants and grains", "small burrowing mammals" ]

3D

what characterizes a cycle

[ "a steady recurrence", "none of these", "a stagnant pattern", "a circle shape" ]

0A

Organic matter in soil can be increased by

[ "digging up flowers from the soil", "skunks spraying their scent on the soil", "the dead body of a mouse breaking down", "animals eating crops planted in the soil" ]

2C

To attract birds to your yard

[ "erect a large menacing scarecrow", "destroy all your flowers", "cut down all trees big and small", "put out seeds in an easily accessible dish" ]

3D

If a kitten is unable to nurse from birth

[ "it will cry", "it will expire", "it will sleep", "it will vomit" ]

1B

Three hundred and sixty five turns of the earth is

[ "double half a calendar year", "a very long time", "almost half of a lifetime", "more than two years" ]

0A

How essential is air for animals?

[ "it is optional", "it is necessary", "it is useless", "it is unknown" ]

1B

Ripping a paper in half

[ "alters the shape of the paper", "leaves the paper unchanged", "enlarges the piece of paper", "makes the paper into its gas form" ]

0A

Breathing is when the lungs convert oxygen from inhaled air into

[ "oxygen dispersed from respiratory bronchioles through air sacs to hemoglobin proteins", "Glucose particles in the blood", "nitrogen oxide in the blood", "carbon monoxide in the blood" ]

0A

frozen rainfall falling leaves the northern hemisphere a carpeted

[ "grey", "yellow", "white", "off white" ]

2C

Tsunamis

[ "have little impact on the environment", "can be easily halted", "can rearrange coastal shorelines", "can encourage economic growth" ]

2C

An example of a mixture is

[ "light", "a molecule", "terra cotta", "gold" ]

2C

wildfire occurs when

[ "being environmental is considered hot", "someone smokes near a forest", "condensed tree areas are ablaze", "tree patterns are similar to fire" ]

2C

Which of the following has a population of zero?

[ "Merriam's elk", "bison", "llama", "whooping crane" ]

0A

The Earth spins around and around, and in order to finish one cycle of this spinning

[ "two days must pass", "a week must go by", "the Earth must slow down", "a seventh of a week must pass" ]

3D

When I play a violin the strings and create sound through

[ "A new word", "A quake", "Pens", "Sweat" ]

1B

Measuring is a way to collect data; what is an example of this?

[ "pouring water into a gallon jug to save for later", "pouring milk into a half cup to see how much is left", "making sure that a blanket is warm enough for the night", "noticing how long a cat's tail is" ]

1B

What impact does humans changing animals habits have?

[ "inimical", "shameful", "positive", "happy" ]

0A

In a decade spring occurs

[ "three times", "twelve times", "ten times", "twice" ]

2C

Some animals are housed

[ "in public exhibitions for viewing", "in boxes for storage", "in barrels for travel", "in tents for sleeping" ]

0A

Being stronger has what impact on a creatures health?

[ "bad impact", "unexpected complications", "minimum effect", "good influence" ]

3D

Thermal conduction is

[ "room temperature water sitting on a counter", "a dog's paws touching summer scorched pavement", "cake pans stacked in an oven", "ice touching ice in a freezer" ]

1B

New plants sprang up everywhere seeds were taken by

[ "cool breezes", "magic", "luck", "demons" ]

0A

Recycling happens

[ "when coal is turned into heat energy", "when fossil fuels are used by cars", "when Styrofoam plates are turned into trash", "when old Pepsi bottles are turned into t-shirts" ]

3D

as dryness increases in an environment, biodiversity

[ "increases", "decreases", "stays the same", "begins" ]

1B

Rubbing calcium on a streak plate

[ "describes a white mineral", "leaves behind bits of white", "tells a lot about calcium", "breaks the calcium into chunks" ]

1B

A smack on a wooden board can be heard a mile away

[ "because sound travels through oxygen", "because of how sound works", "because vibration can move", "because sound vibrates through atmosphere" ]

3D

what does a cactus do with water

[ "spit it out", "make it dirty", "keep a cache", "filter it" ]

2C

Bananas, pineapples, and coconuts are from places that are

[ "warm", "islands", "wet", "far away" ]

0A

Some animals build a structure called a house for their own species to live in. This animal is a

[ "rodent", "reptile", "carnivore", "primate" ]

3D

Some animals get caught easily by other animals because they are slow while the predators are

[ "Nice", "speedy", "manipulative", "crazy" ]

1B

Seeing stars may become more difficult as

[ "stars are condensed in the sky", "a greater amount of light is condensed in an area", "floodlights are used at sea", "spaceships begin to hover over earth" ]

1B

If a forest that is home to animals is cut down

[ "then the animals' homes are demolished", "then the animals will just rebuild", "then the animals will adapt", "then the animals all die" ]

0A

The more that cars are driven, the more that

[ "daily temps will rise", "birds will get sick", "water will need purification", "food will taste odd" ]

0A

Bears hibernate in winter because

[ "to socialize more with other bears", "the environment is colder and has less food", "a fixed amount of time has passed", "cubs are being born" ]

1B

Which of these would absorb more sunlight

[ "A cave", "A octopus", "A bat", "An elephant Ear" ]

3D

Rainbows need

[ "leprechauns and pots of gold", "rain and dark skies", "sun and some drizzle", "sun and clear skies" ]

2C

A stopwatch is helpful

[ "when ascertaining what time it is", "when tracking split times on runs", "when setting an alarm clock", "when ascertaining answers on a times table test" ]

1B

The pull of gravity on objects increase as what happens?

[ "the object gets further away", "the object is pulled in circles", "gravity is heavier on an object", "the object is brought closer" ]

3D

A common problem involving waste in the excretory system is

[ "run for it", "running on empty", "running a fever", "having the runs" ]

3D

some level of crushing and pressure would be needed for sedimentary rock formation

[ "this is accurate", "maybe true", "this is untrue", "all of these" ]

0A

which of these will lead to a larger population in a given habitat?

[ "all of these", "severe famine and starvation", "severe drought and dryness", "a bountiful assortment of meals" ]

3D

Where is December warmest?

[ "Nebraska", "Canada", "Papua New Guinea", "Israel" ]

2C

whether hot or cold blooded, to survive all animals are required to

[ "store radiant heat", "wash with water", "bath in sunshine", "fight to survive" ]

0A

There is more rain when the sky is

[ "gray", "red", "blue", "white" ]

0A

Decomposition is important for

[ "water", "medicine", "sunlight", "food" ]

3D

How is a place of lower elevation affected by flooding when compared to a higher location?

[ "It is more affected by the flood", "It is impossible to flood a lower elevation location", "It is more resistant than a higher place", "The lower area is already flooded" ]

0A

Seeds can be found inside an object often seen on

[ "Saturday", "Valentine's Day", "April Fool's Day", "Halloween" ]

3D

A producer makes its own what?

[ "air", "grass", "body", "sustenance" ]

3D

Clouds are made up of moisture particles that are held in the sky until

[ "weight works against it", "the storm starts to approach", "the weather starts to change", "winter arrives sooner than later" ]

0A

what is a mammal's parenting behavior?

[ "they give nutrition to their young", "they lack care for their young", "mammals eat their young", "mammals have zero offspring" ]

0A

There are very few species of plants and animals in places like the North Pole because the temperatures are always very

[ "muggy", "low", "high", "boring" ]

1B

The family cooked most of their food using a stove and

[ "electricity", "luck", "ice", "magic" ]

0A

Many plant species can only reproduce if the environment includes

[ "fungi", "ants", "bees", "spiders" ]

2C

Water vapor cooling

[ "will thoroughly evaporate into the air", "will quickly become ice", "becomes steam in the atmosphere", "becomes droplets of h2o on a boiling pot's lid" ]

3D

if a student locates their pen on the table across the room, which of these happened?

[ "there was light from pen to cornea", "the pen failed to reflect any light", "none of these", "the person has psychic powers" ]

0A

Thick feathers come in handy for birds

[ "that live in warm climates", "who like a fluffier look", "that live in frigid climates", "who suffer from male patterned baldness" ]

2C

What is safest to breathe around?

[ "coal plant", "Union Carbide plant", "windmill", "automobile" ]

2C

Bill missed high tide, so he had to wait until when to see it again

[ "tomorrow", "next month", "next year", "never" ]

0A

The bee provided a valuable service to the

[ "house.", "rock", "water", "rose" ]

3D

When washing laundry, dishes, or taking a bath, it is vital to have

[ "seven pails for water", "a hot water heater in the city", "a large brush for scrubbing", "water which is warmed to acceptable temperatures" ]

3D

A desert environment is

[ "frigid", "parched", "rainy", "tropical" ]

1B

Phase changing occurs when

[ "water is poured into a glass", "cake is left to cool on the counter", "jello mix is refrigerated", "turkey is sliced into pieces" ]

2C

A ramp can move a person to what level?

[ "a pulley", "handicapped", "a higher one", "darker level" ]

2C

Altering the physical structure of an object destructively might involve

[ "building on top of the item", "getting it broken to pieces", "none of these", "producing a better quality version" ]

1B

An area where snow falls more of the year is often

[ "rainy", "windy", "higher", "forested" ]

2C

A person takes buckets of water from the house and begins to add it to a pond in the yard. After a certain point, the pond

[ "bloats", "breaks", "sinks", "drowns" ]

0A

What is present during the day but not at night?

[ "the moon", "sunlight", "clouds", "planets" ]

1B

A deer

[ "would live in an area devoid of fauna or flora", "would live in an area surrounded by redwoods", "would live in a highly populate city", "would live in an aquatic environment" ]

1B

Earth's magnetic patterns are helpful

[ "to birds building a nest", "to lions roaming the Sahara", "to birds looking a warmer locale", "to whales trying to find a mate" ]

2C

Descending air pressure leads to

[ "a lower chance of rain", "an ascending chance of showers", "a decreased likelihood of showers", "has zero effect on the weather forecast" ]

1B

Fish are quickly caught in water because of the webbed feet possessed by a

[ "cheetah", "penguin", "hippopotamus", "snake" ]

1B

It was hot during Christmas in

[ "new york", "ayers rock", "seattle", "denver" ]

1B

A phase change happens

[ "when onions are chopped", "when food is digested by the stomach", "when water is added to a glass", "when flowers bloom in full" ]

1B

Jim found birds living among

[ "gravel", "space", "cactus", "ocean floor" ]

2C

There are creatures which, depending on species, have varying numbers of body parts. Arachnids have a certain number, while humans have a different number, and these numerous parts can be attributed to

[ "survival", "environmental growth", "inherited characteristics", "developmental abilities" ]

2C

if a chemical reaction occurs, it might have been triggered by which of these?

[ "a person yelling at it", "a person walking by it", "a person looking at it intently", "a person cranking up the room heater" ]

3D

as the year progress from June to November the hours of light per day

[ "increases by a few hours", "decreases by a few hours", "decreases by 10 minutes", "increases by 10 minutes" ]

1B

Annelids do what to soil?

[ "loosen it", "tighten it", "condense it", "clump it" ]

0A

What shows that crumpling is to change something from being smooth into a compacted shape by physical force?

[ "folding a piece of paper into a shape", "crushing a can in your hand", "squishing a smooth bug", "ripping up a piece of paper" ]

1B

The past week has been warm, humid and foggy. As the weather is supposed to cool a little bit tomorrow, a reasonable person could assume that tomorrow will be

[ "rainy", "clear", "hot", "steamy" ]

0A

What forms craters on planets?

[ "sunlight", "thunder", "space stones", "digging" ]

2C

When a bear eats berries he will be contributing to what process?

[ "food for young", "hunters", "seed propagation", "hunger" ]

2C

Bats hunt through echolocation because

[ "bats can only hear echoes", "echoes are a form of sound", "their chirps are sent back after bouncing", "they enjoy listening to echoes" ]

2C

What could be used to fill a beach ball?

[ "Aluminium", "Iron", "Oxygen", "Water" ]

2C