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Mercury_7172270
In a population?
{ "text": [ "the ability of the snake to survive to reproduce", "the appearance of other new traits in the baby snake", "the history of the pattern in previous snake populations", "the presence of thermal energy changing the snake pattern" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_184205
The from Earth because
{ "text": [ "the Moon does not rotate on its axis.", "the far side of the Moon faces Earth during the day.", "the Moon makes one rotation per revolution around Earth.", "the rate of rotation is the same for Earth and the Moon." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_SC_400683
The paper plastic?
{ "text": [ "Paper comes from a renewable resource.", "Plastic comes from a renewable resource.", "Plastic cannot be reused.", "Paper cannot be reused." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_7182210
T the ecosystem?
{ "text": [ "Diversity will increase as the rate of predation decreases.", "Diversity will decrease as competition for space increases.", "Diversity will increase as the recycling of nutrients decreases.", "Diversity will decrease as food and oxygen supplies increase." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_7238945
The alleleote?
{ "text": [ "R", "rr", "Rr", "RR" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_SC_408748
Pat. them?
{ "text": [ "Plants keep water in their roots.", "Plants release nitrogen into the soil.", "Plants provide shelter from the weather.", "Plants make sugar in the presence of light." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
MEA_2016_5_4
People dysas?
{ "text": [ "Amoebas can change their shape.", "Amoebas need humans to survive.", "Amoebas look just like human cells.", "Amoebas are made of only one cell." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_7271513
Which ofics?
{ "text": [ "the melting of the polar ice caps", "the shifting of biomes as climates change", "the prevalence of granite on all the continents", "the presence of volcanoes around the Pacific rim" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_7189000
Ge the valley?
{ "text": [ "diverging continental plates", "collision of tectonic plates", "movement of glaciers", "impacts from meteors" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_SC_401585
During sunset day?
{ "text": [ "summer", "fall", "winter", "spring" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_188528
Which Earth interior?
{ "text": [ "volcanoes", "convection", "molten rock", "radioactive isotopes" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_SC_415719
Anna her hand?
{ "text": [ "Heat moves from her hand to the ice cube.", "Cold moves from her hand to the ice cube.", "Heat moves from the ice cube to her hand.", "Cold moves from the ice cube to her hand." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_SC_407072
A actiondest?
{ "text": [ "placing the coin in a freezer", "placing the coin in cool water", "leaving the coin on a counter", "rubbing the coin with cold hands" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_7091823
In the atmosphere by
{ "text": [ "lightning.", "air pollution.", "condensation.", "cellular respiration." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_7040985
When can place?
{ "text": [ "during a full moon only", "during a full and new moon only", "during a waning gibbous moon only", "during a waxing gibbous moon only" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_409383
How from cells?
{ "text": [ "Only plant cells can grow.", "Only animal cells can reproduce.", "Only animal cells can store energy.", "Only plant cells can perform photosynthesis." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_SC_407080
Which material material?
{ "text": [ "molding a clay figure", "breaking a drinking glass", "crushing ice cubes", "cooking eggs on a stove" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
MCAS_2000_4_34
A generate forests?
{ "text": [ "The trees would reduce the force of the wind.", "The windmills would destroy the forests.", "The electricity generated would be too far away from cities to be useful.", "Forest animals would destroy the windmills." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_7032498
Which after exercising?
{ "text": [ "Chemicals are released to indicate thirst.", "Muscles make lactic acid.", "Breathing rate increases.", "Perspiration occurs." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
TAKS_2009_5_30
Some with Earth?
{ "text": [ "A cantaloupe", "A grape", "A lime", "A cherry" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_SC_415761
A is ball?
{ "text": [ "It stops moving.", "It moves slower.", "It moves faster in the same direction it was moving.", "It keeps moving in the same speed and direction." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
ACTAAP_2008_5_10
What that area?
{ "text": [ "The fish migrated from the ocean", "The fish was unable to reproduce", "A mountain used to be in this area", "A river used to run through this area" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_416671
T forms cancer?
{ "text": [ "cigarettes and snuff", "chewing tobacco and snuff", "cigarettes and chewing tobacco", "cigarettes, chewing tobacco, and snuff" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_400803
A pond direction?
{ "text": [ "northeast", "northwest", "southeast", "southwest" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_7005880
Which circ interact?
{ "text": [ "The heart removes waste built up in the lungs.", "Oxygen enters the bloodstream directly from the nose.", "Oxygen is transferred to the bloodstream as blood passes by the lungs.", "The heart pumps air into the blood through the lungs." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_7210508
On snow region?
{ "text": [ "if the snowfall set a record", "if the snowfall was unusual for the area", "if the snowfall was consistent with weather in December over time", "if the snowfall remained on the ground for longer than one month" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
NYSEDREGENTS_2013_4_1
Which how helpful?
{ "text": [ "Lightning strikes a building.", "A fire burns down a house.", "Electricity heats an oven.", "The wind blows down a sign." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
NYSEDREGENTS_2008_4_12
Precitation the sky
{ "text": [ "is clear and sunny", "is partly sunny", "has thick, dark clouds", "has white, puffy clouds" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_400091
Alobes?
{ "text": [ "0%", "25%", "50%", "75%" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_402257
Which isulator?
{ "text": [ "glass", "metal", "water", "wood" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_7227815
Which pro ask?
{ "text": [ "How do lysosomes expel bacteria from cells?", "What role does the cell membrane play in stability?", "How do chloroplasts convert light into energy?", "Why are ribosomes efficient protein producers?" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
ACTAAP_2010_7_3
A was this?
{ "text": [ "A southward dip in the jet stream", "A northward movement of the jet stream", "The Coriolis effect creating a low pressure area", "The Coriolis effect creating a high pressure area" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_SC_410905
D Derek investigation?
{ "text": [ "to be able to start another investigation", "to prove the investigation is important", "to learn why the hypothesis is correct", "to make sure the results are valid" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
OHAT_2010_5_18
A see plants?
{ "text": [ "the type of soil they use", "the amount of water they use", "the color of the pots they use", "the color of light bulb they use" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
NAEP_2000_8_S11+10
All a EXCEPT
{ "text": [ "a magnet", "a glass cup", "a filter paper and funnel", "water" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
MCAS_2003_8_29
An a increase the
{ "text": [ "length of wires in tension.", "diameter of wires in tension.", "height of support towers.", "length of the bridge." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_401433
If product product?
{ "text": [ "Cl_{2}", "HZn", "ZnCl", "ZnCl_{2}" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
TIMSS_1995_8_N4
Years farmers growth?
{ "text": [ "energy", "minerals", "protein", "oxygen", "water" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_405885
Cell arises they can
{ "text": [ "be used to send messages.", "store important information.", "cause people to be distracted.", "be used during emergencies." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_7263638
Earth's core?
{ "text": [ "the presence of a fluid mantle", "the presence of Van Allen belts", "the presence of gravitational force", "the presence of water in three states" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_401428
Which animals animals?
{ "text": [ "Plants provide humans with CO_2 for respiration.", "Animals release CO_2, required for photosynthesis.", "Plants provide humans with atmospheric nitrogen.", "Animals release O_2, required for plant survival." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_402121
A on reliable?
{ "text": [ "Write down the results of the experiment.", "Repeat the same experiment several times.", "Make another hypothesis about static electricity.", "Conduct a different static electricity experiment." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
NYSEDREGENTS_2015_4_7
An object object will
{ "text": [ "decrease", "increase", "remain the same" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C" ] }
A
MCAS_2012_5_23614
Which following beach?
{ "text": [ "to keep the eggs covered with water", "to provide the eggs with nutrients", "to hide the eggs from predators", "to protect the eggs from sand" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_407262
Which is physical?
{ "text": [ "yarn being knitted into a sweater", "the engine from a tractor being started", "the metal on a bicycle forming rust", "grass capturing the energy from sunlight" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
MCAS_2014_8_6
TheRingoes?
{ "text": [ "They outline the crater caused by the impact of an asteroid.", "They follow the shape of the adjacent tectonic plates under the sea.", "One volcano usually triggers a second volcano with its hot magma.", "Volcanoes always form in rings because of underwater convection currents." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_7032515
Which in ecosystem?
{ "text": [ "a mushroom", "a coyote", "a pine tree", "a grassy meadow" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_7270165
Ocean of collide?
{ "text": [ "The oceanic crust is thicker than the continental crust.", "The continental crust is thicker than oceanic crust.", "The oceanic crust is denser than the continental crust.", "The continental crust is denser than the oceanic crust." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_7017045
All from Earth except
{ "text": [ "light waves.", "sound waves.", "infrared waves.", "ultraviolet waves." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_400386
R that area?
{ "text": [ "Rocks have many scratches.", "Rocks contain fossils.", "Rocks are covered by moss.", "Rocks are deep underground." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_400750
An and number?
{ "text": [ "4", "5", "8", "9" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
MCAS_2006_9_28-v1
Human enzyme accurate?
{ "text": [ "Lysozyme causes mutations in bacterial cell wall molecules.", "Lysozyme is destroyed as it digests bacterial cell wall molecules.", "Lysozyme breaks a specific type of bond in a bacterial cell wall molecule.", "Lysozyme is converted to another chemical by a bacterial cell wall molecule." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_416376
The ocean water?
{ "text": [ "temperature", "salinity", "buoyancy", "pressure" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_7086520
Cic likely to
{ "text": [ "be in the same group.", "be in the same period.", "have nearly the same mass.", "have the same number of protons." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_7014333
The the Unit is
{ "text": [ "too small.", "too large.", "not accurate.", "not well defined." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_SC_406623
F can provide?
{ "text": [ "what kind of environment existed long ago", "what kinds of animals were alive long ago", "what color the plants were long ago", "what dinosaurs looked like long ago" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_7042648
Which is muscle?
{ "text": [ "nervous", "skeletal", "circulatory", "respiratory" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
MCAS_2004_8_23
An trip flight?
{ "text": [ "325 km/h W", "490 km/h W", "980 km/h W", "1960 km/h W" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
MCAS_2013_8_29425
Which solid solid?
{ "text": [ "The pressure at the core is very high.", "The metals in the core are very heavy.", "The temperature of the core is very low.", "The chemicals in the core are very reactive." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
MEAP_2005_5_15
Organ cold months?
{ "text": [ "Robins fly from Michigan to Georgia in the fall.", "Chameleons change color to match their surroundings.", "White-tailed deer grow longer hair that is hollow inside.", "Carp settle on the bottom of a pond and cover themselves with mud." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_7016258
What after experiment?
{ "text": [ "pour the solution down the sink", "neutralize the solution with a base", "dilute the solution with more acid", "absorb the liquid with paper towels" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
NCEOGA_2013_8_5
Which an changes?
{ "text": [ "producing energy using hydroelectric plants", "producing energy using coal", "producing energy using oil", "producing energy using natural gas" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_7015540
What move planet?
{ "text": [ "heat from Earth's core", "radiation from the Sun", "tidal effects of the Moon", "motion of tectonic plates" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_414001
What happen water?
{ "text": [ "The sand will dissolve in the water because sand in water is a solution.", "The sand will dissolve in the water because sand in water is a mixture.", "The sand will settle to the bottom because sand in water is a solution.", "The sand will settle to the bottom because sand in water is a mixture." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_7017973
Anc process hypothesis?
{ "text": [ "forming a theory", "designing a model", "analyzing data", "comparing to a control" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_407097
A the experiment?
{ "text": [ "The temperature of both cups will be the same.", "Both samples in the cups will be in the same state.", "Both groups will have the same mass with which they started.", "The time required for the changes in states of matter will be the same." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_SC_406794
Why to Sun?
{ "text": [ "Stars have the same temperature as the Sun.", "Stars usually appear in groups called clusters.", "The Sun is closer to Earth than other stars.", "The Sun is younger than most other stars." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_7227710
A observation as a
{ "text": [ "bacterium.", "virus.", "prokaryote.", "eukaryote." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_SC_406710
A change it can
{ "text": [ "stay warm.", "find a mate.", "hunt for food.", "be easily seen." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_401926
G extinct?
{ "text": [ "disease", "lack of food", "climate change", "humans as predators" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
MCAS_2014_5_15
Temperature along why?
{ "text": [ "It is much windier at the coast than farther inland.", "The temperature of the land remains fairly constant.", "It is much less humid at the coast than farther inland.", "The temperature of the ocean remains fairly constant." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_LBS10151
Approx majority found?
{ "text": [ "ice", "lakes", "rivers", "the atmosphere" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
ACTAAP_2013_5_8
Whichynthesisynthesis?
{ "text": [ "water", "nitrogen", "sunlight", "carbon dioxide" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_407592
Roy energy identify?
{ "text": [ "coal", "sunlight", "water", "wind" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
TIMSS_1995_8_L6
On eat this?
{ "text": [ "Both animals are cold-blooded, but without feathers to keep warm, snakes get too cold to move.", "Unlike birds, snakes are warm-blooded; they must hibernate during cold weather.", "Unlike snakes, birds are cold-blooded; they are less affected by the cold than snakes.", "Unlike snakes, birds are warm-blooded; they must eat food to maintain a constant temperature." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_7233398
Some for purpose?
{ "text": [ "fluctuations in the size of a star", "wobbles in the position of a star", "flickers in the brightness of a star", "changes in the fuel source of a star" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_407664
Which describes change?
{ "text": [ "baking a cake", "frying an egg", "burning a piece of toast", "squeezing the juice from fruit" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_SC_408657
A most increase?
{ "text": [ "A disease was spreading.", "Their habitat was destroyed.", "Food sources were hard to find.", "Their predators were disappearing." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_7142800
M anland?
{ "text": [ "amount of tannin in the bark", "severity of hurricanes per season", "number of days of sunlight per year", "size of stilt- like root systems per tree" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_410837
Researchers crops farmers?
{ "text": [ "It allows crops to be unaffected by disease.", "It allows crops to be grown in drier climates.", "It allows crops to survive without fertilization.", "It allows crops to survive in areas with fewer seasons." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_7154315
The marine pollution?
{ "text": [ "using compost as a fertilizer for lawns and gardens", "using water from washing machines to water lawns", "using cars that are designed to use petroleum products", "using more plastic bottles and disposing them in landfills" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_7239628
Whatosomes biology?
{ "text": [ "correct errors in DNA", "transfer information from DNA to RNA", "recycle RNA back into DNA", "use RNA to manufacture proteins" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_401241
H. described as
{ "text": [ "an inherited trait.", "a genetic mutation.", "a behavioral adaptation.", "an acquired characteristic." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_SC_408251
Rardo answer?
{ "text": [ "What is the mass of the liquid?", "What is the volume of the liquid?", "How quickly will the liquid evaporate?", "How quickly will the liquid boil?" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_7175893
All same planet?
{ "text": [ "the strength of the gravity", "the shape of the orbit", "the size of the planet", "the length of the day" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_7202843
B is falls?
{ "text": [ "The plants and animals in lakes and ponds will be harmed.", "The soil in the area will become more alkaline.", "The thickness of the ozone layer will decrease.", "Levels of air pollution will increase." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_7159023
Pl was investigations?
{ "text": [ "Earlier scientists did not use appropriate tools.", "Pluto should not have been classified as a planet.", "Classifications change as new evidence is gathered.", "Review of planetary characteristics should occur every year." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
MDSA_2008_8_3
A ball ball?
{ "text": [ "The ball accelerated.", "The ball did not move.", "The ball changed direction.", "The ball continued to move in the same direction." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_7218348
Which benefit energy?
{ "text": [ "a decrease in air pollution", "an increase in the cost of energy", "an increase in the use of fossil fuels", "a decrease in electrical energy production" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_SC_406458
Light can heard?
{ "text": [ "the electrical charge of the sound waves", "the direction in which the sound waves travel", "the amount of energy released by each sound wave", "the type of material through which the sound travels" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
LEAP_2007_4_10280
When see cloud?
{ "text": [ "Gas changes to liquid.", "Solid changes to gas.", "Liquid changes to gas.", "Liquid changes to solid." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_7216965
Which these species?
{ "text": [ "genetic variation", "mitosis", "natural selection", "succession" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
NYSEDREGENTS_2010_8_42
The equation force?
{ "text": [ "a 5-kg object accelerating at 10 m/s^2", "a 5-kg object accelerating at 20 m/s^2", "a 20-kg object accelerating at 4 m/s^2", "a 20-kg object accelerating at 3 m/s^2" ], "label": [ "1", "2", "3", "4" ] }
2
LEAP__7_10351
Which roles cycle?
{ "text": [ "Respiration and photosynthesis both add carbon to the atmosphere.", "Respiration and photosynthesis both remove carbon from the atmosphere.", "Respiration adds carbon to the atmosphere, while photosynthesis removes carbon from the atmosphere.", "Photosynthesis adds carbon to the atmosphere, while respiration removes carbon from the atmosphere." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_SC_400590
A forest has made
{ "text": [ "a hypothesis.", "a conclusion.", "an assumption.", "an observation." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_7086608
If electrons atom is
{ "text": [ "positively charged.", "negatively charged.", "radioactive.", "neutral." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_7187863
Students how fastest?
{ "text": [ "cold milk", "warm soup", "water melting from ice", "steam rising from boiling water" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_7120873
Coll are animals?
{ "text": [ "Radio waves are visible.", "Radio waves have a high frequency.", "Radio waves spread in all directions.", "Radio waves are created by the animal." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_184730
Two why reproduce?
{ "text": [ "The parents are of a different genus and a different species.", "The parents are of a different species, but of the same genus.", "The parents are of the same genus and of the same species.", "The parents are of the same species, but of a different genus." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_401265
When, most likely
{ "text": [ "summarizing the data in an investigation.", "conducting the final steps of an experiment.", "changing the procedures during an experiment.", "predicting what will happen in an investigation." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D